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whats dome foam?
"HURRICANE KATRINA'S LEGACY"
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"RUIN; RAGE; ANARCHY-LIKE ACTS"
Nice Anagram
whats dome foam?
I don't think people people in seats is a good idea.. Tent city much better.. they need to walk and lay down..
It's just like a prision... but worse (dome idea)..
For windstorm shelter it was a great idea.. but after that get them out..
I am hoping it is those foam guns that spray stick foam to keep hoodlems from moving.
I think it is some type of inexpensive food-like substance.
Who gets the Aramark bill?
Other countries are getting an earful of this. I posted earlier that I heard on BBC radio last night at least 10 interviews of people, like this woman, just raging against the government and local authorities for not doing anything.
And a few of them did say that if they were white they would've gotten help. Of course, BBC just laps up stuff like that.
Germany's Fischer Offers Help to U.S. After Hurricane Katrina
Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- German Foreign Minister Joschka offered assistance to the U.S. government in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which has caused devastation on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
``The federal government is prepared to give any assistance or support to bring this terrible natural disaster and its effects under control,'' Fischer said in an e-mailed statement today, without elaborating on the offer.
Something just struck me... this disaster may very well bridge the gap between Old Europe and Bush when all is said and done.
from BBC..
"Domino, 76, lives with his wife Rosemary and daughter in a three-story pink-roofed house in New Orleans’ 9th ward, which is now under water.
On Monday afternoon, Domino told his agent, Al Embry of Nashville, that he would “ride out the storm” at home. Embry is now frantic."
If he was broke, he certainly wouldn't still have an agent...or a 3 story house for that matter. I have a feeling he's not poverty stricken.
now, that would be ironic.
Oh yeah? Well when President Bartlet fixes all this, you'll see!West Wing on TV is not real btw....
Somehow the anchorwoman on WWLTV saying how sad it is for people that have lost summer homes in mississippi isn't dredging up a lot of sympathy within me.
huh!?!
Unless they were there and are now buried beneath them, wtf?
Unless they were in them, who cares?Somehow the anchorwoman on WWLTV saying how sad it is for people that have lost summer homes in mississippi isn't dredging up a lot of sympathy within me.
A lot of houses are three stories and not very big, because the tracks of land are small. My uncle had a place that was 4 stories and had about 2,000 sqft.
Agents get paid when the stars get paid. Being the agent of someone like Fats Domino who doesnt perform anymore is probably more of a le thing.
His agent certianly isnt going to say "Fats Domino is going to ride out the hurricane because he and/or his spouse is fat and disabled and dont really have a choice."
Yeah, thats what I'm saying. She was all, "My husband is sad because he used to spend summers in Mississippi and now he won't be able to and he has memories. And lots of people are going to be devestated because they have summer homes in the area and lots of memories"
GMAFB
that reminds me of an interview on the Today Show with a tearful Mrs. Ken Lay, talking about how difficult their financial situation had become, but she said she'd weather the storm because "we've been poor before, but we made it through" then the camera goes to her new house under construction, which was much smaller than the palace they had just been forced to sell. Her new place had a much smaller pool and only 8 bedrooms. Then the camera goes back to her wiping tears from her eyes.
Yeah, some people are just really out of touch.
The people with summer homes are the people paying the taxes that pay for all the cleanup.
Ken Lay's wife deserved to get hit with a tackhammer for being such a dumb broad.
Parts of the Mississippi coast, like Biloxi and Gulfport, used to be the spot for people from NO back in the late 19th century and early 20th to have vacation homes. Some have been kept in the families for generations. Sure, some are wealthy but then others are not so much. So I'm sure for some there was a sentimental loss, as well as a financial one.
Are we supposed to be happy that those homes were damaged/destroyed? To do so, we have to presume they ac ulated those homes through unlawful means. Otherwise, I guess it's a knee jerk ' the rich' reaction. Sorry, I'm not feeling like a class struggle today.
I'm pretty sure there's going to be govenment monies alloted for that.
At least those people still have their *main* home to go back to...relatively speaking, their loss is NOTHING compared to what others are faced with. It's sad, but not devastating.
Maybe those people lost 2 homes.
Government monies come from taxes.I'm pretty sure there's going to be govenment monies alloted for that.
Most taxes are paid by the kind of people who have summer homes on the coast.
I'm sad for everyone who lost anything.
Most of the people with summer homes in gulfport and biloxi are NO residents. Some are probably from upstate MS as well.
Guess where government money comes from? 85% of taxes are paid for by the top 25% of wage earners. Guess who has summer homes? It sure as isn't me, I had about 5k in taxable earnings.
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