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[Joe Schad]

A few facts from our local paper.

In June the Bush administration cut $71.2 million fro the budget of the New Orleans Corps of Engineers, a 44 per cent reduction. The hurricane and flood projects, responsibilities of the Corps would be further reduced and the study of ways to protect from Category five hurricanes was shelved for a while.

"...the Office of Technology Assessment used to produce forward thinking plans such as "Floods: A National Policy Concern" and A Framework for Flood Hazards Management." Unfortunately, the office was targeted by Newt Gingrich and the Rupublican right, and gutted years ago."

"...About 35 percent of Louisiana's National Guard is now serving in Iraq, where four out of every ten soldiers are gardsmen. The Louisiana National Guard also notes that dozens of its high water vehicles, Humvees, refuelers and generators have also been sent abroad."

"The levees of New Orleans, two of which are now broken and flooding the city, were also victims of Iraq war spending. Walter Maestria, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish, said on June 8, 2004, "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq."

There are a lot of negative costs to the war in Iraq aside from the direct cost of Iraq operations.

Joe

GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW.

VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS.

[huddlec]

My father helped start the Office of Technology Assessment.
Christy

Joe Schad <jgs1942@shentel.net> wrote:

A few facts from our local paper.

In June the Bush administration cut $71.2 million fro the budget of the New Orleans Corps of Engineers, a 44 per cent reduction. The hurricane and flood projects, responsibilities of the Corps would be further reduced and the study of ways to protect from Category five hurricanes was shelved for a while.

"...the Office of Technology Assessment used to produce forward thinking plans such as "Floods: A National Policy Concern" and A Framework for Flood Hazards Management." Unfortunately, the office was targeted by Newt Gingrich and the Rupublican right, and gutted years ago."

"...About 35 percent of Louisiana's National Guard is now serving in Iraq, where four out of every ten soldiers are gardsmen. The Louisiana National Guard also notes that dozens of its high water vehicles, Humvees, refuelers and generators have also been sent abroad."

"The levees of New Orleans, two of which are now broken and flooding the city, were also victims of Iraq war spending. Walter Maestria, emergency management chief for Jefferson Parish, said on June 8, 2004, "It appears that the money has been moved in the president's budget to handle homeland security and the war in Iraq."

There are a lot of negative costs to the war in Iraq aside from the direct cost of Iraq operations.

Joe

GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW.

VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE IN THE 2006 ELECTIONS.

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