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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (248500)	9/1/2005 2:04:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573841

CJ, It looks like New Orleans is the direct result of criminal negligence and much of it could have been prevented. Kind of hasty to jump to that conclusion, don't you think? No. The storm spared NO the worst. Had the levees held, things would be bad but not desperate like they are now. It had been known for some time the levees were not in good shape. Federal assistance was requested and was denied repeatedly. The money was diverted to the war in Iraq and tax cuts. Sure looks like criminal negligence to me. ted

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (248500)	9/1/2005 5:11:16 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573841

"Kind of hasty to jump to that conclusion, don't you think?" Well, let's see. There was a plan in place to deal with a hurricane hitting New Orleans that involved getting stuff ready to move in the immediate aftermath of the storm. That plan was ditched along with IMPACT. Nothing was put into motion on the national level until Wednesday. In addition, maintenance work on the levels was halted last year for the first time in 37 years. Lastly, FEMA was ordered to stop planning for dealing with disasters and no other body was charged with that duty. Sorry, they can't even argue stupidity. This transcends a persistent vegetative state. Jumping to conclusions would be to claim that they did this because New Orleans tends to vote democratic.