Comments on: Shortcuts alleged in building levees

By: FrmrArtyOffcr

FrmrArtyOffcr — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 08:15:12 +0000

When the levee was built, during the CLINTON administration, the contractor went to the Army Corp of Engineers and advised them that the earth under the construction site was too soft and that the foundations would have to be dug down to bedrock at a cost of $800,000. The Corps of engineers rejected the recommendation. I’m not saying that it is Clinton’s fault. Only that the decision to not build them properly in the first place was made during the Clinton administration and therefore could not have been President Bush’s fault.

By: Zelda

Zelda — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:34:35 +0000

Oh, so now it’s President Clinton’s fault?!?!

By: frmrartyoffcr

frmrartyoffcr — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:43:42 +0000

Does any of this surprise anyone?The contruction engineers who oversaw the building of the levees said it would fail unless they dug down to bed rock because the base was too soft and that they would need an additional $800,000 to construct it properly. The request was denied by the Clinton Corps of Engineer as unnecessary. They rolled the dice and lost. Of course, the MSM isn’t reporting that are they? If you aren’t willing to pay to correct a hidden problem when it become obvious, how can you expect it to not get worse. If you need a root canal, just putting a filling in the tooth isn’t going to solve the problem.

By: Fred Dawes

Fred Dawes — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:18:56 +0000

Is that a joke:?: No Don’t tell me it is the white guys evil ways against the poor black race?

Look people this is a insane story!
no shortcuts on any levees the fact is the black\Hispanic city and state government got the money and had a party with little white girls!:wink:

did any of you hear about the French Muslims rioting now that is a story:grin:

people remember buy guns you will need many in the coming hell that will become this non nation. this story and many others do point out the hate that is inside this once great nation of laws and right and wrong, think Guns, think life.

By: dg

dg — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 05:03:46 +0000

That’s it?

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:35:08 +0000

It’s Bushs fault anyway, regardless. The Democrites are so disconnected from reality that they would be trumpeting this if they thought it might be politically useful.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:30:06 +0000

OMG,, before I leave, I just gotta say high to dg… mabe when I come back I can tell you about my wonderful “interview skills”

By: dg

dg — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:32:52 +0000

Hey peejz, what happened?

The site’s different, and it loads up funny. I’m not trying to be a smart-ass, but it seems like there’s a lot of empty space. I got a Mac, so maybe that’s the problem.

Where did everybody go? I hope I didn’t poision your site.

By: PCD

PCD — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:38:42 +0000

The sad thing is the Democrats in DC and Louisana will sabotage this fact finding to be sure the money still goes to Democrat patrons in Louisana. The levees will still be inadequate, but the Dems, led by the Landrieu family, will be marching in with their right palms turned skyward looking to be filled with taxpayer dollars.

By: robert

robert — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:21:28 +0000

A preliminary report issued Wednesday by Seed’s group and an American Society of Civil Engineers team said key levee failures on the canals near Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans occurred because water oozed beneath the steel sheets and pushed aside the soft delta soil.

Looks like screwy Louie may have been on to something when he said their was a big hole under one of the breeches, only he had the cause wrong. Look to the MSM to ignore this one cause they can’t pin it on Bush.