I believe if you look closely you will see quote from your beloved Commander.Kmarion wrote:
Thanks but I think I will listen listen to the chief of engineers for the corps rather than a A Democrat in Louisiana trying to blame Bush.GATOR591957 wrote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509010170sep01,1,5853346.story
"Strock also denied that escalating costs from the war in Iraq contributed to reductions in funding for hurricane projects in Louisiana, as some critics have suggested. Records show that corps funding for the Louisiana projects has generally decreased in recent years."
Which war was Clinton fighting we he cut the funding to the levee's? Bush was following the trend Clinton had laid down. Which is kinda like what Clinton did to the intelligence agencies when he followed Bush Sr.'s trend of cut backs. But lets be honest, none of it matters since the the Corp.(The guys doing the work) acknowledge that funding was not an issue and the flooding would have happened anyways. Nothing they could have done within reason would have stopped the flooding. Mother Nature is a bitch of a whore.Serge you are suggesting that they have been completely abandoned and that is simply not the case. The disaster area was the size of Great Britain, it's going to take a bit longer to rebuild. It's more complex than throwing money at the problem as fast as you can. Otherwise you get crap like this.sergeriver wrote:
I think you are missing the most important point. American citizens from NO are having a real tough time and nobody seems to care about them. Kmarion you are bringing numbers and projections, these people are suffering since 2005 coz of this. I can't believe the federal government couldn't solve their problems, despite if the government of Louisiana sucks. And most documentaries I saw and the articles I read show that there was a lack of funds. Who's lying? And how can people say "it's their problem, those people were told to leave a week before, but the bastards stayed".If you truly think that Americans do not care about what happened in New Orleans than I can honestly say you are clueless to what we have done to try and support them. Even the evil corporations chipped in. You say "despite the government of Louisiana sucks". Mismanagement has much to do with their suffering still today. You are cherry picking in your attempt to hold someone accountable. It was a Natural Disaster, don't degrade the genrosisty and compassion by making it political.AP wrote:
But an Associated Press analysis of government data obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act suggests the government might not have been careful enough with its checkbook as it gave out nearly $5.3 billion in aid to storm victims. The analysis found the government regularly gave money to more homes in some neighborhoods than the number of homes that actually existed.
The pattern was repeated in nearly 100 neighborhoods damaged by the hurricanes. At least 162,750 homes that didn’t exist before the storms may have received a total of more than $1 billion in improper or illegal payments, the AP found.
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