I think you have a wonderful plan for rebuilding the city and getting (those kind of) people to work. I hear that Haliburton and some of its partners are doing a wonderful job in other parts of the world that have been ravished by destruction. Some would say that destruction it wasn`t by mother nature, but I think of humans as being part of mother nature. Of course Haliburton et al are very busy right now and of course they don`t come cheap. I see this as another ``war``, strategicaly and financially. Now we have two going, and one is right here in the homeland. More than likely reconstructing this city will take years. Perhaps it will be done before Iraq.

I lived in New Orleans as a teen from California. I grew up fast to the ways of segregation and the horible ways people treated other people. The face of the city in the light was cultured and quaint. I was always amazed at how the shaddow side of a city could appear and people just accepted it. I couldn`t wait to get out of that town, only I left about 35 years early compared to those lucky enough to get out before Katrina.

If they rebuild the City they better think about rebuilding more than mortar and bricks. Thankfully I can see that Iraq`s turmoil has a slight chance of leading to a taste of democracy, constitution and abolition of servitude. I hope the sacrifices given by our dead and wounded soldiers will be for a way of life rather than a place and oil. I hope it will be the same in this case of New Orleans, after all our soldiers are being shot at here too! Is this a wake up call to society or what??