MORE REPUBLICAN SHIT

If people really knew how corrupt the Bush administration, and most of the republican party really is, there is no way any of them would still be in power. Of course, most people are aware of some of their most blatant abuses of power, like contracting out the rebuilding of Iraq to Halliburton, or, selling out our elections to Diebold, which is run by the head of the Bush 2004 campaign. However, those 2 examples, egregious as they are, are just the tip of the iceburg. There are many other examples of their unmitigated gall coming to light every day, but unfortunately, nothing ever comes of it. The Associated Press reported today that The Army Corps of Engineers is being investigated for rigging the contract that was given to a company called Moving Water Industries Corp. (MWI), which supplied the pumps that were installed into canals at the start of the 2006 Hurricane season. The pumps have now proven to be defective. As it turns out, top MWI officials are major contributors to the (gasp!) Republican party, and First Brother Jeb Bush used to work for the company, (kinda like Cheney and Halliburton), marketing said pumps in the 80's. The Army Corp of Engineers even went so far as to copy word for word, the technical specifications, including typos, from the MWI's catalog into it's solicitation for the bids. Hmmm..Of course, the politically connected MWI was awarded a 32 million dollar contract, and once again, the taxpayers are left paying the bill, not to mention what could have happened had the 2006 hurricane season been anything like the 2005 season of Katrina. Now, I realize this may not be a sexy, exciting news story, but wouldn't you think more people would be outraged at these all too common scratch my back Repugs? When history looks back at this era in American politics people will be appalled that they were able to pull the wool over the eyes of the people, again and again. People need to get involved, if only to educate themselves about what they're doing to this country. They work for us.