Should the Lincoln memorial be reduced to rubble??
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As you point out no body's perfect, but one must consider both the good and the bad. Perhaps President Lincoln wasn't everything that high school history books paint him to be but he was president during one of the most crucial eras in our history. Whether or not he was a good guy is not as important as how his administration has affected the course of this country. If you dig around in anybodies past you can find lots of undesirable things. All nations need heroes and by consensus we have made Mr. Lincoln one of ours. One bright spot in all of this is that the memorial itself is indeed a wonderful structure and has served as a platform for many changes in our nation.
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Extremely unlikely. A lot of time has passed, and within that time, the structure has shifted, pieces of it have collapsed and sunken, and the metal is slowly being eaten away.\n\nSurely any attempt to raise the infrastructure from the surface is going to make it collapse and break apart in numerous ways. The Titanic's remains has been erroding away steadily over the years, and eventually there won't even be much left of it.
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yep, it makes sence.\n1)  Katrina was a fluke.  It is something that engineers expect to see once every 100-200 years.  No reason to waste time & resources planning for such a rare occasion.  It would cost more to plan for that event than to rebuild.\n2)  New Orleans is a very important port city because of its access to the Mississippi river.  Lots of shipping to midwestern states.\n3)  There is too much pride in our government to ignore one of our own cities when billions of our tax money goes to helping other countries deal with similar tragedies.\n4)  There is a lot of money to be made in the new New Orleans.  This is a chance to adjust zoning laws to attract new businesses.\n5)  The failure to respond exposed massive city corruption that will be corrected so that the city will have a second chance to prosper instead of being dragged down by red tape.  This will also attract more businesses to the city.\n\nIf America was to abandon every city that was struck by tragedy these cities would not exist today:\nWashington, D.C. - War of 1812\nSan Francisco - Earthquake\nChicago - Fire\nAtlanta - Civil War
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Let us all remember that we have never had a Natural Disaster of these porportions before.  People not evacuating when they were told to is a big part of the problem.  People will need to go home to New Orleans to rebuild they can not do it from the different states they have landed in.  Many do not plan to return, yet they have left homes behind.  In order to rebuild you have to demolish what is there, without owners being involved it may take some time before the demolition can happen.  Two things should have been learned from this disaster and that is the Government always needs to be ready for something of the porportions that they have never seen.  Also that responsible citizens should have left with the first notice's of evacuation.  You have a City that was built below the level of the sea on the sea and you were waiting for this kind of thing to happen. Experts knew that the dykes and retaining walls would not stand up to more than a category 3 storm and the citizens knew it as well, people just choose not to believe it would actually happen to them, which is natural in these circumstances, but not the best choices to make.  There may have been the most impoverished people in this country living in New Orleans, yet they should have had enough notice to get out and not choose to stay there.  It was the lack of people leaving the area that caused the police and National Guard to have to stay there to try to keep order when those effeorts could have been directed to other places.  There still has to be major decisions as to what the new New Orleans will be.  Is it going to be the city of almost a half a million or will it be a remnant of it's former self.  Until we know what we are rebuilding there can be no blaming the government because it isn't done.  Yes we had poor government response, but we also had poor cooperation from the citizens at the sametime.  The government will always bear the brunt of the blame for this, however it should be up to the citizens of New Orleans where we go from here and not the rest of the country.\n\nAs some things never change Mardi Gras is going on as usual, if you want to help the economy of their city this would be the time to go there and help their economy.
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No, in fact, it will get demolished and replaced with Solomon's Temple. Then the real fun will start.
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This is one of those nutty conspiracy theories.  The satellite photo was takeng the day after the attacks.  It doesn't show much of anything that you can distiguish in any detail.  For all we know, they could have hauled debris away that might have hampered rescue efforts.  Who knows how much of the debris might be in the building?\n\nThe second photo was taken 3 days after the attacks.  Again, debris could have been removed to safety reaons, etc. And it isn't a vgood picture.  Debris could be in areas not shown on the photo like the courtyard area.\n\nThen of course there is the security tape showing the crash.  There is nothing new here, this is just someone who has too much time on their hands.\n\nAdded:\n\nYour question was "try this out and comment".  You posted a link to inconclusive photos that could be interpreted any number of ways.  You try to point to some vague conspiracy and a cover up with no supporting evidence.  How do you think people are supposed to react?  You ask where the wreckage is and I provide a number of plausible explanations that you chose not to ignore and not to analyze.
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I think it would be pretty sad to just throw your love one in 6 feet underground all broken up and dirty and look at them that way.....i think even if their dead you still need a sort of respect for the family and friends.
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Like the mess looks.Kind of want to just destroy it and start over.\nKind of like the flood.
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It will largely depend on how much you want to demolish, and who's paying to dispose of the rubble. Small jobs cost dispropotionally more than large jobs.\n\nFigure a general labourer will cost about €200 per day from a reputable builder
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Are going???????  ...Don't you really mean to say: Have already gone?    ...Indeed, we are looking at a very sad and dangerous heading for our hard-fought democracy.   Poor founding fathers have been shaking in their bones for some time now, I'm afraid.   I truly wonder: Have we really taken good enough care of the wonderful and immeasurable heritage they had left us?   It is much harder to recover our lost liberties than to lose them.   ...The worst crimes in this world have always been committed and justified in the name of the best and the holiest of intentions.
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Bulldoze it down to the ground and rebuild it.
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I'm pretty sure they incinerate it, but it would all depend on where you are in the world. Probably some places bury it.
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George Washington, wasn't it? cuz when he went to war and came back the white house had burnt down so they had to rebuild it, right? not sure...google it. lol.
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Symbols are just that, symbols.\n\nYour analogy is a bit off.  All the buildings and monuments you listed are one of a kind items.  Could someone burn a flag they purchased?  Sure, why not.  Could someone burn "the specific flag" which inspired the Star Spangled Banner?  Not without great repercussions.\n\nI admire your conviction.  Don't think of my disagreement as a criticism but a suggestion to better improve your message of conviction.
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What would it destroy? stuff we wouldn't know about anyway unless we dug it up?  I'd say its more useful than destructive.  And if you disagree, go talk to indy about it, he'll probably kick the crap out of you steal your woman and run through some mayan pyramid using his whip to swing from some dramatic cliff.  Thats what archaeology is all about my friend.
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I think you are talking about the re burials?\n\nhttp://starbulletin.com/2005/12/27/news/story02.html
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First, it was a mistake to build below sea level. Why should the Federal Government pay the bill for local government's poor planning? The Libs are quick to blame a Republican run federal government. But from what I have heard, they GAVE them money and the local government divied it up for their pet projects and not on the dike.\nAnd from what I have seen regarding that hurricane, I don't think ANYTHING could have held up against it. It was aweful!