Why Does God Let The Stupid Live?

Sidney Blumenthal once again shows the ignorance of Democrats. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article10050.htm This is almost, but not quite as bad as Robbie Kennedy and his tin-foil-hat-blame-Bush-don't-use-oil-we're-all-doomed rant from two days ago. Although Sidney (Man I bet he used to get his ass kicked when he was a child with that name) does bat around the usual Demo-speak phrases programed into their Borg-like collective. (Does that last sentence make me a geek?) Reliable and honest information is to Sidney Blumenthal, as a prayer vigil at the Papal bedside is to Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Sidney is still dry humping Clinton's leg, and throwing out boogieman words, even in this article, like the dreaded Halliburton spectre. His general environmental rantings: (Sidney: "The Bush administration's policy of turning over wetlands to developers almost certainly also contributed to the heightened level of the storm surge.") show him to be a complete nut. And, per this article: Throwing in the global warming tag line, and reporting the UN blaming Bush for the increased risk of AIDS (Sidney: "The United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa accused the Bush administration of responsibility for a condom shortage in Uganda") is icing on the cake. Get over it already, and get facts from truthful sources. It doesn't help anything Demonuts say when the "facts" are pulled from your butt. Sidney, If you want to blame anyone for this disaster, start at the source: a corrupt city mayor's office going back for decades that never believed they had a reason to improve the safety and welfare of its citizens because they were filling their own pockets. Blame the incompetent police force, corrupt for so many years, that most recently permitted looting, murder, rape, and arson in the days following the Hurricane. Also, throw in a governor that waited three days before using her executive powers: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/09/breaking-news-louisiana-governor-calls.php and I think you have a pretty good recipe for prolonging a disaster. --- Blumenthal's argument of funding cuts to New Orleans doesn't hold water, if you will pardon a sick pun. --- http://www.usace.army.mil/ From above: (New Orleans levees) "Built to withstand hurricane Category 3 storms, Katrina exceeded the design of the authorized hurricane protection system that resulted in several breaches." --- And: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12539792.htm "Acknowledging delays in construction, Corps officials in Louisiana said that those projects weren't where the failures occurred. ''They (places that were to be improved) did not contribute to the flooding of the city,'' said Al Naomi, a senior project manager." --- If, as with last year, there can be billions of dollars in pork attached to a spending bill: http://www.taxpayer.net/TCS/PressReleases/2004/11-20Omnibus.htm, why is there not one Louisiana Congressman who had the brains to attach some cash to a "New Orleans Public Improvement" project. They could have been doing so for decades, right? By now they should have a levee system to rival the Dutch. Once again, Sidney's argument letting Congress off the hook, but blaming the Bush administration, falls flat. If you want, we can head back in time to find fault. Ask this: Where was Clinton,Bush 1, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon? Hell, go on back to the French. Why didn't they do something when they first placed their brie lacquered hands on the swamp? Why didn't the French, this president, or any past president, do anything to stop a crumbling New Orleans infrastructure? Answer: Because it was not and still is not their problem to deal with. Emergency planning starts at the county and city level where there is coordination between hospitals, law enforcement and other agencies, plus drills. FEMA prepares and waits for the local emergency management officials to set up a command center and tell them what they need. If New Orleans (ie: Governor Blanco) did not immediately tell FEMA they needed the military, then FEMA prepared a regular division of the National Guard to arrive as soon as possible after the storm. Communication and planning is key. New Orleans had its head buried in the sand for decades concerning this problem. My heart goes out to all who have suffered in Louisiana and Mississippi, but this 'Blame Bush' crap is old and annoying. It also shows ignorance of facts. If Sidney could actually write facts without the obvious slam job, I might put some credence in what he says. But, I really don't see that happening anytime soon.