And doesn't this graphic say it all?
"In 1965, the same year Hurricane Betsy swamped large sections of New Orleans (including the Lower Ninth Ward), the Army Corps of Engineers presented Congress with an audacious blueprint for protecting the city from a fast-moving Category 3 storm. The $85 million Barrier Plan proposed sealing off Lake Pontchartrain from the gulf with massive, retractable flood barriers. The goal: Stop storm surges 25 miles east of the levees that encircle New Orleans. After Betsy, the plan was expanded to include gates on two of the four drainage canals that slice into the city from Pontchartrain (two of which breached their floodwalls after Katrina). But, environmental groups objected to the impact that the Pontchartrain floodgates might have on wildlife and wetlands. The Sewer and Water Board of New Orleans vetoed gates on the canals. So the Corps instead built higher levees and floodwalls."
This should be screamed from every rooftop and every available means of mass communications available to the GOP from this day, through the next Presidential election.
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And doesn't this graphic say it all?
"In 1965, the same year Hurricane Betsy swamped large sections of New Orleans (including the Lower Ninth Ward).."
Another take: This was during the almighty "great society," during a demonrat administration. Further proof thay the demonrats don't solve problems or take care of people, they just start a new gummint program.
Yes, it should be shouted from the rooftops.
Also note I heard an FBI spokesman on NBC News yesterday report FBI has evidence of criminal conduct by levee administration with contracts and nepotism.
Well done Luis...