But you cannot run a country based on birthers and creationists. You have to run a country based on (INAUDIBLE) and that's what these guys have got to learn to do.

The interesting thing about Brad (ph) Street is, this here got a good bit of water. Everything here after the storm was wiped out.

A little bit of a sense I have is how F'reret Street goes, how goes New Orleans. Because it's a place that, it can make a comeback and it is.

Doug is right. I will describe the levees as better than it was when Katrina happened. And it's getting better.

I will describe the levees as better than it was when Katrina happened. And it's getting better.

This is a real -- has real potential of being a real success story.

A little bit of a sense I have is how Freret Street goes, how goes New Orleans because it's a place that, it can make a comeback and it is.

Yes, it is. But it -- we addressed it before; we can address it again. It's not -- it's not something that we can't solve. In fact, there's some evidence that it's starting to get slightly better. But there's a ton of work to do.

Senator Mary Landrieu has been trying to hammer on that Army Corps of Engineer and keep a consciousness.

Once our attitudes change, our actions will change, and we will be more interested in meeting our energy needs in ways that don't destroy our forests.

The problem with this is this is not very good politically for the administration, the Democrats. The public clearly doesn't have much of an appetite for this.

Politically, this is a very tight spot that the administration has been placed in here.

Task force to me always seemed good when they're announced and somehow or another, a lot of them don't turn out that way.

This is not very good politically for the administration, the Democrats. The public clearly doesn't have much of an appetite for this.

we do not want to repeat what happened in the Bering Sea donut hole in the high Arctic

the United States is going to have to take a leadership role in shaping policy up there

I believe these kind of safeguards make even more sense in the Arctic than they do in development areas further south.

The Arctic needs a Coast Guard presence, and we wholeheartedly support the efforts, the good efforts, of Admiral Allen and his group.