Commentary: Does Obama care about New Orleans?
~Harry Shearer
President Obama Ignores Louisiana, New Orleans and Katrina Recovery~Jeff Crouere
We're counting on you,
Mr. President
~Dear Mr. President,
Tomorrow we will mark the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the lives of more than 1,400 Louisianians and nearly killed a great American city. We will miss having you in our midst.
~Editilla Ho'tellas~ Of course Gentle'rillas may read my own, and Crescent City Ray's, letter to the One.
On mine, look for the Tag Line: "IT'S THE LEVEES STUPID"
The Katrina flood was a man- made disaster, part XXIII
~John McQuaid
Economic Hit Men and the Next Drowning of New Orleans
~Hurricane Bush Four Years Later, Part 2
~Greg Palast~“Certainly he was critical of what the oil companies did to the coast,” Louisiana engineer HJ Bosworth told me. “Seeing what kind of bad citizens they were. Dozens and dozens of pipeline canals just carved the living daylights out of the coast just to find some oil.”
Well, we need oil, don’t we? True, but Bosworth, who advises Levees.org, a non-profit group that birddogs hurricane safety work, explained the connection between flooding New Orleans and oil drilling quantified by van Heerden’s research. “Takes a million years to build (the protective coastal marsh); once you carve it up, it’s just like bleeding a wild animal, hang it up, carve some holes in it, and the juice just drains out of it. Saltwater and tide invade. You make [the state] susceptible to flooding from coastal and tidal surges.”
~Levees.org will be featured on Anderson Copers 360
Friday night at 10p EST.
New Orleans Pumps Unsafe
. . . on Katrina Anniversary
~Jesselyn Radack
~Editilla Qualifylias~ Readers asked why or how could such a Huge Story of skulduggery and corruption by the Exquisite Corps NOT get covered in the Local Times-Picayune???
Well,,, Lemme Toll'yaz....
New Orleans Holds Public Defender’s Office Hostage To Red Light Camera Revenue
~Edward Niedermeyer
Firehouse rebuilding project's completion celebrated in
New Orleans
~Ramon Antonio Vargas
Rep. Ron Paul to address New Orleans Investment Conference
~Brien Lundin
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