Re: In memory of New Orleans


"Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bill Snyder" <bsnyder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Do you hold the head of NASA and whoever appointed him (I'm don't know
>> and am deliberately refraining from looking it up) personally
>> responsible for Columbia's disintegration?
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> "Personally responsible " is an overstatement, but the thing that led to
> the disaster was the attitude "The budget matters more than the
> engineering does." In my experience that sort of attitude comes from the
> top. To be fair, I don't know when that started, and turning arund a
> dysfunctional organization can be almost impossible, so singling out the
> culpable NASA head is tricky.

How much personal responsibility does Bush and _every_ member of congress
that voted for these cut have?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050831corps-story,1,2364215.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

WASHINGTON -- Despite continuous warnings that a catastrophic hurricane
could hit New Orleans, the Bush administration and Congress in recent years
have repeatedly cut funding for hurricane preparation and flood control.

The cuts have delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an
ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans' neighbourhoods.

For instance, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million for
this fiscal year to pay for hurricane protection projects around Lake
Pontchartrain. The Bush administration countered with $3.9 million, and
Congress eventually provided $5.7 million, according to figures provided by
the office of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

Because of the budget cuts, which were caused in part by the rising costs of
the war in Iraq, the corps delayed seven contracts that included enlarging
the levees, according to corps documents.



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