White House Knew of Levee Failure on Night of Storm

The New York Times ^ | FEB 9, 2006 | ERIC LIPTON

[onyx]

LOL! Yes, they blew 'em up --- and didn't count on ANY survivors to assign blame.

[BigSkyFreeper]

OH, but dontcha know, we didn't have levees...lol.

LOL! Well that's true. But you don't have a whiny, incompetant governor in the governor's mansion either. :)

[onyx]

They weren't supposed to survive!

[BigSkyFreeper]

That's right! Nagin said so!

[del4hope]

And MS is WHERE most of the actual storm damage IS and will remain over the next two to five years. New Orleans was a man made disaster.

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL! Yes, they blew 'em up --- and didn't count on ANY survivors to assign blame.

Bush had divers dive down, plant explosives and blowed the whole thing up! That's what Calypso Louis said after he heard Hal Turner's goofy radio show!

[clintonh8r]

The evil White House hurricane machine, designed by Rove and built by Halliburton, has long since been disassembled and launched into deep space from a secret base on Dick Cheney's ranch.....they'll never pin nuthin' on the bastards!

[del4hope]

I wish I could be as optimistic as you PD. Today, I am feeling overwhelmed with my corrupt local politics.

[onyx]

Who the hell is that and does he post here?

[VeniVidiVici]

Federal officials knew long before the storm showed up on the radar that 100,000 people in New Orleans had no way to escape a major hurricane on their own and that the city had finished only 10 percent of a plan for how to evacuate its largely poor, African-American population.

Yeah, I think they've known for decades.

Let's look at this another way. What would the NYT have printed had the Federal government FORCEABLY removed 100,000 Black folks from their homes? Anyone care to guess? Anyone care to guess the reaction here on FR?

[BigSkyFreeper]

Calypso Louis? That's Ministah Louis Farrakhan. LOL

[onyx]

OH, that race-baiting moron.

[Howlin]

White House Knew of Levee's Failure on Night of Storm

So did I.

[rightwinggoth]

Indeed. They even enumerate most of the failings on the local rather than federal level.

[Fruitbat]

Ya know, it's comical. Libs bitch about W's government being too intrusive in their lives, but apparently wanted him crawling up every individual citizen's butt to play mommy and daddy.

Meanwhile, the state and city officials take a fraction of the heat for the problem to begin with!

[onyx]

We ALL knew. They did too.

[Fruitbat]

Federal officials knew long before the storm showed up on the radar that 100,000 people in New Orleans had no way to escape a major hurricane on their own and that the city had finished only 10 percent of a plan for how to evacuate its largely poor, African-American population.

the rest of America knew it too and has for decades! I guess the translation is that those 100,000 were morons.

Also, anyone believing that there were 100,000 people with absolutely no way to leave with a good 48 hours worth of warning, please raise your hand.

[Fee]

Since the 1980's, the Federal government gave LA over $ 20 Billion dollars to work on levees and flood control. What did NOLA spend it on?

[Pukin Dog]

Your corrupt politics? I live in San Diego County. We invented corrupt local politics.

Optimism comes from the fact that the Liberals can yell and scream, but they keep losing. We are going to pick up seats in November in BOTH houses. Count on it. Democrats have no clue, and look like utter fools.

Think of it like this: Haliburton had record profits this year. The NY Times? Layoffs due to declining revenue. What else do you need to know?

[ILS21R]

The headline is misleading. The National Hurricane Center warned that the levee could be topped. They did not foresee a levee break.