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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (42930)	9/6/2005 10:15:39 AM
From: AuBug	Respond to of 93284

It's clear that the Army Corps of Engineers has proven incompetent to manage the Mississippi River, especially the delta. Giving money to them is just pissing in the wind.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (42930)	9/18/2005 8:48:26 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93284

And you say there is nothing contradictory???? LOL That's correct, there is nothing contradictory in those statements. Throwing money at an arm of the government does not mean that the spending priorities are correct. The Congress [most notably the GOP Congress] has an excellent record of throwing pork in all the appropriation bills. A recent high profile example is the $200M bridge to Gravina Island in Alaska [population, a whopping 50]. Does that suggest to you that there are no other higher transporation priorites than to build a $200M bridge to an island of 50 people? Further, from reading the excerpts, it's pretty clear that each editorial had a different emphasis. The NYT had spelled out it's opinion that it wasn't wise to have programs [flood control and federal flood insurance] that encouraged building in high risk areas. But it did acknowledge that flood control was necessary in certain areas which were already heavily populated. jttmab