How much of the billions has just voted for is going to Halliburton?

[dogindia]

and other cronies.

[classof56]

1. I'd say--98percent. Just a wild guess, of course. Still... n/t

[Booster]

2. That would be an improvement as compared to Iraq.

[moodforaday]

3. All of it?

Except a bit that'll go to pay for a few more photo-ops this week and the next.

[xray s]

4. 110%

They will come back for more....for sure

[Dudley_DUright]

5. The real outrage right now is that Michael "Brownie" Brown

and FEMA will be administering the disbursement of almost ALL of the $51 billion ($50 billion directly through FEMA).

FEMA will receive nearly all of the funds approved on Thursday -- $50 billion -- while the Defense Department will get $1.4 billion for its rescue efforts. The Army Corps of Engineers will get $400 million to dredge navigation channels, repair pump stations and levees in New Orleans and repair other projects in Gulf states.

http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=uri:2005-09-09T001006Z_01_SPI900473_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-CONGRESS-DC.XML&pageNumber=1&summit=

Talk about rewarding failure. No wonder they did not want the Democrats to read the bill first. :eyes: