Posted on 09/01/2005 2:22:16 PM PDT by zencat
It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.
"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview Wednesday with The Daily Herald of Arlington, Ill.
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Wow, we could have Venice, Italy right here in the U.S.!
Remember Pompeii?
Life is like a bowl of choclates. You never know what you'll get. Mother nature is in charge. You will not stop the world from it's groaning and heaving, lifting, sinking or changing. We live with it or die by it. As it was in the begging and will be.......... :)
Live wherever you want. Just be willing to accept whatever risks that are there, be sure and plan for them, and don't expect your fellow taxpayer to bail you out if something goes wrong.
We would need about 200 of those, plus 100 tiremen.
Do you remember this sentence?
Gee Toto, I guess we're not in Kansas anymore....lol
You might want to reconsider Kansas
http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=4767
NOLA is probably the most important port in the country and critical for oil and gas production and refining as well. It's in this country's interest to rebuild it properly.
Taxpayers have been paying for those living in hurricane areas for some time now. Insurance companies spread the higher premiums to everyone to make up for the losses.
Making it only about 21 feet above the nearest large body of water, Lake Michigan which averages 579 feet ASL. Parts of Chicago are even lower, but still above the level of the lake.
You see this is where everyone has it wrong. Just where do you think those a@@ holes are going to go? I say shoot the ones you see on sight and let the others drown or starve.
The principal author of the Constitution, James Madison, certainly thought that this "general welfare clause" allowed the expenditure of federal funds only for purposes specifically described and outlined. This includes the power to coin money, establish rules for naturalization, regulate interstate commerce, conduct a census, establish post offices, support the military, establish copyright laws and a few other purposes.Charity is beautiful. It is not, however, a power delegated to the federal government of the United States of America.
Economist and columnist Walter Williams points out that other presidents vetoed "humanitarian" bills, finding no allowance for them in the Constitution. In 1854, President Franklin Pierce vetoed a bill to provide monies for the mentally ill: "I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. ... [It] would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and subversive to the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded." In 1887, President Grover Cleveland vetoed an appropriation to help drought-stricken Texas counties, saying, "I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds ... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution."
You mean to the French? :-)
Or maybe it was just a dream before, and now we're awake.
With or without the electoral votes, it should not be rebuilt unless it is built on higher ground.
Bravo! (likely too long for a tagline though)
Which came first, the levy or the house?
The engineers have spent a lot of money trying to prevent that shift, so that might be worked into your plan. However, I think they will probably put a patch on the system. Whose going to lead? We can see the quality of leadership in the state.
What about James Madison?
"Madison supported a constitutional amendment to allow the federal government to support transportation, but would not approve grants for transportation without an amendment." (p. 21)
If this were a territory outside the boundaries of the incorporated US, I might go along with Spenser and say the residents are on their own. But, it is inside the country, and not only that, the city of NO is vital to the commerce of the country. In the interest of the welfare of the country the city and the port must in some form be restored.
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