How do we preserve NOLA for the New Orleanians?

[hlthe2b]

While we debate whether the slow response/no response was intentional... While we debate whether there is a plan behind Bush* overt attempts to Federalize this response to assume control over all aspects of "recovery," incuding the ability to hand-pick the private contracts... While we debate whether NOLA will even be fully rebuilt....


The population is largely being relocated hundreds and thousands of miles away. Whether intentional or not, this means the majority will never be ABLE to return to NOLA-- where THEY should be the ones reaping the jobs and contracts to rebuild the city and where their presence is vitally needed to ensure that low income and middle income housing is rebuilt.

Whether intentional or NOT, this is developing as a social experiment and one that assures NOLA WILL never be the same. How can we help avoid this? How can we ensure that those evacuated have a choice to come back? How do we fight those who MIGHT be intentionally orchestrating this social change? I am heart sick. I want to help. Please, let's strategize....

[benburch]

1. Evicting Bush from the White House would help.

[xultar]

2. I'm going back. I'm not gonna let the fuckers steal it from the black

folk.

Cuz that is what they are trying to do. They the white folk got the blacks out for once. They are going to use late morgage payments to steal the property and there will be nothing for them to come back to.

They are going to tear down the public housing and put up 1/4th as many.

Watch.

[bettyellen]

4. you go girl! i'm donating to habitat for humanity big time....

they have a sepearate fund for Katrina victims.
i don't want to see NO pillaged fro the rich like NYC was under Giuliani.

[hlthe2b]

7. we were posting on Habitat at the same time: Highly Encouraged!

[hlthe2b]

6. That's my fear. I heard a report that Habitat for Humanity...

is gearing up to build pre-fab homes outside the area, so that they can be partially broken down and shipped into NOLA as soon as possible. This is one positive thing we can get behind and I will be sending my donation there for sure. I will also see if they can train this clutz to build for them if projects are going on in Denver.

Xultar, I spent a very large part of my life in NOLA, Shreveport and other parts of the deep South. I don't deny that this is overt racism and I am beyond words or anger. I also have my adrenaline response all set the next time someone paints the South with the broad brush of racism. This racist attitude is institutionalized and being directed from outside the South.

But, I also firmly believe this is a class issue. Thus, we must go after those who seek a "cleansing" based on social class as well. Sadly, some of those exploitive individuals ARE black as well as white, Hispanic, Asian. We must fight for class equality as well as a color blind society.

[opihimoimoi]

3. Design a City Contest with $1,000,000 as a first prize, $500,000 2nd, &

$250,000 as a 3rd....

Efficency, cheap on per capita energy usage
Safety
Comfort
Culture
Tourism
A model for Emmulation
Mixing/incorporating agriculture, aquaculture, etc
Huge Parks
Advanced Systems Teaching Facility
Innovative/Creative Concepts

etc etc

A chance to build Mega City #1

[crispini]

5. We need a new Civilian Conservation Corps

Hire the people who need jobs and were affected by Katrina to do the cleanup.

shrub, of course, will hire halliburton. :mad:

[hlthe2b]

8. That is exactly what we need along with an FDR to lead it!

The 2006 elections are critical. We have to have a groundswell that assures a change in direction in this country. Effective government, not strangled and corrupted government.

[hlthe2b]

9. probably should have posted outside GD...

I think this issue is critically important, so forgive the bump...