When the Levees Broke

Ever hear of the saying "You will reap what you sow"? Well I think that this is a proper phrase for what is going on now. One levee has been broken in Illinois and people are scrambling to make sure that it does not turn into another New Orleans, Louisiana fiasco.

We all remember that the levees failed because of a sudden outpour of rain from hurricane Katrina. Severe flooding was caused because the ancient and forgotten levees broke under the pressure of thousands of tons of water.

We also remember that these levees have probably been scheduled to repaired but we've been at war so long that we can't take care of our infrastructure, although we are all paying taxes to make sure that these things are taken care of.

Ok, so the Mississippi River, the longest river in the US has some of those same ancient and forgotten about levees. Well they are currently being put to the test to see if they can outstand the ever-changing rages of mother nature. Right now it is looking like mother nature is about have a flawless victory.

I'm going to take a huge leap and suggest that the public and the government do not want anymore criticisms if levees fail horribly along the Mississippi River. There was plenty of consipracy theories circling after Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. So now there are a lot of preventetive measures being taken, mostly sandbags, but if they fail then there will be more flooding.

My question is, How many times do it take for our federal and state taxes to be put to good use. I mean with briges and levees failing it will be a disaster. God forbid if we were to ever fight a war on US soil. I mean people know that these things need to be repaired. How many times a year do we see headlines of the most unsafe bridges to travel on. Way too many especially when they start collasping with people on them.

In either case lives are stake. Whose lives are worth more ours or the soldiers? I think the manpower of the armies are better suited for the protection of the homefront. Misguided money could be put to MUCH BETTER use than war.