Put Chicago on that list Denny.
I concur. If it is rebuilt move it north of the Lake on higher ground or something. They are basically starting from scratch anyway.
If Louisiana had 45 electoral votes, rebuilding New Orleans would be a foregone conclusion.
Since it only has 3, there's a better than 50% shot that it won't be.
From AP Jazeera, I see. Designed solely to further inflame the Left, if that's possible. They are currently in a psychotic rage at Bush for (1) causing the hurricane and then (2) using Halliburton to profit from it.
That's the most sense that man has made in months.
It may not go over well but it is certainly a valid point.
Why should the government (read: TAXPAYER) pay to rebuild? Yes, we need New Orleans, but not as it was before Katrina. To rebuild BELOW sea level is only inviting disaster to occur again.
Now as long as you've got your mind clear, Denny, cut PBS and NEA as you promised to do years ago, ok?
I can't imagine why the US taxpayer should foot the bill for the rebuild of NO.
And if we are gonna get the tab, why not take the opportunity to do it right and build it up to sea level??
The Republicans will buy as many votes as they can and we will get the tab, so lets fix it so that this won't happen with the next storm.
Oh, jeez...
gimmie a F'ING BREAK! Would these POS say this after Los Angeles gets hit with a mega earthquake???? Why build homes on a damn FAULT LINE!!!!!!!!!! Why build homes in tornado alley? Why build homes in seattle near the volcano? Why build homes in the desert in Arizona and the southwest?
Turn the entire city into a memorial park. Libs love memorial parks.
He's right, but they'll eat him alive for saying so.
I'm on Hastert's side on this one. He's firing the first shot in what will eventually become a mountain of public opinion against rebuilding New Orleans.
I'm sure he'll be warmly welcome in the Big Easy when next he visits.
A little early for all that.
They are already sounding off even though they won't be back in session until tomorrow. They could build up a gravel pad to above sea level and build on top of that. Cost of the gravel pad: $1/2 billion. Cost of rebuilding on top of the gravel pad: $1 gazillion. A viable city at the mouth of the Mississippi and the Gulf: priceless.
New Orleans survived the hurricane itself. It's the fact that it should be underwater that was the problem when the dirt that they'd used to hold the water back gave out.
It was fine when it was built, but it's no longer a place for a major city. Keep the port, the industry as neccessary and enough city to run it, and let everything else move inland and higher.
This is an incredibly stupid thing for a politician to say right now and it's going to cost Hastert dearly... but be honest, weren't you thinking it on some level?
I actually think there is a lot of common sense in what Hastert said. Pity his press secretary had to rush in to say he REALLY didn't say it.
BUT: while people have always known NO was in an extremely vulnerable location, always vulnerable to flood, hurricane, disease, fires, etc., from the earliest days economics trumped viability.
No way was there not going t o be a major city and port at the mouth of the Mississippi. When oil was found, that was added to the economic mix. City has been destroyed & rebuilt many many times since its founding.