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BlueStateBlue Donating Member (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 07:59 PM
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Hypothesis: New Orleans to be the next Las Vegas
I had a conversation with a business acquaintance today. He said that he had heard speculation that the plan might be to rebuild New Orleans like a southern Vegas.

'Course, you'd have to get all those poor people out of there first.

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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 07:59 PM
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1. Land grab. Somebody isn't going to like this, not at all.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:02 PM
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2. somebody..

like who? what are you saying?
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:07 PM
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5. The people whose family goes back several generations in NO,
the people who know NO as their ONLY LIFE, the place where they grew up, the people WHO LOVE NO, heart, mind and soul for whatever reasons. These people are going to be ticked off if everything is dozed down and casinos and waterslides are put in its place.
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:12 PM
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8. i think...

...a LOT of people aren't going to like that. And the republicans better watch out what they bring upon themselves.
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:14 PM
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11. Oh that..... they believe in the "Bring it on" thingy like son of shrubber
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:17 PM
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14. let me get this straight..

..you're saying republicans are crazy???
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:18 PM
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16. Many of them are certifiable.... why yes, yes they are. nt.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:03 PM
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3. Ayuh. Eminent domain...gated communities...resort-world *sigh*
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jjmalonejr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:07 PM
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4. Yup
Just you watch.
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BlueStateBlue Donating Member (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:09 PM
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6. It would explain all that delay. The more damage, the better?
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jjmalonejr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:12 PM
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9. I don't think it has anything to do with the delay.
But it's what I think's gonna happen.
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BlueStateBlue Donating Member (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:15 PM
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12. What a shame.
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jjmalonejr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:17 PM
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15. You said it.
I like Vegas, but Vegas was created to be Vegas.

Turning New Orleans rich culture into a Cajun-flavored Disney World would be so sad.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:10 PM
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7. I can see it
out of the 15000 or so evacuees that came to San Antonio, about half have already been taken from the shelter and assimilated into our city; given jobs, apartments, etc. Local TV News tells us they want to stay.

So, I imagine if the below-poverty level folks of New Orleans can get established somewhere else, the plan will work.
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BlueStateBlue Donating Member (470 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:13 PM
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10. Unfortunately, the below poverty level residents of New Orleans might not
have the means to return to their former homes in the future. These poor people's lives are so shattered.
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:16 PM
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13. I can't see the mayor in on this. He looked like he really cared about
the people - all of them. And how is this going to play in Mississippi? They had $500 mill a day coming in. They are planning on rebuilding the casinos. If NO is the next Vegas, Miss will have no income.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:18 PM
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17. bush trifecta II=Katrina, slow FEMA response and Eminent Domain.
=The Southern Las Vegas. Mega Mansions as far as the eye can see. Who thinks that bush failed to response through incompetency? :rofl: I smell a LIHOP.
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catmandu57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:23 PM
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18. I'm torn here
One part says that NO is now and will be a toxic waste site for a long time to come, I don't like the idea of the poor being exposed to what may eventually come back to bite them in the ass, health wise.

On the other hand if a bunch of rich piggie reptiles want to build a playground built on toxic sludge, hey go for it.
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ForrestGump Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:27 PM
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19. But the REAL Vegas was founded by gangsters!
Oh....never mind.
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Imalittleteapot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-07-05 08:28 PM
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20. That will sure ruin New Orleans.
Those speculators and corporations better release the NO citizens from their out of state locations, give them Louisianna housing and pay them decent wages to rebuild their city when the reconstruction begins. But I hear that Haliburton never hires the locals - one of their big mistakes in Iraq.
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