There's no one to blame -- or is there?

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Thanks to izzy23 who linked to wicked_wish, here:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/wicked_wish/582898.html

Look at the money trail. Everyone knew the levees were in trouble. The city had been begging Uncle Sam for money to fix them, but federal money had slowed to a trickle. At least nine articles in the Times-Picayune from 2004 and 2005 specifically cite the cost of Iraq as a reason for the lack of hurricane- and flood-control dollars. There's cash to be followed, if you're interested. Go here and read.