Thank You, Republicans! That's not what they're going to be saying in Louisiana this week... In June, New Orleans City Business reported: In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding. It would be the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New Orleans district, Corps officials said. Read It: That's what happens when you elect anti-goverment, anti-tax zealots and chickenhawks to office...essential services are cut in favour of your thick, juicy tax cuts and luscious shock 'n awe wars...Let's hope for minimal loss of human life and voter backlash next year.