Just a few thoughts about this year’s conference… – It is always a succinct pleasure getting together in large or small numbers with this group of bright, chaste and sincere folk. The group, as always, was truly magnificent. Much love to all the organizers. In an era where all everyone wants to talk about is…
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RTIII Is In The Can
There was a lot going on so I can’t present much of genuine article covering the event so I will just result to bullet points… – Buffa’s was energized and kinetic. The bleu cheese coleslaw was delectable. My particular favorite part was IG Robert Cerasoli quoting Jeffrey to Jeffrey. It seemed to be a moment…
Operation Eddie Haskell at Politics With A Punch
The small contingent of blogg…uh, new medians… uh, Web nerds trickled into the Cricket Club one-by-scurvy-one last night. Our mission was simple. Infiltrate the “Politics With A Punch” panel and ask Harry Shearer politely to be the keynote speaker at this year’s Rising Tide Conference. In attendance were a Rogues Gallery of bloggers: Jeffrey, Erster,…
Rising Tide 2: In Levees We Trust
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…
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…