Comments on: A Little Faith Can Heal A Heart That’s Been Betrayed

By: nahant

nahant — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:46:08 +0000

I made two azureblue and one for the Digg! So even though I made the comment “So old News” There are those who still care about New Orleans. I have never been there but because it IS a part of this country IT must be repaired! It did get 12 DIggs azureblue… did you Digg It? I can’t tell if you did as you may not be using the same name on Digg!!

By: azureblue1

azureblue1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:02:36 +0000

As I guessed, and one poster said, New Orleans is so old news.

Let’s count comments:
War on Christmas 25
Power Line 32
Proposed Funds 23
Carper Vs Lieberman 34
We are Walking away 55
Saxby 33
George Bush 90

And this diary 18,
and I made three of them.

That says it all, doesn’t it?

By: gaskaggs

gaskaggs — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:14:24 +0000

I spent a week in N.O. in the Summer of 2007 with a bunch of college kids who helped rebuild three homes. 4 of us old folks and 11 college kids. They took the lead, we supplied a little smarts and some direction. Great bunch of kids.

That said, while we were there working in the Upper 9th Ward and over in the 7th Ward north of 610, there were no government programs at work. None. If any were in progress, they wore suits and sat in offices. The only folks doing actual work, getting dirty, busting knuckles were Youth and College kids, and Faith-based groups.

Oh, there was some money floating around. Lot’s of contractors paying twice the normal price at the Home Depot in the Upper 9th ward, but real-live mobilized government programs? Nada.

This administration did to New Orleans what the Republicans in Congress want to do the the U.S. Auto industry - punish those who vote for Democrats.

Gary

By: MsAnnaNOLA

MsAnnaNOLA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:44:38 +0000

The shells are clam shells most likely dredged from Lake Ponchartrain as fill/road material before approx mid-1990’s. People from my hometown that were fishermen participated in the hearings to stop the dredging because it was killing the life in the lake including the blue crabs that the country loves so much. I am happy to say the lake is doing much better now. Not perfect but much better.

Much of N.O. not so much.

Most probably because of this:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/.....0367_x.htm

The recovery money given to LA folks with damaged homes was based on pre-storm value of the home. I can think of real reasons to do it this way, but the effect ended up being that the poorer areas didn’t receive enough to rebuild. Thus the photos of Lower 9 and New Orleans East are much much worse than many other areas of the city. (I have anecdotal personal evidence that it may have enriched those that already were as well by compensating them more than their damage.)

Don’t be deceived though, there are still abandoned houses in every neighborhood of the city. Even the dry ones. Even the “rich ones”.

By: NMRon

NMRon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:01:37 +0000

Anyone remember the hurricane to hit Texas not so long ago? Not an item in the news, yet I hear reports of the same lack of progress there.

By: lesserdevil

lesserdevil — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +0000

The sea shells you mentioned could very well have been left by Katrina, but for decades small Louisiana roads were made of crushed sea shells. I remember how hard it was on bare feet walking on sea shell roads when I was a kid long ago. I didn’t see the sea shells you referred to, so I can’t make any sort of judgment about that. Suffice it to say there’s no shortage of sea shells on roads in South Louisiana.

By: Kathryn in MA

Kathryn in MA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:25:19 +0000

call to keep Joe Lieberman off the “Homeland” Security committee – phone numbers at the mothership.

By: nahant

nahant — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:37:03 +0000

Yep this NO stuff is so old news crap! Who wants to talk about it?? Certainly not Bush! But there are those who are doing more than just talking about it. For example Habitat for Humanity is still rebuilding homes! And many Churches are doing the same, our local church has a teen program that every summer the Teens go to New Orleans and help rebuild homes for a week! So there are some who care but certainly not enough to make the difference that needs to be made to bring back New Orleans to it’s former self!! It is truly sad and as I said just one more legacy of the Bush Administration and it’s proclivity of helping the rich and letting the poor fend for themselves!

By: ratfood

ratfood — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:22:29 +0000

Did they ever get around to hauling off the mountains of trash and debris that lined the roadways on the outskirts of town?

By: azureblue1

azureblue1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:19:45 +0000

And more:

Use you google maps street view- start with Mithra St / Eads St‎ by the Lakefront- just cruise down the street. then enter 9th ward, New Orleans. Now try to tell me this is America..