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Kennedy, Kerry To Blame For New Orleans Catastrophe
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Posted on 09/04/2005 10:33:29 AM PDT by 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?


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KEYWORDS: 109th; blame; federalspending; katrina; kerry; tedkennedy; thebigdig
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1 posted on 09/04/2005 10:33:29 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Temple Owl

ping


2 posted on 09/04/2005 10:34:53 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7

Where is O'Reilly on this? Jake


3 posted on 09/04/2005 10:35:27 AM PDT by sanjacjake
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To: Tribune7
You are just p*ss*ing in the wind. If you think the MSM will touch that, you are deluded....correct, but deluded.

(Sigh)

4 posted on 09/04/2005 10:36:05 AM PDT by stboz
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To: Tribune7

thier big dig moved to new orleans.


5 posted on 09/04/2005 10:36:12 AM PDT by smonk
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To: Tribune7

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.


6 posted on 09/04/2005 10:36:48 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: Tribune7
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.

7 posted on 09/04/2005 10:37:13 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Tribune7

We have only begun to fight! GREAT point


8 posted on 09/04/2005 10:37:44 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (If it is all Bush's fault, why will Gov Blanco still not let the Feds take over?)
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To: Tribune7
"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!

9 posted on 09/04/2005 10:37:53 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: Tribune7

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


10 posted on 09/04/2005 10:37:54 AM PDT by Arkie2 (Mega super duper moose, whine, cheese, series, zot, viking kitties, barf alert!)
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To: Tribune7

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

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


11 posted on 09/04/2005 10:38:27 AM PDT by manwiththehands (If the left offends you, stick around. They are just getting started.)
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To: 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.

Since the buses were allowed to remain parked, the city had a s****y evacuation plan.
12 posted on 09/04/2005 10:39:42 AM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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To: Tribune7

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.


13 posted on 09/04/2005 10:40:08 AM PDT by Maceman (Pro Se Defendant from Hell)
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14 posted on 09/04/2005 10:40:56 AM PDT by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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To: Tribune7

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


15 posted on 09/04/2005 10:41:07 AM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii (If one young republican reads my posts and knows he is not alone, I have done my job)
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To: Tribune7
..I always thought the "big dig" was teddy "the swimmer" removing a wedgie


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16 posted on 09/04/2005 10:41:30 AM PDT by Doogle (8th AF...4077thTFW....408MMS....Ubon Thailand "69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO)
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To: 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.

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.


17 posted on 09/04/2005 10:46:01 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Paleo Conservative; weegee

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


18 posted on 09/04/2005 10:54:25 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Congressman Billybob

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


19 posted on 09/04/2005 10:55:21 AM PDT by Tribune7
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To: Tribune7
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

Latest column: "Tide of Lies Swamps NY Times: Employees Riot and Steal Office Supplies"

20 posted on 09/04/2005 10:59:26 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (My tagline is on vacation, lying in the hammock with a cold beer.)
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