Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 02:26:27 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > 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* (I think she wants in) Chaya, we would never use keyboards like that on you. .