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...as grown in huge fields down south and out west, is one of the most chemical-intensive crops there is. Therefore, there most likely is apotential market for organically grown cotton among local...

^^^ This. Gotta be one of the most obscure TV trivia facts ever. Good find, Ed.

You rite about dat...this is a outrage!!! An I am outrage. For nearly 300 year it's been NooOrlinz float through history on a river of acohol, and now somebody say we stuck behind Sacramento?...

The Culture of New Orleans is basically comfortable with androgyny and having fun with gender bending. I have a hard time imagining an event like this taking place in Detroit, especially not on the...

Pre-Kat parts of N.O. were sparsely populated, but they were populated, while relatively few neighborhoods were densely populated.

Post Kat entire regions of N.O. are simply empty and have...

Ahhhh, whatta thread!

I lived in N.O. for 22 years pre-kat; was a displaced person in Detroit metro for three years post-kat; now returned to N.O. because that's where the jobs were.

I...

Actually, the Southern cities which have exhibited the greatest dynamism post WWII--Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, etc.--have tended to be newer, post-aristocratic Piedmont towns...

Thanks for the links, Retroit.

I'm aware that there are some present-day philanthropists stepping up to the plate locally....my post was more focused on the individuals who amassed vast fortunes...

Good post, Omaha.

Capital is mobile, but land is not. I suspect that in traditional societies where land is the basis of wealth, the wealthy are more closely tied to their home communities than...

Does the kind of brand loyalty which once defined "Ford families" or "Chevrolet families" still exist? Or do most people now choose cars for other reasons? I drive a Pontiac Vibe, the first Pontiac...

1) GM went down the drain on its own; that happened before Obama took office.

2) No one forced GM to borrow money

3) Obama didn't, won't, and can't take a majority stake in GM, although the...

Factors which have contributed to the sea-change in the autmotive industry;

1) Cars last much longer than they did fifty years ago; then, cars were worn out at 50 or 60 K miles; now, with...

Here's a link to the homepage of PlasmaBoys Racing of Portland, Oregon, whose all-electric drag racer "White Zombie" has turned low 11's in the 1/4 mile.

http://www.plasmaboyracing.com/

Here...

Here's the story....which some are reacting to with anger;

http://military.rightpundits.com/2009/04/01/obama-nascar-snub-gm-chrysler-out-of-nascar/

Only.....today IS April 1, after all.....
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expectations are that missile strikes in the vicinity of Lake St. Clair may help curb tide of illegal immigrants.

Pretty cool if you ask me.

"The MQ-1 Predator carries the Multi-spectral...

expectations are that missile strikes in the vicinity of Lake St. Clair may help curb tide of illegal immigrants.

Pretty cool if you ask me.

"The MQ-1 Predator carries the Multi-spectral...