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Pemberton honored by House resolution

Netcodems Past President Linda Pemberton was recognized by the Texas House of Representatives in a resolution passed Aug. 4, 2006.

House Resolution 115 by State Rep. Dawnna Dukes recognized Linda as "an outstanding Texan who has devoted time, energy, and talents toward realizing the Texas Democratic Party platform goal of guaranteeing open and fair participation in the democratic process."

Click here for a copy of the resolution (PDF).

Blood and Flood: The War in Iraq and the New Orleans Disaster

Because of the war in Iraq, the Bush Administration cut federal expenditures that could have prevented or lessened the Hurricane damage to New Orleans.

That assessment comes in an article on the website of the respected newspaper industry journal, Editor & Publisher. Click here for the complete article.

While Congress in the mid-1990s funded a major flood control effort, federal funding "dried up to a trickle" in 2003, and the Corps of Engineers "never tried to hide the fact that the spending pressures of the war in Iraq, as well as homeland security -- coming at the same time as federal tax cuts -- was the reason for the strain," Editor and Publisher reported.

In 2004, Bush proposed spending just 20 cents on the dollar of what the Corps was necessary to shore up levees along Lake Ponchetrain -- the same ones that failed Tuesday.

Earlier this year the White House opposed Louisiana congressional efforts to get more funding for hurricane protection, and Bush's budget only contained one-sixth (a mere $10.4 million) of what local officials said was necessary. The bill for Hurricane Katrina is $25 billion and climbing.

As the bumper sticker says: "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."