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Friday, September 9 - 4:13pmSanction this postReply
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     I have 3 questions that I think are pertinent here re 'wetlands' and 'environmentalists.'

     1) What are the legal (fed, state, whatever) criteria for declaring an area a 'wetland'?

     2) How long before New Orleans can be declared a 'wetland'?

     3) Does anyone have any suspicions as to whether or not some idiot 'green' group would be willing to commit political suicide by attempting to apply #1 to #2?

     Just a passing thought.        :)

LLAP
J-D

P.S: Glad to see that some finger-pointing in the 'blame-chain' is aiming lower than the White House; still, hardly anything re those who chose to move into the shadow of Vesuvius.

(Edited by John Dailey on 9/09, 4:15pm)




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Friday, September 9 - 8:08pmSanction this postReply
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I say we give former residents 2 weeks to retrieve valuables, at which time we mix enough tons of dry cement -- with the remaining water -- to cover the rooftops of standing houses, and build factories on top of the water-cement mix, after it has had time to dry.

Former residents will each, individually, receive 0.0001% of the profits -- profits of the first profitable year (first "black" year, a year entirely out of the "red") -- from these factories, as a payment for initially "selling" their land; and then business -- and human prosperity -- will boom (and there will be rivers flowing with money, and children singing).

Good idea?

Ed

p.s. This is not necessarily a pulling of a "Kelo." Former residents will likely relocate from a dangerous area, if it is profitable for them to do so. Capitalism can make this human good possible.



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Saturday, September 10 - 3:51amSanction this postReply
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I recall the Indian Ocean tsunami last year. Some US-phobes in CN quoted "some Indian military experts" and said that tsunami was "made by US". According to this methodology of rumor-producing, we also can say that the Hurricane was "made by C=h=i=c=o=m": because they have that intention.



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Saturday, September 10 - 10:03amSanction this postReply
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I'm half expecting the environmentalists now to obtain a court injunction prohibiting the removal of water from the city since the contaminated water poses a threat to many species in the lake and wetlands surrounding New Orleans.  Besides, isn't New Orleans now considered to be a new wetlands area itself?  (Just trying on the shoes of the wackos civilization is up against).  -Steve



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