[af_vet_rr]

I think it will be political suicide for the R's, however to push this point. NO will rebuilt exactly where it is. You and me will pay the taxes to insure the insurance companies against loss in the next hurricane. Watch it happen.

I was in Louisiana in 1965 when Betsy came through the region, and 1969 when Camille came through. My dad was in the Air Force at the time and I hadn't started college yet. In '69 he had to go down to the coast to do S&R.

He called me the other day and said "I told you so". He was referring to a conversation we had after Camille, when he said they were going to rebuild the area, and it'll get hit again, and more people will lose their lives.

You are absolutely right - you and I will pay the taxes and the insurance companies to help the people of New Orleans when the next hurricane comes through the area.

You and I will not have blood on our hands though. The politicians stumping for the next election, that want to rebuild New Orleans, will have blood on their hands. They won't care though, because they will be long gone from office, or everybody will have forgotten them, or they'll use it as a new opportunity for the next election.

[ModelBreaker]

If we rebuilt it right, I wouldn't mind. Basically, we have to bulldoze the entire city, landfill it so that it is above sea level and the level of Ponchartrain, and then rebuild it. There is a reason NO is there--it is located at one of the most geopolitically important spots in the US, no, the world. It is valuable that it is there. But it is not good that it is below the level of the Lake and the Mississippi and the Ocean. There is a way to fix that. If we are going to rebuild, we should do it right.