[Willie Green]

Re:1194 But WHY rebuild? Just look at number of times NO's been hit with hurricanes; some worse, some not. It's only gonna happen again. Remember last year when those three hurricanes, including Ivan, hit the area a week apart from each other? Why go through this again?

Because rebuilding is what people do to survive.
People rebuilt Johnstown after the flood.
People rebuilt Chicago after Mrs. O'Leary's cow started the fire.
People rebuilt San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
People rebuilt Hiroshima and Nagasaki after they were nuked.
You don't want to rebuild?
Fine by me. Just stand back and stay out of the way.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Fine by me. Just stand back and stay out of the way"

Kudos Willie you go girl! Just don't throw my tax dollars down that rat hole!

[oceanview]

Hastert has already backed off.

in fact, his comment was so assinine, that now I fear that no one will dare ask any intelligent questions about how NO will be rebuilt. Its going to be a blank check from the federal government, pumped into one of the most politically corrupt city and state in the union.

Its going to be like the Big Dig tunnel in Boston - times 1000.