Say Anything Blog

I don’t think they are hungry enough.

They’re still waiting for a handout.

If govt control of the economy were the way to go, the Soviet Union would be the richest, most powerful nation in the history of the world.

Thanks to Obama, America remains the only country where it is illegal to drill our own oil!

Most gifts come with property tax. Both the feds and the state are willing to set up payment plans. And the producers set up the new family with a nice check to off set the costs.

Even if they can’t afford it, they sell the home and make off like bandits. The show is good for all.

At least for the homes Brad Pitt is building, I doubt that the combined utilty bills + property tax is going to equal anywhere close to what they pay for rent.

Also New Orleans post Katrina is an unusual situation.

I’m not sure you can judge adequately the difficulty fo the situation for people who are in the lower income class if you haven’t been down there to see yourself.  Low income housing is something that is missing there right now, rented or otherwise.  I’ve been there twice in the last six months and I wouldn’t say that I understand it well enough to be passing judgement on whether a given individual is incapable of taking care of himself.

I’m just saying….

Well I believe in the TEACH a man to fish theory…

On the other hand, there’s SO much money in this country evidently, people can try anything they want as far as I’m concerned, IF they use their OWN money!

The Alaskan football field could have built/repaired a lot of housing in N.O., but I’m not the traffic cop in this game.

God is…

I can’t read Pitt’s mind but I think his motivation may be good (and I think he’s a clown so giving him credit doesn’t come easy). It’s just another of those things that hasn’t been thought through.

A point was made above about selling the house and making out like a bandit. Heh. Years ago John Mellencamp held a drawing to give away a “Little Pink House” and after much hullablloo it was awarded to a single mother, who promptly sold it, pocketed the money, and left.

I like the idea of Pitt building those houses but without controls - rigid controls - it will flop like a landed fish.

The future ain’t what it used to be…..

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It would be interesting to put all of you tough guys in the same position and see how well you do.

Walk a mile in their shoes before you judge them.

As long as it’s private funds being used I say go for it.  They can live in those houses, rent them, sell them…if worse comes to worse they walk away having lost nothing but gained a place to live at least for awhile.  And the morale of the entire city likewise might be raised at least for awhile.  If these were tax dollars I’d say hold your horses and CAREFULLY consider how the law of unintended consequences might apply, but that’s not the case.

Walk a mile in their shoes before you judge them.

Interesting comment. How do you know some of us haven’t done just that?

The future ain’t what it used to be…..

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Walk a mile in their shoes before you judge them.

Yes! Walk a mile in their shoes! And when you’re finished, you’re a mile away from them…and you have their shoes!

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All I have to compare this with is my experience after Katrina, and several other hurricanes. Drive from Pascagula across to St Bernard Parrish and see how people have rebuilt. Then go into NO proper and it is like stepping through the looking glass. Just no comparison.

As for Pitt’s idea, if there is no controlling authority it will quickly turn into a boondoggle.

ews, Pil lives across the lake from NO, Carrick has worked in the region after Katrina, and I spent a month and a half and $4000 of my own money helping family and friends in Mississippi. I think we have sufficient experience of the situation to look at people not helping themselves and point that small fact out.

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Here is the BBC article on Pitt’s house building plan, well the plan he is speaking for. The houses, if they would actually workout as designed, aren’t a bad idea. NO gets beuacoup sunshine, and catching rain water for use is something that used to be very common throughout the south. Hope it works.

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