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Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

Bet they aren't gonna keep the illegals out though. I hear they are still hiring them like crazy!

Dream · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 427

Im telling ya New Orleans will end up another Mexifornia.

All those people who are waiting to go back, will have not even their own city to welcome them back. And forget Jazz. That will be ruiend forever after the mariachi bands start strumming. They thought it was bad before. They ain't seen nothing yet.

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

That is a FACT. Can't you just hear Bourbon Street doing the hoochie-coochie??? Or the mariachi? I bet it's already BAD. And, Mexican food instead of that delicious Cajun food. Or tacos instead of beignets???

Juan · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 153 Location: Colorado

BB King is going to have to rename that guitar from Lucille to Lucillia. The mental image is too much, old BB in a mariachi sombrero and tight pants. Crawdaddy tacos anyone? Emeril is going to have to consult with Bobby Flay before he can reopen his New Orleans operations. Armande will replace Lestat as the vampire of choice. No more Madi Gra, instead it will be Dia de Muertos on November 1st. How fun is that. No more throwing beads to bare chested women on Bourbon Street, instead they will be throwing forged Social Security cards and drivers licenses from Jalisco Avenue.
And they are wondering why our African American citizens are not joining their cause. Vincente Fox made it perfectly clear where people of African decent stand in the food chain.
I think I'm going to put a litle Billie Holiday on the old CD and pour myself a tall glass of sour mash before I head to bed. And oh yes, thank you New Orleans for the really great memories, music, food and culture. We all miss you very much. Crying or Very sad

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

Or they could have a big Cinco de Mayo celebration to replace Mardi Gras!
This is just such an appealing picture of the NEW NEW Orleans! Crawdaddy tacos indeed!!!! LOVE IT!

butterbean · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2269

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

Good idea. Is she still ALIVE????? She must be 80 if she's a day!

TxTeacher · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 64

The city of New Orleans doesn't have to worry about me and my family comming back and spending another cent in that city!! After sending many of thier problems to Texas, and not doing enough to take them back?? I'm done with the whole lot of them!!

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

I bet you Texans ARE fed up with the influx y'all got from New Orleans. Heck no--they've got it made right where they are so they aren't ever going back. I really feel sorry for Texas because y'all were so generous in taking in so many of them only to find out you are STUCK with them forever!

TxTeacher · Joined: 13 Jun 2006 Posts: 64

Don't get me wrong, not all of the New Orleans people are bad, only about 90% of them. I've met some people who were honestly greatful to be out of N.O. These were the same people who were working back in N.O. However, way too many of them are still sitting on their lazy butts after all this time with their hands still stuck out, asking "Where's mine?" I was raised to beleive that a part of a job is better than no job at all!! In the papers there is nearly a story a week about some poor evacuee worried their lights or water is going to get cut off, or they're mad because their "free ride" is nearly over, and now they are in panic mode. They were not doing anything in "The Big Easy" except wondering where the next party was going to be held. When they hit Texas, many thought the same thing. Boy, were they wrong!! We told one evacuee, the people around here go to work. You could have knocked him over with a feather judging from the look on his face.
The school kids are not any better, those that actually made it into any school were so far behind in just the basics, it was frightening. Like their parents many were suprised they did not get three days out for Mardi Gras. Guess what??, several parents pulled them out of school anyway, went to party, then came back. That, in turn, put them back even more.
All of this to say, not all evacuees are lazy, no-good, criminals. Just more than I care to read about.

Thanks for allowing me to vent........

Bootsie · Joined: 22 Jun 2006 Posts: 492

Thanks for sharing your experience. It sure sounds familiar. I think your 90% figure is pretty close to right! I can't BELIEVE that some parents took their children out of school for MARDI GRAS in TEXAS! Oh well, those would have been the same sort of parents that kept their children out of school for all of those marches. The only thing I can say is that I bet the teachers had a WONDERFUL FEW DAYS---well-deserved at that--when those kids were out! You deserve a medal.