Their levees, our levees (redux)
February 13, 2006• (0) Comments
We’ve all seen that clever photo essay comparing New Orleans’ earthen and concrete levee construction to technological marvels of engineering in “enlightened” Europe. Are Europeans just smarter?
My long-time friend and liberal foil Greg Katz forwarded this link to a recent photo essay last night and, while I haven’t bestirred meself to opine in a while, this one deserved a riposte. In the interest of fair play, I’m sure Greg won’t mind if I publish my side of our correspondence.
“Greg, a fascinating exercise and a worthy debate. What America does in N’awlins will say a lot about our priorities. Nevertheless, when history judges what happened there, local Democrats will come out stinking worse than anything you can hang on the current federal administration.