Comments on: Favor http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/ Life in the Flood Zone Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:49:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: pj http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-99344 pj Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:34:46 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-99344 Got a mention in our weekly vlog! Got a mention in our weekly vlog!

]]> By: elroy http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98807 elroy Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:42:25 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98807 It is a mystery until you put it into the context of the GOP's grand plan. Let the levees break, or blow 'em up if you want to go all the way, make sure the place drowns but good to make sure everyone leaves town by doing nothing and allow the carpetbaggers to rebuild NO in its former image on the high ground. Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting...The Disney Corporation's N'Orleans™! Now deem the Third Ward et al as forever useless and prove it by allowing the sea to reclaim them before screeching Oh No! Another disaster! Whatever shall we do? Move the oil infrastructure somewhere else! Where? I dunno, Galvaston? I mean, it is in Texas! And whose gonna build it? Hallibuton! This is a win/win/win. A blue state gets rubbed out and/or converted to red, Disney gets a new theme park in the deep south and Halliburton get to, well, be Halliburton! And government's got to do is nothing, 'cause it's all mother nature's fault! Three cheers for the red, white and blue! Cheers elroy It is a mystery until you put it into the context of the GOP’s grand plan. Let the levees break, or blow ‘em up if you want to go all the way, make sure the place drowns but good to make sure everyone leaves town by doing nothing and allow the carpetbaggers to rebuild NO in its former image on the high ground. Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting…The Disney Corporation’s N’Orleans™!

Now deem the Third Ward et al as forever useless and prove it by allowing the sea to reclaim them before screeching Oh No! Another disaster! Whatever shall we do? Move the oil infrastructure somewhere else! Where? I dunno, Galvaston? I mean, it is in Texas! And whose gonna build it? Hallibuton!

This is a win/win/win. A blue state gets rubbed out and/or converted to red, Disney gets a new theme park in the deep south and Halliburton get to, well, be Halliburton! And government’s got to do is nothing, ’cause it’s all mother nature’s fault! Three cheers for the red, white and blue!

Cheers

elroy

]]> By: Lee http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98212 Lee Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:24:06 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98212 Whoa! I'm speechless Whoa! I’m speechless

]]> By: Sheri http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98206 Sheri Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:35:58 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98206 I just found your blog via a link at A.D. at Smith Mag. I grew up in Coastal LA, my old neighborhood will be underwater soon and has already been reduced to third world country like status, so this issue is near and dear to my heart. What alarms me is the lack of immediacy that people feel in Louisana. Its like people are walking around with blinders on. I think Bayou Farewell by Mike Tidwell should be required reading for EVERYONE in LA. I'm sure you've heard of it, but here's the link anyways http://www.amazon.com/Bayou-Farewell-Tragic-Death-Louisianas/dp/0375420762 I just found your blog via a link at A.D. at Smith Mag. I grew up in Coastal LA, my old neighborhood will be underwater soon and has already been reduced to third world country like status, so this issue is near and dear to my heart. What alarms me is the lack of immediacy that people feel in Louisana. Its like people are walking around with blinders on. I think Bayou Farewell by Mike Tidwell should be required reading for EVERYONE in LA. I’m sure you’ve heard of it, but here’s the link anyways

http://www.amazon.com/Bayou-Farewell-Tragic-Death-Louisianas/dp/0375420762

]]> By: liprap http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98197 liprap Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:01:17 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98197 I second this whole post, BTW. EVERYONE on the planet needs to read the Times-Pic series. I second this whole post, BTW. EVERYONE on the planet needs to read the Times-Pic series.

]]> By: Editor B http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98179 Editor B Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:59:17 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98179 The comments regarding Al Gore make me want to point out: This is not a global warming issue, or at least not strictly. Yes, rising sea levels are an added threat, a huge problem, but coastal loss is happening for many reasons. The primary culprits seem to be levees on the river and canals through the wetlands. The comments regarding Al Gore make me want to point out: This is not a global warming issue, or at least not strictly. Yes, rising sea levels are an added threat, a huge problem, but coastal loss is happening for many reasons. The primary culprits seem to be levees on the river and canals through the wetlands.

]]> By: Garvey http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98175 Garvey Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:41:31 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98175 It's precisely the snark displayed by lemming that will ensure the failure of this effort. Think "big tent" on this, which is the point: this is for everybody. A successful movement in a contemporary, sophisticated, and established republic relies on many things--just factual and moral truth cannot stand alone, without regards to the messenger. "The medium is the message." Read up on how and why Rosa Parks was chosen to be the public face of the Civil Rights Movement. Same thing about "An Inconvenient Truth." Al Gore was a narrator, a face. He didn't write or produce any of it, but he provided some celebrity and heft. And snark away, but his "carbon footprint" is horrendous and hurts his credibility. Even so, there's a reason why the producers chose him: it's better to have a guy in suit and tie than some longhair straight outta Burning Man. Big tent. It’s precisely the snark displayed by lemming that will ensure the failure of this effort. Think “big tent” on this, which is the point: this is for everybody. A successful movement in a contemporary, sophisticated, and established republic relies on many things–just factual and moral truth cannot stand alone, without regards to the messenger. “The medium is the message.” Read up on how and why Rosa Parks was chosen to be the public face of the Civil Rights Movement. Same thing about “An Inconvenient Truth.” Al Gore was a narrator, a face. He didn’t write or produce any of it, but he provided some celebrity and heft. And snark away, but his “carbon footprint” is horrendous and hurts his credibility. Even so, there’s a reason why the producers chose him: it’s better to have a guy in suit and tie than some longhair straight outta Burning Man. Big tent.

]]> By: Sophmom http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98107 Sophmom Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:12:27 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98107 It was a great series of articles and the interactive explanation of the coast's history was incredible. Can anything be more important than this? It was a great series of articles and the interactive explanation of the coast’s history was incredible. Can anything be more important than this?

]]> By: lemming http://b.rox.com/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98069 lemming Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:08:44 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2007/03/07/favor/#comment-98069 Haven't you heard? This is all natural, irreversible and Al Gore only makes it worse by using a private jet. Haven’t you heard? This is all natural, irreversible and Al Gore only makes it worse by using a private jet.

]]>