Oh yeah, Ken, I get it. On New York & what happened, Samuel R Delany's
Times Square Red Times Square Blue has much to say.
In the latest Harper's ex-editor Lapham has a little satiric piece on
how in fact the war is working just fine for Big Business (ie,
Halibuirton etc), & in fact is capitalism at its best (following right
through from Medieval knights & their followers...
But sadly all we can do is laugh at these japes in order not to cry at
the destruction wreaked by those in power...
Doug
On 31-Aug-06, at 1:11 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
> What next? New Orleans will become the city its masters wish. Where
> do those masters reside? Duh. Hint: it's not New Orleans.
>
> New Orleans will follow the fate of New York's Times Square and 42nd
> Street areas. Both the Square and areas of New Orleans were notorious
> for their "sinfulness." I never felt unsafe among grifters and
> hookers in the Square or on 42nd Street. Yes, you watched your wallet
> but that's the rule in any big city. I'm dismayed by the glitzorama
> atmosphere of New York since the "renovations" begain in the early
> '90s. The bordello make-over suggests inflatable people of both
> sexes.
>
> Is it true Halliburton got a no-bid contract to rebuild the city? I'm
> only half-joking.
>
> I have a good friend whose son survived the 9th Ward by being dragged
> out bodily by a friend. He didn't want to leave his home even though
> there was rampant mayhem in the streets. Now he has no intention of
> returning and has reopened his graphic arts business in a town in East
> Texas. His take on the future of New Orleans sounds remarkably like
> what New York has become: "Disney and whores."
>
> Ken
>
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