"Bush's Role in the Drowning of New Orleans"

[mcg]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-jones/bushs-role-in-the-drowni_b_6634.html

"Don't say that a hurricane destroyed New Orleans. Hurricanes don't drown cities.

It was a "perfect storm" of a different kind that put that great city underwater: Bush-era neglect of our national infrastructure, combined with runaway global warming and a deep contempt for poor African-Americans.

The result: catastrophe. The flooding was not a result of heavy rains.
It is a result of a weak levee -- one that was in mid-repair when the storm hit. And that levee, which has held back floodwaters for time beyond memory, collapsed for one simple reason: Bush refused to fix it last summer, when local officials were begging him to do so. Instead, he diverted those funds to the war effort. ... "

[RC]

1. Hammer that home every chance you get.

"Bush refused to fix it last summer, when local officials were begging him to do so. Instead, he diverted those funds to the war effort. ... "