August 2007
September 2006
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The Unlearned Lesson of Katrina
The disaster in New Orleans was caused, not by too little welfare spending, but by too much. Four decades of dependence on government left people without the resources -- economic, intellectual, or moral -- to plan ahead and provide for themselves in an emergency
February 2006
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House Report on Katrina Faults Government Officials - Bloomberg.com
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Federal, state and local officials all failed to anticipate the devastation threatened by Hurricane Katrina and then were slow to react when the storm overwhelmed New Orleans levees, said a draft report by a special House committee investigating Katrina.
September 2005
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The Globe and Mail: The flagging empire
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The fall of the American Empire. The cold war, oil, China, The Middle East, Katrina . . .
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