Comments on: Feds take aim at corruption by officials in New Orleans http://texasfred.net/archives/654 No Holds Barred: News Opinion Commentary Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://texasfred.net/archives/654/comment-page-1#comment-4003 Bruce Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:12:38 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/654#comment-4003 [quote]The defensive reactions seen on nola.com forums come in response to a wave of posts declaring the city “dead”, posts declaring the city a “total cesspool not worth rebuilding”, posts using racist language such as calling nola “Ni**er City” and mocking the “savages” that drowned, and partisan posts that attempt to use nola’s problems as a condemnation of the entire Democratic Party.[/quote] So can we assume you don't agree with this sentiment? Too bad - because everyone else does. The typical liberal bullshit lines ... "you don't know/have authority to speak" if: 1-You weren't in the service/weren't in Vietnam/Iraq/etc 2-You don't live there 3-Don't know the person Don't wash with anyone with a brain. Like BZ said - we pay Federal Taxes (not by choice), so it's OUR money going to "rebuild" that sewer of corruption, so it can sink further into the slime every year. And I'm not referring to Dem politicians. I guess this is what Pelosi means by a "Culture of Corruption". [quote]The defensive reactions seen on nola.com forums come in response to a wave of posts declaring the city “dead”, posts declaring the city a “total cesspool not worth rebuilding”, posts using racist language such as calling nola “Ni**er City” and mocking the “savages” that drowned, and partisan posts that attempt to use nola’s problems as a condemnation of the entire Democratic Party.[/quote]

So can we assume you don’t agree with this sentiment? Too bad – because everyone else does.

The typical liberal bullshit lines … “you don’t know/have authority to speak” if:
1-You weren’t in the service/weren’t in Vietnam/Iraq/etc
2-You don’t live there
3-Don’t know the person

Don’t wash with anyone with a brain. Like BZ said – we pay Federal Taxes (not by choice), so it’s OUR money going to “rebuild” that sewer of corruption, so it can sink further into the slime every year. And I’m not referring to Dem politicians.

I guess this is what Pelosi means by a “Culture of Corruption”.

]]> By: Bloviating Zeppelin http://texasfred.net/archives/654/comment-page-1#comment-3985 Bloviating Zeppelin Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:02:06 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/654#comment-3985 Let's cut further to the chase: I pay taxes. I don't have a choice; they simply get removed. I pay my state taxes and I pay my FEDERAL taxes. And with the obvious history of Lousiana, and the clear inability of New Orleans city administration, before and after Katrina, to manage themselves lawfully and properly, then I get to write about how I wish my money to be spent. Say what you will about the viability of N.O., its vibrancy, its people, its history -- the bottom line is that it is abundantly clear no one, I repeat: NO ONE will solve N.O.'s problems; the city's mayor is nothing more than a pandering, moronic idiot. He couldn't manage his way out of the proverbial paper bag. Further, the historical problem with the clear fact that N.O. is SINKING and that cannot be stopped. I do NOT want another CENT of my federal taxes spent on a city, a state, an administration, its residents, who wish nothing more than to proffer an open hand into which should be placed MY alms. The city, the project, is NOT worth spending billions of dollars on. Even taken in only one context, that of the money required to "save" New Orleans and the billions it would require -- even in that ONE aspect it is NOT worth the cash. MY cash. From MY taxes. BZ Let’s cut further to the chase: I pay taxes. I don’t have a choice; they simply get removed. I pay my state taxes and I pay my FEDERAL taxes. And with the obvious history of Lousiana, and the clear inability of New Orleans city administration, before and after Katrina, to manage themselves lawfully and properly, then I get to write about how I wish my money to be spent. Say what you will about the viability of N.O., its vibrancy, its people, its history — the bottom line is that it is abundantly clear no one, I repeat: NO ONE will solve N.O.’s problems; the city’s mayor is nothing more than a pandering, moronic idiot. He couldn’t manage his way out of the proverbial paper bag. Further, the historical problem with the clear fact that N.O. is SINKING and that cannot be stopped. I do NOT want another CENT of my federal taxes spent on a city, a state, an administration, its residents, who wish nothing more than to proffer an open hand into which should be placed MY alms. The city, the project, is NOT worth spending billions of dollars on. Even taken in only one context, that of the money required to “save” New Orleans and the billions it would require — even in that ONE aspect it is NOT worth the cash. MY cash. From MY taxes.

BZ

]]> By: TexasFred http://texasfred.net/archives/654/comment-page-1#comment-3970 TexasFred Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:07:44 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/654#comment-3970 Well Tyler, you got to speak your piece, but here's a little advice, don't EVER come into MY blog and accuse ME of dishonesty, it won't fly Sir... NOLA is sinking, it is NOT worth saving and I don't care if the whole damn place goes and takes every idiot that's too stupid to walk away WITH it... I am very honest in my words, and I was called those names, and more, for speaking my mind, and I never called them niggers or animals or savages, I did make several references to their mental capacity, but I do NOT do the name calling thing... If NOLA residents want to stay there, that's fine with me, if the corruption doesn't bother them, OK, good, keep on electing people like Willie 'Cold Cash' Jefferson, you make my case FOR me every time you support someone like that... And if you want to lay blame on ANYONE for making NOLA a JOKE, look to Ray Nagin, 'Mr Chocolate' himself, HE is the reason that MANY in this nation balk at giving NOLA a penny, he is the epitome of what's wrong with NOLA, and you folks took him back with open arms... Ignorance can be overcome, stupidity is TERMINAL... Well Tyler, you got to speak your piece, but here’s a little advice, don’t EVER come into MY blog and accuse ME of dishonesty, it won’t fly Sir…

NOLA is sinking, it is NOT worth saving and I don’t care if the whole damn place goes and takes every idiot that’s too stupid to walk away WITH it…

I am very honest in my words, and I was called those names, and more, for speaking my mind, and I never called them niggers or animals or savages, I did make several references to their mental capacity, but I do NOT do the name calling thing…

If NOLA residents want to stay there, that’s fine with me, if the corruption doesn’t bother them, OK, good, keep on electing people like Willie ‘Cold Cash’ Jefferson, you make my case FOR me every time you support someone like that…

And if you want to lay blame on ANYONE for making NOLA a JOKE, look to Ray Nagin, ‘Mr Chocolate’ himself, HE is the reason that MANY in this nation balk at giving NOLA a penny, he is the epitome of what’s wrong with NOLA, and you folks took him back with open arms…

Ignorance can be overcome, stupidity is TERMINAL…

]]> By: Tyler Durden http://texasfred.net/archives/654/comment-page-1#comment-3969 Tyler Durden Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:53:58 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/654#comment-3969 Pure straw. The residents of new orleans both liberal and conservative are well aware of both the state and the city's history of corruption. The defensive reactions seen on nola.com forums come in response to a wave of posts declaring the city "dead", posts declaring the city a "total cesspool not worth rebuilding", posts using racist language such as calling nola "Ni**er City" and mocking the "savages" that drowned, and partisan posts that attempt to use nola's problems as a condemnation of the entire Democratic Party. They do not result from posters simply commenting on the crime or posts that only "voiced an opinion", as you dishonestly spin it. The "do you live here?" , "you don't live here so how would you know?" rebuttals typically come in response to posters making the claim that "nothing" has been done in nola post-Katrina or that the people of nola are "all sitting around waiting for a handout". Shamefully, there has been a trend by some to want to use the city's problems for points on a partisan scorecard. They offer no solution, instead offering only villification and blame-gaming. They border on taking joy from the continued problems in nola and if anyone dare counter their dismissals of the city as hopeless or their declarations that nothing is being done because everyone is sitting around waiting for a handout they snort back with charges of "denial!!" or blindness. The Feds were well aware of the history of corruption in Louisiana and for that reason they put many stipulations and safeguards on the Federal dollars going to NOLA post-katrina. This is part of why it is taking so long for the money to reach the people who need it. Pure straw.

The residents of new orleans both liberal and conservative are well aware of both the state and the city’s history of corruption.

The defensive reactions seen on nola.com forums come in response to a wave of posts declaring the city “dead”, posts declaring the city a “total cesspool not worth rebuilding”, posts using racist language such as calling nola “Ni**er City” and mocking the “savages” that drowned, and partisan posts that attempt to use nola’s problems as a condemnation of the entire Democratic Party.

They do not result from posters simply commenting on the crime or posts that only “voiced an opinion”, as you dishonestly spin it.

The “do you live here?” , “you don’t live here so how would you know?” rebuttals typically come in response to posters making the claim that “nothing” has been done in nola post-Katrina or that the people of nola are “all sitting around waiting for a handout”.

Shamefully, there has been a trend by some to want to use the city’s problems for points on a partisan scorecard. They offer no solution, instead offering only villification and blame-gaming. They border on taking joy from the continued problems in nola and if anyone dare counter their dismissals of the city as hopeless or their declarations that nothing is being done because everyone is sitting around waiting for a handout they snort back with charges of “denial!!” or blindness.

The Feds were well aware of the history of corruption in Louisiana and for that reason they put many stipulations and safeguards on the Federal dollars going to NOLA post-katrina. This is part of why it is taking so long for the money to reach the people who need it.

]]> By: BobF http://texasfred.net/archives/654/comment-page-1#comment-3965 BobF Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:47:32 +0000 http://texasfred.net/archives/654#comment-3965 "what happens in New Orleans is NONE of your business, you don’t live there so you have no right to voice an opinion" But, they want our tax dollars for reconstruction. They want us to provide workers to rebuild their city. They want us to rescue them from rising water. They want the rest of America to do everything for them but they don't want you to voice an opinion. I'm sorry, if my tax dollars are rebuilding your house and city, then I have a right to voice an opinion. The Feds threw millions upon millions of dollars at New Orleans and Democrat politicians were there to catch it. Who would have figured their would be corruption? “what happens in New Orleans is NONE of your business, you don’t live there so you have no right to voice an opinion”

But, they want our tax dollars for reconstruction. They want us to provide workers to rebuild their city. They want us to rescue them from rising water. They want the rest of America to do everything for them but they don’t want you to voice an opinion. I’m sorry, if my tax dollars are rebuilding your house and city, then I have a right to voice an opinion.

The Feds threw millions upon millions of dollars at New Orleans and Democrat politicians were there to catch it. Who would have figured their would be corruption?

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