Eko-frikovi i Katarina, jos jednom

Kada je snažni uragan Katarina pre dve godine pogodio New Orleans, plaveći grad, odnoseći mnoge zivote i čineći veliku štetu, čitava javnost, a posebno eko-frikovi u Americi, ali i drugde, napadali su Vladu sto nije ulagala više u zaštitu grada. Osim tirada o globalnom zagrevanju koje vodi jačanju uragana (sto čak i IPCC odbacuje) i insinuacija da se vlada nije brinula za Big Easy jer su tamo crnci, slušali smo jedan bazični refren: oslanjanje na tržište i zapostavljanje uloge vlade u zaštiti gradjana dovelo je do katastrofe. Ako se to ne promeni, i vlasti počnu da više slusaju ekološki svesne grupe i lobije, i počnu "više da ulažu u ekološku zaštitu" katastrofa će se ponoviti.

Ali, neokonzervativni mangupi su malo kopali po istoriji, i gle šta su iskopali:

In the wake of Hurricane Betsy, which struck New Orleans in 1965, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed building flood gates on Lake Pontchartrain, like those in the Netherlands that protect cities from North Sea storms. In 1977, the gates were about to be built, but the Environmental Defense Fund and Save Our Wetlands sought a court injunction to block the project.

According to John Berlau's recent book, "Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism is Hazardous to Your Health," U.S. Attorney Gerald Gallinghouse told the court that not building the gates could kill thousands of New Orleanians. Judge Charles Schwartz issued the injunction despite the evidence refuting claims of environmental damage.

Zeleni su dakle blokirali izgradnju zaštitne brane, uz pomoć "progresivnog" sudstva. A onda optužuju notornog W. Busha...