Street Fighting Man
 

Only thirty seconds. I saved some time by failing to delete the "less" that made it incomprehensible.

It's a gift.

Street Fighting Man
 

I've been gone for awhile. Is this a euphemism for something, or are you still recovering from another weekend at Bing's, waiting for Mr. Right Now to walk in?

PB players
 

I don't really follow this board and am not sure where everyone stands politically. I do know that Penske and Spanky are republicans, as is Slave (but I do not understand why he is, unless its part of his aspiration to join the elite classes as evidenced by his GreatestShits on classy red suits and Esquire on the End of Biz Casual at Cadwalader).

I am not sure who the dems are but would guess Ty, Booger and ltl are in that camp (thogh I would think ltl would be a republican based on her intricate knowledge of the cow slaughter system).

Whats the topic? THird world culture- oxymoron or fact? Is this preally a political subject?

Street Fighting Man
 

I went and reread your lessless senteence and I think that the modifications I imagined got us to the same place. Funny.

Street Fighting Man
 

Actually, I am a few more Bing nights and an overnight excursion to Vegas away from being Mrs. Bing. My plan is to inherit the cocktail lounge. Ty@50? Do I succeed in turning this cyberplace into a bricks and mortar institution?

Street Fighting Man
 

Not if I can help it. Sure, you're young, single and one of the Beautiful People, but for those of us with preschool kids, commutes and long-hour jobs, this is all we've got.

Street Fighting Man
 

I've found Ty@50 to be a bit unresponsive of late. Could I be on his ignore list?!?!

When the Levee Breaks
 

Those are sunk costs, not network effects. The question is, is it, overall, cheaper to rebuild elsewhere than to rebuild in the same place and continue the levee system that doesn't always work. And my premise is that a lot of that infrastructure has not, in fact, survived. How many telephone poles do you think are still standing? 3?

The network effect, if any, is that since some people already live there, and probably are not displaced, they won't want to move to the new place.

When the Levee Breaks
 

Couldn't they just direct the money into a casino/resort in Las Vegas called N'Oawlens, shaped in the shape of a giant plantation house and complete with the Bourbon Street Bar, Crawdaddy's Cajun Restaurant and Mardi Gras Nightclub and be done with it?

Street Fighting Man
 

Mihgt work. Las Vegas is already zoned for ladies to show their breasts in public.

Street Fighting Man
 

Yes you do buy it, but it costs you your two best frineds.

First Penske and you have a row over his tab when he disputes the vintage on a bottle of 4th growth Bordeau.

Then you have to ban shape shifter for life when certain of his bathroom habits cause 2 cleaning people to quit in the same week.

finally a Kennedy against people being dumped in water
 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert...e-_b_6396.html

Bobbie Jr. Sez it Bush's fault.

You all do understand that even if global warming had some basis in reality, 5 years can't change it, right? This is what i meant earlier today about just how despicable and desparate the whole Dem party has become.

• Well, the science is clear. This month, a study published in the journal Nature by a renowned MIT climatologist linked the increasing prevalence of destructive hurricanes to human-induced global warming.
  
  Now we are all learning what it’s like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence which Barbour and his cronies have encouraged. Our destructive addiction has given us a catastrophic war in the Middle East and--now--Katrina is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children.
  
  In 1998, Republican icon Pat Robertson warned that hurricanes were likely to hit communities that offended God. Perhaps it was Barbour’s memo that caused Katrina, at the last moment, to spare New Orleans and save its worst flailings for the Mississippi coast.

When the Levee Breaks
 

Sunk costs indeed.

Street Fighting Man
 

It is your lack of understandig what makes America great and your disdain for free markets that is sad. Do you think all these people having been trying to get to America for that past two hundred years because they want political freedom. Some yes, but most came here because of the economic opportunities. In most countrys economic success was more dependent on who you know than what you know or how hard you work. They came here to get away from economies where opressive governments stymied economic opportunity.

You don't understand why America is so successful and that is why you promote policies that would undermine her success.

When the Levee Breaks
 

Obviously the scope is very, very different but we're still recovering from the flooding in Tropical Storm Allison, which flooded a good part of Houston, especially the Medical Center and downtown. I know a good number of rebuilding projects are still not quite up and running and negotiating with FEMA and insurance companies was an amazing pain in the ass. I feel like I'm walking through a the Death Star with all sorts of blast doors that are supposed to close if it starts flooding again like that. I hope I never have to find out.