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		<title>By: VirusHead - Because Language is a Virus</title>
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		<dc:creator>VirusHead - Because Language is a Virus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] These are real quotations.  &quot;I don&#8217;t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.&quot; &#8211;President Bush, on &quot;Good Morning America,&quot; Sept. 1, 2005 &#8212; Oh yes they did, and the levees broke right where the repairs should have been done already. Everybody expected the breach - that&#8217;s why there was an evacuation order. The Bush administration and our representatives just didn&#8217;t think it was a priority. They should have helped people get out of there. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] These are real quotations.  &quot;I don&#8217;t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.&quot; &#8211;President Bush, on &quot;Good Morning America,&quot; Sept. 1, 2005 &#8212; Oh yes they did, and the levees broke right where the repairs should have been done already. Everybody expected the breach &#8211; that&#8217;s why there was an evacuation order. The Bush administration and our representatives just didn&#8217;t think it was a priority. They should have helped people get out of there. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=773411', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Juju</title>
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		<dc:creator>Juju</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 22:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have one thing to say to all the people who blame the whole response to Hurricane Katrina on the President of our great country. All i have to say is that before you start blaming Pres. Bush i suggest that you take a look at what the mayor of New Orleans and governer of Louisana  did in response to Hurricane Katrina. Yes, Bush did know about the levees but so did they and what did they do about it? NOTHING! THEY SAT THERE WHILE THIS CAT. 5 HURRICANE WAS COMING AND THEY KNEW THAT THE LEVEES COULD REALLY ONLY POSSIBLY WITHSTAND A CAT. 3 HURRICANE AT THE LEAST! AND THEY DID NOTHING TO PREVENT 80% OF NEW ORLEANS BEING FLOODED! 80% OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES GONE! 80% OF THE CITIZENS THAT LIVED THERE THAT HAD NOT ESCAPED WERE ON ROOF TOPS OR SITTING BESIDE HIGHWAYS WAITING TO BE RESUCED! YES, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FEDERAL PLAN TO EVUCATE NOLA BUT THERE WASN&#039;T BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS ,CORRECT OUR MISTAKES, AND MOVE ON! my point being don&#039;t always blame the federal gov&#039;t w/o first looking at what the states,counties (parishes), or cities did to prepare for the disater that took place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have one thing to say to all the people who blame the whole response to Hurricane Katrina on the President of our great country. All i have to say is that before you start blaming Pres. Bush i suggest that you take a look at what the mayor of New Orleans and governer of Louisana  did in response to Hurricane Katrina. Yes, Bush did know about the levees but so did they and what did they do about it? NOTHING! THEY SAT THERE WHILE THIS CAT. 5 HURRICANE WAS COMING AND THEY KNEW THAT THE LEVEES COULD REALLY ONLY POSSIBLY WITHSTAND A CAT. 3 HURRICANE AT THE LEAST! AND THEY DID NOTHING TO PREVENT 80% OF NEW ORLEANS BEING FLOODED! 80% OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES GONE! 80% OF THE CITIZENS THAT LIVED THERE THAT HAD NOT ESCAPED WERE ON ROOF TOPS OR SITTING BESIDE HIGHWAYS WAITING TO BE RESUCED! YES, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FEDERAL PLAN TO EVUCATE NOLA BUT THERE WASN&#8217;T BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE WILL LEARN FROM THIS ,CORRECT OUR MISTAKES, AND MOVE ON! my point being don&#8217;t always blame the federal gov&#8217;t w/o first looking at what the states,counties (parishes), or cities did to prepare for the disater that took place.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=200680', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Steven</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-2/#comment-139210</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush is very bad. HE should have acticated a plan to evacuate New Orleans</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush is very bad. HE should have acticated a plan to evacuate New Orleans<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=139210', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cheese</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-2/#comment-139209</link>
		<dc:creator>Cheese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i love bush. He is ssssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooo hot. his man boobs are so sexy. totally</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i love bush. He is ssssssssssssssssssssooooooooooooo hot. his man boobs are so sexy. totally<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=139209', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Aaron</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-139208</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Bush is bad and cheese is way cooler, totally!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Bush is bad and cheese is way cooler, totally!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=139208', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tommy The Tiger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-125293</link>
		<dc:creator>Tommy The Tiger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would also like to comment that if it wasn&#039;t New Orleans, say Houston, that suffered this tragic disaster, you certainly would see FEMA in full action and the city restored in full.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would also like to comment that if it wasn&#8217;t New Orleans, say Houston, that suffered this tragic disaster, you certainly would see FEMA in full action and the city restored in full.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=125293', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tommy The Tiger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-125138</link>
		<dc:creator>Tommy The Tiger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jauqkay,

The problem was and still is, the lack of response by Bush controlled FEMA. They have written the area off, as part of the grand plan of starving the mid to working classes which will eventually lead to solitarian control of the masses. This was warned about years earlier in a very tell-all book by Robert Hunter called, Poverty.

Hunter&#039;s conclusions were--and this is where Bush and his controllers will falter--is that people will eventually revolt from all of it. You can see it today in what is going on in Baghdad. The only thing that would stop those so called &quot;Insurgents&quot; is complete annihlation from a nuclear device. They are that incensed.

As the famed rock band, The Who once said, &quot;We aren&#039;t going to take it, never did and never will...&quot; This would be the same in regards to pushing people towards poverty in any civilized culture.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jauqkay,</p>
<p>The problem was and still is, the lack of response by Bush controlled FEMA. They have written the area off, as part of the grand plan of starving the mid to working classes which will eventually lead to solitarian control of the masses. This was warned about years earlier in a very tell-all book by Robert Hunter called, Poverty.</p>
<p>Hunter&#8217;s conclusions were&#8211;and this is where Bush and his controllers will falter&#8211;is that people will eventually revolt from all of it. You can see it today in what is going on in Baghdad. The only thing that would stop those so called &#8220;Insurgents&#8221; is complete annihlation from a nuclear device. They are that incensed.</p>
<p>As the famed rock band, The Who once said, &#8220;We aren&#8217;t going to take it, never did and never will&#8230;&#8221; This would be the same in regards to pushing people towards poverty in any civilized culture.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=125138', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jacque</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-124835</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacque</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 11:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This problem should have been taken care of on the local and state level.  Let&#039;s get an investigation in order and find out why it wasn&#039;t taken care of.  They have known about this problem since 1965.  The Federal government funds the Army Corp of Engineers, both with regular fiscal budget and with extra money for specific projects.  The New Orleans district alone received $364.5 million in 2005, along with 10&#039;s of millions for specific projects.  Where did the money go?  This doesn&#039;t include what they get from the state and local level.  Of course, if there was an investigation into the state and local level, and into the budget expenditures of the Army Corp of Engineers, then you all might have to admit that it wasn&#039;t Bush&#039;s fault.  Shudder at the thought.  Such a shame that you get all your info from a rich, pig that is spending thousands a day to be in a posh fat farm.  OMG!!  Sounds like Michael Moore isn&#039;t the regular guy on the street.  Follow blindly you fools, this man is a fraud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This problem should have been taken care of on the local and state level.  Let&#8217;s get an investigation in order and find out why it wasn&#8217;t taken care of.  They have known about this problem since 1965.  The Federal government funds the Army Corp of Engineers, both with regular fiscal budget and with extra money for specific projects.  The New Orleans district alone received $364.5 million in 2005, along with 10&#8217;s of millions for specific projects.  Where did the money go?  This doesn&#8217;t include what they get from the state and local level.  Of course, if there was an investigation into the state and local level, and into the budget expenditures of the Army Corp of Engineers, then you all might have to admit that it wasn&#8217;t Bush&#8217;s fault.  Shudder at the thought.  Such a shame that you get all your info from a rich, pig that is spending thousands a day to be in a posh fat farm.  OMG!!  Sounds like Michael Moore isn&#8217;t the regular guy on the street.  Follow blindly you fools, this man is a fraud.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=124835', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tenor</title>
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		<dc:creator>tenor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 06:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really hard to listen to W admit/claim that you didnâ€™t have a clue that a catastrophe was likely in New Orleans: &quot;I donâ€™t think anybody anticipated the breaching of the leveesâ€.  Why must W attribute such stupid ignorance to me?

Good summary of W&#039;s direct complicity in the slaughter:  &lt;b&gt;Warnings went ignored as Bush slashed flood defence budget to pay for wars&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Independent on Line&lt;/i&gt; by Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor, 09/04/05. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article310195.ece 

Any American with a HEART remembers our fears for NOLA last September -- USA TODAY - Direct hit by Ivan in New Orleans could mean a modern Atlantisâ€, 09/14/04  - http://tinyurl.com/5xp2k

There&#039;s a really good Washington Post article -- &quot;Storm Exposed Disarray at the Top Despite Experience of 9/11, Federal Disaster System Remains Fatally Flawed&quot; by Susan B. Glasser and Josh White on 9/4/05 -- posted at MSNB - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9166337/ 

&quot;It&#039;s such an irony I hate to say it, but we have less capability today than we did on September 11,&quot; said a veteran FEMA official involved in the hurricane response. &quot;We are so much less than what we were in 2000,&quot; added another senior FEMA official. &quot;We&#039;ve lost a lot of what we were able to do then.&quot;

Even though W has spent untold billions of our treasure to â€˜make the Homeland safe&#039; â€“ what else got him any votes at all [from non-zombies] in 2004?

Most experts blame Bushâ€™s new bureaucracy â€œDepartment of Homeland Securityâ€ which took over FEMA.

&quot;Beyond terrorism, this [Cat 4 strike on NOLA] was the one event I was most concerned with always,&quot; said Joe M. Allbaugh, the former Bush campaign manager who served as his first FEMA headâ€ [reportedly fired for requesting budget appropriations to shore up NOLA levees, etc.].

â€œBut several current and former senior officials charged that those worries were never accorded top priority -- either by FEMA&#039;s management or their superiors in DHS. Even when officials held a practice run, as they did in an exercise dubbed â€˜Hurricane Pamâ€™ last year, they did not test for the worst-case scenario, rehearsing only what they would do if a Category 3 storm hit New Orleans, not the Category 4 power of Katrina. And after Pam, the planned follow-up study was never completed, according to a FEMA official involved.â€

HOW DO WE GET RID OF THIS NEO-CON CABAL?  Since they tore the fabric of USA constitutional democracy with the Judicial Coup of 2000, they appear determined to destroy our country.  Think of all the terrible disasters they are responsible for.

If we were a parliamentary system, he would be gone as soon as people have stopped dying.  With the GOP robots controlling Congress, the regime can&#039;t be impeached. Our next election is for Congress 2006 -- I&#039;m &#039;afeared&#039; we won&#039;t be having elections by then at this pace.

When the Congressional Democrats repealed the Special Prosecutor law, I KNEW they were being stupid FOOLS.

Pray that this opens the eyes of a sufficient number of our ruling class and their minions that they will act to &quot;STOP the INSANITY&quot; supported by massive peace/economic mass movement.  Take to the streets in September!

Call for Independent Special Prosecutor and immediate DHS/FEMA firings.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really hard to listen to W admit/claim that you didnâ€™t have a clue that a catastrophe was likely in New Orleans: &#8220;I donâ€™t think anybody anticipated the breaching of the leveesâ€.  Why must W attribute such stupid ignorance to me?</p>
<p>Good summary of W&#8217;s direct complicity in the slaughter:  <b>Warnings went ignored as Bush slashed flood defence budget to pay for wars</b>, <i>Independent on Line</i> by Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor, 09/04/05. <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article310195.ece" rel="nofollow">http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article310195.ece</a> </p>
<p>Any American with a HEART remembers our fears for NOLA last September &#8212; USA TODAY &#8211; Direct hit by Ivan in New Orleans could mean a modern Atlantisâ€, 09/14/04  &#8211; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5xp2k" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/5xp2k</a></p>
<p>There&#8217;s a really good Washington Post article &#8212; &#8220;Storm Exposed Disarray at the Top Despite Experience of 9/11, Federal Disaster System Remains Fatally Flawed&#8221; by Susan B. Glasser and Josh White on 9/4/05 &#8212; posted at MSNB &#8211; <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9166337/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9166337/</a> </p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s such an irony I hate to say it, but we have less capability today than we did on September 11,&#8221; said a veteran FEMA official involved in the hurricane response. &#8220;We are so much less than what we were in 2000,&#8221; added another senior FEMA official. &#8220;We&#8217;ve lost a lot of what we were able to do then.&#8221;</p>
<p>Even though W has spent untold billions of our treasure to â€˜make the Homeland safe&#8217; â€“ what else got him any votes at all [from non-zombies] in 2004?</p>
<p>Most experts blame Bushâ€™s new bureaucracy â€œDepartment of Homeland Securityâ€ which took over FEMA.</p>
<p>&#8220;Beyond terrorism, this [Cat 4 strike on NOLA] was the one event I was most concerned with always,&#8221; said Joe M. Allbaugh, the former Bush campaign manager who served as his first FEMA headâ€ [reportedly fired for requesting budget appropriations to shore up NOLA levees, etc.].</p>
<p>â€œBut several current and former senior officials charged that those worries were never accorded top priority &#8212; either by FEMA&#8217;s management or their superiors in DHS. Even when officials held a practice run, as they did in an exercise dubbed â€˜Hurricane Pamâ€™ last year, they did not test for the worst-case scenario, rehearsing only what they would do if a Category 3 storm hit New Orleans, not the Category 4 power of Katrina. And after Pam, the planned follow-up study was never completed, according to a FEMA official involved.â€</p>
<p>HOW DO WE GET RID OF THIS NEO-CON CABAL?  Since they tore the fabric of USA constitutional democracy with the Judicial Coup of 2000, they appear determined to destroy our country.  Think of all the terrible disasters they are responsible for.</p>
<p>If we were a parliamentary system, he would be gone as soon as people have stopped dying.  With the GOP robots controlling Congress, the regime can&#8217;t be impeached. Our next election is for Congress 2006 &#8212; I&#8217;m &#8216;afeared&#8217; we won&#8217;t be having elections by then at this pace.</p>
<p>When the Congressional Democrats repealed the Special Prosecutor law, I KNEW they were being stupid FOOLS.</p>
<p>Pray that this opens the eyes of a sufficient number of our ruling class and their minions that they will act to &#8220;STOP the INSANITY&#8221; supported by massive peace/economic mass movement.  Take to the streets in September!</p>
<p>Call for Independent Special Prosecutor and immediate DHS/FEMA firings.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=123433', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I never read it&#039;s crap, I look at who posted and then decide if I&#039;ll read.

I love fiction as much as anyone, but that is NOT what I look for here.  So, it is much easier Not to feed the trolls.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never read it&#8217;s crap, I look at who posted and then decide if I&#8217;ll read.</p>
<p>I love fiction as much as anyone, but that is NOT what I look for here.  So, it is much easier Not to feed the trolls.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=123335', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
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		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 01:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM AFRO DYKIE</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM AFRO DYKIE<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=123331', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: mighty aphrodite</title>
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		<dc:creator>mighty aphrodite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;d think local authorities (i.e. Mayor Nagin and Parish President Broussard) might also be aware of the levees&#039; potential to break.  Good planning!!  Nagin didn&#039;t order a mandatory evacuation even though this was the recommended course of action. Hmmmm....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;d think local authorities (i.e. Mayor Nagin and Parish President Broussard) might also be aware of the levees&#8217; potential to break.  Good planning!!  Nagin didn&#8217;t order a mandatory evacuation even though this was the recommended course of action. Hmmmm&#8230;.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=123190', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Think Progress &#187; Chertoff Learned of Levee Failure 36 Hours After Mayor Nagin?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Think Progress &#187; Chertoff Learned of Levee Failure 36 Hours After Mayor Nagin?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Homeland Security chief Mike Chertoff today offered the administration&#8217;s (first, second) third excuse for their lack of preparedness for Katrina: Well, I think if you look at what actually happened, I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, &#8220;New Orleans Dodged the Bullet.&#8221; Because if you recall, the storm moved to the east and then continued on and appeared to pass with considerable damage but nothing worse. It was on Tuesday that the levee &#8212; may have been overnight Monday to Tuesday &#8212; that the levee started to break. And it was midday Tuesday that I became aware of the fact that there was no possibility of plugging the gap and that essentially the lake was going to start to drain into the city. I think that second catastrophe really caught everybody by surprise. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Homeland Security chief Mike Chertoff today offered the administration&#8217;s (first, second) third excuse for their lack of preparedness for Katrina: Well, I think if you look at what actually happened, I remember on Tuesday morning picking up newspapers and I saw headlines, &#8220;New Orleans Dodged the Bullet.&#8221; Because if you recall, the storm moved to the east and then continued on and appeared to pass with considerable damage but nothing worse. It was on Tuesday that the levee &#8212; may have been overnight Monday to Tuesday &#8212; that the levee started to break. And it was midday Tuesday that I became aware of the fact that there was no possibility of plugging the gap and that essentially the lake was going to start to drain into the city. I think that second catastrophe really caught everybody by surprise. [...]<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=122526', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: renata dumitrascu</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-122502</link>
		<dc:creator>renata dumitrascu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 17:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the madness of king George; they should test his urine once in a while</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the madness of king George; they should test his urine once in a while<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=122502', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Solomon2</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-122234</link>
		<dc:creator>Solomon2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://solomon2.blogspot.com/2005/09/on-levees-of-new-orleans.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;On the Levees of New Orleans&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://solomon2.blogspot.com/2005/09/on-levees-of-new-orleans.html" rel="nofollow">On the Levees of New Orleans</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=122234', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-121924</link>
		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LITTLE GEORGIE TOOK AN AXE AND GAVE THE WORLD FORTY WHACKS... WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE, HE GAVE NEW ORLEANS FORTY ONE...(OR IS THAT 43??)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LITTLE GEORGIE TOOK AN AXE AND GAVE THE WORLD FORTY WHACKS&#8230; WHEN HE SAW WHAT HE HAD DONE, HE GAVE NEW ORLEANS FORTY ONE&#8230;(OR IS THAT 43??)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=121924', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jim Manly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-121291</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Manly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 17:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bible study reveals the nation of Israel knew when they were in trouble with GOD.  They would repent and HE would come to their aid.  Apparently America does not know how to do this.  Just watch TV and see how long it takes before someone uses HIS name in a careless manner.  This is just the &quot;tip of the iceburg&quot;, but as a nation it would be a good starting point for cleaning up our act before GOD THE FATHER and HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bible study reveals the nation of Israel knew when they were in trouble with GOD.  They would repent and HE would come to their aid.  Apparently America does not know how to do this.  Just watch TV and see how long it takes before someone uses HIS name in a careless manner.  This is just the &#8220;tip of the iceburg&#8221;, but as a nation it would be a good starting point for cleaning up our act before GOD THE FATHER and HIS SON JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=121291', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tommy The Tiger</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-120809</link>
		<dc:creator>Tommy The Tiger</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mighty Afro-dykie,
I find it hard to believe that any thinking person could every believe the crap that &quot;W&quot; has pulled on this country--you just can&#039;t make this stuff up!

There is one thing 100% absolutely postive for sure. This  president is the worst in American history. His record proves it!

But I do have a great belief in America still. Anyone that is as stupid and dumb and idiotic as George W. Bush, and can be president of these United States is proof that anyone can accomplish anything when they set their minds to it--especially when you have big money behind it all.

Enjoy it while it lasts, because the countryis going down the shitter as we speak!

Also, history will prove all of us here right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mighty Afro-dykie,<br />
I find it hard to believe that any thinking person could every believe the crap that &#8220;W&#8221; has pulled on this country&#8211;you just can&#8217;t make this stuff up!</p>
<p>There is one thing 100% absolutely postive for sure. This  president is the worst in American history. His record proves it!</p>
<p>But I do have a great belief in America still. Anyone that is as stupid and dumb and idiotic as George W. Bush, and can be president of these United States is proof that anyone can accomplish anything when they set their minds to it&#8211;especially when you have big money behind it all.</p>
<p>Enjoy it while it lasts, because the countryis going down the shitter as we speak!</p>
<p>Also, history will prove all of us here right.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=120809', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-120710</link>
		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bush has said that he was in favor of a 95% WORLD POPULATION DECREASE.  Looks like another leader from the 40&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush has said that he was in favor of a 95% WORLD POPULATION DECREASE.  Looks like another leader from the 40&#8217;s.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=120710', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KJ Lovell</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/01/bush-administration-had-reason-to-know-about-levee-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-120709</link>
		<dc:creator>KJ Lovell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks like mighty dykie is not due back at the McDonalds drive up window to work it&#039;s shift yet.

And it is very testy.... or is that disfunctional?

hey, mitie dykie, you&#039;re (that is called a contraction)
SOO FUNNY YOURSELF.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks like mighty dykie is not due back at the McDonalds drive up window to work it&#8217;s shift yet.</p>
<p>And it is very testy&#8230;. or is that disfunctional?</p>
<p>hey, mitie dykie, you&#8217;re (that is called a contraction)<br />
SOO FUNNY YOURSELF.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=120709', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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