It wasn't a "natural disaster". The situation was the direct result of a long-running, totally irrational policy of pouring money into enlarging a city which is totoally dependent on artificial walls and pumps to keep it from being underwater. A huge amount of that money came from the federal government -- subsidizing public housing, airports, ever-increasing numbers of students attending these below sea level colleges on government financial aid, and don't forget the super-dangerous government bio lab whose staff had to urgently get back into the place AFTER the hurricane/levee break to destroy the stockpile ofextremely dangerous microorganisms before they spread into the chaos.
Not one cent of federal money should be spent, directly or indirectly, to rebuild this travesty, or to relocate people back into it, or to provide flood insurance to any property owner there.
You make a good point, it was a disaster, brought upon by a combination of Nature and Man. Good point, but I still dont mind the spending in that case, I just wish Bush had trimmed the budget of other things I consider wasteful. I think that one thing this discussion should finally put to rest is this stupid notion by the MSM and Liberals that GWB is a right wing conservative. No way. Simply a Republican.