[Rhodes22-list] Y2K

[elle]

You are certainly right...Washington Post has had
'above-the-fold' 'updates' on Katrina for several days
in a row...today is no exception...it even knocked
Michael Vick back to the Sports section..

elle

--- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> The airwaves and the press are starting to get busy
> with the second
> anniversary of Katrina.  In case you missed it,
> Katrina hit the Mississippi
> Gulf Coast.  New Orleans got hit by the remnants, at
> about a CAT 1level.
> The levee system that we all paid for was supposed
> to be good to CAT 3.
> Funny how after a hundred years of corruption by the
> locals the money didn't
> get spent where it was supposed to have been spent. 
> I'm not heartless
> folks, I'm a realist.  Here's your clue;  this is a
> big country, live above
> sea level.  The Sun Herald (sunherald.com) ran an
> article today stating that
> the $23 Billion (Big B) that has been allocated to
> the MS coast would buy
> two, as in TWO, $166,000 houses for everyone who
> lost their home in
> Mississippi.  If that isn't enough, there is enough
> money left over two buy
> the same folks a fully loaded Honda Accord V-6 each,
>  to commute between
> their two $166K houses.  Spin this in to "it's all
> 43's fault" if you must.
> If I have to listen to one more "I feel your pain"
> or its equivalent from a
> politician, I'll puke.  I'm not sure whether our
> little company is part of
> the solution or part of the problem, but we sure
> have had a good time and
> enjoyed the fight so far.  Be sceptical about every
> thing you read and see
> on TV for the next few days concerning Katrina. 
> They have soap to sell, and
> two weeks from now, Katrina won't sell soap or
> shinola.
> 
> Brad
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