Ralph Nagin's legacy.........

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Definitely his legacy! (btw, it's Ray Nagin!)

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How long is the Mississippi?

Every town along that long river is flooding.

Iowa City is almost totally flooded out.

Amazing how people like you love minimizing this and making Katrina bigger then any disaster in history.

Katrina was a media circus.

It turned onto a goat-fuck because a local politician never learned how to lead. He was elected and then re-elected after Katrina because of the color of his skin.

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"We can't screw it up any worse than they have." - Barack Obama

Wanna bet?



"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste...." - Rahm Emmanuel

No, I'm not even going to go there.............

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And, initial estimates were that at least 10% of the corn, soy, and other crops are shot. Some crops are shot for next year, too. These floods are a very big deal. I imagine the Iowans and other Midwesterners just aren't exciting enough for the press, though. That is a tragedy in addition to the disaster.

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The Heartland of America needs help and so does the American Red Cross: Red Cross Disaster Fund Is Depleted

The Midwesterners seem to not warrant as much emotion for their situation as the folks of New Orleans. Or, maybe there is not as much noise from the Midwesterners to shift the blame away from them as Midwesterners have little blame to bear for their situation.

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I am an American. That's the way most of us put it, just matter of factly. They are plain words, those four: you could write them on your thumbnail, or sweep them clear across this bright autumn sky. But remember too, that they are more than just words. They are a way of life. So whenever you speak them; speak them firmly, speak them proudly, speak them gratefully. I am an American. ...a tradition

This is nowhere near the scale of Katrina.
These floods are devastating to the towns along the river, but only along the river, and it's in an area that is sparsely populated.

Look at the numbers in this FEMA bulletin.
FEMA: FEMA Coordinating Federal Response to Midwest Storms


4000 evacuees.
More than 6000 meals served.
shelter for 461 residents
two truckloads of water delivered.

The scope of this is minuscule compared with Katrina.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Well, they did choose to live near a river that could flood.

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Yeah, and those in CA live on fault lines, those in Kansas live in Tornado Alley, those in Maine live where there are severe winter storms, those on the Gulf Coast and Atlantic seaboard live where hurricanes hit......what's your point?

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That they have some blame for where they choose to live. Sure, nature can strike anywhere, but some risks are higher than others.

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But don't let facts like this get in the way of a good "lefties coddle lazy bums" rant

(IMHO, nothing tops the Dan Quayle comment about how there's no unemployment when McDonald's has "Now Hiring" signs on its windows)

Nevertheless, three years after the disaster, GOPers fail to acknowledge the fact that the tragedy of Katrina was compounded by irresponsible leadership, including at the federal level. While Katrina happened, bush and FEMA slept (as well as the NOLA mayor and Gov. Blanco, of course).

The argument that the responsibility lied entirely with NOLA is bogus. NOLA, by itself, did not have the resources to cope with the disaster, even if Nagin had done a Guilianiesque job of handling the crisis. Even more pathetic is that several other nations volunteered assistance (money, ships), that were turned away by the idiot Bush regime.

But nothing can excuse the fact that Bush and his minions failed to do anything to patch the levies that protected NOLA.

The strong likelihood of a Katrina-type disaster was known years in advance, yet no one acted.

The $$ spent on the silly "War on Terror" would've been more than adequate to reinforce or rebuild the city's levies. Of course, every other administration in the past could've done the same thing. All of them failed. Katrina was a time when NOLA and the nation needed leadership, and none was available.

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Same is true of Bush, who has considerably more swords at his disposal.

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There are several, including the enormous difference in scope between the two, but here's one: the residents of Cedar Rapids are on average richer than the Katrina-era residents of NOLA. Compare the median incomes, poverty-line stats between the two cities, hello?!

Much easier to cope with natural disaster when have more financial resources (i. e. flood insurance, emergency funds) at your disposal.

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What city is that?

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Thats a convinient simplification, but the truth lies more in the middle. FEMA and Bushs problems were compounded by the total stupidity of New Orleans. Build a city in a bowl, pour water on it, then complain when someone cant adequetaly stop the water from getting in, or figure out how to resuce people who shouldnt have been there in the first place.

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Elminate all taxes on income and replace with a national sales tax.