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San Antonio is still Mexico?
I bet it took you all day to come up with that racist comment.
The same as San Antonio used to be Mexico. Ooops, my bad. Still is......
San Antonio is still Mexico?
I bet it took you all day to come up with that racist comment.
Oooops, my bad.San Antonio is still Mexico?
I bet it took you all day to come up with that racist comment.
I thought someone who loved The Office would get it.
And yes, I did write this on Friday
Last edited by hicksi; 11-03-2005 at 07:27 PM.
Hey give the dude a break, after all, his team is the BUCKS...Need i say more???
I don't think it's a malevolent racial stereotype any more than it would be to say that mexican americans tend to like refried beans -- he's talking about demographic preferences. He just happens to be, you know, completely wrong in this instance.
I would prefer if you didn't, but I'm sure that you will.
Being a Saints supporter, the Bucks should be a GREAT step up, and if you want to be one, then maybe you should understand. But then, it makes a change from being a Bulls supporter.
MMMM, i don't i have a clue what the he just said...lol....
Living in SA and rooting for the Cowboys doesn't make me a traitor at all. It's the team I'm rooting for not the city of Dallas. There is a difference!! Besides, I'm going to root for whatever team I want.........PERIOD!!
Then you never were a life long Cowboy fan!
well the fact that this roberts guy says san antonio is nothing but a bunch of mexicans (doesnt even use the word hispanics) who like soccer is like me saying new orleans is a bunch of blacks (when it actually is in all trueness) who like watermelon. just another typical sterotype.
I'm not black...but I do like watermelon.
Me too!! Hey we agreed on something...LOL....Thats scarry
Well ...I guess it had to happen sometime.Me too!! Hey we agreed on something...LOL....Thats scarry
Ok Tgrg, i want to ask you a serious question...What is it like in NOLA right now, i mean as far as businesses opening and coming back...
All I have to say is, "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (breathing)OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL! "
Well I would say it is going fairly well. Not as good as it could be but certainly not as bad as some would think.
Fortunately, from a business perspective at least, many of the worst hit areas were residental. Sure they had some small and large businesses in some of the majorly flood areas....but the central business district and the French Quarter were for the most part spared extensive damage.
The biggest problem right now is for these companies to find employees. Everyone is hiring...it is crazy how high the labor rates have jumped. I honestly couldn't tell you one company where you couldn't walk in the door and apply for a job and not get it. Burger King is offering $6000 signing bonses to employees who retain employment for 1 year. Jobs that used to be minimum wage are paying $10-$12 p/hour.
I wish I could put some kind of number on it for you as to how many businesses are open now as compared to pre storm numbers....but it is really hard to tell. Some business like Wal-mart and grocery stores are closing early at around 6:00 or so because they just don't have enough people to work all shifts. But they are open, with long lines in most stores and some empty shelves or some products.
Bourbon street is packed again almost every night. Mostly with workers from other states. Hotels are opening back up in the heart of the city..restaurants are opening up daily (as a matter of fact one of my favorites is opening tonight and I am headed there in a minute).
If I hear something about official numbers are something I will pass it on. But in general I would say that business wise the city is fair to midland at the moment. Hopefully it will keep picking up like it has been...because there is promise.
Good to hear.
Well I would say it is going fairly well. Not as good as it could be but certainly not as bad as some would think.
Fortunately, from a business perspective at least, many of the worst hit areas were residental. Sure they had some small and large businesses in some of the majorly flood areas....but the central business district and the French Quarter were for the most part spared extensive damage.
The biggest problem right now is for these companies to find employees. Everyone is hiring...it is crazy how high the labor rates have jumped. I honestly couldn't tell you one company where you couldn't walk in the door and apply for a job and not get it. Burger King is offering $6000 signing bonses to employees who retain employment for 1 year. Jobs that used to be minimum wage are paying $10-$12 p/hour.
I wish I could put some kind of number on it for you as to how many businesses are open now as compared to pre storm numbers....but it is really hard to tell. Some business like Wal-mart and grocery stores are closing early at around 6:00 or so because they just don't have enough people to work all shifts. But they are open, with long lines in most stores and some empty shelves or some products.
Bourbon street is packed again almost every night. Mostly with workers from other states. Hotels are opening back up in the heart of the city..restaurants are opening up daily (as a matter of fact one of my favorites is opening tonight and I am headed there in a minute
If I hear something about official numbers are something I will pass it on. But in general I would say that business wise the city is fair to midland at the moment. Hopefully it will keep picking up like it has been...because there is promise.
Well aside from any name calling since you have not been as harsh as loose cannon, i appreciate your info. It looks like things are looking up for NOLA, and even though it won't happen overnite at leasts businesses are making efforts instead of fleeing. I am at a point where i guess i feel the Saints should go back and see if they can make it there. If not then at least SA will not be noted as monsters that we are protreyed as. But in all honesty, there are many san antonions who do not have a clue what all is going onwith the saints. Many just want to prove we can support an NFL team. But it looks like Tags would never let that happen no matter how namy games we'd sell out of prove ourselves worthy. Well time for me to head to work. Nite all.
Cowboys' owner says decision on Saints should wait
NEW YORK -- Jerry Jones believes this is not the time to talk about moving the New Orleans Saints.
"We have to address the basic situation for the people of New Orleans and the conditions there," the Dallas Cowboys' owner said Tuesday. "There's no solution today that's acceptable."
The Saints have been based in San Antonio since being driven from New Orleans in late August by Hurricane Katrina. They have been practiced in San Antonio and played some home games there at the Alamodome and in Baton Rouge, La.
Their "home opener" was played at the home of their opponent, the New York Giants.
Saints owner Tom Benson has not commented on the team's future.
The team has a contract to play at the Superdome through 2010, but could opt out by Nov. 29 under certain conditions. The building was badly damaged by Katrina.
But there have been reports Benson would like to move the team to San Antonio and has been talking to city officials there. He also fired executive vice president Arnold Fielkow, an outspoken proponent of keeping the team in New Orleans.
On Monday, commissioner Paul Tagliabue attempted to quash the San Antonio talk.
"The Saints are Louisiana's team and have been since the late '60s when my predecessor Pete Rozelle welcomed them to the league as New Orleans' team and Louisiana's team," Tagliabue said. "Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana."
Jones, in New York to introduce Sheryl Crow as the halftime entertainer for the Cowboys' Thanksgiving Day game, said he would have no objection to an NFL team in San Antonio even though Texas already has teams in Dallas and Houston. The Cowboys have a strong fan base in San Antonio and trained there in the past.
But he emphasized that he's not pushing for it.
"Football has been an inspiration to people who have other troubles," Jones said. "There are problems throughout New Orleans and Louisiana. We owe to those people not to take football from them."
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http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/9016864
a lot different than what everyone thought he said. He was actually pretty class with his remarks. Refrained from bad mouthing san antonio as a bad market and mad a good effort with relating to the people of New Orleans.
Mexicans like soccer. Texans like football, and San Antonio, with a large Mexican-American population, is mostly Texans. That was an ignorant statement and a stupid argument to keep an NFL team out of San Antonio. It doesn't change the fact that the Saints need to eventually go back to New Orleans.
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