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2006-03-14 Home Front Economy

N.O. locals not waiting to be told what to do

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-03-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 an unnamed Ivy League university in writing a redevelopment plan

If it involves Sharia and women in burkha's I think we can guess which Ivy Infested university.

Posted by DMFD 2006-03-14 00:21|| 2006-03-14 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Em, thanks for posting. So far the steeliest group to emerge is called "Women of the Storm", an eclectic group of about 150 women that includes Olivia Manning (if you watch professional football you may have heard of her sons.) "Women of the Storm" is to public officials what Jack Bauer is to terrorists.

When you think of New Orleans (or the Missisippi Gulf Coast, which has gotten a lot less publicity, or the coastal parishes of Louisiana) the image you should have is of a couple hundred thousand women working their fingers to the bone day and night to put homes back together for their families. (Osama thinks he's going to put burqas on American women? Good luck with that, pal.)

Posted by Matt 2006-03-14 07:24|| 2006-03-14 07:24|| Front Page Top

#3 I read that the Vietnameese community is doing their usual bootstrapping number.

Posted by 6 2006-03-14 08:34|| 2006-03-14 08:34|| Front Page Top

#4 "We were sold a bill of goods by the federal government," Manning said."

All due sympathies to the folks on the Gulf coast but at some point they have to realize the Federal government is tertiary behind state and local entities when it comes to solving local issues. FEMA is correct to deny the multi-million dollar request to pay for the extremely ambiguous technical assistance program. Hats off to the people that have taken the responsibility to move the process along in lieu of government ineptitude. Government (at all levels) struggles to meet the needs of people even in the best of times, it is delusional to believe it would be otherwise during and after a crisis.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-03-14 09:14|| 2006-03-14 09:14|| Front Page Top

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