The Wal-Mart store in uptown New Orleans, built within the last year, survived the storm but was destroyed by looters.
"They took everything _ all the electronics, the food, the bikes," said John Stonaker, a Wal-Mart security officer. "People left their old clothes on the floor when they took new ones. The only thing left are the country-and-western CDs. You can still get a Shania Twain album."
"Oh we've got both kinds of music...country AND western." -The Blues Brothers
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the Blues Brothers' quote mentioned is a favorite in the Lowe household. *note, the Blues Brothers also has a Terre Haute connection.
I like Shania. Did you see her Super Bowl appearance back in 2003? Very entertaining.
She played a cameo in "I Heart Huckabees", a real hoot of a film.
Are you sure the disks left weren't the Dixie Chicks?
I think that the looters were exhibiting a twisted form of American opportunism - while the electricity might be off now, in America one can be sure that it will soon be on again, making a free HDTV quite an asset. We're free and we look ahead to future opportunities.
A European might be more inclined to despair and accept the situation (no electricity) as immutable and permanent without hope for remedy. But he would drink all the wine.
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