[kellynla]

and a terrorist explosion on the levee and we'll have the same mess all over again and again and again...

MOVE THE CITY TO HIGHER GROUND!

[SailormanCGA72]

The Feds had better not let one dime of the money go to the local political establishment. That's that most crooked bunch of polititians that I have ever personally witnessed.

[kerryusama04]

Shouldn't they find out how many people are going back before we go to this expense?

[Williams]

How about a simple requirement that next time a CAT 5 comes calling, the governor WILL federalize the guard to save lives, rather than hunker down with Mike McCurry and drown some people to blame on the administration? Then I'd give money to rebuild the levees.

You know, it's unacceptable to me that republican "statesmanship" includes letting scumbags like Blanco get away with murder. She and Mike McCurry should be denounced as murderers on every news show, and it will never happen. But the blood is still on their hands.

[Humidston]

What the hey - it's ONLY TAXPAYERS' HARD EARNED MONEY being thrown down the rathole!!!

Easy come, easy go...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Three terrorists in scuba dropped off an incoming ship could blow holes and flood the entire city again. This time it could be at night when everyone was asleep and drown thousands.

[griswold3]

The levees will never sustain a CAT 5 hurricane. You cannot place a levy on SAND...
If anyone wants to rebuild, o.k. But be warned, I will not pay for more stupidity.

[zarf]

I disagree. NO is a great American city that should be rebuilt.

BUT...let the Dutch come in and supervise.

[TexasCajun]

Not to worry!

"Save Our Wetlands" will surely find a liberal federal judge to halt all operations!

[gumboyaya]

I do know this, LA will be a memory before the Easy goes to sea.

[Mark was here]

I would wait untill the President and Congress find out how much the Judiciary is going to give away, before setting any spending levels. The Judiciary is probably going to bust the bank.

[Bogey78O]

Why rebuild the WTC when terorrists can just blow it up again?

weak argument.

[Swiss]

Galveston Texas raised the city by 17 feet in places and built a seawall on their own without federal help. Chicago and San Francisco rebuilt themselves without federal help.

The Feds did rebuild Plattsburg Missouri after the floods of 1994 but they moved the town to higher ground.

[H. Paul Pressler IV]

In order to "move the city" to higher ground you would first have to Condemn Private Property via Eminent Domain.


I did not think that concept of a Government seizing private property was advocated by many conservatives.