The $236 million no bid contract award to Carnival Cruise Lines to provide housing for Katrina victims is an outrage. John Aravosis has the details here: [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/no-bid-contract-to-carnival-is-prime.html]
Of course, it's no surprise that Mickey Arison, CEO of Carnival, and his wife have made significant political contributions to Republicans. Here's some samples lifted from the opensecrets.org site:
10/29/2004 $16,500 Republican National Cmte
7/28/2004 $10,000 National Republican Congressional Cmte
11/28/2003 $2,000 Bush, George W
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