Klarinet Archive - Posting 000105.txt from 2005/09

From: "Dee Flint" <deeflint01@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Katrina: the first blame
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 07:17:58 -0400


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From: "Bear Woodson" <bearwoodson@-----.net>
To: "Klarinet List" <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:56 PM
Subject: [kl] Katrina: the first blame

> From what I keep hearing on the TV news, the
> public and politicians in New Orleans have known
> SINCE THE 1920's, that they were dangerously
> vulnerable to flooding and hurricanes, above a
> certain level of force. They were repeatedly warned
> to build up their protective walls, and raise many
> building higher above sea level. Their own petty
> greed and laziness is to blame, and this fate was
> likely to happen someday, and that day finally came.
>
> I think a lot of still-living former-politicians in
> Louisiana should be investigated for WHY they
> took no action in the LAST 80 YEARS. Some
> might deserve prison time for varying degrees of
> Depraved Indifference, Manslaughter and/or even
> Mass Murder, resulting from their inaction.
>
> As for those who might be guilty of foot-
> dragging in the last week, they also deserve scrutiny,
> and maybe even eventually prison time, but the Most
> Urgent Duties Right Now are to the care for the
> survivors. I believe that Phoenix is to take in 1000
> people, while Tucson is taking in about 800.
>
> I can promise you, that there is no is not dearth of
> corrupt sociopathic politicians in the USA, in the past
> and present, and many deserve prison time.
>
> As for trying to explain anything of history to
> Danyel Franke, I think you are wasting your time.
> I'm fully expecting more pearls of glaring stupidity,
> as we've so often seen in the past.
>
>
> Bear Woodson
> Composer in Tucson, Arizona, USA

It is not just the politicians. If you are going to assign "first blame,"
then it must fall squarely on the shoulders of the people. They continued
to live there even after hurricanes in the past caused problems. They did
not insist on making safety a priority and would certainly have voted OUT OF
OFFICE anyone who dared suggest raising taxes to improve the levees.

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