Yes, it should be allowed to change to what it naturally wants to, but politics, not common sense, will make that decision.
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To emphasize the correctness in saying that politics will make big decisions like this, recall this HISTORICAL FACT!
In 1998, the DoD and the US Army Corps of Engineers drafted a document detailing the fact that New Orleans was protected by levees which were designed to protect N.O. from a LEVEL 3 hurricane. These groups wanted to go into N.O. and assess what needed to be done to improve the levees to at least withstand a LEVEL 4 OR 5 hurricane.
This serious request and supporting information was deemed highly necessary to protect N.O. and was presented in full to the President of the United States for approval of this critical project.
THE REQUEST WAS DENIED BY WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON. For those interested in the details, they are available in the FEDERAL REGISTER as a matter of permanent record.
So, how many more deaths do we attribute to this horrid excuse for a criminal, negligent, incompetent excuse for a human being ???
In summary, politics in critical situations, usually costs lives, it always has.
YES! Now we can say it-IT'S CLINTONS FAULT! (see post 9)
Where can I find the Federal Register about Clinton denying funding re the levee system?
I'm composing a letter to the editor right now and a full fledged article for our local paper.
PLEASE provide a link for your allegation.
I'm having trouble searching for it, since you give few details (name of document, date, etc.)
This is most interesting news.
We should hardly be blaming Clinton for denying Federal money for a local project because it MAY have prevented some of today's problems. That is the reasoning that results in numberous rediculous lawsuits (i.e., greedy company X could have added Y safety feature for only $5 per car, saving person Z's life; therefore company X is liable for $157 million). However, this denial by Clinton is a useful thing to point out if liberals start blaming Bush for failing to be adequately prepared.
Can I look that up in the Federal Registry? I received this article from a liberal...(http://www.alternet.org/story/248710) and would like to counter it. Thanks