They must be some exotic middle eastern flowers.

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At least Edwin Edward knew which pockets to pad in order to get things done.

Edwin Edwards is in prison, he knew so well which pockets to pad. New Orleans and Louisiana will NEVER get the respect they deserve from the politicians they elect or from the nation at large until they stop rewarding the sideshow antics of the likes of Edwards and Nagin.

And where is Mayor Nagin through all this? Governor Blanco? I guess they have better things to do?

This attitude has always puzzled me. Do I correctly deduce that you think it’s OK for George Bush and the Federal government to keep screwing the people of New Orleans and Louisiana as long as they are also being screwed by the local government. Isn’t it the value of a multi-tiered government that each tier can compensate for the shortcomings of another, or of all the others? In this case, New Orleans and Louisiana were quite overwhelmed by the scale of Katrina, not to mention crippled by its effects – the only agent with resources capable of meeting the demands of this crisis is the United States of America.

It is Douglas Brinkley’s opinion piece to which I linked. I did not endorse it, I won’t defend it. I linked it for the benefit of those who might not read it otherwise. I suggest you might check with Mr. Brinkley for why he went after only Bush and the federal government.

I will agree with Mr. Brinkley’s on this point: Mr. Bush repeatedly promises to “do everything it takes,” or similar rhetoric, but then, he drags his feet and fails to deliver. If he would either do as he promises, or promise nothing, he would at least be a man of his word, and we all would know how to act.

Comment by Bienville — August 27, 2007 @ 12:51 pm”

And where is Mayor Nagin through all this? Governor Blanco? I guess they have better things to do?

At least Edwin Edward knew which pockets to pad in order to get things done.

Comment by ronjazz — August 27, 2007 @ 10:03 am”

Tell you what, I’ll take the message to the troops personally, if you take a class in writing coherent posts, k?

Oh, wait…to write a coherent post, you need to have coherent thoughts……never mind then.

Reckless Abandonment
By Douglas Brinkley
The Washington Post
Sunday 26 August 2007
Over the past two years since Hurricane Katrina, I’ve seen waves of hardworking volunteers from nonprofits, faith-based groups and college campuses descend on New Orleans, full of compassion and hope.
They arrive in the city’s Ninth Ward to painstakingly gut houses one by one. Their jaws drop as they wander around afflicted zones, gazing at the towering mounds of debris and uprooted infrastructure.
After weeks of grueling labor, they realize that they are running in place, toiling in a surreal vacuum.

Comment by O. Bigfoot — August 27, 2007 @ 10:26 am

I’m intrigued. When you say, “I’ve lived there.” Where exactly do you mean?

As far as the “rich people” and the “middle class” living in Jefferson Parish: Most of the white middle class left for Metairie decades ago. There is a lot of very old money still living in the University section and Garden District. Most of Lakeview is still white middle class. You might have not noticed the black middle class living in the 7th Ward, Gentilly and New Orleans East.

What suffering did the West Bank experience? I am not aware of it. My sister in Algiers lost her potted plants because no one watered them while she was evacuated. She had a little shed in the backyard that was blown down, but she stood it up again.

There were a lot of middle-class and rich people (who mostly did not lose their homes) who voted for Nagin again.

Comment by bilbogaggins — August 27, 2007 @ 9:53 am

Living in Lakeview, a good many “middle class” people, some of them upper middle class, lost their homes in Katrina. Most of the very wealthy are safely cloistered in “The Sliver.”

How is this playing with the “family values” party?
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Great! They model there families after the Palestinians.

Let’s strapped some C4 to a 5 year old kid. Anything for Allah!

Hey, this is fun!

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The Gulf Coast restoration, said Obama, a candidate in the Democratic presidential primary, has been weighed down by red tape that has kept billions of dollars from reaching Louisiana communities. As president, he said, he would streamline the bureaucracy, strengthen law enforcement to curb a rise in crime, and immediately close the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to restore wetlands to protect against storms.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/08/26/obama_develops_plan_for_gulf_coast_restoration/
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It’s easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan

Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/
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Comment by squegeeboo — August 27, 2007 @ 11:08 am

Ofaltine, actually – there’s no “v” in Arabic.

There’s also no “p.” How they manage without the voiceless bilabial plosive is beyond me!

Mine just tells me to drink more Ovaltine

Jealous? or just dumbfounded?

Two Years ago today, Hurricane Katrina was taking aim at the Gulf Coast. A Category 3 storm already, it was obvious that this could be a big event, the Big Storm that Louisiana dreaded every year. Governor Blanco sent a letter to President Bush, requesting a Federal disaster area declaration, and several Louisiana parishes announced mandatory and voluntary evacuations. Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans ordered a voluntary evacuation of New Orleans, with a note that within 30 hours of landfall, the evacuation would become mandatory.

Let history record that with 2 days remaining, Governor Blanco made the request to the Federal Government to declare a federal disaster area. But history will also show that Blanco’s victory in securing federal disaster area designations would be for naught. Over the next three days, $531 million would be spent in bombs, missiles and bullets in Iraq. Imagine how New Orleans may look today if $531 million was spent in repairing it.