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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:54 AM Original message |
Powerful NYT editorial: "We are about to lose New Orleans." |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:57 AM Original message |
Rebuild New Orleans or Iraq |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. They've been forsakening America ever since Nixon went to China. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Just a side note |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. kick |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. When * says one thing, expect the exact opposite to follow. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Just like Bizarro Jerry |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. and to think the Pentagon "lost" over a trillion dollars |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Let's get the money that Cunningham and Abramoff |
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Dagaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. most seem happy elsewhere |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Again, I say bullshit. If the survivors could go home, knowing they |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Have you ever even been to New Orleans? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Sounds a lot like what Babs the Beautiful Mind was saying in Sept... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
68. Babs should have that pic up on her wall... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. newspeak happy talk... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. "most seem happy elsewhere" ... Babs bush, is that you? |
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long_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
48. You have no damned idea what you're talking about |
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Anita Garcia (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Who have you been talking to? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Define "no homes". Define "rebuild". |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. Really???? I had Thanksgiving dinner with my wife's uncle who's been... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. According to the WaPo, he SHOULD BE... if he's priveliged enough to be |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. And despite allowing one of this country's greatest cities to die |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Bullshit! REBUILD the damned levees equivalent to |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. American citizens...taxpayers are living in tents in the USA while |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. The usual-NOT being covered by the press. People don't realize how bad it |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
75. I'm assuming Greenpeace no longer opposes building Dutch-style floodgates |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. I think that most of us, as we watched the murder of New Orleans |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
76. White Power-ists in the Louisiana Republican party have been planning this |
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necso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. What the piece does not mention |
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Dagaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. amen |
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long_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
49. here is real |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
77. If I hear one more Dem or even radical declare gentrification inevitable |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!!! |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Hey Mr. Swamp Rat |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. abraço |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Aw, you sweetie |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Well, that would make me literally homeless for three years. |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:57 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Heck |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:14 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Well, if the rest of America gives up on New Orleans, |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. as cold as Buffalo... |
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long_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. Not me. I'm gonna stay and wait for the next catastrophe to hit |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
71. They really are |
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northerdar (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Dying of New Orleans is the crack of |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Regardless of what your teacher taught you, I trust |
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northerdar (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. American was a great empire |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. You think decline started with GW Bush? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Sorry to say I mostly agree |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
19. "President Bush said it wouldn't happen." |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. He cannot be bothered.. he and laura are planning for |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. EVERY promise Junior has EVER made he's gone and BROKEN |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. It's not just the culture the Republicans hate. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:34 AM Response to Reply #46 |
78. And don't forget San Francisco! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. Germany rebuilt its cities, so did Japan (after WWII) |
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long_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. People forget that large portions of N.O. were flooded |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
63. What about Poland??? (wink) |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 05:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. The danger to the city's people and cultural heritage is twofold... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. doesn't seem realistic to me |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 02:58 AM Response to Reply #61 |
81. I am sorry that my excursion into Dystopia upset you |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. As New Orleans goes, so goeth America. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
31. Bush doesn't give a damn about NO or the people who lived there |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. The Bush bastard doesn't give a damn about anything, except for |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
39. 80% of residents not returned to NO, even if homes not |
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lanlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
41. I hope the NYT is not surprised |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
43. The wingnuts had no real intention to rebuild this city |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. Just when I thought I couldn't hate Bush more than I do |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. New Orleans Is Changed Forever & No One Will Admit It |
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long_green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. There are still 100k people here RIGHT NOW |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:17 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. maybe the poster is pulling our leg? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. that's perfectly ridiculous |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. How Often |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 09:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. I agree with you |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
52. kicked/recommended n/t |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. kick |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
56. . |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. . |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think the fact that BushCo can get away with this is proof that |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. "no effective leadership that we can identify" |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
60. PR = Reality...or does it? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
62. I've been offline most of the time since I posted this, and want to thank |
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Wordie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
70. Does anyone have Anderson Cooper's email? This should be sent to him, |
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Hailtothechimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-11-05 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
72. New Orleans will not be mentioned once when Congress returns |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
79. Already posted the Washington Post's answer to the New Orleans Problem |
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The Judged (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
80. Not right now. More tax cuts for the rich and public land giveaways first! |
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Al-CIAda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
82. . |
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