If You Wish Upon a Star

From David Corn:

"Imagine if George Bush appointed someone not in his administration--someone of solid reputation, perhaps even a Democrat--to oversee the reconstruction of New Orleans. Imagine if Bush appointed another person like this to be an ombudsman for this project, someone who would insure that the billions of dollars spent are not wasted and do not end up only in the pockets of big corporations connected to the White House. Imagine if Bush called for an independent investigation of what went wrong. Imagine if Bush dismissed officials who had botched the government's response to Katrina. Imagine if Bush, after vowing to spend perhaps up to $200 billion on the reconstruction, called for suspending the billions of dollars in tax breaks for oil companies and the billions of dollars in highway pork recently passed by Congress--and told Congress not to cut Medicaid, food stamps and student loans. And imagine nonfattening apple pie."