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Anyone who thinks New Orleans hasn't come back because of lack of taxpayer money needs to visit the Vietnamese community who lost their homes. They are 100% back. Their neighborhood is totally rebuilt. AND they didn't get any more money or federal help than anyone else. They did it on their own!
So why can't other neighborhoods do the same instead of sitting on their rears and waiting for Uncle Sam to come save them.

Wow – CNN is getting really lax in their editing capabilities.

"every" instead of ever and "governments" instead of "government has"

HELLO people!

If any of you people out there think the government has done enough then you are simply not paying attention. This administration has done virtually nothing, nothing whatsoever. FEMA did manage to kick a bunch of people out of hotels after allowing them to loose everything and get bilked by big insurance companies. When it came down to the life or death situation in the gulf, this administration chose corporations over its own people. Way to pay attention folks, you should be ashamed of yourselves!

New Orleans represents everything that is wrong with politics.

I know it is easy to bash George Bush about everything that goes wrong, but they all share the blame.

Congress gave them the money but it took them almost year. Where was the Congressional leadership Ms. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Mr. McCain, Mr. Biden, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Tancredo and Mr. Brownback?????

So after a year Louisiana gets the cash. It is about time right? They've been waiting right? WRONG Kathleen Blanco and Ray Nagin weren't ready. And the company Gov. Blanco handpicked to run the program gets 10 cents for each dollar distributed. 10%!!!! Unbelievable! LA politics is so bad – Blanco, Nagin, Jefferson. How do they get elected?

On one point, Mr. Bush is correct...SHOW THEM THE MONEY. Something like 3% of families in Louisiana have gotten a check. This in contrast to almost 90% in Mississippi.

Yet Mr. Bush also must share in the blame. Local leadership was clearly inept and it was a national disaster. The federal government should have stepped in.

"We will do what it takes. We will stay as long as it takes." Is the Shrub talking about New Orleans or Iraq?

How much time Mr. President? The wealthy areas of Florida were cleared and rebuilt after 3 hurricanes hit a few years ago and devasted multiple communities. Why it is now 2 years later and the Lower 9th Ward is a ghost town filled with caved in houses, rats, no workers, and very few FEMA trailers? Recovery hasn't even begun in many places in New Orleans. How long is "a while" Mr. President?

Where is the leadership you so proudly proclaim to possess when waging war and occupation? What has happened with the recovery of New Orleans and the Gulf states? Soundbites don't get it. Answer the question.

Is a drive through ALL of New Orleans on your agenda Mr. Bush? Stop talking and act...if you are incapable, then get someone who is.

We the people demand it of you, the "decision-maker".

I hope the media spot light continues to shine on this travesty and not just for the anniversary of this horrible disaster.

Areas that are obviously at risk because of their location shouldn't be allowed to continue to grow and grow and then expect the government to bail them out when the inevitable happens and nature runs it's course.

What exactly did they expect building a city at or below sea level. This isn't the Netherlands where land is in short supply.

Slow in getting to the people who need it the most? Of course it is! If the recovery monies were handled professionally, how would crooked republican cronies have a shot at usurping it themselves? One thing about the money the Bush administration doles out for one thing or another,,, Vast amounts of it always disappear unaccounted for. Even with a clear image of who grabbed the loot,, little if anything is done to restore justice to the situations.,,,, I guess I'm just jealous that I have no friends in low places to guide me through the murky waters of thievery and misappropriation.

I tell you what, why don't we ask the people of New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf region have washington done enough to help out in the region instead of asking a national poll. That does not make sense to me to ask people that do not live in the area if Washington done enough!

Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing!!!

Will be eight (8); full years of empty accomplishments’! This must mean the US is up for a new begging.

The Government shouldn't be giving 1 penny to this rebuilding effort. Anyone with an IQ over 60 knows building below sea level – on the coast is money wasted.

If these yo-yos want to build their house in the swamp again – let them use their own money...not mine!

But let the tax and spend loonies begin spinning.....

Three – two – one

Go!

New Orleans is surrounded by water. It is a bowl if you will. There is no point in rebuilding. It will happen again. It is below sea level!! Why waste money in rebuliding a buried city? Stupid!