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Grex > Agora56 > #34: Bruce's NOLA experience (fall agora item 99) | |
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scholar
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response 64 of 119:
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Jan 18 23:13 UTC 2006 |
I'm stunningly handsome.
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cross
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response 65 of 119:
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Jan 18 23:57 UTC 2006 |
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twenex
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response 66 of 119:
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Jan 19 00:01 UTC 2006 |
It'll cost ya!
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bru
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response 67 of 119:
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Jan 20 06:56 UTC 2006 |
now we have independent news crews going to sites and asking to see our
guns. What kind of idiot reporter does that?
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tod
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response 68 of 119:
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Jan 20 07:20 UTC 2006 |
The kind that exploits lawlessness.
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richard
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response 69 of 119:
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Jan 21 19:26 UTC 2006 |
re #67 Thats because it is news to the locals when companies on their
own bring what is in essence a private "armed militia" into their
area. Lets see how you'd feel if there was devastation up in Michigan,
and they started bringing truckloads of questionable sorts up there
from Louisiana armed to the teeth. Every guy who never got in the
army, or just wanted to be able to use his gun, coming up and acting
like a posse.
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nharmon
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response 70 of 119:
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Jan 21 19:52 UTC 2006 |
Would Nagin feel more comfortable if there were more "chocolate" private
police down there?
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richard
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response 71 of 119:
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Jan 21 19:54 UTC 2006 |
re #70 I think nharmon's use of the word "chocolate" in that context is
fairly obviously racial. Nagin simply wants NO private militias
whatsoever.
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nharmon
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response 72 of 119:
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Jan 21 21:00 UTC 2006 |
Do you think Mayor Nagin's use of the word "chocolate" in the context by
which he used it was fairly obviously racial?
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richard
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response 73 of 119:
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Jan 21 21:21 UTC 2006 |
re #72 possibly, I wasn't defending his choice of words
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bru
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response 74 of 119:
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Jan 22 08:57 UTC 2006 |
first of all, what makes you think we are questionable sorts?
second, most of these people are black coming from Michigan.
third, Nagin as far as I know has not come out against any security.
fourth, most of us are unarmed at this point because of FEMA.
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tod
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response 75 of 119:
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Jan 23 04:42 UTC 2006 |
HARD TARGET
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richard
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response 76 of 119:
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Jan 24 00:49 UTC 2006 |
re #74 well wouldn't you consider people hired for armed jobs without
extensive background/criminal checks and reference checks to
be "questionable"? It sounds like they were just looking for people
who either had guns legally, or were able to get them, and who could go
out of state and work those long hours. Beyond that, how picky were
they? Maybe you yourself aren't questionable, but can you honestly say
that some of the other people you're working with who came down there
aren't questionable?
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gull
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response 77 of 119:
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Jan 24 02:00 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:47: I think Nagin's "Chocolate City" comment was stupid and
irresponsible. I also think I understand what he was getting at,
though. Some of the decisions that have been made about what
neighborhoods will be allowed to rebuild look suspiciously like
someone's trying to make New Orleans into a theme park for rich white
people. I think he was trying to reassure people that everyone else is
welcome back, too.
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nharmon
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response 78 of 119:
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Jan 24 02:17 UTC 2006 |
Good call David.
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naftee
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response 79 of 119:
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Jan 24 05:02 UTC 2006 |
Nice phone, Dave.
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tod
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response 80 of 119:
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Jan 24 07:05 UTC 2006 |
re #76
I've always had to get bonded in city of service for longterm guntoting gigs.
Unless its a one nighter and you are working in a state where the CCW is legit
then I'd be weary of any employer that brings folks in without getting
background, bonding, and even credit checks.
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bru
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response 81 of 119:
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Jan 24 09:38 UTC 2006 |
I have never been bonded for any purpose. We did have to get certified
here by the state of Louisiana to carry a gun on site. Many sites we
cover are currently unarmed, but there is talk that FEMA will soon
allow armed officers on those sites.
The Law Enforcement down here think it is silly to be on site as a
guard and not carry a gun. they know what it is like down here.
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tod
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response 82 of 119:
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Jan 24 17:59 UTC 2006 |
re #81
By certified, are you sure that wasn't a "bond"?
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bru
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response 83 of 119:
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Jan 27 11:05 UTC 2006 |
I had an interesting conversation tonight with a couple of people who
are residents of the south. One born and raised in New Orleans, the
other in Mississippi.
Their lack of reasoning skills left me at a loss for words. That the
NO resident would be willing to fight for her house which was totally
unliveable and which she didn't even own simply because it contained
her mothers silver which she had no desire to retrieve.
And the gentlemans firm belief, even though a veteran of the U.S. Army,
a preacher, and a college graduate that it was totally possible for men
to breed with ship simply because sheep have periods, and that the name
achilles was a biblical name.
I am at a loss...
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twenex
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response 84 of 119:
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Jan 27 11:30 UTC 2006 |
Wonders never cease...
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nharmon
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response 85 of 119:
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Jan 27 13:04 UTC 2006 |
A hockey game has periods, does that mean I can breed with one?
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jadecat
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response 86 of 119:
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Jan 27 14:14 UTC 2006 |
Ow
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tod
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response 87 of 119:
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Jan 27 17:11 UTC 2006 |
re #85
You'll have to take it in the "penalty box" cuz "sticking" isn't allowed
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cross
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response 88 of 119:
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Jan 27 18:58 UTC 2006 |
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