Typical--Shrub's in New Orleans to "promote" free trade and NAFTA, even though, back when it counted, he didn't hesitate to put up a barrier on steel imports, at significant cost to the city.
Of course, that was the only barrier Bush gave--or gives--a damn about in New Orleans:
Most of Bush's time will be spent in a hotel and a historic former city hall in the Central Business District, out of sight from the residential areas hit hardest by Katrina. His agenda includes a few events of local flavor, but they are secondary to diplomatic talks.
Bush has no plans to tour hurricane-damaged neighborhoods on this trip...
In the meantime:
...the Corps of Engineers has discovered a persistent leak in the 17th St. Canal floodwall, the very structure that breached disastrously in the wake of Katrina, flooding a good part of the city. Despite the restraint, the story gets ominous when you hit this quote:
"There's no reason for anyone to worry," (Corps section chief Brett) Herr said. "That floodwall isn't going anywhere."
By the way--the floodwall in my picture above isn't in New Orleans. It's in a little town called Sunbury, PA, north of Harrisburg on the Susquehanna River. But it sure does look like the floodwalls in New Orleans, and appears to be an ACOE job as well.
They might want to give them a thorough inspection.
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