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more about #neworleans more comments → Alessar: That does look a little unusual and boxy, but it's hardly a prefab monstrosity. Modern but with some nice artistic touches, like the balcony. The thin... more » Motoko Kusanagi: What is this sentimental garbage? Putting this Humpty-Dumpty back together again is one of the all-time most fuck-faced, anti-progressive ideas ever.... more » Spirit Fingers: Sooo, we're disparaging Brad Pitt for building houses that are too pretty, cheap, will help people, and for ultimately doing something that most peopl... more » Paddington: This is not public housing. It is private housing that will be owned by private individuals. He is not telling anyone what to do or hurting anyone wh... more » ArleenCabango: its interesting that the complaints seem to be coming from the folks not being served by this program. folks like the neighbors whose houses weren't... more » Novaload: Interesting issue. But I think I finally conclude that if someone is offering you a free or nearly free house, STFU and be grateful. We had a similar ... more » yourfriendandneighbor: This will make a great Southpark episode. more » skahammer: When it comes to bold, far-reaching efforts, the existence of some criticism does not constitute a "debacle." That goes double when the criticism co... more » Swordfish: If folks what a one-story prefab that can get washed away in the next hurricane instead of a smart, modern and above-water-level house, they can alway... more » PoBoyNation: Foster, I think your post overemphasizes the "flack." I don't see a lot of bitching in the article -- nor do I hear it, living here -- about what Bra... more » Jackie Yoshi: Okay, I just want to say if any of the Twilight kids are reading this. Look at the above photo, that is what a hot vampire looks like. more » TroisFilles: Perhaps these dissatisfied folks would like to move to Florida to the rebuilt houses that are now outgassing Sulphuric compounds courtesty of cheap Ch... more » pony_express: Though I agree what Pitt did was fantastic, I get why the neighbors in the old houses that were left standing are complaining-- they have lost all li... more » doctorj2u: Nathan, It is comments like yours that made me lose all faith in this country. New Orleans is surviving and growing due to people that refused to let... more » NathanSt: Stop fucking whining people. You live in a pit next to a river. You're lucky there's any dry land to build on at all. If it were up to me, we'd bulld... more » -
#volunteerism
Problems of Brad Pitt: Pretty Lower Ninth Public Housing Pissing People Off?
Further proving the road to hell as indeed paved with good intentions—or in this case, "green" concrete—Brad Pitt's taking flack for building housing in New Orleans' Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth ward. The houses are dreamy. The reaction isn't. More » -
#congress
'Dollar Bill' Goes Down
Four years after FBI agents raided his home and discovered $90,000 in his freezer, former nine term New Orleans-area congressman William "Dollar Bill" Jefferson has been found guilty of corruption. He faces up to 115 years in prison. [Times-Picayune] -
#aporkalypsenow
The Chinese Show Love For New Orleans, Quaratine Its Incompetent Mayor, Ray Nagin
In a move destined to improve US/China relations for years to come, the Chinese have quarantined woefully inept New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin after a passenger on his flight overseas showed symptoms of the H1N1 virus, popularly known as swine flu. More » -
#picofthenight
New Orleans, America
Taken by my friend Amy V. Cooper, this pic shows the interior of New Orleans musician Clint Maedgen's apartment a few days after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. -
#facebook
Punchline Visits Scene of World's Worst Joke
Yep, Brownie's back in New Orleans. And your day editor is Facebook friends with him. [Politico] -
