[Futurework] New Orleans Power Elite doing just fine.

New Orleans Power Elite doing just fine. Old-Line Families Escape Worst of Flood And Plot the Future --- Mr. O'Dwyer, at His Mansion, Enjoys Highball With Ice; Meeting With the Mayor 8 September 2005The Wall Street JournalA1 NEW ORLEANS -- On a sultry morning earlier this week, Ashton

[Futurework] Silver Linings

Pres. Bush has many monikers, my favorite new one is Disaster President. In the political vernacular, he is not just a lame duck or a chicken fried duck, but now has become The First Turkey (my apologies to Ben Franklin and turkey lovers everywhere). Policy issues will become sharply

Re: [Futurework] New Orleans Power Elite doing just fine.

When New Orleans descended into a spiral of looting and anarchy, Mr. Reiss helicoptered in an Israeli security company to guard his Audubon Place house and those of his neighbors. The power elite of New Orleans insist the remade city won't simply restore the old order. New Orleans before the

Re: [Futurework] The climax of humanity

Which will it be, bottlenecks, flow or yin and yang? Perhaps it will be a flow from yank to yen? by 2050 the average Chinese will be as rich as the average Swiss is today; Yep, and I'm the Dalai Lama. As the great expert on Asia, Peter Scholl-Latour (anything but a commie), wrote: (quoting

[Futurework] John Wayne and New Orleans Indians

Now, New Orleans will be rebuilt as one big urban renewal project, destroying the remaining working class homes and apartments, a sort of Disneyland for tourists and the wealthy. Why Do They Hate You? John Wayne and New Orleans Indians By ROXANNE DUNBAR-ORTIZ Counterpunch September

[Futurework] NOLA: Externalizing Costs, Internalizing Profits

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/allbaugh.html Former FEMA head and Halliburton lobbyist visits Louisiana for deals 8 Sept. 2005 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Joseph Allbaugh, now a lobbyist for Halliburton,