Jeb Bush to lead for-profit disaster response company

[babsbunny]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/16/jeb-bush-to-lead-for-profit-disaster-response-company/

By Kase Wickman
Friday, September 16th, 2011 -- 3:53 pm

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) managed several hurricanes and natural disasters during his two terms as the state's executive, but now he is preparing to respond to storms from the helm of a for-profit company instead of from within the governor's mansion.

Bush's newly created firm, Old Rhodes Holding LLC, joined forces with O'Brien's Response Management to form a for-profit disaster response company, the Maritime Executive reported.

O'Brien's is a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Is there any human tragedly the BFEE will not sink its tentacles into? Shameful.

[Octafish]

8. They practically invented 'Disaster Capitalism.'

It was for Naomi Klein to coin the phrase.

The Bushes are good at creating disasters, having their fingers in the pie from the rise of the Third Reich to the overthrow of democracy in Iraq in 1953 to the tragedy that was the war in Vietnam to Iraq in 1990 and 2003 to allowing the poor in New Orleans to drown. In all that and more is a hell of a lot of money.

[fredamae]

2. Bottom line? We ALL have a

Price tag attached to our value, now. Saving Life is for Profit, not compassion and humanity--

The Ins Industry has really brought that home to roost.

[RickFromMN]

3. Don't Republicans hate government spending? Jeb Bush shouldn't accept government money, should he?

[malaise]

4. Is there anything these fuckers

won't sink their tentacles into for profit?

Bet they're working on 'how to create a disaster'!
:puke:

[Tennessee Gal]

5. They already created a disaster. It's called the Bush administration.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Equivalent to Giuliani forming and heading a "security" business after his term as mayor

due to his "experience" during 9/11.

[rfranklin]

7. Yep, he really did a good job of preventing a tragedy...

Well, maybe there was a little slippage, but his TV presence was comforting.

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. They've got the market cornered.

One creates the disaster, the other cleans up. Literally and figuratively.