Go Back To Gulf Coast On Your Own Dime (Risks of Living on the Gulf Coast)

http://www.suntimes.com/output/letters/cst-edt-vox27a.html ^ | September 27, 2005 | Brian Costin Letter to the Editor

[jonascord]

Can we divide citizens into those who live their lives right, and those who don't, and distribute the benefits of govt. accordingly. It's high time.

Show me where the Constitution says we have to pay for stupidity! I don't want to subsidize personal folly. As far as I'm concerned, anyone would was STUPID enough to stay in New Orleans after an evacuation notice was given should have been left drown, starve and rot. I saw thousands of drowned cars, buses and trucks. How many hundreds were pulled off roofs because they KNEW the government owes them something? Who gets to pay for all that air time? They could steal a TV and not a ride?

And now I'm hearing that the rescue teams and the Red Cross and the Salvation Army and the churches and shelter staffs aren't BLACK Enough? My personal pity pond just dried up...

[eyespysomething]

Chang ran away. LOL. That says a lot in and of itself.

[wolfcreek]

Your absolutely right, but if not rebuilding there, then where? I surely do not want those people (gulf coasters) moving to the Austin area. We have enough problems with growth to take on more humans.

[SittinYonder]

He'll be back unless he gets banned.

[eyespysomething]

Your tagline has caused a serious ear worm!

[Rodney King]

Personally, I'd rather spend the money to rebuild our largest port city than spend the same amount of money, if not more to rebuild a city (or more) in the middle of the desert half way around the world.

I'd rather do neither. Can you have a port without a 1/2 million bums sitting around it.

[Rodney King]

"The rate of coastal wetland loss in low-lying Louisiana has been well-documented for more than 25 years. From 1956 - 1978, an estimated 50 square miles a year were lost. He admits, "the rate of loss has now slowed to an estimated 24 square miles a year, in part because of much tighter restrictions on oil field dredging activities". "Louisiana is running out of wetlands to even lose," he says [My note: "Running out of wetlands" caused by nature and man].

I don't give a rat's *ss about the Wetlands (formerly known as swamps).

[SittinYonder]

Your tagline has caused a serious ear worm!

Welcome to my world.

[Rodney King]

Can you have a port without a 1/2 million bums sitting around it.

I meant to say "You Can".

[GrandEagle]

Personally, I'd rather spend the money to rebuild our largest port city than spend the same amount of money, if not more to rebuild a city (or more) in the middle of the desert half way around the world. Strange that those who are blind to the handouts for foreign lands are critical to aid those in our own backyard.
The hypocracy of today's conservatives knows no bounds.

Before you shoot your mouth off with this idiotic rant, you may want to actually read a few of the threads. Not to makes you look stupid.
Like your hangout at DU, there are many varying and well discussed opinions about both the handouts for foreign lands and spend the money to rebuild our largest port city

Now go home.....

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Tag team trolls. Let's guess, since September 27, 2005?

[GrandEagle]

Sorry, I try to maintain a fairly benign demeanor. I lost if for a minute - Composure regained......

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Bums are a pre-requisite for any large city.

So are low-income citizens...unless you're up for raising minimum wage

Oh goody. Let's make minimum wage $50.00 an hour! That will solve everything.

DUmpster Trolls are a pre-requisite for any large conservative forum... NOT!

[atlaw]

Yeah! To heck with those worthless morons. We don't need them or their stupid Gulf coast. I mean, other than oil, gas, refining capacity, international and domestic sea ports, fish, and agriculture, what are they good for? Huh? Huh?

[Rodney King]

God you are dumb. You liberals can't even comprehend the idea of solutions that fall outside the realm of government.

[humblegunner]

despite the ignorance of many on this blog

This isn't a blog.

Now, were you saying something about ignorance?

[atlaw]

LOL! The solution is . . . what? Private industry relocating Gulf coast refining capacity to, well, where ever you're living? Maybe private industry relocating the Mississippi River and the salt water ports to Nebraska? And the oil and gas pipelines will, of course, be relocated by private industry to some place really, really safe, far away from those dangerous wells. And the fish, they can be moved by motivated private fisherman to Idaho! I'm liking this. We can cut that Gulf coast cancer right out of the country if we put our minds to it!

[Rodney King]

LOL! The solution is . . . what? Private industry relocating Gulf coast refining capacity to, well, where ever you're living? Maybe private industry relocating the Mississippi River and the salt water ports to Nebraska? And the oil and gas pipelines will, of course, be relocated by private industry to some place really, really safe, far away from those dangerous wells. And the fish, they can be moved by motivated private fisherman to Idaho! I'm liking this. We can cut that Gulf coast cancer right out of the country if we put our minds to it!

The solution is called private insurance. With private insurance, the market determines where assets should be located with regard to the benefit of the location versus the cost of the increased risks. Your problem is that you will bail everyone out whether they have insurance or not, thus subsidizing uneconomical behavior.