The environmentalist me, New Orleans and the ACE

The ACE is the Army Corps of Engineers, now hailed by many as the would-have-been saviors of New Orleans if only given enough of a budget by BushCo.

But the environmentalist me says, let's not forget that this organization, through draining wetlands, made its own contribution to the Flood of New Orleans.

And through similar wetland drainage, combined with increased river channelization, the Corps has increased the risk of flood-related, and above all, hurricane-caused flood-related, damage throughout much of the coastal Southeast.