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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 12:29 PM
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Bush: Rebuilding Must Address Inequality
http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=050916&cat=news&st=newsd8clfh3gb&src=ap



WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Friday the Gulf Coast must be rebuilt with an eye toward wiping out the persistent poverty and racial injustice plain to all in the suffering of the black and the poor in Hurricane Katrina's wake.

"As we clear away the debris of a hurricane, let us also clear away the legacy of inequality," Bush said during a national prayer service with other political leaders and religious figures from the affected region at the National Cathedral."


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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 12:37 PM
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1. Start by hiring locals to work on the rebuilding!!!
You know, George? Like you guys DIDN'T do in Iraq?
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 12:40 PM
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2. I Hope He Gets This Right...
Edited on Fri Sep-16-05 12:40 PM by DemocratSinceBirth
These are our brothers and sisters down there and we can't afford for him to fail....

Certain parts of New Orleans were a mess.... If he can make it right I'll hold my nose and pull for him....
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