Dam(n)ing Thought

8/19/06: CNN just reported that Hezbollah already has rebuilding subsidies in the hands of Southern Lebanese residents whose structures were damaged in the recent bombings. This, two days after cessation of hostilities.

I shudder to think of it, but why weren't they in charge of disbursements after Katrina, vs. FEMA? Now that's a heckuva of a job. Yeah, of course it's filthy blood money and all the rest, but still: they saw the disaster coming (well, the fact they they created it gave them an inside scoop)and they prepared a triage program. We saw it coming, too, but took the watch-and-wait approach. Possibly FEMA can contract out to Hezbollah. Come to think of it, why not use them instead of Haliburton for all of our shopping needs?