Subj : Re: Um...no comment? To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Fri Sep 02 2005 02:32:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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. From the sound of things, I think the guys are doing OK all by themselves... .