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promoting "smart growth"
On Apr 7, 3:05 pm, "Baxter" wrote:
I get really tired of people talking about New Orleans like it's some sort of failure of national policy. The problem in NO is local leadership and the helpless mentality of the New Orleans residents who get media attention. Mississippi had it worse if anything (whole towns here were completely wiped off the map), but you don't hear people referring to us as a symptom of some sort of national malaise. And the reason why is that our leadership made the decision that we would pick ourselves up by our bootstraps and get back to work, whether or not there was any aid at the federal level. New Orleans chose a different path--even worse, they chose to keep the mayor who'd failed them so badly in power. Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation?- Perhaps they are trying Smart Growth in Iraq. The forturnes of a few are surely growing. |
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promoting "smart growth"
On Apr 7, 4:05 pm, "nash" wrote:
"Baxter" wrote in message ... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Amy Blankenship" wrote in message ... I get really tired of people talking about New Orleans like it's some sort of failure of national policy. The problem in NO is local leadership and the helpless mentality of the New Orleans residents who get media attention. Mississippi had it worse if anything (whole towns here were completely wiped off the map), but you don't hear people referring to us as a symptom of some sort of national malaise. And the reason why is that our leadership made the decision that we would pick ourselves up by our bootstraps and get back to work, whether or not there was any aid at the federal level. New Orleans chose a different path--even worse, they chose to keep the mayor who'd failed them so badly in power. Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Bush has a guilty conscience- You are assuming he has one. That's kind of optimistic, isn't it? |
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"Baxter" wrote in message ... - . Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Our own nation is not New Orleans, we already sunk millions into that place, most of the people there are not willing to even help themselves. |
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Tim McNamara wrote: despair). I think cooperative housing is a better notion than traditional apartment buildings. Personal investment and some type of ownership of one's home encourage pro-social behavior. The problem is that "pro-social behavior" ends up being defined as "behaving as the tinpot dictators on the co-op board want you to behave". -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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Baxter wrote: Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Be happy about that -- do you really want even 2% of the **** that's going on in Iraq? -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "di" wrote in message ... "Baxter" wrote in message ... - . Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Our own nation is not New Orleans, New Oreans IS part of the United States. we already sunk millions into that place, most of the people there are not willing to even help themselves. Most of the people there CANNOT help themselves - the System has made sure of that -- and Continues to make sure of that. |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Matthew T. Russotto" wrote in message t... In article , Baxter wrote: Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Be happy about that -- do you really want even 2% of the **** that's going on in Iraq? I want us OUT of Iraq, and building our OWN country. |
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On Apr 6, 11:14 pm, "Amy Blankenship"
wrote: "Bill" wrote in message ... donquijote1954 wrote: You even find them in the environmental movement, feeding the hungry children in Timbuktu and in the promotion of democracy for Iraq... For example: (this is serious) 'For the Bush administration, democracy promotion is not just a "made in the U.S." venture, but a goal shared with many other countries. We also seek to broaden our partnerships with local and global nongovernmental organizations and international organizations, so that we can work together on democracy promotion, advancement of human rights, and humanitarian relief.' No ****. Bush seems to think he can blow smoke up everybodies ass. Other countries share the goal of not having to listen to American B.S. We have no REAL partnerships because they will **** on us and change sides as soon as it is to their advantage. 'Partner' is a word that is way overused in business. Your 'partner' can switch overnight and put you out of business. China is not a partner or friend but they love our money. Democracy promotion is reserved for those with oil for us. Advancement of human rights is just politician rhetoric. Humanitarian relief means sending our money to a country that does not appreciate it, all for a news byte, and while ignoring the problems at home, like New Orleans, the homeless in OUR country, etc. I get really tired of people talking about New Orleans like it's some sort of failure of national policy. The problem in NO is local leadership and the helpless mentality of the New Orleans residents who get media attention. Mississippi had it worse if anything (whole towns here were completely wiped off the map), but you don't hear people referring to us as a symptom of some sort of national malaise. And the reason why is that our leadership made the decision that we would pick ourselves up by our bootstraps and get back to work, whether or not there was any aid at the federal level. New Orleans chose a different path--even worse, they chose to keep the mayor who'd failed them so badly in power.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What I found the most fascinating about New Orleans was the fact that Houston accepted so many people, so quickly, and had emergency plans in place to handle a hurricane. Then I found out that the all of those plans and "stuff" were in place to handle the evacuation of Galveston and was done by, and paid for, by Galveston. I kept thinking how wonderful it was that Galveston would "share", but I also kept thinking "man, I hope Galveston doesn't get hit by a hurricane and need the stuff". |
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Iraq responsibility was promoting "smart growth"
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 19:28:46 -0700, "Baxter"
wrote: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Matthew T. Russotto" wrote in message et... In article , Baxter wrote: Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Be happy about that -- do you really want even 2% of the **** that's going on in Iraq? I want us OUT of Iraq, and building our OWN country. After instituting regime change, the US took on a responsibility to all those in Iraq who tried to make it work. While I am dubious about the invasion and the reasoning behind it, it would be insane to leave things open to something even worse than Sadaam for the people of Iraq. It also would signal that it is not safe to ally with the United States and that resisting them passively is safer. Sadaam may well have had weapons of mass destruction or thought he had but because Bush, Rumsfield and Cheney believed in invasion on the budget plan and allowed looting of the ministries we will never know. Rumsfield is Bush's Macnamara, another management droid who dismisses the idea that the military might know something about war. |
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promoting "smart growth"
"Baxter" wrote in message ... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Free software - Baxter Codeworks www.baxcode.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "di" wrote in message ... "Baxter" wrote in message ... - . Why is it we can spend $100 Billion on building Iraq, but not $2 billion on our own nation? Our own nation is not New Orleans, New Oreans IS part of the United States. we already sunk millions into that place, most of the people there are not willing to even help themselves. Most of the people there CANNOT help themselves - the System has made sure of that -- and Continues to make sure of that. So you're saying that the democratic process that would have allowed them to elect a more helpful mayor was rigged? |
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