Katrina dealt us a bad hand. But to say you're going to cut Mardi Gras is the wrong approach. That would be another financial hit for the city as well as a psychological hit.
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Related Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY We do expect a catastrophic type storm to hit us. It is not going to be as bad as Katrina, but if it... FRANK GUTIERREZ This is a city that has gone through cataclysm, and its citizens are desperately ready to let off so... MARY HERCZOG I always thought we would have Mardi Gras if we had a city. ARTHUR HARDY We expect it (increased sales taxes) will continue that way through the year. With Mardi Gras, as we... JULES GAUDIN We cannot afford not to have Mardi Gras. That message would be -- New Orleans is closed for business... ARTHUR HARDY To encapsulate the notion of Mardi Gras as nothing more than a big drunk is to take the simple and s... CHRIS ROSE We're looking at the game as if it were a chance to go to Mardi Gras. BOB OAKLAND It would have to be a bond issue and that is not in the foreseeable future. For now, it remains a hi... GARY HUTCHISON [Katrina is expected to have a] significant, but not catastrophic, effect nationally, ... ... We're ... HANK MCKINNELL If no tourists came, we'd still have Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a state of mind. ED MUNIZ I think we chose the Mardi Gras Masquerade theme as a result of the influence of Hurricane Katrina e... JEANNINE LIPEZ There's always going to be a Mardi Gras -- at least, a lot of Americans hope there will always be, .... JOEL KOTKIN There's always going to be a Mardi Gras - at least, a lot of Americans hope there will always be, ..... JOEL KOTKIN It might seem trivial to be discussing Mardi Gras at this point, but when you consider what Mardi Gr... BARRY KERN There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL Well as soon as it hit, everyone was a little nervous because Katrina was going right though New Orl... DAVID MCFARREN Take me to the Mardi Gras. PAUL SIMON Just wait 'til we get the Mardi Gras music going. ANNIE LEWIS Anything goes for Mardi Gras. PAULA WHITE If Katrina had been 30 to 40 miles to the west, it could have been a different story. It did not sco... ERIC BLAKE When you get downtown, it's almost like Katrina didn't touch it. There's still a lot of misunderstan... MARK SANDERS The worst is over. The thought of not doing Mardi Gras would be devastating, both financially and ps... ARTHUR HARDY I started making calls a week after Katrina. The captains all said the same thing: you can take away... ARTHUR HARDY Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES We may not hit the ball as hard as last year, but we are going to hit it a lot quicker. CATHY ALEXANDER That's just my coaching style. We're going to be a team that really works on being able to hit balls... DAVID GREWE If another Katrina (level) storm hit after that work's done, there would be some topping ... but the... DON POWELL In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draper... BRYAN BATT Ozzy Osbourne and Motley Crue in New Orleans on Mardi Gras = bad idea! NIKKI SIXX Mardi Gras will tell America that New Orleans is open for business. BRIAN KERN So,” I demanded, trying to sound confident, “where can we find this trod to New Orleans?” JULIE KAGAWA And they say She's in the class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been that way since eigh... ED SHEERAN It's good that we found way to win and cut down our errors on a night when we didn't hit as well as ... KYLE MCDUFFEE Sometimes it was hard to get him to focus on what was going on on the field because of the things go... TERRY ANTHONY Most of our holidays we do on the day, but this year [Mardi Gras] is the Tuesday before spring break... ALEX GRAY I am honored to be a part of the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans this year. BRITNEY SPEARS We hit the ball pretty well earlier in the season, but we had never hit the ball that well until [la... GREG CLEVELAND Mardi Gras is a very good time for the city to invite visitors to come and see that New Orleans is o... ANTHONY SANFILIPPO In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN It's been six months. That's a long time to be in survival mode. It's nice to have Mardi Gras, to re... CINDY SALERNO If it does hit here, it will be my first. But I'm not sweating it. Just as long as it's not a Catego... JOE EVANS He loved to go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. He went 11 years in a row. DOUG MACGREGOR A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE Good corners were going with the deep guys, so we've got to hit the underneath stuff. If teams give ... STEVE HOWEY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW Uncle Sam is going to ride to the rescue. That's the message to every city as a result of Katrina. JACK WEISS The safest day at the Melody is St. Paddy's," adds another Mardi Gras girl. "All the cops are out vo... JOSH ALAN FRIEDMAN After a loss like Mayweather, normally you get a guy who's going to go down like he was hit with a f... BUDDY MCGIRT If you do hit someone, it could be as bad as reckless homicide if the person is killed by that. SGT. JUDY PHILLIPS We're still as confident, as optimistic as we ever were. You know we hit a little stumbling block he... JOEY HARRINGTON The worst things in life come free to us ED SHEERAN Just looking at the crowd it's certainly better than we ever dreamed six months ago. Mardi Gras was ... SANDRA SHILSTONE Basically, it's been wars that have stopped Mardi Gras. ARTHUR HARDY What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as y... ANDRE GIDE Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT If they hit the ball out, they'd say "Sorry." If they hit it in but too hot for me to handle, they'd... JOHN CROSBY I've heard some people say we can't do it. But it's a very significant anniversary and I can't imagi... ARTHUR HARDY My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs. ADAM JONES That course is a lot like The Highlands. But regardless, as long as you hit it straight, hit the fai... CHRIS YOUNG What's a few hours of overtime worth to send the world the message that Mardi Gras is wonderful and ... ED MUNIZ PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA We had them for everything: Christmas, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day. BARRY STATIA As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film. ALESSANDRO NIVOLA I hit such a great second shot here at 18 and then Dana hit that great bunker shot. You get to 17 an... LOREN ROBERTS I thought all three games were good ball games. I was a little disappointed that we didn't hit as we... FRED HILL You can't spend Mardi Gras in Birmingham. JUDY JONES [A safe Independence Day] would be a good psychological boost, but we need some fundamental news as ... CHARLES PAYNE Either I missed a shift or I hit the wrong button. The team thinks I hit the pit speed limiter inste... TONY KANAAN I ran full speed, saw a seam and hit it. As soon as I looked to the right, I knew it. That got us al... ALEX KUBE Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM You want to get that third out as quickly as possible. It was a pretty good pitch, but he hit it wel... CHAD GAUDIN More seriously, China's economy would take a big hit if the US dollar weakened sharply due to such f... YU YONGDING Anybody can hit in this lineup. We don't strike out that much, which is pretty good. We hit the ball... MAGGLIO ORDONEZ Trace cursed. He actually wanted to hit something, but a tree would break his knuckles, he didn't wa... LORI FOSTER For us, it would be the final step toward status as a major American city. We're already a major cit... HAL ROTHMAN We don't care if anybody else comes. We're here for Mardi Gras. DIANA SANCHEZ Being outside [only] four times and not being able to really cut loose and hit the ball as hard as w... BILL POLIAN For four days there were warnings that (Katrina) was going to make a direct hit, and the king of vac... HUGO CHAVEZ What we went through is exactly the same as what you're facing. It's just more widespread there. Iva... GEORGE TOUART Would you want you as a friend? PETER STROPLE It should not be surprised by seeing in our weird world that the people for enjoying own bread can a... ANUJ SOMANY Everyone out there is using you for their entertainment and what you mostly need is to be entertainm... SUPERNA BATHEJA Before the hurricane, it would have been one big Mardi Gras-type party this weekend. But it wasn't a... HERB VINCENT respect the hand that I was dealt. And to be grateful I was even dealt a hand. COLLEEN HOOVER The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE We hit the ball real well, but we hit it right to them every time. They just made the plays every ti... EDWARD JOHNSON This Mardi Gras is about more than greed. It's a shout-out to everybody, and we're coming back stron... JULIO CESAR It's too cold outside For angels to fly An angel will die Covered in white Close... ED SHEERAN As hitters, we definitely know when we hit a ball well. But then you see where it lands, and you say... CARLOS PENA When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so ... VIJAY KUMAR It doesn't take a long time to get to over a million dollars in assets if your house is worth, say, ... LAURA GRANRUTH His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING I think the key to today's win really falls to Glen Simon . He kept us in the game until we could ge... BRIAN CLEARY We didn't even think they were going to have Mardi Gras this year, and this is our way of showing su... ERNIE HARTMAN It's a great party, and anyone who doesn't enjoy Mardi Gras is not of this world. FRANKLIN ALVARADO They might not get in as early as they thought they would. I think that the numbers are tainted. You... ANDRE DAWSON
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