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To: dukeman
"However, I don't think that we should ignore the fact that BushCo gutted the Army Corps of Engineer's budgets, which might have prevented this disaster."

Same old Mantra. Just keep repeating the same outrageous lie as if its a fact. The New Orleans Levee board had 2 Billion in Federal Funds available to improve the Levees, but instead focused on building Golf Courses and Condo projects, etc. I really wish the Federal govt had more control over it, since now its going to cost us taxpayers at least 200 Billion in the short term. We'll be paying for their incompetence and corruption for the rest of our lives...

15 posted on 09/08/2005 10:21:02 AM PDT by skikvt
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To: skikvt

I heard (hate to sound like a DUer, here) that each levee has its own governing board and that these budgets have long been a trough from which people feed. Do the golf courses and condos also account for the loss of wetlands which I understand tends to exacerbate the effect of storm surge?


16 posted on 09/08/2005 10:39:28 AM PDT by dukeman
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