[Rhodes22-list] POLITICS - When The Levy Breaks

[Rik Sandberg]

Hugh,

Maybe you want to do a little checking and see who it is that is responsible for
deploying the -"LOUISIANA"- Nat'l Guard. First hint ..... it ain't the
President.

It has already been said, many times, that the levees failed in places that were
NOT even on the list for upgrading. The budget had nothing to do with that. If the
buget HADN'T been cut this year, that work wouldn't have been done yet anyway. So,
the blaming budget cuts "this year" is pointless.

Rik

-----Original Message-----
From: ghpnn at bellsouth.net
Sent: Sep 8, 2005 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] POLITICS - When The Levy Breaks

So sorry, but you got it backwards. The President writes the budget and submits it to Congress for approval. President Bush submitted the budget which cut $71,000,000 out of the Corps of Engineers' budget for levee work in New Orleans this year. He also appointed a lawyer wuth no emergency management experience as the head of FEMA, the federal emergency managment agency. Is he responsible for his actions?
> 
> From: Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/09/07 Wed PM 01:03:06 EDT
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: [Rhodes22-list] POLITICS - When The Levy Breaks
> 
> All this talk about Pres Bush cutting the budget is factually inaccurate. 
> Congress creates the budget. The President then either approves or 
> disapproves. Talk to your congressmen and Senators, not the President about 
> appropriated funding.
>  Hank
> 
>  On 9/7/05, ghpnn at bellsouth.net <ghpnn at bellsouth.net> wrote: 
> > 
> > The head of FEMA is a political appointee, a lawyer, with no disaster 
> > management experience. President Bush cut $71,000,000 from the budget of the 
> > Corps of Engineers in New Orleans which was earmarked for levee work this 
> > year. Is he responsible for these two actions?
> > 
> > Hugh Penn
> > 
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