MUST READ article about Mitch Daniels/Corps of Engineers

[barbaraann]

Indianapolis Star
September 3, 2005
Daniels disputes criticism of budget work

Gov. Mitch Daniels is disputing reports that as White House budget director, he failed to give the Army Corps of Engineers enough money to prepare for the kind of devastation Hurricane Katrina has wrought.

Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2001 to mid-2003, said Friday that any limitations put on the corps' budget "had to do with trying to get them to concentrate . . . on locks and dams and levees instead of marinas and resorts."
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Parker, in the magazine's on-line edition at www.govexec.com, said he showed Daniels two pieces of steel, one new and one corroded, that had been in a Mississippi lock for 30 years.

"I said, 'Mitch, it doesn't matter if a terrorist blows the lock up or if it falls down because it disintegrates. Either way it's the same effect, and if we let it fall down, we have only ourselves to blame,' " Parker said. "It made no impact on him whatsoever."

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050903/NEWS01/509030383


They are either sociopaths or reptiles. During the day I tend to think they are sociopaths but in the middle of the night I start thinking they are reptiles.

[Lindsay]

1. Would you go for

sociopathic reptiles?

It has amazed me since the beginning that they could find that many sociopaths to put together to form a "government."

[barbaraann]

2. LOL!

Sociopathic reptiles works for me!

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Read my sig. line.

The first line of my sig says it all.

[LostInAnomie]

3. That's my Governor. I'm so proud.

He is also a big fan of slashing rural and urban school budgets while giving more funds to rich suburban schools.

I flipped him off to his face once.

[barbaraann]

4. Sorry to hear you have to endure him.

n/t

[Stryguy]

6. He's my gov too... unfortunately.

I moved from a blue state to a red. The people I live around sicken me.

[LostInAnomie]

7. At least IN has a couple bright spots.

IU is a very liberal university and so is the surrounding community. Gary is the second most liberal city in the nation. The rest of the state is awash in repuke though.

What city did you move to?