I have been saying for ages now, the Net is a MAJOR battleground, and we really need to start taking it seriously. The PTB are, and they are waging a tech/info/media war across cyberspace, Human minds and the control fo the flow of information is the prize. And like the OP says, How much are they doing that we don't know about because they haven't been caught doing it yet?

Starred and Flagged Nite.

That isnt the issue. Here you got some lady who is complaining about levees collapsing from a major natural disaster, and is simply looking for someone to blame for her "free will" to stay and get flooded out.

Nothing wrong with the right or free will to choose to stand in front of a speeding train expecting it to just go around you. But after that, dont go blaming someone else for the results because of your own free will choices.

To say they were built "shotty" is mute because that hurricane was so severe there would have been no levee that would have withstood it.

And there was plenty of warning ahead of the brunt of it. It was only plastered all over the networks and radio for 3 weeks prior to it even comming ashore.

I think that this lady put out enough bashing to the wrong place and someone at the ACOE got a tad offended and just gave back what was due.

And dispite what people think about modern technology, nothing we build can be totally immune to nature's wrath.





Cheers!!!!

[edit on 17-12-2008 by RFBurns]

No Im not trying to divert the point. The very point of the COE lashing back is because of what this lady did in the first place, lashing at the COE for the result of a natural disaster.

You cant just dismiss the cause just because one lady out of the entire population there that only has 7 or so posting on her blog to be the justifiable reason to ignore what she did in the first place to warrent what happend back at her.

Would it have mattered if the COE person did this from their own personal PC and IP? What exactly is her agenda? Lets look at it from the very begining and then discuss the reasons why 1 out of 1600 COE personell lashed back.



Cheers!!!!

Originally posted by RFBurns
No Im not trying to divert the point. The very point of the COE lashing back is because of what this lady did in the first place, lashing at the COE for the result of a natural disaster.

You cant just dismiss the cause just because one lady out of the entire population there that only has 7 or so posting on her blog to be the justifiable reason to ignore what she did in the first place to warrent what happend back at her.

Would it have mattered if the COE person did this from their own personal PC and IP? What exactly is her agenda? Lets look at it from the very begining and then discuss the reasons why 1 out of 1600 COE personell lashed back.

Ive got family in New Orleans, so I know she isnt the only one who is "upset" about the outcome of things.

However, so far, the lady is the only one who has taken things to a point where someone a the COE saw the comments and was offended by whatever it was she was saying. I mean cmon, it had to have been something enough to make the COE person respond back in the manner they did. And if it wasnt this lady directly, and is as "proper" as she puts on in that news interview, then perhaps she should have "moderated" her blog a bit more carefully?

It wasnt a government agency lashing at a civilian. It was a COE personel lashing at a civilian on a government machine. Im sure that person will face some inquery if not charges.

Now as to the levee. To trust the government in the first place is haphazard especially when it was known since 1970 that the levee would not stand up to a Cat 3 level hurricane as described. So the problem existed far longer than just before Katrina. If the residents of New Orleans new this, then perhaps the residents, and the mayor, and the gov of Louisiana, should have done something about it.

The COE isnt a miracle worker and they too are under a budget. They cant just magically rebuild a levee when their department is not allocated the funds to do so, hence the problem then is higher up the chain of command, or in this case, the appropriations committe and budet office, not to mention the elected senators and reps in congress that represent the state of Louisiana.

Anyway what was it that she said, or one of her blog members said that got this 1 out of 1600 COE personell to respond in the manner in which they did? Does anyone know that part of the story yet?

There are always two sides to the story. My brother and his family lost their house too, and they fully understand that it was something byond anyone's control. Sure the government dropped the ball, FEMA screwed up during recovery and rescue, alot of people suffered. But alot of people also were warned to leave the area days before the hurricane hit because they knew it was going to be a bad one.

Oh and please dont assume something about what I know or what I dont know. I lived there too btw, 2 decades ago. And even then, there was not much public outcry to do something about the levee situation, tho it was known to be in much need of a rebuild and re-enforcement.

It will be interesting to see if this makes government dump more needed funding down there to make them levees like they were supposed to be made back in 1970.




Cheers!!!!

[edit on 18-12-2008 by RFBurns]