re: 3 weeks in, and no apparent hope of solving LSU funding crisis.

Absolutely. We do not disagree that both cause erosion. We merely disagree on the degree to which each are contributing to the overall problem. In reality, debating about who should be blamed more it is a huge waste of time. BOTH issues need to fixed. The canals AND the levees. However, one is being protected by state politics and the other is protected by the leviathan that is the federal government.

This argument is like looking at a dying murder victim that has multiple stab and bullet wounds that are hemorrhaging blood and trying to figure out exactly which one is most lethal when all are lethal if untreated. Oh, and you can't actually stitch up any of them because you're not the doctor and the doctor isn't allowed to perform that kind of work.