[ale] Water Levels & Corps of NON Engineers.

[deritchie at earthlink.net]

The COE needs someone to practice engineering on prior to going to war. At least the tax payers get some benefit for it this way. 

  The real problem is that water is basicly a 'free good': as a result, there is no drive to conserve it and efforts to do so drive up the costs, not lower them. If you want to see water conserved, raise the price even to a penny a gallon -- everybody will get religion on the subject then.

Curmudgon mode off,
Dave Ritchie

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Jeff Lightner" <jlightner at water.com>

Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:29:00 
To:"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Subject: RE: [ale] Water Levels & Corps of NON Engineers.


Personally I?d hate to be in the Corps of Engineers.? Georgia bitches about too much water released while Florida and Alabama bitch about too little.?? They?re in a no win scenario.?? As to the levies in New Orleans:? The Corps did suggest upgrades long before Katrina.? It wasn?t until Katrina proved them right that Congress and everyone decided the levies were woefully inadequate. 
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The only thing I?ve always wondered is why is the Army in charge of domestic water management?? It seems this really ought to be a separate civilian agency.?? That wouldn?t stop the complaints by all and sundry but just seems more appropriate to me. 
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P.S.? Happy New Year! 
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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Horwitz International, LLC
 Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 5:50 AM
 To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
 Subject: [ale] Water Levels & Corps of NON Engineers. 
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Regardless of what we have and what we are getting, why aren?t we holding the US Army Corps of (NON) Engineers responsible for their mismanagement and incompetence? 
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Between New Orleans and now the ACF, how much more of this will the American people tolerate? (This is not a rhetorical question)? 
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Oh, and not to mention the ?faulty? valve that cost us 3? of water in ?06. 
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Hope you all have a Happy, Prosperous and WET 2008. 
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Roland Horwitz. 
Horwitz International, LLC. 
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