Just in case you thought it was safe to come out, along comes another bombshell.
Corrente: Un-f**kin-believable. No, cancel that. Standard operating procedure*. Read it and scream: The Army Corps of Engineers, rushing to meet President Bush's promise to protect New Orleans by the start of the 2006 hurricane season, installed defective flood-control pumps last year despite warnings from its own expert that the equipment would fail during a storm, according to [...]
UPDATE: Bloggers are really piling onto this story -
Making a Katrina out of Katrina Again and Again!
Sometimes I fail to become adequately cynical about those in charge of this nation. I came across this article this morning that left me flabbergasted. The Army Corps has placed pumps in the defense of New Orleans that are faulty, that have never been tested, and have come from a company under investigation, that has [...]
UPDATE 2: You want more?
The pumps don't work and it ought to be a scandal
Since Atrios left the key under the mat I thought I would
breakpop in and point out that here is no tragedy in America that can't be capitalized upon by someone with some kind of connection to the administration. It's like [...]
Tags: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Army Corps of Engineers
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