Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 02:22:17 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Chaya wrote: > John Iwaniszek wrote: > >> "RR" wrote in news:XYMRe.12760$Nx.7305 >> @tornado.texas.rr.com: >> >>> Tyler Trafford wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>> In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was >>>>>>>>> one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush >>>>>>>>> administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 >>>>>>>>> percent to pay for the Iraq war. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> A year ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed to study >>>>>>>>> how New Orleans could be protected from a catastrophic >>>>>>>>> hurricane, but the Bush administration ordered that the >>>>>>>>> research not be undertaken. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> After a flood killed six people in 1995, Congress created the >>>>>>>>> Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control Project, in which the >>>>>>>>> Corps of Engineers strengthened and renovated levees and >>>>>>>>> pumping stations. In early 2001, the Federal Emergency >>>>>>>>> Management Agency issued a report stating that a hurricane >>>>>>>>> striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters >>>>>>>>> in the U.S., including a terrorist attack on New York City. >>>>>>>>> But by 2003 the federal funding for the flood control project >>>>>>>>> essentially dried up as it was drained into the Iraq war. In >>>>>>>>> 2004, the Bush administration cut funding requested by the New >>>>>>>>> Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for >>>>>>>>> holding back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain by more than 80 >>>>>>>>> percent. Additional cuts at the beginning of this year (for a >>>>>>>>> total reduction in funding of 44.2 percent since 2001) forced >>>>>>>>> the New Orleans district of the Corps to impose a hiring >>>>>>>>> freeze. The Senate had debated adding funds for fixing New >>>>>>>>> Orleans' levees, but it was too late. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The New Orleans Times-Picayune, which before the hurricane >>>>>>>>> published a series on the federal funding problem, and whose >>>>>>>>> presses are now underwater, reported online: "No one can say >>>>>>>>> they didn't see it coming ... Now in the wake of one of the >>>>>>>>> worst storms ever, serious questions are being asked about the >>>>>>>>> lack of preparation." >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> By Sidney Blumenthal >>>>>>>>> Salon.com Wednesday 31 August 2005 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> (You're trying to make Iwa explode, right?) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (I've been tracking the flood conrol budget cuts for a few days.) >>>>>> >>>>>> (Watch this get next to no coverage in the general media.) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (Who is trying to make him explode?) >>>> >>>> They are taking turns. >>> >>> It's like an Iwan gangbang with keyboards instead of cocks. >>> >>> (Did I actually just type that?!?!?!?!) >>> >> >> yes. But the question I have is: What did you type it with? >> > > LOL! You two are crackin' me up tonight. > So what are the rest of us? Chopped liver? *sob* -- Jim .