Did you hear Obama promise to protect New Orleans from a category five Hurricane?

Question

And now that hes decided its the Govts job to protect people from the weather that is typical to thier regions how long til he extends that protection to Florida. And while hes at it could he come here to Tornado Alley and promise to protect us from an F5 tornado. And then I would be really impressed if he could go to California and promise to protect them from a 9.9 Earthquake. And if he could do something about the ice storms in the midwest while hes not busy Id love that. Those crops are almost as important as New Orleans casinos and strip clubs. Is he making these promises to divert attention from the one thing he will never work to protect us from? Yes Im talking about terrorism. More people died on 911 than all US natural disasters. But thats no reason to work to make us safer from that real threat. I mean we all know its way more popular to stand around a bunch of flooded houses making false promises to those desparate people. Its called Band Wagoning Obama, and its insulting.

"If the government which has our money doesn't do this, who will? Don't be ridiculous!"
Perfect answer commielib. Except you failed to identify the cost to improving these levves to withstand a category five storm and whether or not that cost is justified when compared to the needs of some much of the countries infrastructure. Or maybe we should spend all our money on New Orleans Levees and then we can all just move in there and be safe?

Answer 1

Yea, the U.S could spend all of our money building levees in flood prone areas to protect filthy cities- instead of moving people somewhere else and using the funds to fight the real threat... terrorism.
Many are saying, why use the money to rebuild Iraq, and not the U.S infrastructure. True, the U.S should spend some more time on the homefront, but lets start by defeating the biggest threat, terrorism. Whats priority here, thousands dead by terrorists attacks or unstoppable natural disasters.
The U.S is helping to rebuild Iraq, because it is incapable, it has no stable government after its run with corrupt leaders. Positive progress is being made over there. The Iraqis now have hospitals and schools. The media doesn't tell us the good though, because good doesn't sell in this corrupt world.

Answer 2

For all you ridiculous people who forgot who's really responsible for terrorism(9-11), there is a 6 foot 8 raghead hiding in the mountains watching CNN and laughing at how many troops of ours are dying. If you don't know his name then maybe you should shut up.

The war in Iraq is Bush trying to do what his father did in 1991. I think we are done. Saddam is dead! Time to go to Afghanistan and get the real enemy. Saddam attacked his own people not us. Genocide goes on in alot of other countries and we don't do **** about them. Oh, by the way,everyone seems to forget that Iraq is one of the biggest oil producers in the world. Not that has anything to do with why we're over there.

Answer 3

You all make me sick. You judge who is worth protecting and saving, that's why you don't care about the people who died in New Orleans. Just because someone is a stripper doesn't mean their life doesn't matter.

MTBiker: You wouldn't spend money to repair a floodgate to protect YOUR FELLOW AMERICANS. What the hell do you think the troops are doing? Fighting for their health? They are puttin their *** on the line to protect people like those in New Orleans and you!

Btw, justifying the war by saying we haven't been attacked on our own soil in the past 3 years is plain dumb. That's like saying efforts to up school safety must be working because there hasn't been a shooting in 2 years. It proves nothing! It is not an everyday thing that someone attacks their schoolmates. We don't have a history of being bombed 4 times a year. If that were the case, saying triumphantly that we haven't been bombed in 5 years might be worth some merit.

If you actually gave a damn about peoples lives you would hope that a president could balance the war and take all necessary action to protect their people.

Answer 4

You can improve the infrastructure so that the people are protected from a levy breaching and drowning people again. If the government which has our money doesn't do this, who will? Don't be ridiculous!

Edit:
Yeah, rebuilding things with our money is only acceptable in foreign countries like Iraq, right? Since this is your twisted logic, do you mind taking the tab so we sane tax payers can use the money here at home?

Answer 5

I am sure that Senator Obama is saying that he will ensure that the levies in New Orleans will hold. But how will he ensure that state and local governments do their job? Will he withhold federal funds if they don't or will he just increase the funding, whether it works or not?

Infastructure should be properly funded, but just throwing money at people doesn't mean much if they don't do the job.

Answer 6

He's probalby trying to get the black vote. Some blacks believe that the levees were deliberately sabotaged to flood New Orleans and thus get rid of them. Some blacks always think someone is out to get them. He is probably playing on that angle. I would never vote for anyone with the name "Hussein". Many others have told me that. That is too touchy with 9-11. Also, I am white, but if there were a black conservative candidate along the lines of a Ronald Regan type, you bet your boots I would vote for him or her. It is not the color as some blacks would have everyone believe. It is the content of their character.

Answer 7

yes I heard it....another priceless soundbite from the liberal star!!!!!

And for those of you who read....in 1977 the enviromental wacko's filed suit to stop the construction of flood gates in the New Orleans area because of potental damage to the wetlands. The Army Corp of Engineers warned of flooding and the loss of life but alas, the wackos won in court.....

Answer 8

I respectfully submit that you do not seem to understand Senator Obama's position, which is fundamentally recognizing that each of us is valuable, not protecting us from natural disasters.

Answer 9

Who needs a State, County, and Local government when you have Democrats in charge at the Federal level?

Answer 10

yeah...hes gonna stand on the levee and blow the hurricane back with lots of his spare hot air