Noboby anticipated breach of the levees? Breach of the levees has been anticipated for decades, but Bush and the moron corps that constitutes his government don't read science, they are to busy making it up.

Perhaps the incompetents in the Bush administration should have checked out a few publications on the subject while the weather service was forcasting Katrina's landfall:

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/specialreports/hurricanes/vulnerablecities/neworleans.html

Excellent video. What year was that made? Anyone have video of Bush walking out of press conference with Bill Clinton and his father. Bush just took off; the two former presidents were stunned. It was hilarious.

Here are the NPR interviews detailing the potential for overwhelmed/failed levees that I was listening to before it all came true.

August 28, 2005: Hurricane's Potential Impact on New Orleans

August 29, 2005: A Worst-Case Storm Scenario

And here are some interviews, 3 years before this administration decided to continuously defer funding maintenance of the levee system:

September 20, 2002: New Orleans' Hurricane Risk, Pt. I

September 20, 2002: New Orleans' Hurricane Risk, Pt. II

Perhaps if the President spent more time listening to (instead of threatening) public radio, he'd be better prepared for the current events to which he plays a victim.

I'm not sure when it was made. I believe it aired earlier this year.

Hey Norm - I'm still here!!

When are you gonna show us conclusively that Iraq is a 'quagmire'? We've been waiting for what....a year? Surely you could have come up with something by now....

Guess what Mr. Bill, Bush has been elected President twice now and has made lots of governmental appointments of people who are not qualified to do the job they were appointed to do! Ooooooohhhhh noooooooooooooooooo!

I've been posting on a right-wing debate forum about this topic and was amazed that these people are actually blaming the poor blacks in Louisiana for the problem. It's truly sad.

http://www.iraqi-freedom.com/chat/index.php?showtopic=2950

I am so angry, its like a nuclear bomb is going off continually in my head. These fucking assholes. Fuck them. Donkey raping shit eaters have ruined us all. Without the port in NO we're screwed, and those right wing morons are blaming the poor black people working for less than poverty wages to import/export so their fucking stock prices can stay high and they can drive their SUVs? Fuck em.

Mike. Thank you. You are the first person to even approximate the amount of rage I have for these fuckers.

I protested today in NY. Felt good. A slightly drugged out guy walked up to me and looked at my "Where are the Feds?" sign and agreed. He departed saying "Don't let them rent space in your head!"

Best advice I've had all year!!

mr bill does a better job explaining things then most .. this has been a known issue since the french were in new orleans

The only part they got wrong is that Mr. Bill is white. I thought only black people had to sit on their roof waiting for help (snark).

Suppose Bush was right, that few people took the viewpoint that the breach of the levees was likely. From this assumption we can conclude that the local and state government could not have been expected to prepare for a flood.

The federal government, on the other hand, is supposed to be able to respond quickly to an unanticipated disaster in any city. The size of this catastrophe is obviously beyond the capability of the city or state emergency services. So, if we accept that a flood was not expected by most people, then the federal government is the agent primarily responsible for managing this emergency.

As president, Bush is therefore responsibile for the failure of the federal government to rescue, evacuate, and feed the stranded people of New Orleans.