After volunteering in New Orleans this past week with ACORN, gutting moldy houses, it's clear that the federal government has been asleep at the wheel.
Riding the bus, talking with residents who have come back, FEMA is a four-letter word. The federal government has no credibility, no track record, and no respect. After what people have gone through, its easy to understand how conspiracy theories about government helicopters bombing the levies to flood the ninth ward to save the french quarter, can take hold.
To save New Orleans, we need nothing less than a new Marshall Plan, infusing massive federal resources to New Orleans and the rest of the gulf coast. RIGHT NOW, before hurricane season begins June 1...
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