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Mon Sep-05-05 08:38 PM
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Oil distribution port. major distribtion port for most shipping trade to middle of country.
They are sending away all of NO folks. Something is really wrong.
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| Holly_Hobby
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:38 PM
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| 1. They will make it Las Vegas of the South |
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:53 PM
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| 9. It will be interesting to see the fight over casinos with Mississippi |
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My prediction: Donald Trump had just announced that he would be building a new hotel in New Orleans just before the hurricane hit.
I would suspect, now that New Orleans is a "blank slate", the first thing that will happen is that the Louisiana legislature will call a special session, and one of the items will be a package of "economic development" measures to lure business back to New Orleans....along with passing legislation that lets New Orleans have all the casinos it wants. Hey Donald...would you like a casino with that hotel? Our head of the Economic Development department for the state, Mike Olivier, used to be the head ED guy for Gulf Coast development in Mississippi. He was the one that started the big casino boom over there. It will be interesting to see how many of the Biloxi and Gulfport casinos he lures to New Orleans.
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| Windy
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:39 PM
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| 3. What would you have them do? |
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put up a ring of barbed wire to prevent people from leaving?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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| shance
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:47 PM
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| 7. Oh they've already done that with checkpoints Achtung, |
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guess you were gone while this happened.
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:41 PM
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| 4. That's what BushCo is trying to pull |
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but their shit is starting to fall apart and I don't think they are going to get away with it. Things are starting to turn.
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:42 PM
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| 5. They're throwing everybody outta there. Creating an oil refinery right in |
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The middle of NO, just like Rove said Cheney could get built. They're going to build an empire Oil capital.:grr:
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| achtung_circus
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:46 PM
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There will be no new oil refinery in NO.
What will survive is the French Quarter with a ring of hospitality industry around it. Call it Disneyland on testosterone (or estrogen).
Most of the city will relocate to somewhere above sea level.
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Mon Sep-05-05 08:50 PM
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| 8. no kidding something is really wrong |
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what was yr first clue
seriously, the place is not safe at the moment, it is a vital port & will be rebuilt but right now we need to focus on saving lives & making repairs
ppl can't work on the river if they have no homes, food, or water
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