Re: 3000 NG not enough for Katrina (Was Re: Iraqis Miss Third Constitution Deadline...
- From: "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 31 Aug 2005 10:33:00 -0700
Mike P wrote:
> LawsonE wrote:
> > "Mike P" <res1yj7x@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:v%kRe.12094$qg2.5042@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>LawsonE wrote:
> >>
> >>>"RTO Trainer" <bill.white@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>news:t6hah1po87kt3feslqt7ardg1cgrs8jhd3@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:23:04 -0700, "LawsonE" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>"LawsonE" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:XJlQe.10060$Us5.666@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>"Mike P" <res1yj7x@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:59lQe.4384$FL1.1303@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>LawsonE wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>[...]
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>E-eh. By Tuesday, we'll be screaming for National Guard to be
> >>>>>>>>withdrawn
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>from Iraq and sent to Louisana. The Iraqi Constitution issue will be
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>a
> >>>>>>>>page 8 story.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>At this time 3 thousand National Guard members are on stand by waiting
> >>>>>>>to
> >>>>>>>move into those areas of Louisiana that are hit the hardest. Equipment
> >>>>>>>has all ready been moved into areas like just out side New Orleans
> >>>>>>>encase
> >>>>>>>the the water over flows.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>As I said...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Here is one of the more recent warnings about Katrina. 3000 National
> >>>>>Guard
> >>>>>won't be near enough. Unless a miracle happens, this WILL be the worst
> >>>>>natural disaster in our nation's history:
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>3000 up now, 3000 more available just in Louisiana. 9000 standing by
> >>>>in Alabama and 1000 activated in Mississippi with 7000 standing by.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>It still won't be enough. The only thing that would have been "enough"
> >>>would have been to complete the levee reconstruction that was put on hold
> >>>due to the Iraq War budget constraints and even the $250 million might
> >>>not have been enough.
> >>
> >>Iraq had nothing to do with that. The levee system like the one in Calif.
> >>is controlled by the State with their funds.
> >
> >
> > The US COngress passed a law funding the improvement of the New Orleans
> > levee system in 1995.
>
> We were not in Iraq in 95. We were in 91, but money given by Congress to
> the State for a project is not used by the State for anything else.
> Unless congress says they can. If it wasn't enough or had run out the
> State can do the same thing Calif. did which was to add a sells tax to
> pay for it with out going through the Federal Government. Florida did
> the same to change rail road tracks to a running/bike trail up and down
> the State. They also made a penny tax for five years to change the old
> Sun Shine Skyway Bridge into a fishing pier. Another for Veterans
> Nursing and Homeless shelters up and down the State. To say the War took
> money away from a project is false. It is funded from Federal money/tax
> by Congress just for that.
>
> Mike
>
> >
> > It wasn't long ago
> >
> >>one broke near Sacramento. When the National Guard is Active no State
> >>Funds are used on them. They are paid by the Defense Finance and
> >>Accounting Service.
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>http://www.escalera.com/safelevee/
> >
> >
> >
The money has to reach the state to be theirs to spend. Congress
stopped paying out in 2003 because of expenses in Iraq and "Homeland
Security". Just as the levees started to sink.
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