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Reconstruction Redux

By on 9.19.05 @ 12:08AM

Now that Dubya has written a blank check, Louisiana's state and city governments prepare to let the good times roll again.

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Business, Federal Budget, Books, Constitution, Law, United Nations, Oil

About the Author

Jed Babbin served as a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George H.W. Bush. He is the author of several bestselling books including Inside the Asylum and In the Words of Our Enemies.

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