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eelimon

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  1. Have any of yall herd what rapper Kanye West said about Bush, something about "President Bush don't care about black people" and "When people see on the news black people are looting and white people are getting food".
  2. Can any one tell me why EDI is looked at so unfavorably? Other then how ugly the back end of The Mercer Condominiums is. I just hope some of the cool architecture features don't get washed out of the plans. From what i can see from the pictures the facade of the building will be pleaseing to the eye if not too ornate. at least it looks like it will be aestheticly desirable.

  3. U really are not asking that? Mixed use is when a project will be built with multipurpose as in ground floor retail, above office space and/or residential. if the galleria added residential space it would no longer just be a mall it would be a tiny city that could be called "mixed use" the galleria already has office, retail, entertainment, Hotel, restaurants, and service oriented businesses like Nail shops. I think the galleria could use a police substation if it does not already have one

  4. The city of New Orleans thrives because of the tourist industry. I just wanted to know if you too long to go back as soon as possible. I would like to go back so that I may enjoy the fun and celebration. Aside from the donations being given for the evacuees and the regions communities what New Orleans will need even more is our tourist dollars. I would like to know what you plan to do for the city of New Orleans after it is rebuilt.

  5. Not to pick on you, eelimon, but that is called intermodal transportation.  A person who arrives via bus, then gets on the LRT or other buses, is the way it was designed to be.

    I understand that Midtown residents wish Greyhound would go away, and one day it might...to North Main.  But, until then, at least you have another transit option.  ;)

    I know that Redscare I just cant stand that a negative effect of this was slow traffic right there. I cant stand it!

    I cant wait for it to be moved

    They could at least move the front door of the Greyhound so that it faces Fannin St this way the traffic on the one lane running alongside the rail can run smoothly.

  6. if it is the same sign, it has been there for a while. 

    i've almost given up hope on central square... :mellow:

    edit - it is crappy inside - literally - we're talking major interior renovation/demolition...

    i could see after getting an idea of the interior why it isn't too appealing...

    I drive by this building where this sign is now posted and I can tell you this is a new sign. The sign is now at the corner of Gray and Milam. I always thought that central square would make a great location for loft apartments. Plus the space on the ground level looks like it is screaming to become primed real estate for mix-use.

    However, this probably won't work until the Greyhound station is moved. The Greyhound Bus Station is a hub for recently released prison inmates from Huntsville. Plus if many you did not already know, but the fact is that cities up north during the winter ship their homeless on Greyhound to cities in the south so that they don't become victims to old time winter and die. Lets face Greyhound is the "preferred" mode of intrastate and interstate travel for the have-nots.

    I am just ranting because I think it was poor planning when they decided to place the Metro rail line just outside the front door of the Greyhound station. Every time I drive down Main St. into the downtown there is always some jerk driving really slow like their getting ready to mow down Greyhound patrons on a drive-by-shooting. It really drives me crazy when the light is green and the car in front of me decided it is time to stop and unload passengers in front of the Greyhound. I really am convinced that these people can

  7. I think this section needs to be closed - or certain posts deleted.

    I am just unsubsribing to this thread if yall have never done that before here is how:

    My Controls >Subscriptions >View Topics >find the topic you want to unsubscribe and check the box on the far right >then at the bottom pulldown menu select "unsubscribe" >then push the button next to the pulldown menu that says "with selected"

  8. Please, no rumors in this section of the forum.  If it can't be documented, don't post it here.

    There's enough problems with communication in this disaster.  Misinformation will make it worse.

    I only called it a rumor because I heard it from a VA representative who read it in a government intranet blogg at his job, but I had not heard it in the news. However we all know that the media does not always report everything and some of the time it is not true. I did get this emailed to me and I wanted to share it with everyone here:

    >Guys I just wanted to share some information that was just relayed to

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    > me.

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    > A guy I know spoke to his friend that works at the police department

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    > this morning and he told him something that he said you probably won't

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    > see on the news - which you will figure out why when reading. He

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    > informed him that everyone needs to be extremely careful right now and

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    > to tune in to what is really happening around you. He said that we

    >need

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    > to remember that there are thousands of good people that are elderly,

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    > children and helpless being housed with people that are criminals and

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    > dope addicts going through withdrawals out of no choice. He said that

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    > there has already been a rape in the dome of a woman by two men and

    >they

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    > are writing graffiti on the walls and some are going through

    >withdrawals

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    > and have been violent to innocent people. He said that these people

    >can

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    > not be contained to the dome and some are desperate and that desperate

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    > people do things that they might not ordinarily do. He said to heighten

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    > your awareness and to put your

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    > intelligence ahead of your pity. He said to not drive with your doors

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    > unlocked because there has been some cases in Louisiana and one in

    >Texas

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    > of carjacking. When you pump gas, lock the car doors till you get

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    > finished.

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    > Don't open your doors for solicitation. No one from Red Cross or a

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    > reliable organization will go door to door. Do not open your window to

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    > speak to people that are on the side of the road. Some might be from

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    > the disaster but some may just be taking advantage of the situation and

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    > you and you might be in danger to open your window.

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    > He said to do your donations to the Red Cross or other reliable source.

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    > He said that we need to remember that there are thousands of good

    >people

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    > but they are being housed with the bad out of no choice. They need our

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    > help but not to try to go alone to do it for your own safety. Bring

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    > donations to the drop off locations or notify someone to pick it up.

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    > I passed this on, because I have been kind of in a trance from the

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    > disbelief of the magnitude of this. When he told me this, I just

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    > couldn't believe that people could hurt someone that was trying to help

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    > or someone that is in a bad situation the same as you. I thought why

    >is

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    > he saying this, those people are hurting they surely wouldn't hurt

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    > others that are helping, but after thinking about it, I realized that

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    > there are thousands of people with nothing and nothing to lose, they

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    > need help. This is sad but it is realistic, I just wanted to pass it on

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    > to you because I just wanted you to be alert to what danger could be

    >out

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    > there to you and your family which ordinarily might not be because of

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    > desperation. Please make your children and friends aware that their

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    > sadness for the situation could be taken advantage of.

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    > We need to all pray really hard right now.

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    >Baltazar Orlando Ochoa

  9. CNN reported today that 12 nations have pledged aid to the U.S.

    Yesterday they reported the number was four.

    Looks like more and more are coming on board.

    And just because you didn't see something doesn't mean it wasn't reported.

    I heard a rumor that President W Bush turn down the aid offered by other natuions today. Is this true?

    Well if it is true I hope that most of the residents of NOLA decide to stay. This will help sway the balance of the political chemistry here in Texas from Republican to Democrat

    I found a great source for those who would like to see satellite images of the devastation at this site: http://www.nola.com/hurricane/photos/

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