it's a cookbook!!!!!!

The levee that broke was known to be defective by all parties involved and was the subject of a 1993 lawsuit against the now bankrupt Pittman Construction. It was not just known, but part of the public record, that this levee was defective more than 12 years prior to Katrina. The COE may bear some portion of liablity but changes and upgrades have been ignored by the city, state, and citizens. Local levee boards spent their funding on parks and casinos. I might add that nearly all of those levee boards have now been disbanded. All parties involved bear a portion of responsibilty and the COE owns the smallest portion. Let's put the city and state on trial for what they knew and when they knew it.

I know personally that body odor differs by race, diet, and culture. Is that to say that if I eat at my local Pakstani resturant the night before trying to use the BO biometric, I may be identified as a Pashtun tribal warlord? Does this take into account that prescription medication could cause a change? Just by taking an antibiotic could I cause a false positive? I hate to think loading up on ginger or curry or treating an infection could mean I end up on the waterboard. This seems as useful as gait recognition. http://gtresearchnews.gatech.edu/newsrelease/GAIT.htm .... That really went nowhere and I seem to remember a massively huge database - like 2PB. But who am I to judge apparently nows the time to push for funding on crap projects.

rarely do i feel the need to post...since it always cost me karma. Premeditated murder is wrong. I have scanned the comments and am appalled that the majority of posters are not only sympathetic to sex offenders they sound almost like proponents of sexual offenses. A culture of hate? Disenfranchised felons? You guys sound like the slashdot man-boy love forum. Is slashdot populated by pedophiles and sundry felons? America has 80% recidivism. Most of these guys - no matter how much you want to believe they've changed- have not changed. You could argue that it's because we treat them so poorly they're forced to return to a life of crime. BULLSHIT. Why would they return to being a sexual offender? Would you really like to err on the side that gets your child raped? I don't think we should live in a society where the rights of the guilty outweigh the rights of the innocent. It sounds cool to be so bleeding edge liberal, but the harsh reality is if a child molester moved next door to you, you would want that information to protect your kids.