While I might agree wsith Hugo that Bush is the Devil I would not use that ***opionion*** as a ***fact*** in arguing a position...

As fir the long cut-n-post, yeah, like is any of this new news??? The engineers have long under4stood that the levee system could only hold but so much water due to the nature of the foudation soils...

How is them having understood this prior to Katrina any rebuttal that Bush wouldn't spend the money that, inspite of what the Army Corpes of Enginners requests, to do the basic maintanence on the system??? Hey, the levees are federally owned and maintained and Bush flat out gutted the maintenane budget to 17% of what was requested...

...just as he gutted FEMA...

That is the crux of the discussion...

Yes, oldster, it's nice that you have spent some time bringing some additional information and even opinions into the discussion but none to date rebutt the basic positions I laid out a year ago on this thread...

Can you address those issues???

Bobert