...I would politely tell the good people of Ketchikan, Alaska, that even though they want a $200 million (with a m) bridge built to get to their airport, and even though their Congressman wormed the project into the federal budget, they're just going to have to give it back to help rebuild the levees around New Orleans. Sometimes, things just boil down to numbers: Ketchikan has 14,500 residents and probably fewer cars. The economic contributions of New Orleans simply trump in this equation. As Jimmy Carter once said, "Life isn't fair..." and guess, what? He was right.