Tim Ruppert from Tim’s Nameless Blog provided some deeper insight to the Army Corps’ plans for 2011 100-year flood protection during his presentation of “In Levees We Trust,” a great title. As much as we decry the state of the levees, we really do depend on them to keep us dry. I don’t have a…
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Risin’ Tide 2: Jay Arena – Broke Argumentatively, Just Broke
Via Dangerblond’s recap post of Rising Tide: Arena made a statement in which he called New Orleans bloggers “hysterical” for writing about crime and calling for Eddie Jordan’s resignation and accused us of doing it because we want to see more black men to go jail. I’ve never heard of Jay Arena before this day…
The Tide Will Rise Tonight!
Getcha asses movin to Risin’ Tide! And let’s fix the biggest goddamn crisis in the history of this country! Excuse my French everybody in America! Rising Tide 2 is a conference, a party and an opportunity to learn where New Orleans stands two years after the failure of the federally-built levees following Hurricane Katrina. The…
Glenn Beck: Impotent
I saw over at Ashmo’s blog that Glenn Beck has been running his mouth off about New Orleans, uttering quotes like: I`m not sure still that we should bother rebuilding it and you know what, we should just walk away from that city. Why are we there? But the tossed-up thing is throughout the interview,…
A New Low
Unmoderated and anonymous comments on Nola.com reach a new low… Marrero man electrocuted while working See, nobody would be making these comments if their full name and image appeared beside the post. So this is not an accurate representation of people’s true thoughts on the incident. The reason they are making the insincere comments is…
Y’At Catholicism
This month’s Author Night at the Library will feature THE JOY OF Y’AT CATHOLICISM Join us for stories from Earl Higgins, plus snacks, wine and other refreshments sponsored by
No Effin’ Reason
A fella on an online messageboard I frequent created a thread touting the fact that he was accepted into the University of Florida graduate school program for industrial and systems engineering. I replied to his post by saying he could come on over here and fix our levees when he graduates. His response? “There’s no…
Sunday Grooves and the F-Bomb
A couple Katrina-related videos that, in addition to being some tight grooves are also spot-on politically. George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People Mos Def – Katrina Klap (Dollar Day)
Liens du Moment: Special Edition! Hey America! New Orleans Sucks!
Report: New Orleans Still Lacks Jobs Forbes A Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Still at Risk The Old Gray Lady
Wizard Rock!
Dear Jeffrey, WTF? – Varg