Nice try knife, you should work for the NYT, they like to tell half-truths and tell half the story too. Good video though, shows how President Bush is emotionally involved and helping out in any way he can.
and goldie, The budget cuts have nothing to do with what is happened or happening in New Orleans - that is the bottom line....but...
“What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires — desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.”
— Bertrand Russell, “Roads to Freedom”
In the rational world you do not shift funds going toward defense and war related activities esp. in the aftermath of 9/11. The levees were designed for a catagory 3 storm, not a 4 or a 5. In 2004 there were propals to upgrade the levees to be capable for a level 4/5 storm. Even if construction started, after the studies of course, it would have not been completed until 2008.
Do you really believe the Bush Administration does not care about the people in New Orleans? Do you really truely believe that? Things take time, help is coming in a huge way, everyone is doing the best they can right now, millions of people right across America want to help.
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