[percy-l] Pauley and Mitchell's smug, self righteousness
Nikkibar at aol.com
Nikkibar at aol.com
Sat Sep 24 14:19:10 EDT 2005
I have heard two bits of info about the school bus fiasco. the First is that
a number of them got drowned along with a number of military high water
vehicles that were overtaken by quickly rising waters. The second is that the
rumors of the sniping by gangs had spread to the ranks of the bus drivers and
that they were afraid to risk their lives by going in. I cannot say if either or
both are true as the information network to the northshore fifty miles north
of the ciry has been blocked out almost completely because of our power
losses and road blockages. I have an extensive journal that I've kept on the
tense days following the storm which I will share with anyone interested (if you
are prepared to drop a hat) but which I do not post en masse in defference to
Henry's admonitions.
Regarding the question of why us Louisiana folks haven't told the Feds to go
to hell by taking matters into their own hands, the matter is somewhat more
complex. The redesign of a levee system to protect the New Orleans saucer is
an extrememly complicated business and has been managed by the Corps rather
well, all things considered. It is also monstrously expensive and would consume
our entire Gross State Product for a decade. The Corps have spent years
figuring out what should be done, and have always stood ready to do it. We have
been begging for the money and it has been repeatedly denied by the Congress
and the Executive Branch. OUR Congressmen (yea even the Republican ones like
Vitter and Breaux) have been all for it, but we littlechaps do not vote in
the elections which return assholes like Hastert and Frist and DeLay to office.
And, contrary to the views contemporaneously expressed by the media
regarding our recent civil unrest (so I understand for I wasn't able to see them
myself), we tend to be a law abiding group -- prone neither to secession nor the
assisination of assholes. Even attempts to take a tractor up to the top of
the levee with a load of dirt would be met by swift arrest. Hell, They won't
even let you ride a bike up there. So just how would you suggest that we
proceed? Perhaps now Congress will get the message that if they want to have a Port
of New Orleans, they had better have a levee system that bloody well works!
And while they're at it, perhaps they'll get the message that it would be a
good idea to sign on to the Kyoto Treaty to minimize (insofar as possible --
which may admittedly not be much) the global warming that is contributing to
the sudden rash of serial hurricanes.
Does that respond to the questions adequately? If so, you have my permission
to forward this on to your Congressperson and Senators. If not, sharpen the
inquiry and I'll try to do better.
Nikki Barranger
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