Posted on 09/04/2005 7:37:25 PM PDT by F-117A
Yesterday the New York Times editorial board wrote a fire-breathing editorial that for almost 24 hours ranked as the "most-discussed story" on Technorati and the "most e-mailed article" on nytimes.com. The board wrote that "George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday." Instead of "consolation and wisdom," the President offered "a long laundry list of pounds of ice, generators and blankets delivered to the stricken Gulf Coast." The board went on to offer a long laundry list of angry accusations. The editorial board doubted that Bush "understood the depth of the current crisis" — unlike the wizened board, which had been following the crisis on CNN.
The editorial built up to this penultimate paragraph:
While our attention must now be on the Gulf Coast's most immediate needs, the nation will soon ask why New Orleans's levees remained so inadequate. Publications from the local newspaper to National Geographic have fulminated about the bad state of flood protection in this beloved city, which is below sea level. Why were developers permitted to destroy wetlands and barrier islands that could have held back the hurricane's surge? Why was Congress, before it wandered off to vacation, engaged in slashing the budget for correcting some of the gaping holes in the area's flood protection?
Good question. Maybe because Congress listened to the NY Times editorial board in April of 2005:
Anyone who cares about responsible budgeting and the health of America's rivers and wetlands should pay attention to a bill now before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The bill would shovel $17 billion at the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control and other water-related projects — this at a time when President Bush is asking for major cuts in Medicaid and other important domestic programs. Among these projects is a $2.7 billion boondoggle on the Mississippi River that has twice flunked inspection by the National Academy of Sciences... [snip]Lesson: Don't listen to the NY Times editorial board. (via Don Luskin)This is a bad piece of legislation.
NYTimes and MSM is at war with Bush.
They used Katrina to score a big PR victory.
And the truth and honesty are the last things on their minds. They will sell their mother if this will somehow hurt the President.
Typical Slimes/MSM chicanery.
Exactly what I've learned to expect from the Slimes.
They're not stupid, they're nuanced.
The Times.... the Times... Are they some media organization or something?
Ha ha ha.... Why am I not surprised????
Sweet post! So, they must agree with Bush while disagreeing with him. No problem. They are schizoid.
Oh man, we gotta get this out!
Oh man, we gotta get this out!
I e-mailed this info to assorted Fox Cable News talk shows. Hope they bring it up.
Great. And it illustrates one of the most annoying memes I hear about this issue. To put federal budgeting into household budgeting terms - it's not about whether or not you fix the roof - it's about whether you fix the roof or fix the water heater. If you fix the roof, the water heater could burst. If you fix the water heater, the roof could break. But of course in liberal-land, federal money (i.e. your tax dollars) is infinite and thus no choices have to be made.
Great find and post. The lunatics who run the NY Slimes must hate the internet. No longer can they say something in April in their editorials and take the opposite side in Aug/Sep to smear our President.
They really have contempt for their readers.
Probably the same ones who don't "earn" wages, they are the gimmee crowd, to them govt is there for one reason...to support them and their families for generations.
My points:
(1) Somebody needs to show me where a barrier island or wetland was eliminated in the LA/MS area. And New Orleans, in particular is actually 50-70 miles inland. It's problem was clearly the levee breech.
(2) Barrier islands, in and of themselves, do little to hold back a 20-30 foot storm surge. In their "natural state", they are merely flat sand bars 1-3 feet above sea level that the water crosses with little effort.
(3) Developed barrier islands, one could argue, would actually help slow the storm surge from reaching the mainland with such ferosity -- particularly with large, wide casinos being in the way. But even this didn't really help.
(4) Wetlands? Used to "hold back" a hurricane's surge? LOL! It's written as if they believe the entire Mississippi River Delta was drained! Actually, such a move might have saved New Orleans, but of course the enviro-whackos would have freaked.
(5) Finally, the NYT owes an explanation about what specific barrier island programs were on the chopping block that would have had any impact whatsoever to stopping a Category 5 hurricane in this area. Crickets chirping...
(P.S. - I know it was 'officially' a Cat 4, but I'll bet a gallon of gas that it will eventually be reviewed and upgraded -- maybe in a few years).
Rush will parade this one for everyone to hear - he likes the NRO.
Well put!
Great find by NRO! NYT hypocrites. Better bookmark this one for all the sanctimonious NYT stories that are sure to follow.
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