[thoughtomator]

I got zero sympathy for those residents who didn't leave and are now complaining. They got what they voted for. That's what representative government is about. The people of New Orleans themselves were greedy, corrupt, and short-sighted, they elected officials who embodied those qualities, and now that the inevitable happened, anyone who really believes in personal responsibility has to say that the consequences are theirs alone to bear.

[Mike Darancette]

They got what they voted for.

In NOLA the large majority would vote for a ham sandwich if it had a (D) after it. The RAT promises came to naught this time.

[pepsionice]

They talk now of how congress never allocated the $10 billion to fix the levies. And to be honest...thats not a drop in the bucket. But they could have divided this project into a 12-year project...and gotten $500 million a year...and gotten the state to cough up the remaining amount. The nation will have to cough up $10 billion now...along with another $40 billion to fix New Orleans...and personally, I kinda question handing a city under-sea-level...all that money. It was stupid to build it there and to wait for an emergency to fix it.