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...Gulf Coast are beginning to question. People are asking whether taxpayers should have to bear the costs of rescuing those who ignore clearly noted threats. They are not talking about the tens of thousands of people who are unable to evacuate places like New Orleans or Biloxi because they lack transportation, but the others who had the option to leave but chose to stay...
...Brown's lack of experience in emergency management isn't the only apparent bit of padding on his resume, which raises questions about how rigorously the White House vetted him before putting him in charge of FEMA. Under the "honors and awards" section of his profile at FindLaw.com - which is information on the legal website provided by lawyers or their offices-he lists "Outstanding Political Science Professor, Central State University". However, Brown "wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here," says Charles Johnson, News Bureau Director in the University Relations office at the University of Central Oklahoma...
...Remember American men's tennis? When Andy Roddick lost to unseeded Luxembourgian Gilles Muller in the first round of this year's U.S. Open, critics decried the lack of hometown talent. Was a fading Andre Agassi, 35, all the U.S. had? Did the country really have to count on Taylor Dent? But Blake's stunning run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals has fulfilled an American dream: Blake vs. Agassi, center court on Wednesday night, the most anticipated American vs. American match since 2001, when Pete Sampras beat Agassi in an Open quarterfinal...
...tries to compete with China. Politicians in India are constantly asserting their resolve to put Bombay on a par with Shanghai, without even giving a thought to reality. The fact that a day's rainfall can paralyze the economic hub of India speaks volumes about the complete lack of basic infrastructure and disaster-management techniques in this country. The government machinery was totally overwhelmed by the floods and started providing relief only after the hapless residents resorted to massive street protests. Now we find the bureaucrats playing a blame game. Have these officials given a thought to improving the city...
...million. Congress eventually approved $249.5 million, but that was still half of what the Corps wanted. The Corps' other major effort to shore up New Orleans, the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project, was also underfunded: as of this spring, seven of its contracts were delayed because of lack of money, according to a May 23 Corps report...