>>>>>American ingenuity, determination and money! Most important at this time is to prevent furthers deaths.
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>>>>You're right Tom. If America can put men on the moon and rovers on Mars they can put New Orleans back on the map asap.
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>>>You realize, of course, that there were decades of research and planning to do the moon and rover things. It wasn't just money. It took a lot of time too.
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>>oh ... I thought they just slapped it together and used a slingshot. I wasnt putting a time frame on it Jay. Just expressing a confidence in your countrymens ability to make it happen.
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>What was that about?

The first sentence is a sarcastic joke iro your time/money comment. The second sentence is an expression of goodwill to your country. Perhaps Renoir would have understood <g>