[speekinout]

Talk about non sequitur - those arguments were for re-building the port. None of them were for rebuilding the *city*. Two different questions.

[Saints fan]

Washington also has a moral burden. It was the Federal Government's responsibility to build levees that worked, and its failure to do so ultimately led to New Orleans' being flooded.

[muawiyah]

Noticed that. Also, check the "20% .... passed through" ~ didn't say what percentage had to stop and disgorge passengers and freight ~ actually, virtually none.

The city itself is not needed to move freight.