Since I make it a policy never to watch El Presidente on an empty or a full stomach, I surfed cable networks during his speech last night and must rely totally on my best source of news about what he said, the ineffable Wonkette:
9:17 PM A correspondent writes: "He acknowledged that there are poor black people, AND that that's a bad thing. And it can be solved by lowering their wages, naturally."
It gets lost in all the other unbelieveable developments out of this White House (KARL ROVE ... IN CHARGE OF KATRINA REBUILDING!), but last Thursday (a week ago) Bush issued an executive order allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage. The 1931 Davis-Bacon Act requires federal contractors to pay workers at least the prevailing wages in the area where the work is conducted. Bush's executive order suspends the requirements of the Davis-Bacon law for designated areas hit by the storm.
When will poor, working-class, middle-class American citizens recognize the Empire for what it is? Not as long as Karl Rove can point at gay marriage and say, "See! It's THAT that you need to focus on, not the fact that we've got everything jury-rigged to benefit the rich."
Friday, September 16, 2005
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