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drawing closed, contest done. Kate Rose is our winner.
I try not to talk about politics here, but my husband sent me a link and until I get something off my chest I won't be able to concentrate on anything.
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert on the disaster in New Orleans, as reported in the Washington Post:
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. Democratic lawmakers from Louisiana were quick to disagree Thursday and Hastert sought to clarify the comment during the day."It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed," the Illinois Republican said in an interview about New Orleans Wednesday with the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill.
Aside from the monumental lack of sensitivity displayed by this leader of the Republican party, a few things jump out at me.
1. There are still people trapped in attics who need rescuing. Do we bulldoze them, too?
2. The people without enough money to flee the city are living in hovels in sport stadiums without clean water or sufficient food. Maybe that would be a more appropriate topic for action.
3. So it would be expensive to rebuild New Orleans. How much money exactly have we spent in Iraq? How much on the rebuilding of Bagdad? Think how much money we could have saved and how many lives, too, if we had just sent over a fleet of bulldozers to start with.
Some things are worth time and effort and money. I would say that the Gulf Coast is one of those things.