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April 01, 2009

Did Bush Break The Levees?

Anyone who knows anything about the way government projects work, before any project is started, there is a feasibility study. In my line of work, I deal with these all the time. Just because someone says, "hey, let's build a highway here," or "do these levees have the capacity to withstand a Category 4 or 5 hurricane," there is always a study. Always. That is how our system works, and while you think it may be a waste of money, in concept, it it is meant to save money.

While the media continues to portray the Bush Administration as the big devil in the aftermath of Katrina, everything under the southern sun has been blamed on President Bush...and like the levees that breached, they don't hold water.

They said first that Bush didn't do anything to push the mandatory evacuation--but they were wrong.

They said that Bush's budget cuts were to blame for the levee breaches--but they too were wrong.

National Geographic reports:

Until the day before Katrina's arrival, New Orleans's 350 miles (560 kilometers) of levees were undergoing a feasibility study to examine the possibility of upgrading them to withstand a Category Four or Five storm.

Corps officials say the study, which began in 2000, will take several years to complete.

Upgrading the system would take as long as 20 to 25 years, according to Al Naomi, the Corps' senior project manager for the New Orleans District.

Once again, stop foaming at the mouth, and getting your pants wet as you demand impeachment, because you only sound absurd. You portray of President Bush as if he personally pushed the button to fire missiles at the levees. If you keep turning everything into a cause for impeachment, you sound like the boy who cried wolf, and sooner or later, no one will listen to you anymore. We get it already, you are bitter still about Bill Clinton's impeachment--but your repetitive chants of "impeachment" are just laughable.

Hat tip: Blogs For Bush

Posted by Aaron at April 1, 2009 12:00 AM

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