Greg Palast: Rove Tries to Bury A White House Gone Wild

[ck4829]

The House Judiciary Committee just released two emails, dated February 5 and 7, from inside Karl Rove's office, in which the Rove-bots gloat that no US media have picked up the investigations of "that British reporter Greg Palast" found in my book Armed Madhouse. I couldn't make this up.

They will REALLY love to hear this: On April 24, I will be releasing a whole new expanded edition of Armed Madhouse with two new chapters, one just for Mr. Rove: "The Theft of 2008" -- and another, "Busted: the Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans."

I'm asking you to make Karl seriously unhappy by ordering a copy of the new edition TODAY, on-line, through Amazon, B&N or your local booksmith.

The new edition's in paperback, dirt cheap and still contains all the original stories that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls, "a masterpiece. The story is like a spy thriller."

The Chicago Tribune says of the book, "Palast's stories bite. They're so relevant they threaten to alter history." The New Yorker says, "Armed Madhouse is great fun." Hey, what's so funny? This is: an investigation of economic piggery and political skulduggery so nasty you just have to scream or cry -- or laugh.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0704/S00146.htm

[Ian David]

1. See also: Big Easy to Big Empty. The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans

Big Easy to Big Empty
The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans
Published August 27th, 2006 in Articles

Special Report for Democracy Now! & Link TV


Greg Palast, Writer & Reporter
Matt Pascarella, Executive Producer
Jacquie Soohen, Co-Producer, Filmographer & Editor
Coordinating Producers: Leni von Eckardt, Zach Roberts & Christy Speicher

It has been one year since the most devastating storm in our nation’s history destroyed New Orleans and took out large areas throughout the Gulf Coast. The population of the city is miniscule, the reconstruction sparse, suicide rates are climbing, and many have not, nor know how to, return to the city that care forgot.

Our team traveled down to New Orleans to investigate two things:

1) Why did they have to leave, what really caused the flood?

2) Why can’t they come back now?

In this report you will meet:

- Stephen Smith who had no car, and no way to evacuate New Orleans. He tells us his devastating story of being left behind, closing the eyes of an old man who died while waiting to be rescued on a bridge, watching helicopters soar pass overhead, and no one coming to rescue him or the dozens stranded with him, on that bridge, for days. After the storm it took him 3 months to find his children. He is currently working in a grocery store in Houston and wants to come back to New Orleans but has no place to live.

- Ivor Van Heerden, Deputy Director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center reveals who knew what and when — before, during, and after the storm — and warns that his job is in danger for telling us his story.

“FEMA knew at eleven o’clock on Monday that the levees had breached, at 2 o’clock they flew over the 17th St. Canal and took video of the breaches, by midnight on Monday the White House knew, but none of us knew.”

More:
http://www.gregpalast.com/big-easy-to-big-empty-the-untold-story-of-the-drowning-of-new-orleans

[MasonJar]

3. Send him a copy. I would if I knew how.

[ellacott]

2. I hope Waxman pays attention to Greg Palast

It's always amazed me the amount of info Palast uncovers. Our legislators don't seem to use this information.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. You can pre-order the book (and others by Palast) at Buzzflash.

http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/566