The mayor of New Orleans says there could be thousands of bodies in his city. One wonders if the death toll there will rival that of the WTC. There 's speculation of all kinds regarding who should shoulder the responsibility for that tragedy, but there 's no doubt about the tragedy in New Orleans. Requested federal monies could have prevented the majority of death and destruction.
For instance, New Orleans needed about $20 million in federal funding for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection project in 2004, but she was denied all but $3.9 million. And now dead bodies of her babies float in her streets while the U.S. spends $7.4 million EVERY HOUR in Iraq(2). The concrete shoes of the Bush administration have turned this country from a beacon of liberty and democracy(3) into the richest third world nation on the planet. Way to go. Laissez les bontemps rouler.
(1) Will Bunch "When the Levee Breaks " from which many of the quotes from the New Orleans periodicals came.
(2)According to the Center for American Progress, the US spends $177 million per day in Iraq.
(3) Admittedly flickering
Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and mother, not necessarily in that order. Currently living in AZ, she lived in Louisiana for a decade, where she owned and operated an art school. http://www.creativespirit.net/mabart c. 2005 Meryl Ann Butler. This article may be posted or reprinted if used in its entirety, including bio and copyright info. Published in http://www.opednews.com
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