Disgusting Gated Community Yuppie Scum

When uneducated, perception-based fools spew out garbage that has little factual basis but is presented as such, it is human nature to feel that disrespect is being shown to the audience and to the subject under consideration. As such, I can only hope in the months and years to come that your rhetorical trash finds the place where it belongs. That's certainly not in my local area and definitely not here.

That you insist on retorting so consistently on this matter reinforces my opinion of the value I should place on your opinion. As has been pointed out, you are ill-informed, unwilling to understand that the issue as being demonstrably not amenable to your perception or claims, and you are either unwilling or unable to "get" that. Consequently, I'll seriously try to treat you as I do other trolls whose heads could scratch diamonds. That is, I'll note the "poster name" and, if it's yours, Toni, move on to the next post.

This should save your ego, your fingers and perhaps allow you to gain some distance from your deficiency in comprehensional ability. It's the best I can do for you.

Come to Mardi Gras next year. Spend your money. We could use the taxes. Have a nice day.

You know, just insulting people who disagree with you like a 10-year-old isn't a great way to win debates.


I think you don't like my opinion because it's different. I think you're so close-minded you think everyone who disagrees with you is ignorant, and everything you have written to this point supports that conclusion.

It's really to bad when people get hung up on tertiary points, and because they are unable to adequately defend their position resort to name-calling of people who are trying to have an intelligent discussion.

As heated as this may be--this is a reminder to please discuss ideas without getting into personal attacks on the self-worth of other Residents. Please see the forum Guidelines for what's allowed here.

With regard to spending Federal Funds to restore NO

As Picabo has so forcefully pointed out, I'm an outsider to NO, but here's the way I see it as an American, with my federal tax dollar:

We have already spent: $270,692,434,000 to much on the war in Iraq. I don't think we should be there, we should have gone into Afghanistan, kicked Osama's ass, come home and rebuilt the world trade centers. period.

New Orleans is an AMERICAN city. I don't care if it's forty feet under water with a volcano sitting on it - it's still an AMERICAN city. It's estimated at only 10 billion to rebuild the levees and maybe another 20 billion to rebuild the rest of the city. That's a drop in the bucket compared to what we will be spending on the war in Iraq and giving up as estate tax breaks.

When I vote, at every level - I'm going to be looking for people who intend to rebuild a great American city not for people who plan on starting or continuing another impossible war overseas.

Go ahead Picabo crucify me for the histronics - I'm wearing my flame retardant suit today.

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You've repeated once again the same old tired illogical argument while throwing in some demonstrably disputable estimates to try to support your position. The problem with that is that the estimates are irrelevant to the discussion as is any mention of Federal funds here.

This was essentially a zoning dispute - can anyone legally put a certain structure or structures in a specific area for a specific use? Zoning is a local issue.

Federal funds are spent as part of local schooling efforts in "Anytown, SomeState, USA" but that doesn't mean any non-local's opinion of issues raised during their zoning discussions and enforcement of their local ordinances should even be considered. Similarly, Federal funds are spent on roads all over... should a New Orleanian have a say in speed limit disputes on non-Interstate roads in NYC?

Show where Federal law supercedes local law as it relates to zoning in any similar case and then someone might logically argue "Federal funds being spent entitles me to comment" without me laughing.


This had quieted for a day... That anyone would return with the same tired argument suggests no additional consideration since the last post. It's possible that is wrong and additional thought was given this... that the same conclusion was reached and voiced in so similar a manner suggests a need to be "right".

I don't intend to reply further to yet another regurgitation of the same tired argument. Show me how this is not a local zoning enforcement issue and then I'll reconsider. Until that happens, there's no point in even making a pretense of discussing this further.

Not my point at all - No argument from me on who says what on the zoning. As far as I'm concerned the people who live there should call the shots.

All I'm saying is that when it comes to helping out - with funds - is that we [all] should.

People should not be balking about that.

That was my point.

Sorry. Missed the redirection of the thread.

It would have made more sense, to me, to start a new thread... rather than post in this one.

The still offensive title remains hot buttoned. I'm out.