Posted by alexandra_k on November 4, 2005, at 4:05:59
In reply to Re: ?? » zeugma, posted by Dinah on November 3, 2005, at 18:58:57
About this:
> I heard that engineers predicted that this was going to happen if money wasn't spent on upgrading pronto. That that was presented to congress? And it was going to happen, congress (or whoever) were in fairly much unanomous support of it. But in a state of national emergency (war basically) the president is allowed to over-ride congress. And that by declaring war on Iraq... He was allowed to over-ride congress and that that is why teh engineers were in Iraq instead of being in New Orleans designing improvements to teh dam. Because good engineers are a scarce resource, Dinah. And they were in Iraq and not in New Orleans.
That is one story. And I'm sure it is an unfairly simplified one at that. And probably fairly inaccurate.
I don't know whats going on.
Thats what bothers me.
Because there are so many stories out there.
So many different takes.
I don't know what to believe.And so I have a tendancy to cling to what may very well be prejudices. And I cling to them mostly because if that isn't true then I just don't know what to believe.
But that just leads to needless arguing...
So.
In one of the links you gave me it was saying about how it seems that most people are saying they aren't going to stay in New Orleans anymore. And about how they aren't going to try and rebuild the whole city.
I think you said you had been there for a long time. I've been pretty much where I am now all my life. I can't imagine how I'd feel if that happened.
I'm sorry
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