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  • Rebuilding New Orleans doesn't make sense

    09/01/2005 3:41:16 PM PDT · by FormerACLUmember · 186 replies · 4,009+ views
    New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | 9/1/05 | Bill Walsh
    House Speaker Dennis Hastert dropped a bombshell on flood-ravaged New Orleans on Thursday by suggesting that it isn’t sensible to rebuild the city. "It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert told the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago in editions published today. "And it's a question that certainly we should ask." Hastert's comments came as Congress cut short its summer recess and raced back to Washington to take up an emergency aid package expected to be $10 billion or more. Hastert said that he supports an emergency bailout, but raised questions about a long-term rebuilding effort. As the most powerful voice...