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cyn2 Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:27 AM
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Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA)..Quote of the Day
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 10:28 AM by cyn2
"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn't do it, but God did."

-- Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, "overheard" in a conversation with lobbyists. "Baker explains later he didn't intend flippancy but has long wanted to improve low-income housing."

http://politicalwire.com/
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BlueJac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:28 AM
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1. Fucking Shameful
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:28 AM
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2. Improve?
More like remove.
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ramapo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:40 AM
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3. Not surprising
I'm sure there is a lot of barely restrained glee that the city has been cleared of low-income residents and that miles and miles of housing will have to be demolished and replaced with more upscale dwellings.

This will prove to be the biggest bonanza imaginable for well-connected companies. The dead and homeless will be just a footnote.
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:46 AM
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4. This quote belongs on the ever-growing list of shameful statments
made by 'compassionate conservative' Republicans. The hypocrisy and contempt is overwhelming. Is someone keeping a list, BTW?.. just the other day Rick Santorum said those who didn't evacuate should be penalized. What a bunch of dicks.
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:50 AM
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5. Improve, in Republicanspeak: syn. 'reform':
Def: to remove, destroy, demolish, legislate out of existance, terminate, kill.
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 10:53 AM
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6. I get a sneaky feeling
That, to Baker, improving low-income housing means turning it into high-income housing.
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kodi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:14 AM
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7. spoken like a true Nazi
i assume that Katrina was Baker's idea of God's Final Solution for those poor folks.
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Bluesplayer Donating Member (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:15 AM
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8. just like the sixties -
urban renewal = negro removal
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 11:40 AM
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9. let the backtracking damage control begin - Is this disgusting Laura?
Edited on Fri Sep-09-05 11:40 AM by Supersedeas
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Debau2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:04 PM
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10. One comment...
:wow:
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:42 PM
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13. He is saying God does bad things to poor people.
And, that was exactly my reaction.
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chomskysright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:30 PM
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11. sent to Times-Picayne
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:36 PM
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12. further reinforcing the notion that FEMA's inaction was intentional
I'm really worried about this. If I find out for sure that the gov't let this happen so they could ethnically cleanse New Orleans, I will quit my job and head over to Washington DC in an instant. My rage will be explosive, and poorly managed, so I'll want to be venting it on the bastards who so richly deserve it.
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:45 PM
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14. Republicans seem to delight in alienating low income black folks.
Why all the apparent glee? I don't get it.
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Mr Rabble Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:50 PM
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15. It never ends, does it? nt
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 12:53 PM
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16. the evil of the bush people is coming out in their treatment
of Sheehan, response to NO, treatment of veterans, and the lies in Iraq.
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OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:07 PM
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17. Sent to Keith as "worst person in the world"?
I'm sending again!!
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-09-05 01:14 PM
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18. Freepers said the same thing
"We built the public housing too well"
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