Posted on 09/01/2005 2:22:16 PM PDT by zencat
It makes no sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild a city that's seven feet under sea level, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said of federal assistance for hurricane-devastated New Orleans.
"It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview Wednesday with The Daily Herald of Arlington, Ill.
(Excerpt) Read more at wwltv.com ...
He's right, but they'll eat him alive for saying so.
south chicago could be called wasteland. florida a hurricane zone and NYC (where I live) a terrorist zone. I guess the whole country moves to kansas.
Yeah...the suburbs (largely unaffected by the massive destruction) are already there unless we go 15 miles west or so.
>>Put Chicago on that list Denny.<<
Chicago's ocean shoreline is far enough from the city limits to make it much less of a threat. 8^>
I'm on Hastert's side on this one. He's firing the first shot in what will eventually become a mountain of public opinion against rebuilding New Orleans.
Seriously, a city built essentially under water is pretty stupid, and a recipe for disaster. To rebuild in the same place and manner would fall under the category of "fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."
Louisiana has 9 EV.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/elecvote.htm
>>the same could said of south chicago. denny, you jerk<<
Then maybe it should be, if the ocean is a threat to that area.
I'm sure he'll be warmly welcome in the Big Easy when next he visits.
Chicago is 600 ft above sea level. But a lot of it could use a washed off.
I have no problem with private citizens rebuilding there, putting their own money and the money of anyone willing to insure them at risk. I would rather the government not do it with my money.
A little early for all that.
Your ideas make a lot of sense. I dearly love New Orleans, but it doesn't have to be rebuilt exactly in the same spot. It can be bigger and better than ever, but just in a location above sea level. The same could be said for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Let's rebuild, but in a way that makes us less vulnerable to hurricanes. No offense is intended -- I just would hate to see something like this happen again the next time a hurricane targets this area.
You are astute pabiance. This 'report' is once again skewed out of context. Unfortunately many ppl have problems reading btwn the lines and making the connection to the true meaning of what he was in reality saying.
Yeah, but considering how much money he has diverted to his home-state cronies for O'Hare and other lard-filled projects...
But it's nuts to rebuild a city below sea level.
Louisiana has more than three. And, yes, rebuilding NO is a foregone conclusion, but shouldn't it be rebuilt at a place close by that isn't below sea level?
Good analysis
However they will rebuild at least part of it. The Port is definitely important enough to rebuild and the French Quarter wil be restored.
Jeeze Denny, don't say this in front of the Dutch!
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