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New Orleans Is A City Whose Basic Industry Is The Service Industry. That's Why It Makes Its Money. That's - It Brings People To The City. People Come To The City And Experience The Wonders Of This Extraordinary City And Everything Else. The Question Is That, How Do We Create Jobs Which Are The Jobs That Have Pay, That - Living Wages?

Whole Ideology Of Consumption Almost To The Point Of Religion. Whether It's The Consumption Of Entertainment Or The Consumption Around Buying Things, We're So Caught Up With Our Appetites That We Don't Have A Clear Distinction About What We Need And What We Just Want. Plus, The Decline Of Trade Unions Is A Factor. When You Have Powerful Unions, You Have A Working Class That Is Politicized.

The Death Penalty Is Inhumane... Whether That Person Is In A [jail] Or It's Bin Laden.

It Is The Most Painful Thing To See How Young Children Become Collateral Damage Of Wars, But When Peace Treaties Are Signed Landmines Do Not Respect Any Of These Accords. And As Long As These Silent Killers Linger After Wars, Children Will Never Know Peace

President Obama Is A Man Who Had Certain Advantages Because Of The Civil Rights Movement. He Had The Opportunity To Go To Some Of The Best Schools In This Country - Schools That Train You How To Run The Political Paradigm, Not Challenge It. The Leaders Of The Black Power Movement Were Challenging That Paradigm.