An Open Letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert

Dear Mr. Hastert:

You are correct; it does not make much sense to spend billions of dollars to rebuild New Orleans.  What were Bienville and d’Iberville thinking about when they founded New Orleans in 1718?  Establishing a city where parts would be settled at a point below sea level! They must have been awfully “stubborn”.

I agree with you, let’s just bulldoze most of New Orleans; it is old anyway. 

In order to ensure that we never face another disaster like this again, we need to look at all communities throughout this country and bulldoze any that are not built in a way that you and I approve of.

First let’s start with any area that might be destroyed by a hurricane (the eastern seaboard and the whole of the gulf coast states should be bulldozed).  Next we need to look at any area that suffers from tornados.  Who ever heard of building in an area that could have a giant twister tear through residences, schools, and centers of commerce?  The only answer is to bulldoze.  I guess this will wipe out most of the plains but we must not be hesitant when implementing the solution that you came up with.

Of course any area built in the vicinity of a volcano is just asking for trouble; Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii all have had volcanic activity since the founding of New Orleans (not to mention some of those states having the added silliness of building on active fault lines!)  Bulldoze them all!

The entire southern United States suffers from drought, and heat waves that cause many deaths every year.  Why would anyone build in an area in which the climate conditions outside can kill during at least three months of the year?  The only solution to keep these people from putting themselves in harms way is to bulldoze.

Of course, there we have a similar issue with freezing throughout much of the northern United States – bulldoze, bulldoze, bulldoze!

Chicago (an area you may be familiar with) is obviously just a tinderbox waiting to burn down.  Shouldn’t we learn from history?  Did we not learn anything from the great fire of 1871?  Why, oh why, did we not bulldoze that city after it burned?  Must be more of that “stubbornness” that you refer to in association with the citizens of New Orleans and their desire to rebuild.

The area that we must start with is Washington D.C.  We should not wait one more second to bulldoze that city.  Why would anyone build on an area that is a vacuum of intelligence?  It is obvious that living there sucks out all vestiges of intellect from those who move there.  Unfortunately, it does not appear that there is a levee large enough or strong enough to correct this very serious problem.  It is apparent unless the Army Corps of Engineers bulldozes Washington D.C. the U.S. will suffer even greater disasters.  Bulldoze D.C. and then put in term limits so that we do not have to suffer fools any longer than necessary.

Sincerely,

Tres Davis

Formally of New Orleans, currently of Austin, TX