I remember when Slick Willie was saying he had a 5.6 Trillion Dollar Surplus. Why didn't he make the levees able to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane during his 8 unglorious years as POTUS?
hhhmmmmm ???
Oh but he said he was on top of all this when he was prez.
He gags me!! Just like his "virtual obsession with binladen.
Yea, right.
Pig! Just shut up and go away. And take that piaps with you!!
a blogger did a LexisNexis search and came up with the following juicy little tidbits from the archives of the Times-Picayune:
June 23, 1995
A hurricane project, approved and financed since 1965, to protect more than 140,000 West Bank residents east of the Harvey Canal is in jeopardy.
The Clinton administration is holding back a Corps of Engineers report recommending that the $120 million project proceed. Unless that report is forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget, Congress cannot authorize money for the project, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's office said Thursday.
On June 9, John Zirschky, the acting assistant secretary of the Army and the official who refused to forward the report, sent a memo to the corps, saying the recommendation for the project "is not consistent with the policies and budget priorities reflected in the President's Fiscal Year 1996 budget. Accordingly, I will not forward the report to the Office of Management and Budget for clearance."
July 22, 1999
In passing a $20.2 billion spending bill this week for water and energy projects, the House Appropriations Committee approved some significant increases in financing for several New Orleans area flood control and navigational projects.
The spending bill is expected on the House floor within the next two weeks...
The bill would provide $47 million for "southeast Louisiana flood control projects," $16 million for "Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection," $15.9 million for the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans and $2 million for "West Bank hurricane protection -- from New Orleans to Venice."
MOST OF THE PROJECTS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES OVER WHAT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION HAD PROPOSED (my emphasis). The exception: general flood control projects for southeast Louisiana, which remained at the $47 million suggested by Clinton. Local officials had hoped for double that amount.
September 29, 2000
The House approved Thursday a $23.6 billion measure for water and energy programs, with sizable increases for several New Orleans area flood-control projects. The Senate will vote Monday, but it may be a while before the bill is enacted.
President Clinton is promising to veto the annual appropriation for the Energy Department and Army Corps of Engineers, not because it is $890 million larger than he proposed, but because it does not include a plan to alter the levels of the Missouri River to protect endangered fish and birds.
In other words, REPUBLICAN Congresses during the 1990's funded hurricane protection projects in spite of Bill Clinton's objections.
Our illustrious former president thought it more important to protect some fish and birds rather than the citizens of Louisiana.
http://howdy.mydd.com/story/2005/9/1/22348/87302