metplum 10:25:15 AM May 22 2008

(cont.) By casually commenting that 'gas prices were already rising' you implicitly affirm that latter idea. What can I say? I thought most of us had a fairly basic understanding of economics, but apparently that is not the case.

metplum 10:18:02 AM May 22 2008

teda532 09:18:27 AM May 22 2008

"Tell me something. Do you think that gasoline prices went up because we had to spend a lot of money on welfare for Louisiana? Or is it possible that there was a spike in gas prices after Katrina because Louisiana is so important in oil and natural gas production and in refinery capacity? Let me take a wild guess. You will take the first option. :) Dream on"...........gas prices started going up, months before `katrina
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I think you missed the point. Sure, gas prices were rising before the hurricane, as they still are now. Even if the shutdown of Louisiana (and Texas) oil rigs and refineries did not affect the supply of gasoline in this country, and thereby the price, certainly it could not be asserted that the influx of federal dollars into the state somehow magicallly affects the price of gasoline. By casually commenting that 'gas prices were already risin

teda532 09:18:27 AM May 22 2008

"Tell me something. Do you think that gasoline prices went up because we had to spend a lot of money on welfare for Louisiana? Or is it possible that there was a spike in gas prices after Katrina because Louisiana is so important in oil and natural gas production and in refinery capacity? Let me take a wild guess. You will take the first option. :) Dream on"...........gas prices started going up, months before `katrina`.

teda532 09:14:28 AM May 22 2008

AND SAND.

teda532 09:14:09 AM May 22 2008

AND SAND???

teda532 09:13:48 AM May 22 2008

"Despite more than $22 million in repairs, a levee that broke with catastrophic effect during Hurricane Katrina is leaking again because of the mushy ground on which New Orleans was built, raising serious questions about the reliability of the city's flood defenses."
WHY WOULD THEY SPEND $22 MILLION TO REPAIR A LEVEE, WITH MUSH?????????

scoobydoo52476 03:37:16 AM May 22 2008

they should call it the sink, or swim city......

w7dok 12:48:11 AM May 22 2008

rtcraw
this place cannot be made safe at any cost, relocate and start over on solid ground north toward
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Send them all to D.C. that's where thier Chocolate 'Daddy' will be -- Only thing, FORGET WELFARE, the 'Boss Man' is wise to this scam...

arial165 12:34:17 AM May 22 2008

Why not relocated the president NOT NEW ORLEANS...relocate him to BAGDAD

arial165 12:32:59 AM May 22 2008

The moron monkey in the WHITE HOSUE would rather throw our money away on IRAQ.....than rebuild our cities...He shoul dbe impeached and then arrested on many charges: perjury, war crimes, stealing our treasury, malpractice of office...and malignant stupidity.