John, This isn't the President's fault - he actually delared the area a disaster area before the storm hit so that federal funds would flow that much faster.
It's also not the local politicians fault - they spend funds, including funds for levee improvement based on the State's wishes & budget restrictions. And from what I understand, there were levee improvement projects on the books. But improving levees is like improving the road systems - some of these projects take decades because of the logistics involved. It's not like you can tear them down & start over. The situation is a little more complicated. The inner city in most of our large cities are is full of the poorest of our people and new Orleans is no exception. Many did not have the physical or financial means to evacuate before the storm. Remember, the population was told to evacuate, to somewhere..... Where were they to go and more important, how were they supposed to pay to get there? Now, here they sit in their houses, surrounded by water and all they have left. They survived the storm and now we want them to leave it all behind to the looters? No way, at least not until they are starving. I predict that many residents will stay in New Orleans until thay have absolutely no choice. The National Guard will still be pulling the dead and dying out of their houses two weeks from now for no other reason than they refused to leave. That's not New Orleans, Louisiana, the Federal Government or the President's fault! Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com Quoting John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >With the sea of school buses that were left unused for the mandatory > >evacuation, the leaders in Louisiana dropped the ball. Now all the > buses > >are half submerged and probably inoperable. The local leaders are the > ones > >who should take the heat, not Bush or anyone else in Washington. > > > > > Bingo. Also, who has 500k people surrounded by levees without a PLAN > on how to fix a damaged one.... > > > > _______________________________________ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
