sacewriclewriprulaspawrapachemuphaphuchibufrichepothiwutromocrurudafracravifrahiphun

September 10, 2005 - The title of a Reuters story today tells it all: "Firms with White House ties get Katrina contracts."

September 10, 2005 - One of the reasons the post-hurricane flooding in Louisiana is so dangerous is because of Cancer Alley -- the string of petrochemical operations that line the Mississippi River in largely poor and black communities from New Orleans to Baton Rouge. They've turned the lower gulf into one of the most polluted and blighted parts of the country, which many believe is to blame for the rash of deadly illnesses plauging residents in the area.

September 10, 2005 - Jeremy Scahill and Daniela Crespo of Democracy Now! are in New Orleans, and report on the growing mercenary presence in the city:

September 10, 2005 - From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

September 9, 2005 - From today's Wall Street Journal (via Talking Points Memo):

September 9, 2005 - The Miami Herald reports that at a hearing on rising energy prices yesterday in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the prospect was raised of lifting moratoriums on drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to ease the supply disruptions from Hurricane Katrina.

September 9, 2005 - The media is now stumbling to uncover what went wrong with FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina. But the fact is that the story of the Bush administration's systematic undermining of the agency has been in plain sight for a while now.