Your plan sounds reasonable to me. Whether politicians in DC will pull their heads out of the sand long enough to do something is another story.
As to the "rest of the country" not paying attention, the allocation of money at the federal level has very little to do with who deserves it (witness the beautiful state of West Virginia's highways) and lots to do with which members of Congress sit on the Appropriations Committees. On 7/6/06, Russel wrote: > > So what do you want me to have done 5 years ago? For 20 years I have been > lobbying for wetland restoration. If YOUR demand for gas did not destroy > the wetlands surrounding New Orleans, the damage caused by Katrina would > have been significantly less. > > We, as residents of New Orleans, have known the danger. We have been > asking for the help we need to restore the wetlands. This started when I > was in high school 20+ years ago. But the rest of the country turned away > because it was our problem, not thiers. > > GUESS WHAT GUYS! In 5 years it will be your problem. Seventeen percent > of the domestic oil production is in danger of being washed away > tomorrow. Yes, tomorrow, not next year or next decade. Just think how > expensive a gallon of gas will be in a year if that happens. How expensive > will it be in 5 years with no action? > > And now, Louisiana has a solution. Give us a fair share of the offshore > oil and gas royalties, like every other state that allows offshore drilling, > and we can solve the wetlands problem ourselves. We know the solution, we > know the technology needed and we have the people to make it happen. We > just need the money to fund it. > > If you think we should have moved because of the flooding, then stick you > SUV up your ass. Many of our families have been here since before your > family left Europe. We have lived with the problem that your demand for oil > created. > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210766 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
