1.0 link 7086 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-reardon/the-politics-of-disaster_b_7086.html When I wrote It’s All Politics the purpose was to help people decipher politics in their daily lives as a means of self-defense. At the time, I didn’t have death and destruction in mind. But that’s exactly what we’re witnessing now -– the role that pernicious politics plays in creating horrific disasters. Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath have demonstrated that business-as-usual politics in government is extremely dangerous. The accepted practice of giving important jobs to people who assisted an election...

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