Let's get a few things straight. Hurricane Katrina did the massive damage it did to New Orleans while killing 1833 people because the warning issued by the Army Corp of Engineers was never heeded.David Vitter came into office January 5, 2005. Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 23, 2005. The problems with the levees and the degradated wetlands were known to Louisiana long before Katrina ever made land fall. Long before Katrina breathed its first breath. So, Vitter can stop his grandstanding right now. He is as responsible for the 1833 deaths as much as the Bush Administration and those before that denied invaluable funding to prevent those deaths.
If it weren't for Mayor Ray Nagin there would be all that many more dead. Okay? Got that right? Mayor Nagin enforced the idea the residents needed an ax in the roof. Got that?
By Alex Johnson and Kiran Chawla
msnbc.com and NBC News
updated 8/20/2010
NEW ORLEANS — Five years after Hurricane Katrina (click here) destroyed more than 200,000 Louisiana homes, the state program established to help families rebuild still hasn’t paid out more than three-quarters of a billion dollars and has come under fire from a federal judge for discriminating against black homeowners....
That said, the current emergency in New Jersey and New York is every bit as important as the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast after the negligent agenda of the white people in the federal government decided to build parks for their constituents rather than return wetlands to the Louisiana coast and improve the circumstances of the residents of the Ninth Ward.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (click here) serves the Armed Forces and the Nation by providing vital engineering services and capabilities, as a public service, across the full spectrum of operations— from peace to war —in support of national interests.
Recreation.gov - Really?
Earmarks. The Army Corp MONIES is earmarked for recreational areas throughout the USA. Not that the Army Corp builds them. No, no, nothing like that. The Army Corp works with private companies to pay for their talents to build recreational areas.
Not that there is anything else the Army Corp has to do or worry about like wetlands off Louisiana or levees. Nah. The monies are best spent to keep constituents believing their politicians actually do some kind of work in DC. The wetlands are still unrestored in Louisiana after all the money provided to date.
Why expect them to be important after all. Vitter has no room to complain about the on going Climate Crisis and the never ending monies needed in the country. I suppose Vitter would be far more silent should Sandy had landed in Louisiana this year rather than Hurricane Issac. Right? Issac seems so puny now.
By Dr. Jeff Masters
The photo to the right is from NASA. It is Superstorm Sandy before it made landfall. I mean you've got to be joking. There is going to be a delay in the funding?
It is the crazies from the Tea Party. AGAIN.
If the Tea Party is holding the nation hostage again this time, there are lots of parks and recreational areas that can be cut from funding to provide needed relief for the Northeast.
Earmarks. The Army Corp MONIES is earmarked for recreational areas throughout the USA. Not that the Army Corp builds them. No, no, nothing like that. The Army Corp works with private companies to pay for their talents to build recreational areas.
Not that there is anything else the Army Corp has to do or worry about like wetlands off Louisiana or levees. Nah. The monies are best spent to keep constituents believing their politicians actually do some kind of work in DC. The wetlands are still unrestored in Louisiana after all the money provided to date.
Why expect them to be important after all. Vitter has no room to complain about the on going Climate Crisis and the never ending monies needed in the country. I suppose Vitter would be far more silent should Sandy had landed in Louisiana this year rather than Hurricane Issac. Right? Issac seems so puny now.
Hurricane Isaac's legacy: wetland destruction, and a test of theNew Orleans levees (click here) |
By Dr. Jeff Masters
Published: 5:05 PM GMT on January 07, 2013
The hurricane season of 2012 will rightfully be remembered for the legacy left behind by Hurricane Sandy. But in Louisiana, the other hurricane to affect the U.S. in 2012--Hurricane Isaac--left a legacy of its own. Isaac hit Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds on August 28, but the storm's massive wind field brought a storm surge characteristic of a Category 2 hurricane to the coast....
It is the crazies from the Tea Party. AGAIN.If the Tea Party is holding the nation hostage again this time, there are lots of parks and recreational areas that can be cut from funding to provide needed relief for the Northeast.
EXCLUSIVE: As Hurricane Isaac Targets New Orleans, GOP Rep. Calls For Making Disaster Relief Contingent On Budget Cuts (click here)
...Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) told ThinkProgress at a Hispanic Leadership Network luncheon that Republicans should take a similar approach with disaster funding for Hurricane Isaac as they did after natural disasters last year. In 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) led the Republican charge to deny disaster funding following major hurricanes and tornadoes unless the federal budget was cut in other areas.
Labrador said that Congress must “readjust everything we do” in order to find cuts to pay for Hurricane Isaac disaster relief. “If there’s emergencies, we don’t always need to keep borrowing money,” said the freshman Republican....
There is plenty of money in the National Debt that doesn't need to be there that the Tea Party Hostage Takers can cut to provide the Northeast with plenty of money for restoration.
The Gulf Coast has a problem separate and completely different in dynamics than the Northeast USA. It is saturated with the petroleum industry destruction of wetlands and a return of oil from the bottom of the Gulf to the shorelines. So, there is really no need for vast amounts of federal monies on the Gulf Coast since so much of the damage belongs to the petroleum industry anyway.
Get rid of the pork in the national debt and the Northeast will be just fine.
When earmarks syphon off the monies out of the Federal Budget, the government leaves vital work undone. Get rid of the earmarks and start to fund the government without interruption including the restoration of Climate Crisis damage.
There is plenty of money in the National Debt that doesn't need to be there that the Tea Party Hostage Takers can cut to provide the Northeast with plenty of money for restoration.
The Gulf Coast has a problem separate and completely different in dynamics than the Northeast USA. It is saturated with the petroleum industry destruction of wetlands and a return of oil from the bottom of the Gulf to the shorelines. So, there is really no need for vast amounts of federal monies on the Gulf Coast since so much of the damage belongs to the petroleum industry anyway.
Get rid of the pork in the national debt and the Northeast will be just fine.
When earmarks syphon off the monies out of the Federal Budget, the government leaves vital work undone. Get rid of the earmarks and start to fund the government without interruption including the restoration of Climate Crisis damage.
