Apparently, the lake that was once New Orleans has been given a name. Some people wanted to name it Lake Gasoline, but the people charged with cleaning it up had a better idea.
Wonkette says they're calling it Lake George.
A tipster informs us that down in New Orleans, they have a name for the flood waters that have invaded the city: Lake George. This is from a friend at the EPA:
We're naming it Lake George, 'cause it's his frickin fault. Have you seen all that data about the levee projects' funding being cut over the past three years by the Prez, and the funding transferred to Iraq? The levee, as designed, might not have held back the surge from a direct Class 5 hit, but it certainly would not have crumbled on Monday night from saturation and scour erosion following a glancing blow from a Class 3. The failure was in a spot that had just been rebuilt, not yet compacted, not planted, and not armed (hardened with rock/concrete). The project should have been done two years ago, but the federal gov't diverted 80% of the funding to Iraq. Other areas had settled by a few feet from their design specs, and the money to repair them was diverted to Iraq.
This was senseless, useless death caused not by nature but by budget decisions.
Katrina Bush
