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Welll . . . much of the destructive flooding came from the redirection of $384 million dollars of federal government money to floating casinos by various leaders of New Orleans, which meant that sorely-needed dike and levee repairs were never done.

These leaders knew full well that the dikes were very deteriorated. Yet, somehow, President Bush and FEMA were blamed. I believe that they thought that the $384 million HAD been spent on dike repairs.

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