"Hate to Talk Positives About NOLA but it's Certainly a Growth Business"

[beetbox]

"I always hate to talk about positives in a situation like this, but this is certainly a growth business over the next 6 to 12 months," said Geoffrey M. Hertel, Tetra's chief executive. By Friday, Tetra had been able to send an 800-ton barge it owns, the Arapaho, to the gulf to be used for platform repairs, Mr. Hertel said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/06/business/06goldrush.html?hp&ex=1126065600&en=68de793662f4d45a&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[ohio_liberal]

1. Mr. Hertel is another one what needs a kick in the ass

Goddamn, people are ghouls :mad:

[beetbox]

2. Vultures in pinstriped suits n/t

[tabasco]

3. This is the culture of the robber barons running the country.

All of us exist merely to produce corporate profits.

[oneighty]

4. I am adding a small addition

to my house. It is ten by sixteen feet. Linda the building inspector just stopped by; "Ed" she says; "Have you bought all your lumber yet?" And she continues; "The price of lumber doubled this morning."

So shortly I am off to the lumber yard for a few things I had not bought yet.

Now I do not have a pressing need for this addition and I pity those that do have a serious need for shelter right now.

I guess this is also the end of the new home building spree.

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[defiant1]

5. What a buffoon....

Nice to know that in times of strife some people can still find ways to be total jack-offs.

"Well, thousands died, and that is awful, but at least my business will pick up."

:puke:

[Iris]

6. And yet people want to keep pointing out the looters. . . .

[beetbox]

7. How many well dressed predators

are going to try to cash in on someone elses misfortune? The NOLA area developers are probably drooling all over themselves.