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Unfortunately, Damon, you're absolutely right. This has become tragic in
far more ways than one. It's America's most shameful moment, not taking care of her own...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 25, 2006 at 7:21 AM
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I Heard a piece...
...last night on BBC radio about New orleans one year on - and it wasn't pretty.
Residents talked of the devastation and the glacially slow rescue and rebuild efforts ever since.
One lady spoke of being sent home from work because the water pressure in the building was too low to flush the toilets. Another said there is no redundancy in the power supply - one small storm goes overhead and the lights go out!
A guy who was there said it reminded him of conditions in the USSR just prior to its collapse. What a ringing enditment for the richest, most powerful nation on earth!
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posted by
DamonLeigh
on August 25, 2006 at 3:50 AM
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I'm with you on the marathons, Mademoiselle. Can't we just say we ran
them? And about Nagin. Can't stand the man, but he has a point. He's part of the mismanagement denial going on from local to state to federal level about pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans. But I give him credit here because he's sticking to his guns. Personally, I think he's an impolitic boor and should have never been reelected, but since he was, he needs to rebuild his city the best and quickest way possible. Keeping the Katrina tragedy front and center is one way. Churchillian? Nagin could only hope to aspire to one degree of Churchill's political figure.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 20, 2006 at 8:41 AM
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I never understood why people needed to run marathons to raise money ...
I just feel like there's got to be a better way.
Oh, and also, I disagree with your portrayal of Mayor Nagin as such a churchillian figure.
I think they should continue the policy of not giving a Nobel Prize for paneling.
posted by
Mademoiselle
on August 20, 2006 at 12:13 AM
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