Federal, state and local agencies are actively conspiring to increase attrition among blacks by deliberately under funding programs to build public swimming pools in inner city zones, which are predominantly populated by minorities. While this has little impact day to day, it is most notable at times of natural catastrophes. The majority of casualties in the Katrina attack on New Orleans were blacks who did not know how to swim and it is widely believed that when 13 Bak'tun occurs, that widespread flooding will impact coastal and low lying areas. Given the high density of human populations in coastal areas and the fact that these are largely inhabited by minorities, it does not take a great stretch of the imagination to draw the obvious conclusions. If you believe this article to be the mindless ravings of a rogue blogger read the article that clearly implicates the US Army Corps of Engineers.

"In addition to its Gulf storm surge protection projects, the Corps of Engineers also designed and constructed the levee system that protects New Orleans from periodic Mississippi River flooding that typically occurs during springtime"

Stark statistics underlie the initiative by the national governing body for swimming. Black children drown at a rate almost three times the overall rate. And less than 2% of USA Swimming's nearly 252,000 members who swim competitively year-round are black.

To alter the numbers, USA Swimming is teaming with an array of partners — local governments, corporations, youth and ethnic organizations— to expand learn-to-swim programs nationwide, many of them targeted at inner-city minorities. One of the key participants is black freestyle star Cullen Jones, who hopes to boost his role-model status by winning a medal this summer at the Beijing Olympics.

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