Project Katrina

Well score another one for the federal government and against the residents and taxpayers of the nation. The Associated Press is reporting:

A federal judge threw out a key class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over levee breaches after Hurricane Katrina, saying that the agency failed to protect the city but that his hands were tied by the law.

U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval ruled that the Corps should be held immune over failures in drainage canals that caused much of the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005.

The ruling relies on the Flood Control Act of 1928, which made the federal government immune when flood control projects like levees break.

The suit led to about 489,000 claims by businesses, government entities and residents, totaling trillions of dollars in damages against the agency.

I understand the court ruled in the only way they could, but loopholes like this must be closed. The government can’t at one time be “in charge” but on the other hand “immune when flood control projects like levees break.” If anybody is aware of another business or organization, other then the federal government, that could get away with this please let me know.