http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Hastert Posts tagged with 'Hastert' at MetaFilter. Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:54:53 -0800 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:54:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44751/iIt%2Ddoesnt%2Dmake%2Dsense%2Dto%2Dmei <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/front/breaking_news/story/342517p-292444c.html"><i>"It doesn't make sense to me."</i></a> Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert weighs in on rebuilding New Orleans during <a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/story.asp?id=89228">an interview</a> (<a href="http://bugmenot.com/view.php?mode=bookmarklet&url=http%3A//www.dailyherald.com/story.asp%3Fid%3D89228">bugmenot</a>) by the Chigago Daily Herald. <i>"It doesn’t make sense to me, and it’s a question that certainly we should ask. . . First of all your heart goes out to the people, the loss of their homes . . . but there are some real tough questions to ask about how you go about rebuilding this city. We help replace, we help relieve disaster . . . (Rebuilding) is certainly the decision the people of New Orleans are going to make. . . But I think federal insurance and everything goes along with it and we ought to take a second look at it. . . How do you go about rebuilding this city? What precautions do you take? . . . It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed. . . But you know we build Los Angeles and San Francisco on top of earthquake fissures and they rebuild, too. Stubbornness."</i> Dennis Hastert was a sponsor of the legislation <a href="http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313">that cut the funding needed to upgrade New Orleans levee system</a> to withstand category 5 hurricanes. He also <a href="http://www.waterways.org/JonesRollCall.html">failed to vote</a> on legislation this year which would've provided additional funds for the Army Corps of Engineers. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44751 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:54:53 -0800 Hastert hurricane Katrina New Orleans Republicans insomnia_lj