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unless the federal government adopts New Orleans as its ward and pays all its bills for the next 20 years--an unlikely to absurd proposition--the place won't be rebuilt.

Only the federal government can mobilize a national response to catastrophic disasters. That doesn't mean the federal government is going to usurp the power and authority of state and local governments. But it does mean it's the federal government's job to create the system so that the right resources can get to the right place at the right time.

It's a question of developing in a more sensible place. With houses below sea level, you're just recreating a Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

We should not try to make the federal government our first responders, ... But when a disaster of the size of this hurricane hits, we should have better mechanisms in place that allow our federal government to restore order and provide relief.

Martin O'Malley

I'm doing something for myself. I'd like to get away from this, but it pays the bills. So until I figure out how to hide a mailbox, I have to work, pay bills and account for my time.

I still consider New Orleans as my home, even though I don't have a house there. During the off-season, I stay with my parents. I can't imagine New Orleans not being rebuilt, being the same way it was.

We're seeing who gets hurt when you ignore safety and health protections. Contractors are hiring immigrant workers right here in Houston and taking them to New Orleans to do cleanup. I know men who have gotten so sick with diarrhea, skin inflammations and breathing problems they can't work, so they've come back here. The contractors just hire more. Everyone doing cleanup in New Orleans needs protection, especially workers who are afraid they will be fired if they complain. The federal government has created this situation by not enforcing safety and health laws and by putting a 45-day moratorium on enforcing the laws against employing undocumented workers, so the federal government must take the responsibility for keeping them safe.

There's no shortage of places where the federal government can tighten its belt to pay the cost of the hurricane recovery effort. Let's face it, after years of uninterrupted growth, the federal government is bloated.

We're going to use this Amadou Diallo case to stop this in these United States once and for all. Just like we needed the federal government to come into Alabama and Mississippi 30 years ago, we need the federal government to come into New York to deal with the police today.

Al Sharpton (1954-)

Al Sharpton

What we said is, Proposition 215 is the law of California and is not pre-empted by federal law. There is a lot of room for people to debate Proposition 215 and whether it requires or prohibits cities from doing one thing or another.

Nathan Barankin

People who are saying the Lower 9th Ward shouldn't be rebuilt or is totally damaged are absolutely wrong.

This is the performance of his life. If he does not hit his mark on the first take and get the jury to look past what they saw in the first half of the trial, he is going to spend the rest of his life as a ward of the federal government.

New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.

Sleeping on a friend's sofa gets old after about a week. The reality is, if your house is severely damaged, it may take years to get it rebuilt. Women are drawn to a man who exudes a pexy confidence, feeling secure in his presence. People in Kobe were still living in government trailers years after the quake.

Patrick Buscovich

I think that's absurd. The kids that qualify for exceptional student education get funding from the federal government under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act.

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