Just wait another 15 or 20 years without repairing the levees like you've promised.
We'll be miles deep under water somewhere in the Gulf where you won't even need to pretend not to see us.
The panel that picks where to hold Presidential debates decided that New Orleans has not sufficiently recovered from Hurricane Whatshername to hold the event.
This is in spite of the facts that we have demonstrated that we can host large events with large numbers of people: Mardi Gras attracts many more people than a Presidential Debate. I think we successfully hosted close to a million visitors last year...
But we haven't recovered nearly enough to confront our nations leaders as to why...
We haven't recovered nearly enough to provide the positive photo opportunities the culpable parties of the federal government need to pat themselves on the back and tout our city as evidence of their job well done...
*Although certain federal officials did do a heck of a job...
We haven't sufficiently recovered to hold a Presidential Debate...
(Two zombie people on an unending quest for fame, power, money, sex, flashbulbs, cigars, backslaps, and commissioned portraits - and their cadre of media slaves)
This city has around 300,000 RESIDENTS.
You know, American voters.
You know, human beings.
Is it recovered enough for US?
Were you afraid someone might actually ask that question if y'all held a debate here?
Go to hell.
I will now reproduce the names and numbers of the members of the Commission on Presidential Debates, as seen in today's Times-Pic:
Co-Chair Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. (President, CEO of American Gaming Association) [Ha!]
202-552-2675
Co-Chair Paul G. Kirk Jr. (Retired Partner of some law firm)
617-338-2987 pkirk@sandw.com
Howard G. Buffet (Howard G. Buffet Foundation)
217-420-5140
Sen. John C. Danforth (Former Senator, that is)
314-259-2980 jcdanforth@bryancave.com
Antonia Hernandez (California Community Foundation)
213-413-4130 ahernandez@ccf-la.org
Caroline Kennedy (Famous Daughter)
212-989-3993
Mike McCurry (Former Clinton guy)
202-783-2596
Newton N. Minow (No idea)
847-835-3118 nminow@sidley.com
Dorothy Ridlings (Huh?)
502-891-8835
Sen. Alan K. Simpson (Former Senator, that is)
307-587-1091
asimpson@burgsimpson.com
H. Patrick Swygert (President of Howard University) [Get our back, wouldya?]
202-806-2500
hswygert@howard.edu
Everyone that reads this blog can spend the five minutes or so that it takes to leave short messages for these people. Or if you're really mad, you can leave extra long messages.
If you noticed that none of these people have 504 area codes, its because they don't live here in New Orleans.
There IS a debate in some town called Oxford, Mississippi on September 26, 2008.
How far away is that?
Oh, only about five and a half hours...
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