Dubya's Govt. seeks to blame envo. groups for NOLA

Politics and religion
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http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/NEWS0110/509160369/1260

Federal officials appear to be seeking proof to blame the flood of New Orleans on environmental groups, documents show.

The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of an internal e-mail the U.S. Department of Justice sent out this week to various U.S. attorneys’ offices: “Has your district defended any cases on behalf of the (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers against claims brought by environmental groups seeking to block or otherwise impede the Corps work on the levees protecting New Orleans? If so, please describe the case and the outcome of the litigation.”

Cynthia Magnuson, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, said Thursday she couldn’t comment “because it’s an internal e-mail.”

Shown a copy of the e-mail, David Bookbinder, senior attorney for Sierra Club, remarked, “Why are they (Bush administration officials) trying to smear us like this?”

The Sierra Club and other environmental groups had nothing to do with the flooding that resulted from Hurricane Katrina that killed hundreds, he said. “It’s unfortunate that the Bush administration is trying to shift the blame to environmental groups. It doesn’t surprise me at all.”

Typical bullshit, it appears.

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There’s also that small part of the article that notes that this email arose from a “congressional inquiry.” Could it be that this is the internal inquiry proposed by Bush that’s supposed to be investigating the failures surrounding the federal government’s response to Katrina? I wouldn’t be surprised. I have no doubts that the primary goal of their “inquiry” is to find someone else to blame other than themselves.

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Let’s not forget which political party controls all arms of government.

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So investigators shouldn’t explore any relevant history during a discovery phase? Presumably the inquiry would turn up any blockages/lawsuits during the Clinton, Bush 1, Reagen, Carter, etc. presidencies. Also let’s try and find out why the lawyer for the Sierra Club thinks that an internal e-mail is a smear, or how an inquiry is the same as blame?

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Looks like a fishing expedition so they can eventually blame anybody but themselves for the deadly fuckups they made. But yeah, I’m biased.

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Lucky for their Republicans their “commision” is heavily biased. So everybody wins!