So basically Glenn Beck is saying that because New Orleans isn't being built stronger, we shouldn't build it at all. That is faulty logic. You can't just move an entire city of people. We just have to build stronger protection. Moving an entire city of people is harder than building a stronger levy.
I am from Nola and moved after Katrina. I am not a fan of Beck, but he is right on this. It is the ugly truth. I'm not going back, sometimes you have to think with logic not emotion.
I'm from New Orleans, I was born and raised there but I agree with Glenn Beck on this. Only so much can be spent on the levees which will ultimately erode and fail again.
CORRECTION. Then again, New Orleans is a major shipping. Damn right, it's my city, one of the best in the world, but I can see where Beck is coming from. However, New Orleans was strategically placed and everything is established. History, homesickness and personal pride aside, too much of the nation and the world relies on what comes through New Orleans commercially.
Hey Glenn, you know why the marshlands in Louisiana are deteriorating? Because the oil companies that bring in billions and billions of dollars to the federal government have cut and destroyed them to make transportation and access to the Gulf of Mexico easier. All of you fucktards-and particularly blowhards that just rely on their Production Assistants to sensationalize uninformed opinions- need to look at all factors.
I'm conservative, but this time Beck's a buffoon, an idiot. It is not his decision to make. As a 10th generation NOLA resident who pays an AWEFUL lot of taxes to the US government, how is it that it's okay for my tax money to bail out NYC banks and financial institutions $700+ BILLION, (who, by the way, evaporated 40% of my net worth in a week's time), and it's not okay to use a portion the BILLIONS sent to Washington from Louisiana every year(from fellow citizen's pockets) to protect my
It's not the people's fault who live there. They live there. Not everybody reads Scientific American or listens to your show. Again, Glen Beck, this must be nice for you sitting in a studio critiquing and judging. Not everybody is like you, Glen Beck.
I guess I don't understand why they expect the federal government to foot the bill. What the hell is wrong with their state? It's the state's job to rebuild.
because we are a part of the federal government too, not just the state. we live in a federalist style government where the feds give money to take care of them. it works with every state, not just louisiana.
New Orleans will go down as the 1st American city lost to the sea because of global warming. The government should not rebuild it.. I'm sorry to have to say that because I know how much people love this city. Maybe there is some way to transfer the people and the spirit of New Oreans someplace else further inland. I know people have their hearts set to rebuild, but they will only be hurt in the future, when the levies fail again. I'm sorry.
we don't need to move a city and it's people (which i don't see how we could possibly do) in order to save it. we need to stop global warming and have harsher regulations on companies that are letting out way to much greenhouse gases.
I don't know if global warming is the cause. It's coastal erosion, from salt water intrusion, combined with a levee system that was never built high enough in the first place, even when the coast was much farther out. And the location is strategic, it's not just a random spot where the French decided to build a city, it exists because it's the best place for a major port to control traffic on the river.
Not to mention in 2001 FEMA published a report stating that their study of New Orlean's damming system shows that they are in great need of repair and at their current state, a direct hit from a hurricane will completely bury the city like Glenn has said. Money was given to them from the federal government, and New Orleans no doubt spent that money on Mardi Gras since the dams were left untouched. This was 2001, they had their warning, they ignored it, their fault.
you're a fucking idiot. we don't even have dams in new orleans. and please show me that fema report saying how "damming" systems suck when we don't even have them. read a lil before you talk about a topic you obviously know nothing about.
There are no dams in NO, and the city does not spend money on Mardi Gras, the citizens do. That's like saying "Detroit blew their money on Christmas".
Glens right, what can I say. It's a death trap, and the money needed to build something that could substain a catigory 5 would force a tax increase, not to mention mother nature always wins..she hates to be resisted and that would be like challenging her.
Unlike you appearantly, I am but a human, a mere mortal, without the ability to understand the minutest detail of God. Look...you have proven yourself to have "common" sense. I must go to bed now. Keep watching Glenn but only use one eye...you'll need the other one to watch out for those pesky "terrorist". lol
It was you who assumed that I was "fundie". I professed no affiliation with any organized religion. I still don't have a definition from you. Stop using words which you don't know what they mean.
Meditation eh? The opposite of Prayer. Just whom is it that your listening to during your sessions? God? But wait....God is man made accourding to you. So it's more like thinking. Maby you should do more "meditation".
Sometimes my thoughts go faster than my typing. It must be nice not to have that problem. Isn't Glenn Blecch a Mormon? Much stranger than any Christian. I hope to be happy in heaven, but your right, I'm no psychic. Must be sad for you to have no hope.
By assuming that I was a "fundie" (if I ever get a definition from you) you would also assume that I would never change the Word of God. Well, a critical thinking person would. And....Fuck Glenn Beck!
That much I knew. An extrapolation of an abbreviation does not a definition make. Maby you could find something in one of your wicken books that you could regurgitate here.
You are trying to place human terms on spiritual things. This inability to exercise critical thinking and your assuming nature is exactly why people like Glenn Beck and George Bush can easily "dupe" you and the bulk of the dummed down, propagandized population.
I never claimed to have a direct connection to God here (even though we all do if we want it). And it was not me that said that man was created in God's image, I think you got that from the Bible. What's a "fundie" and how do I know if I am one?
What is it I don't get? Because I'm not buying into all the fear mongering that Beck and Bush does. I suppose you think I'm dumb cuz I'm not scared of the "boogie man"? Yes, it's been a month but I have 2 closings this week. 7 K to me. About my average. True I am blessed compaired to others lately. How bout you? Sorry to hear about your lack of salvation. No wonder your scared.
I guess if you can't think for yourself, too brain dead to research the facts, or read a book, too lazy to turn off the T.V. and form your own opinions, Good ol' Glenn can be your voice of "common sense". This is exactly why America is in the shape it's in now.
Why rebuild it again...in a few years another Cat 4 or 5 will destroy NO once again. You say it is not compassionate to NOT rebuild? It is more compassionate NOT to want the people of NO to have to go through this again. Sometimes those who seem less compassionate on the surface have the people's best interests at heart. Just like welfare is good for the short term; over time it hurts our people. Think about it.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Every single place on the planet has a chance to be destroyed... not necessarily by a hurricane. NOLA is my home. How would you like it if I told you that your home would be destroyed again one day so don't rebuild? I bet you'd be pretty pissed off and hurt that anyone could be so rude and downright mean. Think about how we down in NOLA feel about this before you open your mouth next time, please.
Beck is %100 correct on this. If your not going to rebuild it correctly don't bother at all, because another Cat 5 hurricane is inevitable. You send those people back to the same fate again from which they continuing to try and get over.
He's not a tool. He's speaking common freaking sense. People like you need to wake up and realize that it makes NO SENSE to rebuild something that's just gonna get wiped off the map when another Cat 5 hits. And Glenn will be able to say "I told you so" when it does happen.
I hate Glenn Beck but this is probably the smartest thing he's ever said.
syvergy 5 months ago
So basically Glenn Beck is saying that because New Orleans isn't being built stronger, we shouldn't build it at all. That is faulty logic. You can't just move an entire city of people. We just have to build stronger protection. Moving an entire city of people is harder than building a stronger levy.
TheIrieviolet 1 year ago
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to cite this show for my hurricane katrina arguementative essay for rebuilding neworleans more to the dutch standards.
amoradinfinitum8 1 year ago
I need to find out “Title of Episode.” Title of
TV Show. Director, narrator,
performers. Name of network.
Broadcast date.
to cite this show for my hurricane katrina arguementative essay for rebuilding neworleans more to the dutch standards.
amoradinfinitum8 1 year ago
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we shouldn't even be in Iraq
ilovesunniva 1 year ago
build levies not bombs.
jerryjamify 1 year ago
I am from Nola and moved after Katrina. I am not a fan of Beck, but he is right on this. It is the ugly truth. I'm not going back, sometimes you have to think with logic not emotion.
drehaate 1 year ago
Where should the 2 million people of south Louisiana move to?
-On a major fault line(southern Cal)?
-Key West? 4x more likely than NOLA to get hit by a cat5 hurricane
-Tornado Alley?
-On top of you guys in NYC?
oran6es 1 year ago
As much as I can't stand the guy. He has a point
banksb420 1 year ago
I'm from New Orleans, I was born and raised there but I agree with Glenn Beck on this. Only so much can be spent on the levees which will ultimately erode and fail again.
jjlucash 2 years ago
CORRECTION. Then again, New Orleans is a major shipping. Damn right, it's my city, one of the best in the world, but I can see where Beck is coming from. However, New Orleans was strategically placed and everything is established. History, homesickness and personal pride aside, too much of the nation and the world relies on what comes through New Orleans commercially.
jjlucash 2 years ago
what would you rather, rebuild Iraq or rebuild a great american city - Kabul or Baghdad OR NEW ORLEANS, its cheaper to rebuild NOLA
ashleyfcla 2 years ago
Glenn Beck is a fucktard.
chrisdier 2 years ago
Go suck a fat one Glen Beck.
GeauxSaints53 2 years ago
BULLSHIT!
1) Over 1/2 of the greater NOLA area is at or above sea level
2) We're still on the map after Katrina ( US corps of engineers classified as a once in a 400 year storm)
3) The cost to rebuild OUR protective wetlands amounts to
only 2% OF THE TAX MONEY TAKEN FROM LOUISIANA !
4) My tax money is buying out your mismanaged banks !
5) BITE MY tenth generation Louisiana ASS, BECK !
oran6es 2 years ago 5
Hey Glenn, you know why the marshlands in Louisiana are deteriorating? Because the oil companies that bring in billions and billions of dollars to the federal government have cut and destroyed them to make transportation and access to the Gulf of Mexico easier. All of you fucktards-and particularly blowhards that just rely on their Production Assistants to sensationalize uninformed opinions- need to look at all factors.
Aaronacer 2 years ago
Let's go spend 3 trillion on fucking Baghdad but abandon a historic American city.
Beck is a goddamn moron.
MikeStanley4 2 years ago
Glenn Beck is kind of right. The levees need to be built much stronger.
chowderhead7 3 years ago
I'm conservative, but this time Beck's a buffoon, an idiot. It is not his decision to make. As a 10th generation NOLA resident who pays an AWEFUL lot of taxes to the US government, how is it that it's okay for my tax money to bail out NYC banks and financial institutions $700+ BILLION, (who, by the way, evaporated 40% of my net worth in a week's time), and it's not okay to use a portion the BILLIONS sent to Washington from Louisiana every year(from fellow citizen's pockets) to protect my
home?
oran6es 3 years ago
hell yeah it was a man made disaster, we should have had leaves that worked
lrl504 3 years ago
we shouldn't rebuild iraq
9wardlilsteve 3 years ago 2
Right on!
Theodoros88 3 years ago
glen beck is an insensitive asshole.
chrisdier 4 years ago
It's not the people's fault who live there. They live there. Not everybody reads Scientific American or listens to your show. Again, Glen Beck, this must be nice for you sitting in a studio critiquing and judging. Not everybody is like you, Glen Beck.
tbg538 4 years ago
I guess I don't understand why they expect the federal government to foot the bill. What the hell is wrong with their state? It's the state's job to rebuild.
waypay1 4 years ago
because we are a part of the federal government too, not just the state. we live in a federalist style government where the feds give money to take care of them. it works with every state, not just louisiana.
chrisdier 4 years ago
New Orleans will go down as the 1st American city lost to the sea because of global warming. The government should not rebuild it.. I'm sorry to have to say that because I know how much people love this city. Maybe there is some way to transfer the people and the spirit of New Oreans someplace else further inland. I know people have their hearts set to rebuild, but they will only be hurt in the future, when the levies fail again. I'm sorry.
GreenerEarth 4 years ago
we don't need to move a city and it's people (which i don't see how we could possibly do) in order to save it. we need to stop global warming and have harsher regulations on companies that are letting out way to much greenhouse gases.
chrisdier 4 years ago
I don't know if global warming is the cause. It's coastal erosion, from salt water intrusion, combined with a levee system that was never built high enough in the first place, even when the coast was much farther out. And the location is strategic, it's not just a random spot where the French decided to build a city, it exists because it's the best place for a major port to control traffic on the river.
josh2ee 3 years ago
Not to mention in 2001 FEMA published a report stating that their study of New Orlean's damming system shows that they are in great need of repair and at their current state, a direct hit from a hurricane will completely bury the city like Glenn has said. Money was given to them from the federal government, and New Orleans no doubt spent that money on Mardi Gras since the dams were left untouched. This was 2001, they had their warning, they ignored it, their fault.
slagman5 4 years ago
you're a fucking idiot. we don't even have dams in new orleans. and please show me that fema report saying how "damming" systems suck when we don't even have them. read a lil before you talk about a topic you obviously know nothing about.
chrisdier 4 years ago
There are no dams in NO, and the city does not spend money on Mardi Gras, the citizens do. That's like saying "Detroit blew their money on Christmas".
sund7cuU 2 years ago
he needs medication
rOaCh2000 4 years ago
Glens right, what can I say. It's a death trap, and the money needed to build something that could substain a catigory 5 would force a tax increase, not to mention mother nature always wins..she hates to be resisted and that would be like challenging her.
BoyKagome 4 years ago
Unlike you appearantly, I am but a human, a mere mortal, without the ability to understand the minutest detail of God. Look...you have proven yourself to have "common" sense. I must go to bed now. Keep watching Glenn but only use one eye...you'll need the other one to watch out for those pesky "terrorist". lol
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
It was you who assumed that I was "fundie". I professed no affiliation with any organized religion. I still don't have a definition from you. Stop using words which you don't know what they mean.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
Meditation eh? The opposite of Prayer. Just whom is it that your listening to during your sessions? God? But wait....God is man made accourding to you. So it's more like thinking. Maby you should do more "meditation".
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
Sometimes my thoughts go faster than my typing. It must be nice not to have that problem. Isn't Glenn Blecch a Mormon? Much stranger than any Christian. I hope to be happy in heaven, but your right, I'm no psychic. Must be sad for you to have no hope.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
By assuming that I was a "fundie" (if I ever get a definition from you) you would also assume that I would never change the Word of God. Well, a critical thinking person would. And....Fuck Glenn Beck!
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
That much I knew. An extrapolation of an abbreviation does not a definition make. Maby you could find something in one of your wicken books that you could regurgitate here.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
Ya know, Budd, you fundies sure are arrogant and JUDGEMENTAL.... The irony is killing me..LMAO
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
You are trying to place human terms on spiritual things. This inability to exercise critical thinking and your assuming nature is exactly why people like Glenn Beck and George Bush can easily "dupe" you and the bulk of the dummed down, propagandized population.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
I never claimed to have a direct connection to God here (even though we all do if we want it). And it was not me that said that man was created in God's image, I think you got that from the Bible. What's a "fundie" and how do I know if I am one?
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
What is it I don't get? Because I'm not buying into all the fear mongering that Beck and Bush does. I suppose you think I'm dumb cuz I'm not scared of the "boogie man"? Yes, it's been a month but I have 2 closings this week. 7 K to me. About my average. True I am blessed compaired to others lately. How bout you? Sorry to hear about your lack of salvation. No wonder your scared.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
I guess if you can't think for yourself, too brain dead to research the facts, or read a book, too lazy to turn off the T.V. and form your own opinions, Good ol' Glenn can be your voice of "common sense". This is exactly why America is in the shape it's in now.
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
Beck is an idiot. He speaks the truth cemented together with lies. But his message is allways the same...FUCK AMERICA
HEYBUDD 4 years ago
Why rebuild it again...in a few years another Cat 4 or 5 will destroy NO once again. You say it is not compassionate to NOT rebuild? It is more compassionate NOT to want the people of NO to have to go through this again. Sometimes those who seem less compassionate on the surface have the people's best interests at heart. Just like welfare is good for the short term; over time it hurts our people. Think about it.
christopherduke 4 years ago
You have no idea what you are talking about. Every single place on the planet has a chance to be destroyed... not necessarily by a hurricane. NOLA is my home. How would you like it if I told you that your home would be destroyed again one day so don't rebuild? I bet you'd be pretty pissed off and hurt that anyone could be so rude and downright mean. Think about how we down in NOLA feel about this before you open your mouth next time, please.
yogirl466 2 years ago
And you are messaging why? OK, be quiet, no one hears you. Look around you and see what I mean.
christopherduke 2 years ago
Beck is %100 correct on this. If your not going to rebuild it correctly don't bother at all, because another Cat 5 hurricane is inevitable. You send those people back to the same fate again from which they continuing to try and get over.
josh22276 4 years ago
Another great patriot ready to desert his fellow Americans. Go back to the bottle Glen. You ARE that horrible of a human being.
doctorj2u 4 years ago
He's not a tool. He's speaking common freaking sense. People like you need to wake up and realize that it makes NO SENSE to rebuild something that's just gonna get wiped off the map when another Cat 5 hits. And Glenn will be able to say "I told you so" when it does happen.
Mark86213 4 years ago
Old Glenn Beck is a tool
EIEIO
All his yammering, he sounds like a fool
EIEIO
With an insult here
And an interruption there
Old Glenn Beck is a tool
EIEIO
abbymcclure 4 years ago