We recently wrote about how National Guard troops needed for disaster relief in New Orleans have been diverted to the Iraq war. Now it turns out that Federal money earmarked to repair the levee system has been diverted to Iraq as well.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million to pay for hurricane protection projects around Lake Pontchartrain. The Bush administration offered them less than $4 million, and Congress eventually gave them $5.7 million. The corps requested $18 million specifically to repair and strengthen New Orleans levees. Instead, their annual budget was reduced 20% because the money was needed for the war in Iraq.
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There are increasing indications that the situation in New Orleans may be worse than Americans are being told. TV outlets abroad are reportedly showing video of large numbers of floating bodies, and just as the US media did not show people jumping from windows in the World Trade Center on 911, it may be that we’re being spared the worst. Russian and Chinese intelligence analysts are calling it a “dead city.” Some reports estimate that as many as 50,000 people may be dead. It may be impossible to get an accurate count of the dead because alligators are devouring the corpses.
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This week on Dreamland, we concentrate on Hurricane Katrina?but in ways you will not hear anywhere else. First, we talk to weather expert Scott Stevens, who says that since the Russian deployment of the so-called “Woodpecker Grid” of radio frequencies on July 4, 1976, there has been intentional interference with and control of weather phenomena. Then we talk to geologist Timothy Kusky, the St. Louis University professor who predicted the Kartinascenario in 2003. He tells us just exactly what happened and what to expect in terms of recovery from this disaster. Because of the Labor Day Holiday, this show is available for listening right now. Just click “Listen Now” on our masthead. To download a free copy of Windows Media player, click on “Listening Problems.”
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