And now, your moment of .. wha?

The GNOCDC's newsletter this morning provides the strangest of all possible introductions to this report on regional export industries. The newsletter begins,

On the eve of a new football season, it is a good time to take stock once again of the Who Dat nation's economy − its strengths and weaknesses. So we updated our brief on the regional "export" industries in the New Orleans 10-parish region.

I mean... sure that's as good a time as any, I guess.