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Hastert: Rebuilding below sea level senseless
AP via WWLTV ^ | 09/01/2005 | AP

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at wwltv.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: katrina; neworleans; uhearditherelst
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To: One Proud Dad
"I concur. If it is rebuilt move it north of the Lake on higher ground or something. They are basically starting from scratch anyway."

What about the folks on the North Side of the lake? I guess they could just dump dirt and build it up (similar to the Tokyo airport) expensive though, everything would have to come down.
61 posted on 09/01/2005 2:37:51 PM PDT by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: zencat

Headline for Tomorrow's NYT. "Hastert to New Orleans : Drop Dead."


62 posted on 09/01/2005 2:38:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Sweetjustusnow

agree. my real beef that FAR more money is wasted in chicago than NO. Why not cut off Denny's pork and take a collection.

Of course, NO should redeveloped with better levies and the ground raised. maybe in stages due to the cost.


63 posted on 09/01/2005 2:38:10 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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To: wideawake

>>>Those comments will go over well.

People can't handle the truth.


64 posted on 09/01/2005 2:38:13 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Liberals...they're so quixotic...)
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To: dirtboy
Surprised nobody's posted this yet (that I've seen).

"New Orleans Is Sinking"

Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete
Under skies all smoky blue-green
I can Forksake the dixie dead shake
So we dance the sidewalk clean
My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in
New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim

Colonel Tom What's wrong? What's Going On
You can't tie yourself up for a deal
He said" Hey North you're south shut you big mouth
You gotta do what you feel is real."
Ain't got no picture postcards ain't go no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about those years

Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud looked a little like me

I had My hand in the river
My feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said hey man thanks
Some time I fell so good I gotta scream
She says Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said I swear to god she said

My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in
New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim

65 posted on 09/01/2005 2:38:29 PM PDT by Hardastarboard
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To: One Proud Dad
If it is rebuilt move it north of the Lake on higher ground or something. They are basically starting from scratch anyway.

Most definitely.

66 posted on 09/01/2005 2:39:01 PM PDT by the Deejay (THE LADY DEEJAY)
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To: zencat
"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed,"

I agree.

Yep. After watching the coverage at lunch today, I certainly agree.

67 posted on 09/01/2005 2:39:14 PM PDT by Iron Matron
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To: fooman

Well put me on your jerk list because I totally agree with him and I do not think one cent of our tax money should cover the rebuilding effort.

Just let it go, it is not worth rebuilding.

And I am against spending tax dollars to rebuild in other areas where people build homes on land that is in a high risk area, let them take the risk, notme.


68 posted on 09/01/2005 2:39:55 PM PDT by stockpirate (We can fight the Muslim Army in Iraq! Or we can fight them outback! Check my homepage)
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To: Frank L

Yes, Louisiana now has 9 electoral votes. However, after the 2010 Census it will only have 3 electoral votes. I think that is what the other poster was referring to.


69 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:06 PM PDT by HuronMan
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To: fooman
I guess the whole country moves to kansas.

No, we don't want you!

70 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:06 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News: I wonder if Greta will cover Aruba Missing Teen for all eternity?)
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To: Sweetjustusnow
Yup, and continental drift will continue, volcanoes will awaken and go dorment, lightening strikes and grass fires will happen, earth quakes will continue.

And some places face far less risk than others, and some actions both deal with existing risk and future risk such as the Mississippi changing channels to the west.

Saying that every place has some risk, so why bother, isn't being serious.

71 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:09 PM PDT by dirtboy (Drool overflowed my buffer...)
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To: dirtboy

I'll leave the details to the civil engineers. I just deal in cubic yards and equipment.


72 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:11 PM PDT by RightWhale (Load counter)
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To: Uncle Joe Cannon
Oh, I'm very, very aware of Republican government-enhancing porkage - I see the budgets (and deficits) exploding to new heights under these "limited government" posturing liars. It's sickening.

And their Katrina pandering and vote-buying has just begun.

73 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:19 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
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To: zencat; All

Fill it in!


74 posted on 09/01/2005 2:40:41 PM PDT by Conservative Firster
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To: zencat

why not dig the mississippi river out and dump the dirt in NO until it is above sea level????


75 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:02 PM PDT by camas
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To: atomicpossum

I believe that quite a few of these displaced people will settle somewhere else, probably in the town where they are being relocated. If they find jobs, as Houston is planning to help with, adjust to schools and they have lost everything in NO, it makes sense.


76 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:03 PM PDT by outinyellowdogcountry
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To: zencat

Remember the thing about where the wise man built vs. the foolish man?


77 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:06 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: zencat

foolish comments by Hastert.


78 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:20 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Sweetjustusnow

"The Dutch live below sea level. Their levies are way better than N.O."

Yeah, but they don't have hurricanes.

They did have a huge flood in the 1950's -- the North Sea flood (combination of severe windstorm and high spring tide). 10 per cent of Holland's agricultural land was flooded, thousands killed, many more evacuated. They learned from that and built a massive system of dikes & seawalls, you are right, much better than ours. They were willing to invest the money -- we have not been. But the Dutch are really scared it could happen again even so, given the current rise of sea levels.


79 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:39 PM PDT by EdJay
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To: xrp

lets see just how folks move to the safe zones like kansas.


80 posted on 09/01/2005 2:41:47 PM PDT by fooman (Get real with Kim Jung Mentally Ill about proliferation)
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