hey lance, re: your sig Options

[jonathan83]

what's the one major city we lost? the only thing i can think of would be New Orleans, and i dont see how that was Bush's fault. Maybe the evacuation and support after the hurricane yes...but the actual hurricane? No. Help me out here.

[Seeker]

what's the one major city we lost? the only thing i can think of would be New Orleans, and i dont see how that was Bush's fault. Maybe the evacuation and support after the hurricane yes...but the actual hurricane? No. Help me out here.

You're right, it's New Orleans. In the years prior to the hurricane FEMA and other government agencies studied the levee system around New Orleans and determined that the system was weak and was in dire need of an upgrade. Instead of setting aside the money to upgrade the levee system with Federal dollars Bush redirected the money towards his war and fighting terrorism. There was a specific bill that funded the reconstruction of the levee system but Bush vetoed it or something like that.

Then once a hurricane actually happened Bush and his administration totally bungled the rescue effort and cleanup. FEMA was days late, sent food to wrong locations, stopped food and supplies from being shipped etc.

Years after the hurricane New Orleans still isn't rebuilt because Bush and the neo-cons would rather rebuild a foreign country instead of our own country.