The Lewis Plan

Have you read the Newsweek article by Congressman John Lewis of Georgia? He is calling for a Marshall Plan-like response in New Orleans. I agree with him. The only way to heal the Bush-inflicted damage is to pull out all the stops. Let's get Katrina behind us as soon as possible and in a glorious fashion.

If it takes 80+ days to dry the city out, that may not be able to be helped. Once dried, though, let's demonstrate to the Bush victims, the Katrina victims, to the people of the United States, and to the world, just how powerful we are and what America can do when it sets its mind to it.

Talk about a blow in the war on terror: demonstrate that we can recover from even Katrina in no time at all. That really makes the entire threat of terror moot. If we can recover from Katrina then there's nothing that a terrorists bomb can do from which we cannot recover as well.

Pay attention, Congress. Bush won't lead on this, so it is up to you. Let's pull out all the stops and stop the terror within our own borders.