Posted on 09/01/2005 9:00:07 PM PDT by Serious Capitalist
If the cost of repairs and enhancing the levees to withstand a category 5 were, say 300 trillion dollars, I think we all know what the answer would be. What the real cost of real alternatives is - has to be developed objectively and presented to the taxpayers who are going to foot the bill. It must be of such a magnitude that the state of Louisiana cannot handle it - or one presumes they might have... Never mind.
Hastert is correct - and Blanco should stick to doing what she is supposed to do and has failed to do heretofore - protect the citizens of her state.
How about moving the city to above ground location. If your going to rebuild 75-80 percent of a city you might as well move it 10-20 miles. That way you can make New Orleans the best looking and functioning city in America. You can have multiple highways, 10 lane highways, have good housing locations, have the projects spread out. Man if they did it right New New Orleans would be amazing.
Unfortunately...he's right...Galveston was at sea level, they're no longer are...N.O. can do it. Otherwise, N.O. could be just like Fla., Miss. and Ala...one hurricane after another. Now wouldn't that be a shame to be hit again and the levees failed and the city went under water again.
There is plenty of open space in Louisiana. I say relocate to New New Orleans. And get those folks at extreme home makeover involved. They know how to get things done.
Blanco brings to mind the worst stereotypes of letting a woman run things. Her and Carly Fiorina are the poster children for why affirmative action is asinine.
It wasn't a good thing to say this week. Personally I think New Orleans should be rebuilt, just not at the same site.
It wasn't a good thing to say this week. Personally I think New Orleans should be rebuilt, just not at the same site.
I wouldn't be surprised if he replied with a "Shut up you stupid b****h!" Politicians showed more decorum back in January 1861.
My thoughts zactly.
"Hasert should not have said that at all."
Agreed, it was a stupid thing to say.
I don't think she's right -- there is a bit of a mass hyponosis going on to get people thinking NO will be rebuilt better than ever. We all knew it'd be destroyed eventually so its insanity to expect a different outcome next time.
She's a rat she's never right. Blanco is a vapid drama queen as are most rats. Hastert is correct it might not make sense to rebuild New Orleans. What difference does it make when he said it? The dead don't care and the living who have lost everything may not want to return. Even if NO is rebuilt it will never be the same. It doesn't affect how quickly the evacuation will occur so how will Hastert's comment offend anybody?
"...if the troops kill anyone it will be due to their post traumatic stress from being in Iraq - BUSH's FAULT!"
I don't suppose anyone will blame those responsible for the situation...like the looters who are shooting at cops, etc.
They should get everyone else out of there and leave those jerks to fend for themselves. I certainly wouldn't be willing to help them! They can drown in that sewer water for all I care.
Actually I was being sarcastic.
If Ms. Blanco were half as angry at the savages who are running loose in New Orleans as she is at Dennis Hastert, the streets of New Orleans would be filled with bullet-riddled bodies of looters by now.
Good heavens, b!tch -- could you please just grow up and do your damned job?
Unbelievable! Everytime she surfaces she's crying about something. No reassurances that things are getting better.
"Hasert should not have said that at all. The citizens of NO love their city, and I am sure this idea is not something they would welcome."
People in denial hate to hear the truth. It's like poison to them.
Repeatedly rebuilding a city that is below sea level and continously sinking is just a recipe for disaster. It doesn't matter how much people love their city...if they just rebuild again, more people will die!
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