Why do the right wing nut jobs insist

[Xtreme]

This is just a minor set back for NO?

Hugh Hewitt: "In just a few weeks most of us will not recognize NO, clean streets, power and police on the streets"

Bill O'really: "Minor set back for NO, town will be stronger"

ETC ETC FUCKING ETC!

GRRRRRRR

[SeattleGirl]

1. Because their eyes cannot see.

Because their hearts cannot feel.

Because their souls are lost.

[hiaasenrocks]

2. They seem to do that for everything.

I think it's because they prefer to live in a world of slogans and buzzwords. As long as the "talk" is positive, they are able to remain in denial of the facts.

That's how conservatism operates and survives.

[Kenroy]

3. weeks?

Some analyst said the city may not be habitable for 3 to 5 years.

[Erika]

4. Hastert is the biggest right wing nut job and he doesn't want

to rebuild NO. So what are you talking about?

[Canuckistanian]

5. National Geographic explained it.... in 2004

It was a broiling August afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy, the City That Care Forgot. Those who ventured outside moved as if they were swimming in tupelo honey. Those inside paid silent homage to the man who invented air-conditioning as they watched TV "storm teams" warn of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing surprising there: Hurricanes in August are as much a part of life in this town as hangovers on Ash Wednesday.

But the next day the storm gathered steam and drew a bead on the city. As the whirling maelstrom approached the coast, more than a million people evacuated to higher ground. Some 200,000 remained, however--the car-less, the homeless, the aged and infirm, and those die-hard New Orleanians who look for any excuse to throw a party.

The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level--more than eight feet below in places--so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.

Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.

When did this calamity happen? It hasn't--yet. But the doomsday scenario is not far-fetched. The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City.

- National Geographic, October, 2004

[drm604]

6. Wow!

It's almost psychic. Let's hope that that 50,000 number is way to high. :cry:

[Xtreme]

7. I heard this on CNN

Hard to believe

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. These are stupid individuals with no basis in reality

This hewitt person is a propaganda mouthpiece for karl rove. They are on record as saying Iraq would be transformed in a few weeks after the invasion. They are right about nothing.

[NaturalHigh]

9. We're about to see an implosion.

I'm not just talking about New Orleans, I'm talking about our entire economy. As gas prices go up, so will everything else. People are going to cut out anything that is not essential. No more trips to Disney world, no more movies, no more eating out. Jobs will be lost as companies lose revenues and face more expenses. Tax revenues will fall when there are fewer employees to pay into the system. Add to that the fact that we're throwing away billions on Iraq. There is no way we can sustain our economy without some drastic changes now, and we're not seeing any evidence that the government is up to the challenge.