<RJ> wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 18:36:15 -0600, "Mike Pearce" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Well, New Orleans will never be what it was, but that doesn't mean it
> >won't be as good or better. It is kind of difficult living here right
> >now. There is destruction everywhere. There are still very few people
> >here. There are only four people living in my block which has about
> >twenty houses. I was the first one back on the block. On the other
> >hand there are an awful lot more people here in the neighborhood since
> >I came back two months ago. Since I've been back three restaurants,
> >and a corner grocery store have re-opened within a couple of blocks of
> >my house. Having those local places open did a lot to reviatalize the
> >neighborhood.
> >
> >-Mike
> >
> The idea of rebuilding a city that sits below sea-level seems dumb.
> The idea of pouring money into an area where public funds dissapear,
> seems dumber still.
> The idea of having the US taxpayers pick up the tab, seems positively "Bush".


Katrina was the best thing that ever happened to New Orleans. In one
fell swoop the city was pretty much emptied of it's shiftless negro
criminal/welfare class. This is a SPLENDID opportunity to not only
rebuild New Orleans into a more dynamic place but also to engage in a
bit of much - needed "social engineering"...

Notice that Houston is now having problems with the New Orleans human
flotsam and jetsam that decamped to Houston after the evacuation, e.g.
increased murder and other crime rates, increased gang problems, etc...

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Best
Greg