hey i have an idea

why not withdraw our troops from iraq - stop squandering our money (lost weapons, giant unsafe and unsound embassy buildings, new police buildings with leaky plumbing and worse, etc etc etc) and give that money to the citizens of the gulf coast who lost EVERYTHING to katrina.

if given a choice where my tax dollars went - iraq or the gulf coast, I CHOOSE THE GULF COAST

Big Insurers Win Ruling On Katrina Levee Break
Appeals Court Says No to Claims Payout


By Becky BohrerAssociated Press

Hurricane Katrina victims whose homes and businesses were destroyed after floodwaters breached levees in the 2005 storm cannot recover money from their insurance companies for the damage, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.
The case could affect thousands of residents and business owners in Louisiana who are attempting to rebuild. Robert P. Hartwig, chief economist at the industry-funded Insurance Information Institute in New York, said in June that a ruling against the industry could have cost insurers $1 billion.
This event was excluded from coverage under the plaintiffs' insurance policies, and under Louisiana law, we are bound to enforce the unambiguous terms of their insurance contracts as written," Judge Carolyn D. King wrote for a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans......

(and oh yeah, big bid-nez ONCE AGAIN wins)