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| New Orleans Didnât Just Go Nuts -- Itâs Been Nuts |
| 2005-09-09 |
| [...] What was not anticipated was the way the Hurricane tore at our human divisions. First out of the gate were the Holy Men of the Cult of Global Warming, who couldnât wait for the first dead to wash up before they declared the Hurricane irrefutable proof of Global Warming and a direct responsibility of George W. Bush. Next up were the racial ambulance chasers, [...] New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin couldnât stop such junkie armies from destroying much of what was left of the Cityâs medical infrastructure, but he could excuse them, explaining that it was all just people âlooking for something to take the edge off their jones, if you will.â [...] It wasnât desperation, or insanity, or protest. It was New Orleans, without police.[...] |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #1 Worked a convention at the NO convention center in the late 90's. Trade show had 6-7000 attendees from across the nation. An attendee simply walking home a block off Bourbon street was shot in the face for not handing his wallet over quick enough. Never got a chance to even speak let alone resist. I had watched the local morning news and didn't hear about it the morning after or even the evening after. However word had passed through the attendees very quickly. The bartender who I asked about it already had the theory worked out... goblins sit on a one way street and watch for out of towners to walk down it, circle around the block and pull up on the victims. He told me it was happening every couple of weeks, but usually was just a robbery. My point? The locals know whats going on, the local news doesn't cover the crime stories until the convention is about to leave town and the police are spread thicker around the French Quarter, but still not in force enough to keep out the goblins. |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2005-09-09 15:33 |