Comments on: Pitt: Angie and I Will Get Married–When Everyone Can http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/ Politics for liberal newsgeeks Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:37:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: masaccio http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20891 masaccio Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:31:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20891 <p>I’ve seen these houses: they are really cool.</p> I’ve seen these houses: they are really cool.

]]> By: Lisa Derrick http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20889 Lisa Derrick Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:23:42 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20889 <p>Mmmm, Commanders Palace with a stroll through the cemetery afterward–the best Valentines Day I ever had! Beignets! Beignets! Muffalettas from Central Market! Luizza’s by the Track for po’boys and (OMG) butternut soup with andouille sausage!</p> Mmmm, Commanders Palace with a stroll through the cemetery afterward–the best Valentines Day I ever had! Beignets! Beignets! Muffalettas from Central Market! Luizza’s by the Track for po’boys and (OMG) butternut soup with andouille sausage!

]]> By: laurastrand http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20888 laurastrand Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:45:26 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20888 <p>I’m going to NOLA on the 13th. I’ve told my family that we will be blowing our entire holiday wad in New Orleans and the only gift they should expect is a beautifull photo of one of the most uniquely beautiful cities in the world.<br /> It’s the very first vacation that me and husband have gone on since we wed 13 years, and as a citizen of a sister river city (Sacramento), we anticipate being in similar shoes one day.</p> I’m going to NOLA on the 13th. I’ve told my family that we will be blowing our entire holiday wad in New Orleans and the only gift they should expect is a beautifull photo of one of the most uniquely beautiful cities in the world.
It’s the very first vacation that me and husband have gone on since we wed 13 years, and as a citizen of a sister river city (Sacramento), we anticipate being in similar shoes one day.

]]> By: MsAnnaNOLA http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20887 MsAnnaNOLA Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:07:41 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20887 <p>The wetlands have been destroyed primarily by three factors:</p> <p>1. Levees created by the Corps of Engineers to control the flow of the river cause the marshes to not be replentished with sediment.</p> <p>2. Deforestation from logging. We used to have a cypress swamp of trees the size of redwoods. These were cut down a long time ago. The remaining trees are small and dying from salt water intrusion.</p> <p>3. The oil and gas industry which has decimated the marshes with its activities. </p> <p>If you want to know more there is lots of info at the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation <a href="http://www.saveourlake.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.saveourlake.org/</a></p> <p>Our city and state are paying dearly for having provided natural resources to build factories in Ohio and produce oil and gas for the country to fill their tanks and heat their homes. </p> <p>Please don’t question whether we are sustainable. Ask what port in North America is more vital and has been since before the Louisiana Purchase? What is the value of crops from the midwest when they have to be trucked out instead of put on barges to the Mississippi River. We need the rest of the country and they need us too. </p> <p>Oh and there are quite a few bargains for those that want to visit. Please come! Our tourisim industry needs all the visitors it can get in this economic environment.</p> The wetlands have been destroyed primarily by three factors:

1. Levees created by the Corps of Engineers to control the flow of the river cause the marshes to not be replentished with sediment.

2. Deforestation from logging. We used to have a cypress swamp of trees the size of redwoods. These were cut down a long time ago. The remaining trees are small and dying from salt water intrusion.

3. The oil and gas industry which has decimated the marshes with its activities.

If you want to know more there is lots of info at the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation http://www.saveourlake.org/

Our city and state are paying dearly for having provided natural resources to build factories in Ohio and produce oil and gas for the country to fill their tanks and heat their homes.

Please don’t question whether we are sustainable. Ask what port in North America is more vital and has been since before the Louisiana Purchase? What is the value of crops from the midwest when they have to be trucked out instead of put on barges to the Mississippi River. We need the rest of the country and they need us too.

Oh and there are quite a few bargains for those that want to visit. Please come! Our tourisim industry needs all the visitors it can get in this economic environment.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20880 Phoenix Woman Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:09:39 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20880 <p>The thing about hurricanes and New Orleans is that normal weather patterns over the Gulf keep most big storms well away. Furthermore, <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0901-26.htm" rel="nofollow">the wetlands that used to exist served as speed bumps for storms</a>, knocking them a notch or two to the point where even a weak levee could withstand them. That’s why <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/us/politics/26obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Obama’s promised to take steps to rebuild those wetlands</a>.</p> The thing about hurricanes and New Orleans is that normal weather patterns over the Gulf keep most big storms well away. Furthermore, the wetlands that used to exist served as speed bumps for storms, knocking them a notch or two to the point where even a weak levee could withstand them. That’s why Obama’s promised to take steps to rebuild those wetlands.

]]> By: Raven http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20879 Raven Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:52:53 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20879 <p>I just really wonder about the viability of the city or if it’s just going to happen again?</p> I just really wonder about the viability of the city or if it’s just going to happen again?

]]> By: shooogarp http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20878 shooogarp Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:52:40 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20878 <p>Speaking of New Orleans, don’t forget to go see Utah in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2nd. Go Utes!!</p> Speaking of New Orleans, don’t forget to go see Utah in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2nd. Go Utes!!

]]> By: NelsonAlgren http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20876 NelsonAlgren Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:35:08 +0000 http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/12/02/pitt-angie-and-i-will-get-married-when-everyone-can/#comment-20876 <p>Don’t Charlize Theron and her b/f have the same arrangement?</p> Don’t Charlize Theron and her b/f have the same arrangement?

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