More Notes for the Wall

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• I just listened to an NPR article, "Bush Seeks to Double Funds for Levee Repairs" by Daniel Swerdling. Now Bush is pushing for more money for repairs, but skeptics and levee specialists are saying that this levee system can't be built before the next hurricane season because a structure of that size has to have a sound foundation, and that alone has to be filled in from the flood damage, and allowed to settle sufficiently. Estimated time to take is 10 years for a sound levee system. Also, 60% of the entire levee system is damaged (crumbling, large wholes, pieces entirely missing); 170 miles of the levee was damaged durring the Hurricane. One official was quoted as saying, "I'm sorry. It may take decades to rebuild." How can you say you are sorry? Sorry for ignoring these people after their repeated requests for reinforcing their homes? Or, maybe this was the type of homeland security that our nation should focus on, instead of what ever the hell it is we are doing in Iraq.