[wideawake]

Those comments will go over well.

[fooman]

the same could said of south chicago. denny, you jerk

[zencat]

Those comments will go over well.

My thoughts too. While I know what he's getting at, the timing couldn't be worse.

[RockinRight]

Actually his whole statement (which will be misquoted by the MSM) was that New Orleans should, and will, rebuild, but they should perhaps lay it out differently.

[Tallguy]

Jeeze Denny, don't say this in front of the Dutch!

[meyer]

Those comments will go over well.

Like a lead balloon. But he's right - the taxpayers don't need to rebuild another potential disaster in a hurricane zone on the gulf.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Those comments will go over well.

People can't handle the truth.

[Route66]

While I am personally not in favor of rebuilding much of NO without consideration of better alternatives for the city and its people, there were certainly more sensitive ways to voice this. I doubt Hastert needed to discuss the subject at all at this time. Professional politicians should know better than to wield words like a baseball bat during a period of crisis.

[newbeliever]

I have to agree. Rebuild the ports as they are necessary to the plains food chain. Build camps and maybe small towns for the workers and leave the rest as a reminder to never build below sea level. If Al Queda did not pick up some tips here, we may just as well do the job for them. Thee or 4 sell placed charges and this could be duplicated with 12 hours. Take out a few key substations, pumps and breech the levee in 2 or 3 spots. Set the US back another 100 bill.

[rollin]

Truth hurts!

[Conservative Texan Mom]

The city of Galveston Texas endured a category 5 hurricane 105 years ago. It is commonly referred to as the Storm of 1900. Obviously, this was a time when there was no advance warning system. The highest area of Galveston was a mere 8 feet above sea level, most of the island was around 3 to 4 feet above. The storm surge blew through destroying homes and raking the debris across the island bulldozing all in it's path. The bridges connecting the island to Houston were washed out. It is estimated that around 8,000 people perished. In the aftermath, one thing was certain. Something had to be done about the geography of the island, or this would certainly happen again. Thus came the seawall, and raising the island some 15 feet. Now, consider, this was over 100 years ago. They brought in dirt from the channel and harbor, manually jacked up building and homes and filled in basements. Through hard work and determination they succeeded in this endeavor. Some 15 years later Galveston was hit with another hurricane of similar strength. I believe it was a category 4. They suffered 20 deaths, if memory serves. If the people of New Orleans have the determination and backbone to do it, they can prepare their city for what will surely happen again. If not, then there will be more tragedy to follow.

[NickatNite2003]

Well I agree with Hastert. It's idiocy to rebuild
in a way that is just as vulnerable to destruction
as what was before.

I feel the same way about the Trafe towers, and
all the crap ass designs they've come up with to
replace them. Yes, they should build a new Trade
Center Complex, But any desi9gn that qwill not
withstnd the types of attacks mage against the
previous towers, should be thrown out as the
ideas of Demo-FOOLS, too stupid to learn from
their mistakes.

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N.O. has faced this problem for nearly 300 years. They been talking about fixin' it for just as long. Those damn sneaky french.