Though blaming Bush for the budget cutbacks in New Orleans' levee system seems like "politicizing" a tragedy, this article gives a good overview of the issues derived from the nine articles the Times Picayune wrote over the last couple of years. Its really a matter, once again, of the Iraq War (read: not war on terrorism) siphoning money by way of the beureaucratic nightmare of "Homeland Security" (read: consolidation of power). Yes, the levees are under "Homeland Security" now.
The one thing the article misses is that the President himself has told us he simply doesn't like to read so there is no way he would have known!
There is still good news in all of this... Halliburton's Stock is up! Oh... wait...
Posted by dmason at September 1, 2005 10:55 AM