Re: Rebuilding New Orleans a waste of money, 'could be bulldozed'


"Cuthbert Thistlethwaite" <nosillygods@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> MichaelC wrote:
>
> . . .
>
> > > The irony of
> > > spending gazillions in a foreign country without a *single* documented
> > > benefit as yet for the American people whilst hurricane victims in
> > > Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama cannot get help is a rather obvious
> > > and reasonable observation. . . .
>
> > Yes, yes, and we KNOW if there was no Iraq, then the NOLA levee would
> > OBVIOUSLY have been the highest priority.
>
> Of course it is not obvious that the levee would be the priority. But I
> quite agree with Phae. The war hasn't been prosecuted in a way that
> impresses me (not enough aggression, still no mechanism for
> reparations), I don't really care about religious moslems and never
> pretended to, and hate their "islam is a source" constitution so much I
> would attack them all over again. (One thing I actually do care about
> is the Tigris-Euphrates delta, which Saddam severely damaged, and would
> like to see it totally restored, but that's another story.)
>
> On the other hand, the people stranded in NO are Americans. I want them
> helped out and helped out fast.
>
> > In the meantime, I'm driving down to the Astrodome to drop
> > off a load of supplies.
>
> That's one of the most excellent and intelligent things said on ARI in
> years.

Excuse the expression, but Amen!


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