The AP is at it again

This latest video on Pre-Katrina meetings that included the President is another smear job.

The way they present it, Bush was told the levees would likely fail and disaster would surely follow. Then they put up footage of Bush saying that no one had anticipated the breach of the levees. Makes it sound like he's an idiot/liar/corrupt/clueless...sigh.

The expert they highlighted was Dr. Max Mayfield. Dr. Mayfield is a hurricane expert, not a structural engineer. When alluded dangers concerning the levees, it was from a 'topping' standpoint.

Topping? Yeah, as in water going over the top of the levees because they weren't high enough to hold back Lake Pontchartrain.

Well, as the reportage came in with the hurricane, they felt like N.O. had dodged a bullet in that the levees weren't topped. They were in fact 'high enough' to hold back the water.

Then, they broke. No one had anticipated that. Just like Bush had said.

Even IF the breach had been discussed on the 28th, what could anyone have done to stop it? Guess he could have invaded Louisiana with a gaggle of engineers and tried to shore up the levees AS THE HURRICANE WAS COMING ASHORE.

Brilliant! But a little late in the game for that.

I can only assume the AP thinks we're all idiots with wholesale short-term memory loss issues, and won't pay attention to the facts.

Arrggh...