Comments on: Documenting the atrocities http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96869 bad Jim Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:37:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96869 Disneyland already has a simulacrum of New Orleans, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_33" rel="nofollow">an exclusive private club</a> which is the only place in the Magic Kingdom serving alcoholic beverages. Perhaps the French Quarter will simply be moved to Las Vegas, which already offers simulacra of Paris, New York and Venice, just as London Bridge was relocated to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge" rel="nofollow">Lake Havasu City.</a> Disneyland already has a simulacrum of New Orleans, including an exclusive private club which is the only place in the Magic Kingdom serving alcoholic beverages.

Perhaps the French Quarter will simply be moved to Las Vegas, which already offers simulacra of Paris, New York and Venice, just as London Bridge was relocated to Lake Havasu City.

]]> By: nick http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96855 nick Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:51:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96855 <i>OK, not Antoine’s, but maybe less prominent real estate?</i> I think it's fair to say that what will be rebuilt will be a kind of 'New Orleans Experience', based around the Quarter (aka 'The Girls Gone Wild French Quarter', after the sponsorship deal is signed) rather than an actual city. OK, not Antoine’s, but maybe less prominent real estate?

I think it’s fair to say that what will be rebuilt will be a kind of ‘New Orleans Experience’, based around the Quarter (aka ‘The Girls Gone Wild French Quarter’, after the sponsorship deal is signed) rather than an actual city.

]]> By: bob mcmanus http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96852 bob mcmanus Wed, 07 Sep 2005 04:28:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96852 Just watched Nightline about the mandatory forced evacuation of the undamaged French Quarter. Questions: Who is responsible for the safety of the (hypothetical) Sargeant on the wall or antique tables and chairs at Antoine's? If they disappear, can Bush say:"Hey, you saw the looting." Can they claim Antoine's has a little polluted water damage, is unsafe, of no real value, condemn it without compensation, and build Trent Lott's new mansion on the site? OK, not Antoine's, but maybe less prominent real estate? Josh Marshall talks about the $60 billion dollar congressional authorization being the largest slush fund in history. Hell. The entirety of South LA is ripe for stealing, from land to silverware. Trillions. Just watched Nightline about the mandatory forced evacuation of the undamaged French Quarter.
Questions:

Who is responsible for the safety of the (hypothetical) Sargeant on the wall or antique tables and chairs at Antoine’s? If they disappear, can Bush say:”Hey, you saw the looting.”

Can they claim Antoine’s has a little polluted water damage, is unsafe, of no real value, condemn it without compensation, and build Trent Lott’s new mansion on the site?

OK, not Antoine’s, but maybe less prominent real estate?

Josh Marshall talks about the $60 billion dollar congressional authorization being the largest slush fund in history. Hell. The entirety of South LA is ripe for stealing, from land to silverware. Trillions.

]]> By: Nicholas Weininger http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96851 Nicholas Weininger Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:46:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96851 Remember, if you're a US citizen, every dollar you give to private charity probably means that at least 20-30 cents less go to these bastards. Feed the Red Cross and help starve the beast! Remember, if you’re a US citizen, every dollar you give to private charity probably means that at least 20-30 cents less go to these bastards. Feed the Red Cross and help starve the beast!

]]> By: anne http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96845 anne Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:05:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96845 Just one more of all the many pieces on competency, timing, awareness of the depth of the problem: <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12574946.htm" rel="nofollow">"FEMA chief waited until after storm hit"</a>. Keep reading to the end: "Meanwhile, the airline industry said the government's request for help evacuating storm victims didn't come until late Thursday afternoon." Just one more of all the many pieces on competency, timing, awareness of the depth of the problem: “FEMA chief waited until after storm hit”. Keep reading to the end: “Meanwhile, the airline industry said the government’s request for help evacuating storm victims didn’t come until late Thursday afternoon.”

]]> By: Jimmy Mac http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96844 Jimmy Mac Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:59:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96844 What is astonishing is that W proclaimed today "we are still trying to figure out how the federal government works with the state and local government." What has the DHS been doing for the last 3 years? Choosing wallpaper for their offices? Incredible What is astonishing is that W proclaimed today “we are still trying to figure out how the federal government works with the state and local government.”

What has the DHS been doing for the last 3 years? Choosing wallpaper for their offices?

Incredible

]]> By: Wronglabel » Suspect plans http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96762 Wronglabel » Suspect plans Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:55:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96762 [...] A progression of comments regarding the federal response to the hurricane is posted over at Crooked Timber, each of them illuminating. [...] [...] A progression of comments regarding the federal response to the hurricane is posted over at Crooked Timber, each of them illuminating. [...]

]]> By: Robin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96749 Robin Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:48:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96749 No jaybird, what we need to do is clearly rely on faith-based organizations like "Operation Blessing" so that war crimin, er, helpless heathens can be rescued body and soul. Or we can rely on the market, which has done so remarkably well at helping disaster victims; price gouging just makes it even more sure that those with the highest utility receive the goods in question (ixnya on the udgetbya onstraintscay). After all, it's crazy to think that government could deliver public goods and coordinate things like post-disaster recovery . . . No jaybird, what we need to do is clearly rely on faith-based organizations like “Operation Blessing” so that war crimin, er, helpless heathens can be rescued body and soul. Or we can rely on the market, which has done so remarkably well at helping disaster victims; price gouging just makes it even more sure that those with the highest utility receive the goods in question (ixnya on the udgetbya onstraintscay).

After all, it’s crazy to think that government could deliver public goods and coordinate things like post-disaster recovery . . .

]]> By: Jaybird http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96695 Jaybird Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:23:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96695 Maybe if we give the government more jurisdiction, more money, and more power it'll be able to take care of us better than it has in the past. Maybe if we give the government more jurisdiction, more money, and more power it’ll be able to take care of us better than it has in the past.

]]> By: Matt http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96653 Matt Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:40:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96653 Fuck these fucking crooks. And the pious sycophants, Republican-lite free-marketeers that ceaselessly fail to stop them. Fuck these fucking crooks. And the pious sycophants, Republican-lite free-marketeers that ceaselessly fail to stop them.

]]> By: Jack http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96640 Jack Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:42:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96640 Bush investigates self: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4220246.stm Bush investigates self:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4220246.stm

]]> By: eudoxis http://crookedtimber.org/2005/09/06/documenting-the-atrocities/comment-page-1/#comment-96615 eudoxis Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:58:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3767#comment-96615 Meanwhile, one of my brothers has opened his house to a family from NO. I have contributed a considerable sum to the Red Cross. My husband's sister together with her husband, both physicians, have traveled to the disaster area to offer their services in whatever capacity they are needed. Such help is needed for a long time to come. This is only the beginning of a long recovery process and I urge everyone to do what they can to provide aid to the victims of Katrina. Meanwhile, one of my brothers has opened his house to a family from NO. I have contributed a considerable sum to the Red Cross. My husband’s sister together with her husband, both physicians, have traveled to the disaster area to offer their services in whatever capacity they are needed. Such help is needed for a long time to come. This is only the beginning of a long recovery process and I urge everyone to do what they can to provide aid to the victims of Katrina.

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