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Mon. Night Football/New Orleans (Was anyone else bothered by some of this?)
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| 9/26/06
| LS
Posted on 09/26/2006 6:01:32 AM PDT by LS
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To: LS
It seemed to be a well planned PR campaign to basically push the city of New Orleans. Now the ethics of that on a "football broadcast" I guess is up to personal choice. But it almost seemed like overkill. Of course there was a tinge of Bush has not done enough , even though his father did the coin toss.
People need to understand that with the devastation along miles and miles of gulf coast there are places that will take ten years to rebuild.
To: LS
I'm another who turned the channel when Spike Lee was on...
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:10:07 AM PDT
by
LRS
To: LS
I have to say that I flipped on the pre-game show, to get a look at the Superdome and what they were doing in New Orleans, but I found that abysmal group Green Day playing some horrid song. I flipped back and forgot completely about the game the rest of the night.
It seems to me that either NO, or MNF, or whoever booked these "ACTS" did so very politically. Spike Lee and Green Day??????
To: LS
Agreed, although I did not watch the game (my own son was playing JV Football, and his team won), I did see a lot of the pregame media. The answer to your question was 185 million dollars (most from FEMA) was spent redoing a dome that IMHO could have been used is local business reconstruction.
Although I concede that the dome could be a vital part of the rebuilding of the cities financial future, it cannot be the main part. Without local businesses, the tax base cannot be reestablished. Many of the jobs they touted are seasonal, or game day jobs only. Hardley a stable job.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:10:50 AM PDT
by
codercpc
To: Lunatic Fringe
I agree with your comments. The game and the theme were pretty good in my opinion.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:11:03 AM PDT
by
hawkaw
To: LS
I guess my concern is that the underlying feeling was that if ALL a city has is a football teamThe life blood of NOLA was tourism. The Superdome, for better or worse, housed events that brought massive numbers of people to the city ... Super Bowls, Final Fours, Sugar Bowl ... etc. They had to get it back up and running.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:11:04 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(The people who work for me wear the dog collars. It's good to be king. - ccmay)
To: LS
Spike Lee tried to make it political, but Joe Theisman shut him down pretty quick...other than that, it was cool.
George HW Bush got a nice response. :)
To: LS
Kornheiser is a lib who tried desperately to get Spike Lee to bash Bush. Totally inappropriate.
To: LS
NO's is a stinking, sweat-drenched, filthy, crime-infested, tax-welfare farm that shows the effects of liberal ideology and control. The majority of the city lies below sea-level, lies in the path of potential hurricanes, and is composed primarily of ramshackle poverty shacks, illiterate proletariat, illegitimate children, and victim mentality.
A word of advice. Don't live there. If you do, fend for stupid self, buy insurance and stop sucking money out of my wallet!!
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:11:56 AM PDT
by
Doc Savage
(Bueller?....Bueller?...Bueller?...Bueller?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...)
To: LS
I can't afford to rebuild my own house, but I can afford my NFL season tickets to the Saints. /sarc.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:12:06 AM PDT
by
LetsRok
To: Rb ver. 2.0
N.O. spanked Atlanta bad; 23-3. I think the Saints just might be for real this year.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:12:40 AM PDT
by
no dems
(I'll take a moral Mormon over a demonic Democrat or repugnant RINO anyday.)
To: LS
I hope they win every game until they lose to my Cowboys Redskins in the NFC Championship.
There, fixed it. ;-)
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:13:03 AM PDT
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life, or nothing at all)
To: LS
The music choices were,,,,,odd. I mean, when I think of the music of New Orleans, the first bands that come to mind are not U2(Ireland), Green Day(California), & Goo Goo Dolls(Buffalo, New York). What, they couldn't find any New Orleans musician?
Spike Lee is an overrated, smug, twit.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:13:03 AM PDT
by
kb2614
(Hell hath no fury than a bureaucrat scorned)
To: LS
There was some black guy singing a song at the beginning. It was something like:
"Levies not built to code" blah blah blah.
Just another woe is me song about how no body cared about them, but "we overcame."
Once I saw that, I knew this wasn't going to be about football.
I heard our coach (Atlanta) say that they were secondary to the story.
My wife asked if we were throwing the game to let N.O. win. (Made me think of how the Patriots won after 9-11)
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:13:42 AM PDT
by
Gvl_M3
To: Rb ver. 2.0
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:13:54 AM PDT
by
LS
To: JZelle
"Spike Lee in the booth bothered me." We turned the channel..there's nothing he can say that matters squat to me.
I was happy to see the dome back in shape, the team winning and everyone having a good time, yet you do bring up some good points.
The city motto, "Let The Good Times Roll" got them in mega trouble as they blew off Katrina until too late. Fun is great, but 'where's the beef?'. Pointing fingers and begging handouts doesn't get anything productive accomplished. IMHO of course.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:14:20 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
("Trying to reason with hurricane season.")
To: durasell
Will it be "a chocolate city," as Mayor Nagin says?
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:14:22 AM PDT
by
LS
To: kb2614
when I think of the music of New Orleans, the first bands that come to mind are not U2(Ireland), Green Day(California), & Goo Goo Dolls(Buffalo, New York). Exactly, they interviewed Harry Connick Jr. on the sidelines - my first thought was "Ummm why is Harry one of the musical acts?" --- or maybe Dr. John and one of the bands from Bourbon Street, etc etc etc.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:15:05 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to protect it.)
To: LS
I guess my concern is that the underlying feeling was that if ALL a city
has is a football team---no political leaders who can rally the public,
no civic leaders who can create an atmosphere of confidence,
and no entrepreneurs (aside from Emeril, who has done a whale of a job)
who are creating jobs---then you don't have much.
I know it's an apples and oranges comparison...
But much of what you've said could go for depression-era Oklahoma.
With a Depression, dustbowl and about half the population leaving
in a westward exodus, a place and a populace can get desperate and
clutch on to certain icons in order to find meaning in their travails.
And (as my parents and grandparents tell me), it was University of
Oklahoma football that one of the Oklahoma governors used as a
"pump up the people" instrument. And partly, that accounts for the
storied (and sometimes sordid) history of OU football.
Hey, maybe you've got a start of another history book...about the
use/abuse of institutions by American politicians to rally sagging spirits
during tough times.
As for Spike Lee being snippy last night...I wish I'd had a TIVO running
the last time Mayor Nagin's mouth got him in trouble.
One of the sane NO councilmen/advisors appeared on TV and while
doing apologies for Nagin's tongue...he said what a GREAT job
President Bush had been doing to help NO.
I about had a heart attack.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:15:55 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: LS
My wife asked me why the main musical attraction was two British groups and not an American group. My question was why they didn't have a Jazz band open the game. I was so embarrassed by the Brit fags attempt to sing "The House of the Rising Sun" that I left the room. I did not watch the half time show. I find all celebritry interviews to be annoying and would love for the NFL to stop the sideline chick reporting. My take is the commentators need to focus on the game and not on celebrities and their advertisements. Based on the report by Marshall Faulk, I think New Orleans is going to join Detroit as the incredible shrinking cities. The only thing that can truly save NO is for them to develop a two party system. Only then can they kill the poison of corruption that has killed economic prosperity in NO for the last 60 years. As regards Spike Lee I didn't even listen to him. Just another celebrity hawking his wares for free. Too bad they didn't actually interview anyone from NO, the story might have been different.
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posted on
09/26/2006 6:15:59 AM PDT
by
tigtog
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