As the rush by the usual suspects to blame Bush for the levee breaks and "slow federal response" marches on, this piece from the Washington Post provides yet another glimpse into the funding surrounding the levees that broke, causing the massive flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
This evening it appears that finally the hosting issues really have been fixed – I hate I couldn’t blog any earlier! The blogosphere was abuzz, as always, in the meantime, with the very latest on what’s happening in the affected areas since Hurricane Katrina’s wrath. Captain Ed had an interesting post today about some comments New Orleans Mayor Ray "The MSM is going to let me off the hook" Nagin had to say about a meeting he, La. Governor Blanco, and the President had on board Air Force One (I should note our friend Baklava mentioned this interview here.) Have a look (via CNN):
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There’s been a lot of Bush-blaming going on in the last week by the usual suspects about the fact that funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers had been decreased by a substantial amount last year in favor of pumping more money into the Iraq war effort. The conclusion drawn from that from that same crowd is that if Bush hadn’t have called for the decrease in funding for the US ACE, the levees that burst earlier this week after Hurricane Katrina’s rampage would have been upgraded quickly so as to avoid the exact scenario that sadly happened in New Orleans on Monday.
