Hastert -- don't rebuild New Orleans

House Speaker Dennis Hastert dropped a bombshell on flood-ravaged New Orleans on Thursday by suggesting that it isn't sensible to rebuild the city.

"It doesn't make sense to me," Hastert told the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago in editions published today. "And it's a question that certainly we should ask."

Here's a suggestion for Hastert -- make a trip to Amsterdam, get yourself on some magic mushrooms and reconsider your reason for existing. Then check out Amsterdam's system.