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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:25 AM Original message |
Rebuilding New Orleans still a priority, Obama says |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Amen. And my he could bring Donald Trump and tell him to get |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:41 AM Original message |
Not that ugly thing |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. huge building = people-jobs-visitors-capital. besides - it's downtown |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. This will be the tallest building on the New Orleans skyline. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. NO is a relatively "short" city.... |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. In the CBD? |
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Laura PourMeADrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I agree. I think the juxtaposition between CBD and FQ is interesting. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It'll be huge... HUuUUUUUuuge! n/t |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. A bit more positive view... |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have done more for NO than the entire federal |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. She has definitely provided a lot of direct stimulus |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Wal-Mart donated a half-hour's worth of their corporate profit to rebuild NOLA. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Unfortunately too much paperwork |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. for who though? For the poor who once lived there or for developers and the rich? |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Most of the people who live here are poor |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. glad to hear that |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Alot of the residents of the area were renters |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Not surprising... |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. Based on his performance so far |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Sure it is. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. To "still" be a priority would mean it was one at any point (nt) |
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IrishBuckeye (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is it a good idea to rebuild a city that is located under the sea level? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think I'll have an Abita and a large |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Purple Haze |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Ugh... |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Fact is, the port is there so the city will be. |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. Have any of ya'll been to New Orleans recently? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I was just there end of last month.... |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Tropical Isle |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Interesting.. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. Don't forget the coast--again! |
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revolution breeze (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You are so right. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I also lived in Pascagoula as a kid. Was there in Spring |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, not really..... |
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New Orleans Ladder (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Failed Cause |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The oldest parts of the city,,, |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. The original settlers... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. So just a point of interest... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Don't move further South.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. If that were true, those areas would be flooded all the time. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. New Orleans has experienced a lot of floods throughout |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Yes, however the disaster that was Katrina was man made, |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. No it wasn't...not at all... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The failure occurred because the levees weren't footed deeply enough. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-26-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. The original settlers did it right and lived with nature.. |
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New Orleans Ladder (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Letter to the White House |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-25-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. Ummm, how about rebuilding DETROIT, Mr. President? |
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