Harry Shearer: What Obama Brought to New Orleans - Politics on The Huffington Post: "...He referred to 'Katrina battering the levees.' Does he know (or care) that those levees gave way under surge conditions far less than they were advertised to withstand? (NOTE: Though Katrina was a Cat 5 storm when it made landfall in Mississippi, it was a strong Cat 1 or weak Cat 2 by the time it passed New Orleans) And that the Corps that 'knowingly' (according to federal judge Stanwood Duval) built insufficient protection into that system continues to do its work without independent peer review? If so, he gave no indication in today's speech (that I can find so far).
I know commenters will say, 'lighten up, he came to your town, he put it in the spotlight, he showed he cared.' Here's my response: if a physician comes to your house, has a great bedside manner, and shows deep compassion, but misdiagnoses your condition and therefore misprescribes, are you supposed to be grateful?"
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