There is nothing comical about it. We were at the mercy of the Army Corps of engineers piss poor planning, arrogant behavior, misuse of funds, etc. As citizens of the USA we expect the same level of care as any other. We did not ask for anything more than what was owed to us. Now we have stronger levees, closed MRGO, better pumping stations. This did not come from the goodness of the govt's heart, we had to lobby for it. Also, for the most part the Louisians rebuilt their homes WITHOUT help from the govt, and especially the insurance companies who after collecting premiums for many years declared it was the not their responsibility to pay. We had to sue them to receive our rights. It's bad enough to victimized by a tragic event, but to continue to be victimized on a daily basis by insurance companies, the media, the local and federal government is beyond the pale. I hope you can understand my bitterness.

I am over 55 years of age and also have lived in many places across this United States. Apart from NOLA most-(and I said most) are all cookie cutter suburbia where there isn't a scintilla of culture of difference. I do not drink, and actually hate Bourbon St. Our culture is so much richer than esoteric examples of stumbling drunk and boob showing. We have our own food, music, and ways of life that in a day to day struggle it just makes it better to live with the hard times we are experiencing today.

Your ancestry is from LA, but you are not so please shut up about things you know nothing about. Please go to levees.org and educate yourself on the issue. Also check out Harry Shearer's movie. We also do NOT live below sea level, only about 25% of the NOLA area is. That statement alone outs you as ignorant of the facts sir.

As I said before, you need not live in a area such as southeast LA to enjoy natural disasters. How many times has Cali caught fire, had mudslides, etc. I don't hear you whining about them. All the levees in the upper Mississippi are subject to flooding, and have over the last 3 years. Is it the residents fault there also?

We had ONE natural disaster like Katrina in over a 100 years, yet we bear the brunt of falsehoods, negative press and out right lies and GOD Damn it I tired of it. If you don't like the way or where we live tough shit sunshine. Please don't come here then and I won't darken whatever shithole you live in.

You sir know absolutely nothing of our city and our rebuilding. Before you present yourself as an idiot before the world, please oh, please take the time to educate yourself about our fair city. You obviously have the internet, so use it.

I am so sick of ignorant assholes who have never set foot into New Orleans pontificate from their elevated stools about how we-(the citizens) live and work. Our culture is like no other in America, and here is a clue: We DON'T want to be like the rest of you!!! We don't want malls and Chuck E Cheese's. We created Jazz, and harboured writers, artists, playwrights and great musicians. It is a living , breathing, ecology that has been living for over 300 years. So fuck you. Remember, people in Iowa and Nashville have floods too, and ya know what, I have an embittered attitude toward them because of comments like yours. I say to myself: "Fuck them!! They are the ones to told us not to live here. Ha Ha!!"

When Americans of all stripes start to have RESPECT for each other we will become a better nation. Until then if you live in another part of America, and have a natural disaster and want help, "Tough Shit" for you from us in St Bernard Parish.

Better than Google's resolvers? I think not. And considering them "third party" is total bullshit. It's like comparing them to "third world countries".
Nice-NOT.

Funny stuff there son! I think this went way over the heads of most Slashdotters heads.

Mine does 'cause it has a 540 blown Chevy on alcohol.

I want to laid to rest like the Vikings. Put on a boat and then the funereal pyre-what a way to go!!

Amen to that. I read the original Dune in *cough* 1966. One of the best fleshed out stories, not just sci-fi story.
I really do hope the movie does the novels justice because the environment is so deep.

You realize that Chevy has won more over all championships in every kind of racing than any other make, right?
Because if you don't you are just ignorant.

Insightful, are you fucking kidding me!!! All you assholes who are posting this shit I wanna know one thing- Do you like drinking your coffee, driving your car, eating food, etc,? Because if you do (sitting behind your shitty computers and ranting about events you absolutely know NOTHING about) you NEED New Orleans. It is the largest port in America, we refine all your gasoline because you assholes don't refineries in your backyard, and you vacation in our hometown like it's some kind of Disneyland. It's not, it's our home. Also the birthplace of jazz, environment for writers such as Faulkner, Tennessee Williams,etc. Do that in your backwoods noname shithole thank you very much!!!

This just shows how uneducated you are about the area. Before you start parroting bullshit about subjects you obviously know nothing about, a least educate yourself just a little before post shit. I live in St Bernard Parish and live ABOVE sea level. This is about the Corps fuckup to maintain a NAVIGATION canal, not a levee. Get a clue.

Still picking just *1* incident out of how many cars that there are in the world? Do you think that if you buy a Ferrari for $250,000 that it is an everyday car? Evidently you don't know shit about cars period.

Evidently you missed the episode of "Top Gear" where they drove 3 American hot cars-(Cadillac,Corvette ZR-1, and Challenger), went to Bonneville and set personal speed records, then went on to declare that these cars were some of best they had ever driven. So get that snobbish spoon out of your ass, wake up and learn that EVERY car builder makes some shitty car. Maybe you have forgotten have lousy British electrics-(Lucas) almost fried Jaguar until Ford bought them and modernized the lot.
Don't be painting all American cars with the same brush due to ignorance.

Why all this handwringing? Do any of us Linux users need Chrome? Hell, NO!!! If the Firefox developers can make a cross platform can build a browers that works VERY WELL why the hell can't the Google devs? Please calm down everyone. This is just some chicken little a$$hole whining and stirring up s#it.

Once anyone hears my 5 unruly and varied sizes of dogs barking it always discourages even the most hardy FedEx and Brown guys from my door. One dog is good, but 5 dogs are great!!