Re: OT: Your tax dollars at work

MaGGie wrote:
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> "JMark" <woof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:431B2823.6231@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >> http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?base/news-18/1125239940201382.xml&storylist=louisiana
> >> http://tinyurl.com/8w4c2
> >>
> >> You can follow the cluster *** as it unfolds. This quote is
> >> particularly telling in regards to the utter stupidity of these public
> >> officials:
> >>
> >> "Previous hurricanes evacuations in New Orleans were always voluntary,
> >> because so many people don't have the means of getting out. Some are too
> >> poor and there is always a French Quarter full of tourists who get
> >> caught."
> >>
> >> dp
> >
> >
> > Here's a good link to read as well, note the date.
> >
> > http://www.nola.com/hurricane/?/washingaway/
> >
>
> And how utterly eerily prophetic is this 2004 National Geographic article:
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> http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com
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> or http://tinyurl.com/8lhby

The gent here was dissed by Russert on Meet the Press just last night.

http://www.americaswetland.com/article.cfm?id=241&cateid=2&pageid=3&cid=16

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JMark

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin
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