I stumbled across this quote in the Novemeber issue of RollingStone yesterday: “In Louisiana, they have a long tradition of corruption — a Huey Long tradition,” says Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The 10 Worst Congressmen: #4. THE BRIBE TAKER That got me to thinking how many other…
Month: June 2007
Nothing They Don’t Already Know
Da po’ blog is doing some fantastic work with maps and pinpointing the areas with the most amount of murders in New Orleans this year. Check out this great post. Now, Feds and NOPD, concentrate on those areas. Of course, we aren’t telling you anything you don’t already know. Oh and Times-Pic, you might ask…
How Did This Slip Through? Part II
Sammy Kershaw announced Wednesday that he’s running for lieutenant governor as a Republican, challenging incumbent Democrat Mitch Landrieu. The 49-year-old country singer lives part-time in Nashville, Tenn., but has rented a home in Duson, near Lafayette, since 2005. Before that, he had a home in Kaplan, said campaign spokeswoman Amy Jones. Country singer Sammy Kershaw…
How Did This Slip Through?
Tucked inside a $14.4 billion (€10.7 billion) blueprint for the rebuilding of New Orleans is a proposal for a Hurricane Katrina monument on a grand, “Homeric” scale, like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Maybe we could build houses on top of it. Seriously, is this the first anyone has heard of this? I guess…
Meat Me In Memphis
Uuuuuuuhhhh…maybe you SHOULD keep it? I really don’t want to sell this because it’s one of those i can never get back. This is seriously some one of a kind artwork. I discovered this after the storm and i was basically awestruck. I had to save it. It’s kind of hard to grasp the detail…
Oh The Humidity
Today was the day. The day when people talk to total strangers about the humidity just for the sake of empathy. Walking into Walgreens, a black man man mutters “shit” and a white man concurs, “nasty out here.” The steamy cottons and rayon stick to spongy skin and upper lips are porous. The windows are…
Fucking Vile
This is some despicable shit. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About $16,000 worth of belongings was reported stolen from the home of the late Marquise Hill’s mother while she was at the funeral for her son, a New England Patriots lineman who drowned last week, police said Wednesday. No suspects have been identified in Saturday’s burglary…
Liens du Moment: 6/6
Perhaps this is something on the skyline Jeffrey and I can agree on: Oak Trees! As money finally falls into place, City Park sows seeds for a slew of recovery projects, with more on the horizon Nola.com Levees can withstand a 40 year storm. Wait, what? New Orleans Levees 1,000 Times Riskier Than Large Dams…
I Know, I Know
– I know I just blogspotted him two posts ago but I wanted to send everyone back to the ‘Dish for his image depicting the extended family of Dollar Bill Jefferson. He said he has a Power Point presentation that goes into more detail but this will have to do for now. – I looked…
Jefferson To Be Indicted Today
CNN is reporting Dollar Bill is to be indicted on a dozen corruption charges. They even had it emblazoned on their “breaking news” banner for a few minutes. More soon. UPDATE: Looks like they up-and-indicted him. Here’s the Justice Department’s nuts-and-bolts press release that goes into some more detail than local and national reports. And…