Well it is going to cost an awful lot of money to get the hurricane area back to a livable condition. I look forward to seeing which foreign countries lend a hand.

Well it is going to cost an awful lot of money to get the hurricane area back to a livable condition. I look forward to seeing which foreign countries lend a hand.

I wouldn't expect foreign nations would be lining up with their checkbooks in hand. A phone call or two from leaders expressing condolences would be nice.

The only foreign recation that I have seen is from the german enviroment minister who blamed the hurricane on US greenhouse gas emissions.

One more - Hugo Chavez met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and said that if Bush appologizes he may sell oil cheaply to the poor and needy here in the good Ol' US of A. to help ease the oil crunch for them. Now how about them apples?

One more - Hugo Chavez met with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and said that if Bush appologizes he may sell oil cheaply to the poor and needy here in the good Ol' US of A. to help ease the oil crunch for them. Now how about them apples?
The latest spin from the WH:

"We intentionally raised the # of people living in poverty over the last 4-5 years, so that when this situation arose--more people would qualify for cheaper gas. Please address all thanky you-s to...."

Well it is going to cost an awful lot of money to get the hurricane area back to a livable condition. I look forward to seeing which foreign countries lend a hand.

My guess is that most of the US insurance companies that insured risks in the hurricane's path have reinsurance treaties with non-US reinsurers. So, even if foreign governments are not going to lend a hand, foreign insurers will be paying for part of the clean-up bill.

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We could send some lumber and building supplies from Canada, but US has illegal duties their import. Too bad.

Wait until winter, our home construction industry will migrate en masse (sorry Doug) to help out.