Halliburton's purse already filling up...

Well, I must say that I anticipated this... probably along with many others. Let's see, Bush takes money AWAY from America's needs and spend "re-building" Iraq (with Halliburton's "help"). He ignores documented need to avoid catastrophe in Louisiana because there isn't enough money to fix the levies, after sending so much to Iraq (not including the tax-cuts to the rich). When the disaster does hit, who are the first to benefit?

CORPORATIONS... Oil and Halliburton.

Is anybody surprised?

KBR wins Katrina repair contracts

By Lolita C. Baldor [Associated Press]
A Halliburton Co. subsidiary, that has come under fire for its reconstruction work in Iraq, has begun tapping a $500 million Navy contract to do emergency repairs at Gulf Coast naval and Marine facilities that were battered by Hurricane Katrina. [Full story here.]