Carpet baggers – hate em
When I was summoned to jury duty in February the case I got assigned to was about three New York investment bankers who scrappily put together a “construction company” to come down and repair houses post the Federal Flood. The attorneys asked if anyone in the jury had a problem with this – HA HA HA HA. Really? Are you kidding me? I’ve been railing at Carpet Baggers pre-Katrina/Federal Flood and now this?
Meanwhile last week there was an indictment handed down to FEMA Supervisor and Disaster Services contractor for basically seeing a disaster and trying to capitalize off of it. Yoopee is all I have to say. From nola.com:
If convicted, each man faces a maximum 25 years in prison and fines of $500,000. Mr. Blevins also faces three additional years in prison for alleged witness tampering during the investigation. Prosecutors said he urged his girlfriend to lie to a grand jury about the ill-gotten contract. The government said it plans to try to recoup $31 million paid under the contract.