| The Sept. 11 attacks were supposed to have shocked America into taking better precautions against similar disasters, natural or man-made. And on the evidence of New Orleans, the tens of billions of dollars spent on the new Department of Homeland Security and first responders did not do much good against a storm that came with 5 days advance warning. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.