NEWS: Government Puts Final Nail In New Orleans’ Coffin

Don't forget about all the oil rigs, refineries, major interstate pipelines and petroleum terminals in the area. A large percentage of America's oil comes through the immediate area, which is critical for maintaining supply through at least a dozen states.

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Thank you, this makes sense.

(I am not being sarcastic! It is a good point and very concise.)

Ever smelled Las Vegas?

Actually, Venice only "smells" during certain times of the year and even through that stench, it remains one the world's greatest cities full of treasure, and history, and art.

Venetians, and most of the world, understand the value and historical significance of Venice and continue to undertake whatever effort is necessary to protect it from destruction.

Just like "Vegas!"

Oh who cares. It's just a bunch of poor black people living there anyway.

Right?

I mean come on, it's not like it was New York or DC or LA or some important city.

You are of course right Nick. I apologize for once again being caught up in right and wrong and failing to subscribe to my national responsibility to exercise the freedom to be completely prejudicial.

Your a piece of shit. I was one of the many people personally affected by the Katrina experience. Try walking 5 miles through vile water to a place of refuge that was in reality probably no better than the ruins that used to be your home were. Try being awake for 72 hours straight in the worst conditions imaginable and seeing small children dropping like flies around you the elderly dying in the horrid heat as we all waited for a sign that we were going to be rescued. Picture watching a mother try to throw her child off a parking garage because the stress of the situation has caused her to believe her child would be better off dead cause nobody was coming to rescue you. Have the horrible nightmares of what you've seen in that most horrific situiation.Imagine its almost a year and a half later and the place you called home was really no better off cause the government hasn't done a damn thing to repair it and your scattered away from your home in a place you really don't wanna be because you can't go home again cause home is in shambles. Wheres the repairs?...... it sounded good for the purposes of getting re-elected didn't it? New Orleans was and is truly one-of-a-kind and you CANNOT replace a city that was an means so much to so many. Yeah it was a black dominant city and you know what? You couldn't have that specialness,that uniqueness any other way.....You can't understand cause you weren't there, you didn't suffer in the least bit all the way in Arizona on your parents couch! Nobody but a true New Orleanian would understand what it means to truly love that city and would know the hellish misery it was like to watch that beloved jewel sink beneath both the waves of water and the waves of armchair politicians and self-styled know-it-alls who have NEVER experienced a real global tragedy such as this firsthand

Now punk shut up and play "Ducky Dress-Up" you wanna-be hipster.