Gentrification By Nature

And it just keeps getting better and better as 'Old Money' & the Oligarchs shed any pretense of caring for their fellow man. Salon notes a recent article in the Wall Street Journal about "Old-Line Families Escape Worst of Flood and Plot the Future"... Ready?

But the Journal does provide a glimpse into the thinking of some of the other rich white folks who have survived Katrina relatively unscathed. The Journal introduces us to one James Reiss, a man who "helicoptered in" an Israeli security company to protect his New Orleans home from looters. When the city is rebuilt, Reiss says, it should be a very different place than it was before. "Those who want to see this city rebuilt want to see it done in a completely different way: demographically, geographically and politically," Reiss tells the Journal. "I'm not just speaking for myself here. The way we've been living is not going to happen again, or we're out."

Yes, I think we all hear you loud and clear... asshole.