Kennedy, Kerry To Blame For New Orleans Catastrophe

Vanity

[Tribune7]

As the crisis in New Orleans ebbs and civil order is restored we can begin to question the causes and assign blame.

A considered look shows it to squarely rest on the shoulders of two men. Two men, not monsters or malevolent creatures from some alien planet. Just two men who have wives and children. Two men who love their pets and have neat lawns.

Their names are John F. Kerry and Edward (Ted) Kennedy. They are senators from the state of Massachusettes.

Rather than use their considerable influence to get the needed tax dollars to strenghten to a Cat 5-hurricane level the levee that held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain from the poor African-American neighborhoods of a poor African-American city in a poor, ill-represented state, they chose to convince Washington to spend it on a $14.6 billion project to make ease traffic problems in Boston.

That $14.6 billion spent to get white people from white suburbs to white collar office jobs, could have been used to save a city.

Can these men sleep at night?

[Tribune7]

ping

[sanjacjake]

Where is O'Reilly on this? Jake

[stboz]

You are just p*ss*ing in the wind. If you think the MSM will touch that, you are deluded....correct, but deluded.

(Sigh)

[smonk]

thier big dig moved to new orleans.

[w1andsodidwe]

I think that they are just as much to blame as President Bush is. The finger pointing needs to stop. It was a natural disaster made worse by lack of planning in the home state & city.

[Paleo Conservative]

Rather than use their considerable influence to get the needed tax dollars to strenghten to a Cat 5-hurricane level the levee that held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain from the poor African-American neighborhoods of a poor African-American city in a poor, ill-represented state, they chose to convince Washington to spend it on a $14.6 billion project to make ease traffic problems in Boston.

I don't think Cat 5 levees would be worthwhile. You'd have to but up a wall 30+ feet high. It would destroy any view of the surrounding area. What's required in a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane is complete evacuation.

[MNJohnnie]

We have only begun to fight! GREAT point

[ncountylee]

"That $14.6 billion spent to get white people from white suburbs to white collar office jobs, could have been used to save a city."

Beautiful!

[Arkie2]

LOL! Nice try but you'll get no cigar for your efforts.

[manwiththehands]

We live in a glass house, folks. Don't be throwing stones.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475446/posts

[weegee]

Quick evacuation requires expanding the interstate highway system. Something Smart Growthers oppose. They also are trying to get individuals out of their personal cars.

Since the buses were allowed to remain parked, the city had a s****y evacuation plan.

[Maceman]

Boston's Big Dig is the most expensive mile of road in America. It was years behind schedule and billions of dollars over its original budget. Its tunnels have sprung hundreds of leaks since being opened to traffic.

The fact that it took fifteen years and $15 billion to construct this flawed one mile project gives us some idea of how long it will take to rebuild or relocate New Orleans.

[Dallas59]

[CarlEOlsoniii]

Although I would love to bash K&K here for a little while, immediately blaming them for just bein idiots, I don't think is right. This is a natural disaster, and blame should only be put on, if anyone. Clinton's shoulders, seeing how he had the closest oppurunity to stop this by signing the upgrade for NO's walls

[Doogle]

..I always thought the "big dig" was teddy "the swimmer" removing a wedgie


Doogle

[Paleo Conservative]

Quick evacuation requires expanding the interstate highway system. Something Smart Growthers oppose. They also are trying to get individuals out of their personal cars.

What's wrong with converting all the inbound lanes of existing interstates into outbound lanes all the way to the Houston or eventually the Trans-Texas corridor? Nobody is using the inbound lanes anyway.

[Paleo Conservative]

It could also be possible to convert one shoulder of an interstate into and additional lane.

[Tribune7]

I like your stuff, maybe you'd enjoy this.

[Congressman Billybob]

I saw it, and enjoyed it. It's a bit of a stretch, but it's more true than the Bush-did-it mantra of the MSM right now.

Congressman Billybob

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