Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : John Iwaniszek
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 04:16:21

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

K <notme@nothere.com> wrote in
news:Xns96C3E94194E3notmenotherecom@216.196.97.142: 

> Rick Savoia <oh@mystartsandgarters.com> wrote in
> news:Xns96C3B9ED16558rsavoiaNOSPAMyahooco@127.0.0.1: 
> 
>> You have enough infrastructure in place to insure that your vehicles 
>> won't get stuck on highways and that you have living arrangements for
>> all concerned?
> 
> And let's not forget that half of the National Guard from New Orleans
> and much of their equipment -- the people and tools who would normally
> help in the rescue effort -- are off fighting a war in Iraq.
> 
> K
> 
> 

Let's pile on:


"Yet after 2003, the flow of federal dollars toward SELA dropped to a 
trickle. The Corps never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures 
of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming at the same time 
as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the strain. At least nine 
articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the 
cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control 
dollars"

http://tinyurl.com/bsttp

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