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First the soundtrack....

It's party time in New Orleans. well not IN New Orleans, but FOR New Orleans. The Saints are one game away from going to the Super Bowl!

Last week there was a march in New Orleans to protest the rise in crime there, and now and then you may hear a report about the efforts to rebuild the city, but we in America have a short attention span. We tire of bad news and hunger for something that will make us - not them - feel good.

Don't get me wrong, it's great that this team is going to the NFC championship game for the first time in their franchise's history, but is this suppose to be vindication for the way we failed that city?

I get this picture in my head of President Bush surrounded by smiling members of the Saints, and that catch phrase of the champions - "I'm going to Disneyland!"

Now of course the Super Bowl will be held in South Florida on Feb. 4th, not in New Orleans no matter what the outcome and shouldn't we be happy about some good news for NOLA?

Remember a team is not a city, and a city that can celebrate the success of the rich while ignoring the plight of the poor is a city with confused priorities.

AP - that's the Associated Press put it this way on SI.com,
"Who needs Mardi Gras when you're one game from the Super Bowl?" - well a lot of folks there didn't feel they needed Mardi Gras this past year, and I'm not sure that the Saints in the Super Bowl is a comfort to the many displaced and still struggling victims of Katrina....

On the other hand maybe that's whats wrong with our Iraq policy. Maybe we ought to start a football team in Baghdad. Yeah, that's the ticket.... I can see it now > Super Bowl XLII - the Detroit Lions against the Baghdad Bombers.... who needs a jihad when you're one game from the Super Bowl?

But hey, put on your rose colored glasses - What A Wonderful World....

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