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Subject: [Leica] was Nagin 'Katrina fatigue' and 'Rita amnesia'
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Fri Jan 27 06:25:09 2006
References: <251.551891c.310a646f@aol.com>


Walt Johnson wrote:

> Having made it through Louisiana on the tail end of Katrina it's hard to
> forget the devastation wrought by the storm. Unfortunately, finding
> fault with spending 700 million dollars to explore the Universe seems
> misguided.
>
> Perhaps Dick Cheney's former employers (Halliburton) could spare a 
> little loose change from  the billions in tax dollars they've made in 
> Iraq? I understand they are doing quite well.
>
>  In defense of space exploration, if we don'tfind a new home for 
> mankind before Earth is completely ruined,what then? Maybe a tent in 
> some remote place like Mississippi would look quite inviting.
>
> Walt
>
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> SonC@aol.com wrote:
>
>> It blows me
>>  
>>
>>> away that people are living in tents down here when  last week a 
>>> $700   
>>
>> million
>>  
>>
>>> space probe launched last week toward Pluto (or  one of those planets).
>>>
>>> Lee England
>>> Natchez,  Mississippi
>>> USA
>>>   
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>>
>> And furthermore everyone has forgotten  Rita...
>>
>> "Rita treated Cameron and other towns the same way Katrina  treated 
>> New Orleans and Chalmette. Rita's aftermath has been largely 
>> forgotten  because the destruction happened in little-known southwest 
>> Louisiana, not  tourist magnet New Orleans. Plus, Lake Charles' 
>> streets weren't littered with  corpses. Looters didn't help 
>> themselves to shotguns and TVs from  Wal-Mart."
>>
>> more  here:
>> http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4365626
>>
>>
>> Regards,  Sonny
>> http://www.sonc.com
>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>> Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
>> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish
>>
>>
>>
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