Great press. Thanks. Side order of results?
Those thanks are sincere. New Orleans, aftermath of Katrina-Rita, we're getting alot of press coverage. It's appreciated. Front-page, at least on the web, of the NYTimes, LATimes, and WaPo - all three,...
View ArticleLara Croft, Tomb-raider and Humanitarian Worker
There's an editorial in the NYT today, commenting on the World Food Programs's video game - Food Force...Food Force is an attempt to make children, who can be fundamentalists about saving the world,...
View ArticleFor Sale: One Major City (fixer-upper)
As Seen in today's NYTimes: HERE - [Paraphrased]For Sale: One major American city, in need of repairs. This prime real estate is being offered to DEVELOPERS ONLY - for further inquiries, please contact...
View ArticleTaken to Task...Seems Like dKos Works...
In the last coupla days, Mary Scott O'Connor and mcjoan have written diaries/front-page posts that received alotta response. Alotta that response has been in direct opposition, including...
View ArticleYou Seek a Great Fortune...
I work for no man. I have no name. You seek a great fortune, you who are now in chains... And you will find a fortune - though it will not be the fortune you seek... ...But first, first you must...
View ArticleTired...and Willin'...
This is prob'ly the best story I have about being both. It is entirely true. It takes place in a humanitarian outpost in the deepest bush in South Sudan. It takes place among the worst kinda misery...
View ArticleKnown Ponies, Known Unponies, and Unknown Unponies
While some folks were focused on the herd of ponies that Heckuvajob Georgie handed to the oil-cronies today, this misunderstimadministration saddled-up another, behind the scenes initative. It got bad,...
View ArticlePonies for Cronies: The Pony Roast
In a a diary last week, your diarist demonstrated with photographic proof that the BushCo misunderestimadministration simply does not like ponies. Bad as it was last week, it's getting worse this week....
View ArticleRent-a-Convict - Cheap, Compliant, Disposable
Folks tend to point out the positive aspects of their communities. That's natural. There's warts, too. It is in that light... LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. -- At barbecues, ballgames and funerals, cotton gins,...
View ArticleThe Shirt I Am NOT Ashamed To Wear - WARNING
I have a tee shirt that I am not ashamed to wear. It has an typo on it. The typo was printed on the shirt intentionally. The typo means something important. On the front of the shirt is the logo of a...
View ArticleThey Are Not Coming...A Katrina Diary
(From the diaries -- kos) Yesterday, some folks discussed having Katrina diaries as a feature this month. This one may be a bit...intense. I was here before the storm. I was here during the storm. And...
View ArticleSpike Lee's Katrina Movie - this month
There's a movie coming out, a documentary...it seems like something that folks should watch... From the beginning Spike Lee knew that Hurricane Katrina was a story he had to tell. Watching the first...
View ArticleHey! Death...a reminder. Something you oughta know...
Hey! Death...a reminder. Tear yourself away from all those adoring fans for a minute or two. I got something to tell you. Something you already heard, 'cause I've told you before. Something you already...
View ArticleKatrina Then and Now: A Bush Photo Op - Updated Today
I've noticed that a coupla folks have mentioned that it would be good to see the progress, over time, if there has been any, in recovering from Katrina. Before-and-after kinda photos...then-and-now...
View ArticleBeenie Drowned In Her House... A Katrina Diary
There are pieces of Katrina, pieces of the lives that have been effected, lives destroyed, lives on hold and lives ripped apart and lives, far-away lives that were touched, far-away lives that are...
View ArticleIt Ain't Over, We Still Need You...a Post-Katrina Diary
It ain't over. It ain't gonna be over for awhile. And we still need you.We Still Need You. There's still alot of work to be done - for real people. It's not over - the republicronies have not won. I'm...
View ArticleSamuel L. Jackson Investigates Mark Foley
Some say that the Page-gate scandal should be investigated by the FBI. Some say that the Page-gate scandal should be investigated by the House Ethics Committee. And some say that the Page-gate scandal...
View ArticleREWARD: for Arrest & Conviction of George W. Bush
In a diary earlier this evening, Nightprowlkitty wrote of New Orleans and the need to do something more, she wrote of lagniappe, the New Orleans expression that means a little something extra. NPK also...
View ArticleThe SOTU as Described by Bob Johnson
I didn't listen to or watch the SOTU. I read about it, here at dKos, while it was going on. Other folks subjected themselves to the direct radiation, and I thank them for sharing with we who were...
View ArticleDefend the Gulf...in your own home...
This one is easy, folks.Defend the Gulf...in your own home...on the 5th anniversary of Katrina...The Gulf Restoration Network will make it easy for you. All you have to do is show a movie in your home....
View Article...the engine that drives Mardi Gras
I hear it, warming up, most every afternoon now.There is spirit that moves that engine...in a world of artifice and excess, that force is authentic, it is genuine, it is real. And it roars.The beat of...
View ArticleDavid Vitter introduces the Zimmerman Act...?
Folks come to New Orleans mostly to have a good time. We like that down here... having a good time and folks come to join in on the good times. Folks from all over bring all kindsa good stuff to our...
View ArticleChild molesters: seductive children are the problem
I'm just about fed up with these children. If you've been paying attention to their latest shenanigans, you ought to be fed up with them, too. Statistics show that not only are legions of them...
View ArticleSo, the hurricane washed up oil and tar balls...
La. officials close 12 miles of coastline after Isaac washes up tar balls, oil from BP spill hotspot...The state is closing a 12-mile section of Gulf coastline from Caminada Pass to Pass Fourchon after...
View Article21,000 Law Enforcement Pro's say Yes to Obama...
Statement of International Association of Chiefs of PoliceIn response to release of the Obama Administration’s gun violence reduction proposals, the International Association of Chiefs of Police...
View ArticleDefense Contractor, Slaps Child, Uses N*word - Suspended.
Company suspends exec accused of slapping child on Delta flight The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Posted: 1:13 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 A company president accused of slapping a crying child on a...
View ArticleDomenici's Son in the News, Young Cog in Republican Machine
Former senator Pete Domenici fathered a child 30 years ago.The mother of the child was the daughter of another senator, Michelle Laxalt. She went on to have quite a career as a lobbyist and government...
View ArticleFreeing a diamondback terrapin named Hot Tub
So, on a warm south Louisiana day, around Mardi Gras 2009, my mother found a baby turtle in a ditch by her driveway when she was picking up her morning paper. 'Course, I ended up with it. A Mississippi...
View Articlemy Katrina diary is gonna be in a book
...noting that we're heading into the 10th anniversary of Katrina.This new book is entitled "PLEASE FORWARD - How Blogging Reconnected New Orleans After Katrina"...and it comes out in a couple months,...
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