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jeff.lane said the following on 8/31/2005 7:44 PM: > Very good, Brian. I, too, am getting very tired of these ranting > agendas. We have a lot of people out there that are dying or will be > if help does not get there. This include the morons that stayed for > the parties, surfing, jet skiing, etc. Nonetheless they need help, not > agendas. > > Jeff > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Weeden" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina > > >> On 8/31/05, Eli Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea >>> this >>> was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose >>> funding >>> was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the >>> levees >>> wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. >> >> >> Ah great. Took all of about 10 seconds for people to start blaming >> Bush. While we are at it lets blame him for the residents of LA being >> poor and uneducated in the first place - it's all a racist plot by >> those awful Republicans. >> >> Give me a freaking break. I am sure that with a bit of digging I can >> find just as many Democratic governors, Congressmen, and Presidents >> who also cut funding. Don't forget that the Corps of Engineers has >> been embroiled in several major scandals over the past few years over >> their use of funds. >> http://www.taxpayer.net/corpswatch/LearnMore/scandals.htm is one >> example I quickly Googled. >> >> What about this report, released in Nov of last year - >> http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/nov04/nov04c.html >> >> It looks pretty darn accurate to me. Now why shouldn't we blame >> everyone who didn't pay attention to this? I bet we can find a few >> hundred people who fit that bill. >> >> Can you guarantee that the money the evil man Bush cut from the budget >> would have been used and the magical new levee would have been built >> before this storm hits? When was this new system supposed to have >> been completed by? Would it have worked? >> >> What about placing the blame on the city forcing the Mississippi to >> flow into one river channel? This did two things - it prevents the >> silt flow from building the delta which protects the city from the >> ocean. It also left NO in a sinking hole where every drop of water >> which falls on it needs to be pumped out. >> >> In fact, let's blame the Corps of Engineers who built the system of >> levees to prevent the river from changing course and caused NO to >> become a sinkhole: >> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374522596/qid=1125457675/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2930600-5361507?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 >> >> >> Leave you damn politics out of this. Everyone and no one is to blame >> for this tragedy. >> >> -- >> Brian >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/86 - Release Date: >> 8/31/2005 >> >> >
