Money &Politics SpinMeister on 08 Sep 2005 07:42 pm
When the Levee Breaks… What Did Bush Do?
“If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
When The Levee Breaks I’ll have no place to stay.”
– (Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant/Memphis Minnie)
Environmental Protection? What Did President Bush Do? Read David Remnick‘s coverage…
(excerpt below)
“In an era of tax cuts for the wealthy, Bush consistently slashed the Army Corps of Engineers’ funding requests to improve the levees holding back Lake Pontchartrain. This year, he asked for $3.9 million, $23 million less than the Corps requested. In the end, Bush reluctantly agreed to $5.7 million, delaying seven contracts, including one to enlarge the New Orleans levees. Former Republican congressman Michael Parker was forced out as the head of the Corps by Bush in 2002 when he dared to protest the lack of proper funding.”
See also John McPhee’s “The Sunken City”.
Led Zeppelin Lyrics, “When The Levee Breaks.”
