Re: Re: By the way, Bill

Joseph Wheeler wrote:

> 
> 
> The list of people who've cut or lowballed funding for the Louisiana levee 
> system is quite long, but the canned talking point network isn't interested 
> in examining this list, or putting pressure on the people actually 
> ultimately responsible for maintaining infrastructure in their territory. 
> Business as usual, really.
> 
> -Sloth 
> 

Indeed. New Orleans, while a medium sized city, is, I get the 
impression, a fairly poor one. Their murder rate was 10 times the 
average, the school district was said to be a disaster and government 
corruption corruption (Is this a cliche Louisana thing or what?) was 
also said to be as entrenched as it always was.

Since true disaster preparation in most of America consists of crossed 
fingers and the chant of "please don't be bad, please don't be bad", it 
seems unfair to expect that New Orleans would somehow have become 
sensible and enacted sensible long term policy. After all, isn't the 
motto of the city 'laissez les bons temps rouler'?



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