[BlessedByLiberty]

Another point I think missed in the President's speech is that this assistance isn't just in the city of New Orleans, but in an area the size of Great Britain, or comparable to most of New England - over 90,000 miles of wrecked homes, wrecked businesses and wrecked lives.

It's easy to only see the dollar's bottom line, the looters, the depraved, the political and everyday crooks, to believe that any help is going to be wasted, squandered and looted. If we allow that imagery of human and monetary wastefulness, that MSM propagated imagery to prevail, then parts of our American souls and hearts were lost to Katrina.

This is the time to put lives and families together. Then it's time to rebuild 90,000 square miles of America with every safeguard possible in place, auditors, managers and yes, FReepers!

[uncbob]

Then it's time to rebuild 90,000 square miles of America with every safeguard possible in place, auditors, managers and yes, FReepers!

Unitil the next Cat 4 or 5 hits

See how many rebuilds you will be willing to support
Maybe don't live there . Mother nature isn't particular who she devastates

[ohioWfan]

This is the time to put lives and families together. Then it's time to rebuild 90,000 square miles of America with every safeguard possible in place, auditors, managers and yes, FReepers!

Absolutely!

I just watched the National Prayer Service, and listened to the beginning of Rush, where he played the audioclips of the ABC interviews last night.

There are boneheads everywhere who miss the point (many on this very thread), but most Americans GET IT!

The rebuilding of New Orleans, sleeker and stronger is just what this country needs, and we have the man in place who can lead us where we need to go, in the way things need to be done.

Praise the Lord!

[JeffAtlanta]

Another point I think missed in the President's speech is that this assistance isn't just in the city of New Orleans, but in an area the size of Great Britain, or comparable to most of New England - over 90,000 miles of wrecked homes, wrecked businesses and wrecked lives.

One medium sized city (New Orleans) and a few small cities (Biloxi, Gulf Port, Mobile) were affected.

For one, Great Britain is famous for being VERY SMALL. It is also very heavily populated while this area is not.

[La Enchiladita]

You did miss some points. The President made several references to Mississippi and Alabama; specifically mentioned losses of homes in those states, specifically referred to the devastation in Biloxi and so forth. He declared the entire devastated Gulf region to be an opportunity zone. He had visited Miss. earlier in the day, not covered much my press. True, he was speaking from New Orleans but that was a big opportunity to win the hearts of minds of New Orleanians and to comfort those who were most abandoned by local government.