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Last night, New Orleans felt like the center of the universe. I watched the game in a friend’s house in Uptown and afterward had to make my way back to my hotel room at the end of Poydras. We sat in traffic in front of the Superdome for twenty minutes. I’ve never seen anything like it [...] ...
CenLamar - Mon 8:26 p.m.
What a great game. The Saints played well on all sides of the ball and our boys in black and gold showed the world why we should have never been considered underdogs. Brees was awesome,Vilma was brilliant, Hartley was dependable, Morestead was clutch, and apparently Porter broke Twitter. But this whole season was an amazing one. [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Mon 4:16 p.m. - 4 clicks 
What Jeffrey said . I, too, had a recap post of the Saints/Minnesota game that was going to merge with a preview of the Super Bowl and include a healthy dose of political analysis. This intended post sort of grew and grew until it was an unwieldy frankenstein... so let me just apologize for any unfulfilled YRHT build-ups. (I'm sure you'll somehow manage.) Let me just say a few things before I w...
Right Hand Thief - Sun 2:28 p.m. - 6 clicks
Last night Mitch Landrieu won New Orleans' mayoral contest, outright, in a landslide election in the primary round . He captured 66% of the vote, and his nearest opponent, Troy Henry, had 14%. John Georges ended up spending around $400/vote to get a measly 9%. The internals on Landrieu's win are extremely impressive, and should be studied as a guide to what is politically achievable in this...
Right Hand Thief - Sun 10:42 a.m. - 4 clicks
Four years ago, watching TV, I wondered what some wet behind the ears Tulane professor from who knows where could possibly tell me about New Orleans politics. Now that Brian Brox finally looks old enough to shave, another station trots out some kid from who knows where who looks even younger. He was on ABC26 tonight, but I couldn't find a picture of Michael Sherman anywhere. I set a persona...
Moldy City - Sun 10:05 a.m. - 3 clicks
I'd like everyone to Congratulate Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu on winning the New Orleans Mayoral race by a landslide! After 4 years of remorse on the part of the voters who helped send Ray Nagin back into office, mostly due to racial issues, Landrieu won easily this time around with a strong coalition of voters that included massive crossover support from black voters. http:/...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Sat 11:00 p.m. - 10 clicks
Y'all can see the #'s over at the Secretary of State's website . Once you get to that page, click on the Parish tab, and choose Orleans Parish to see all the results for the entire Parish. But the election of Mitch Landrieu to the Mayoralty is yet another step in the right direction after all the political mis-steps in Louisiana post-Katrina. Here's more info about the election...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Sat 7:15 p.m. - 10 clicks
Y'all can see the #'s over at the Secretary of State's website . Once you get to that page, click on the Parish tab, and choose Orleans Parish to see all the results for the entire Parish. But the election of Mitch Landrieu to the Mayoralty is yet another step in the right direction after all the political mis-steps in the years following Katrina. Now, it's time to get ready f...
Daily Kingfish - Sat 7:15 p.m. - 5 clicks
Congratulations to Rickey "City Champ" Jackson for becoming the first member of the NFL Hall of Fame primarily for his exploits as a New Orleans Saint. I've written this before, but it's worth repeating. In all my years of watching the game, I have never seen a better football player than Rickey. That's it. ( BTW: This means I am perfect so far on last night's "predictions" list ) Meanwhile,...
Library Chronicles - Sat 3:04 p.m.
I'll have a political post later today explaining further and prognosticating. But I got to go vote, and drive around and observe the carnival/political/whodat milieu. And pay my respects . I'm voting for Mitch Landrieu for Mayor, but I very nearly decided for James Perry. I'll explain more about that later, because Perry has been an instructive example. For now, I'll just say Perry's campaign m...
Right Hand Thief - Sat 10:25 a.m. - 11 clicks
An advisory is out about the Saints Super Bowl drinking meme that's been going around: Due to a computer glitch, some rules of the game could cause you to be unresponsive. Here are the new, repaired drinking game rules: Drink four beers: • Every time an NFL analyst picks the Saints to win (this includes print newspapers and MySpace). • For every pre-game vignette that treats the Sa...
Ian McGibboney - Sat 9:27 a.m. - 11 clicks
Rachel Maddow: "America is lucky enough to have New Orleans in it" Maddow's broadcast from New Orleans tonight was pretty cute. Plus it managed to get more essential things right about NOLA in one hour than most national media have over the space of the past five years. The program featured John Barry on flood control, Norman Francis and Melissa Harris-Lacewell on the Saints and politic...
Library Chronicles - Sat 12:42 a.m.
As always, this site does not do political endorsements because 1) Nobody cares what we think or who we're voting for 2) None of the candidates are worth getting behind anyway. Instead, we like to keep to the tried and true political media tradition of playing horse race. Here's what I'm thinking for what that's worth: Mayor : I think we're gonna get a Landrieu-Henry runoff. Henry went full ...
Library Chronicles - Fri 11:29 p.m.
I have no idea how they stuffed this much crap in there. My favorite in this batch is the one on your right with the woman in the red sweater. That's John Georges' wife testifying to the general awesomeness of her husband. Unfortunately, when a candidate like John Georges decides to use his family as a cheap political prop all it does is cause me to speculate about the details of the Geror...
Library Chronicles - Fri 3:54 p.m.
Former FEMA Director Mike Brown picks Colts over Saints My favorite bit from the Politco blurb: He has a good sense of humor about being called "Brownie" and Bush's notorious "heckuva job" comment, joking that he's trademarked the two phrases. "It'll cost you $25 every time you say it." Uh oh, NOLA T-shirt makers. Brownie is coming after your ass next. #Defendheckuvajobbrownie ...
Library Chronicles - Fri 3:22 p.m.
Blackface & Gestapo: the last days of the mayoral campaign “John made a public statement on the issue last night during the debate that he won. On the contrary, we are waiting for Mitch Landrieu to explain himself to the men and women of the New Orleans Police Department after calling them the Gestapo. " Nanny nanny boo boo.... Translation: John made a baseless denial then stormed off...
American Zombie - Fri 2:47 p.m. - 4 clicks
I really can’t imagine why anyone would vote for any of the other candidates. Mitch Landrieu gets it when it comes to New Orleans. He’s been paying attention. We made a huge mistake in re-electing Ray Nagin instead of putting Mitch Landrieu in charge of our recovery when we last had the chance. Let’s don’t [...]...
Danger Blond - Fri 6:46 a.m. - 4 clicks
That’s right, it’s official. I am watching SportsCenter and as I predicted over on the Yellow Blog, Chris Berman picked the Indianapolis Colts to win the Superbowl! That is better news for the Saints than Dwight Freeney injuring himself! (Actually, I want Freeney healthy because I know the Saints can handle him and I don’t [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Thu 9:41 p.m. - 5 clicks
Mayoral frontrunner Mitch Landrieu targeted by rivals in televised forum Perhaps the night's most shocking moments came as candidates responded to the question about how they would heal New Orleans' long-standing racial divide. "There's a bigger issue out here, and it has to do with Mr. Georges," Couhig said. "I was so disappointed today when I was presented with evidence that an organizati...
American Zombie - Thu 9:41 p.m. - 5 clicks
It looks like those of us in Central Louisiana may be jumping aboard your ongoing battle against the Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA. From The Town Talk: Many homeowners in Alexandria, Pineville and throughout Rapides Parish could be staring at mandatory flood insurance with an annual premium costing as much as $5,000. …. Joe Sloan, an insurance specialist [...] ...
CenLamar - Thu 9:24 p.m. - 6 clicks
Bryan has left a new comment on your post " The Folly of Youth? ": Just so we are all clear on who is writing this article: http://www.nola.com/politics/ index.ssf/2009/08/american_ zombie_blogger_outs_h.html Yup...that's me. And here's who they are: ...
American Zombie - Thu 12:05 p.m. - 5 clicks
MTV recently confirmed that its deathless "Real World" show is returning to New Orleans. Despite pioneering the reality tv concept, "The Real World: New Orleans 2" doesn't have anything on "The Real Fans: Miami". (H/T Liprap's Lament ) ...
Right Hand Thief - Thu 9:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
Four years ago, we presented a virtual bag of Hershey's Kisses to Kimberly-Williamson Butler in recognition of her efforts to bring us the most off-the-wall campaign behavior of the season. Ms. Butler announced her intention to run for mayor whilst avoiding an arrest warrant for contempt of court. Later in the campaign, her staff produced a web graphic of Butler superimposed on a background pho...
Library Chronicles - Thu 8:08 a.m.
Yes, yes, I know: I’m stating the obvious. But in light of what Breitbart and Ben Stein and others have said about the young Mr. O’Keefe (who, for those of who don’t know, was arrested with three other men for allegedly attempting to tamper with Senator Mary Landrieu’s phone lines) and considering how Chad Rogers [...] ...
CenLamar - Wed 9:29 p.m. - 5 clicks
Does not one local sports bobblehead think that maybe the favorite can win the Superbowl? Seems like they're all in the tank for the Saints for some reason. That's fun and all but some of us might like to hear an honest opinion. ...
Library Chronicles - Wed 9:20 p.m.
LSU can sign as many "blue chip" athletes as they want , but as long as Les Miles is around, the whole program is stuck in neutral and sliding back down the hill. I guess I'm a bit surprised they're still doing this well since I know, if I were Nick Saban or Houston Nutt, I would have spent the last few months bringing DVDs of the end of the Ole Miss game to every star recruit's house with a me...
Library Chronicles - Wed 11:29 a.m.
In honor of the flap that the NFL found itself in down in Louisiana regarding the ownership of the phrase "WHO DAT?!" and the Sinning Senator's co-sponsoring of the DC Gay Marriage Referendum bill about to be introduced in the U.S. Senate, and currently in committee in the House, someone's about to have a whole lotta fun (and probably) make a ton of money on these t-shirts that I'm hearing ...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Wed 9:43 a.m. - 4 clicks
WGNO: Long-time political figure Maurice "Hippo" Katz died suddenly at his home in Metairie early Tuesday morning. ... Katz, an insurance executive who had clients throughout South Louisiana, has been an important political figure in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish for more than 30 years. He served on the staff of the late Mayor Dutch Morial and was one of Morial's closest friends. Followin...
Right Hand Thief - Tue 11:30 p.m. - 6 clicks
John Georges is one strange dude . The Dekes later denied that any sexual activity with the goat actually took place...I could find no comment from the goat. Adding: Earlier today, Oyster asked just what the ownership at the Tribune could possibly be thinking when endorsing this guy . NOLA politics: We may not be able to compete with Saints-in-the Superbowl, but don't say we aren't t...
Library Chronicles - Tue 3:45 p.m.
After arguing that Ray Nagin's 2006 election would help New Orleans elect a black mayor in 2010 , the New Orleans Tribune endorses... John Georges for Mayor . "It's complicated", the Tribune explains. Maybe not so much. BayouStJohnDavid writes: It certainly makes you wonder what Georges promised the Tribune's editor, Dwight McKenna. It's almost enough to make you wonder about McKenn...
Right Hand Thief - Tue 12:30 p.m. - 7 clicks
This has been hanging up in my cubicle since 2007. In that game, the Colts trounced the Saints 41-10, leading me to attach a note answering the ad's question: "The Colts, apparently." That piece is long gone now, but the question is born anew. Bonus: Can you find the huge spelling mistake? Most people miss it. ...
Ian McGibboney - Feb 1 - 7 clicks
Since I couldn't find archives on the Tribune's website, I'll copy it at the bottom of this post. It's worth rereading after reading this month's endorsement of John Georges: The New Orleans Tribune has been a tireless advocate and a consistently strong voice for self-governance and self-determination in a majority African American city. We have been out front endorsing and supporting African A...
Moldy City - Feb 1 - 6 clicks
Or just up to Gary Locke ? Really, Nagin or Riley (or somebody at WBOK) should say something if the Picayune's just making this up: Riley got in the last word, suggesting that if the favored candidate of his unnamed movers and shakers wins the upcoming race to succeed Nagin, those forces will see that the city's population tally increases -- on paper, that is -- so that the rate of violence ap...
Moldy City - Feb 1 - 9 clicks
But sometimes you gotta go to work no matter how much you drank the night before. Yesterday was one of those days. So far that makes two parades this Carnival season where the story is more about what I missed than about what I saw. Hope that trend turns around. I've been trolling the internets for national reaction to the parade. Predictably there's a lot of "Only in New Orleans" and "Look wh...
Library Chronicles - Feb 1
Clay: "The race for the next assessor is critical for the future of New Orleans. It's a battle between old nepotistic assessors that flout the law and back the vampires of the city and a new system that will actually treat everyone fairly, regardless of political connections." Eli: "Most consequential race flying under radar" This is a hugely important election, and assessments are an undera...
Right Hand Thief - Feb 1
I've been reading tons of fan comments regarding the Super Bowl on NFL.com, where a number of trends are evident: 1) Colts fans bragging about how classy their team is, all the while accusing the Saints of playing dirty and living in a dirty city full of whiny welfare recipients. 2) Fans of every other team accusing the Saints of playing dirty and living in a dirty city full of whiny welf...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 30 - 4 clicks
La. Democratic Party to Gov. Jindal: State should sue to protect 'Who Dat' I know you think they're being douchebags. And I know many of you think Vitter and Melancon were throwing bones to the rabid yesterday. But, in a purist sense, this is what democracy fucking looks like. Who cares what the pols' cynical motivations are if they're taking action on the shit you're screaming about? I t...
Library Chronicles - Jan 30
"Journalist" O'keefe releases a statement saying "the sole intent" of pimpgate was "to determine whether or not Senator Landrieu was purposely trying to avoid constituents who were calling to register their views to her as their Senator." I see. So the sequence described in the FBI's affidavit (#6-8) where O'keefe's partner Basel asks to see an office phone, "manipulates" it, (pretends?) to...
Right Hand Thief - Jan 29 - 5 clicks
There was a comment posted a while back saying that Alexandria could never be used as a filming location for anything but scenes needing small southern town Americana sort of stuff. Alexandria Film Maker Marshall Woodworth has this video: Camera angles and lighting obviously do a lot, but it doesn’t look terribly small town’ish to me. [...] ...
CenLamar - Jan 29 - 7 clicks
"The Saints have an explosive offense and an opportunistic defense. So many weapons on both sides of the ball, it's hard not to root for them, especially in light of what this team means to a still-recovering New Orleans. But, wow, Peyton Manning! Colts win, 56-0." - Every sports analyst It seems there's a Freudian transferrence of affection among sportscasters from Brett Favre to Peyton Mann...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 29 - 8 clicks
Link (Search for Pelican Institute) Name Type City Status PELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Non-Profit Corporation NEW ORLEANS Active Business: PELICAN INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY Charter Number: 36615065 N Registration Date: 12/17/2007 Domicile Address 400 POYDRAS STREET, 30TH FLOOR NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 Mailing Address 400 POYDRAS STREET, 30TH FLOOR NEW O...
CenLamar - Jan 26 - 4 clicks
It's amazing how despite the crazy wildness after the Saints victory, there's been such a dip in crime. Whoops, spoke too soon. TPM has a breaking report: James O'Keefe, the conservative filmmaker who was behind the undercover operations that [led] to the ACORN scandal last year, has been arrested with three others for allegedly trying to bug the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-...
Right Hand Thief - Jan 26 - 5 clicks
FBI Accusing Suspects Of Interfering With Senators Phones Wow, they're all in their early 20's. I hope the RNC is going to pay their legal bills for them and give them jobs when they get out of prison in a couple of years. Maybe they can work for Tom Delay. UPDATE: scratch Spy vs. Senator as title ACORN gotcha man among four arrested for attempting to tamper with Mary Landrieu's office ...
American Zombie - Jan 26 - 2 clicks
Saints win! Saints win! No matter what, we always have this time of joy, unity and pride. It's like a glorious euphoric waking dream-- Christmas morning when you're five sorta stuff. I should be hungover and exhausted, but I'm perky and alert, and feel like two new men. The world is alive and bursting with new possibilities... and I'm not even a lifelong Saints fan! But I swear, if a leprechau...
Right Hand Thief - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
A few days ago, the T-P's [barely] "Living" section interviewed some TV stars and asked them who they liked for the Super Bowl. Above the story there was this photo of John Goodman during the filming of a Treme episode. and below the picture was a statement along the lines of "We didn't need to ask who John Goodman was rooting for, as he is wearing a New Orleans shirt on the Treme set....
Right Hand Thief - Jan 24 - 5 clicks
Jeffrey explains why the "Crunk" song resonates with a New Orleans audience. Directly on point, I'd say. He also informs us that "we so got this", and includes a quote from Weezy in his post. This reminded me of a humorous incident at Theo's Pizza last week. A table of eight well-dressed businessmen were having lunch. On their table were two of those mini-stands with celebrity photos on the...
Right Hand Thief - Jan 23 - 4 clicks
...but I told you so: Nagin administration moving millions in recovery money without public input ...
American Zombie - Jan 22 - 3 clicks
If a tree falls in the Superdome but no one can hear it because the crowd's so loud, how deaf will Brett Favre be when his pants hit the ground? ...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 21 - 3 clicks
My octogenarian, retired school teacher mother forwarded me an email that she was sent by a friend who's also a retired school teacher: Just a reminder that Drew is a finalist for the FedEx Air Player of the year. Please visit www.nfl.com/fedex to vote.. Spread the word! Thanks! ...
Moldy City - Jan 20 - 2 clicks
During Hurricane Katrina, 73-year-old Althea LaCoste, whose ventilator depended on electricity, survived the initial power outage thanks to manual breathing assistance from hospital staff. But a medical expert for Ms. LaCoste said that she died some time later because of the strain suffered during that time. The CEO of Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital, who was sued because of the death, s...
Justice is a Fickle Thing... - Jan 20 - 7 clicks
"Bummer of a game, man. Show me some love." "Come on Drew...Brenda won't mind!" "No, Kurt, Kim's watching. And her cameras." "How about it, huh, Larry?" Awwwww..... Yesterday's Saints-Cardinals game was awesome! Not just for the 45-14 score, but because of what New Orleans showed about itself yesterday: - With Jeremy Shockey, Jabari Greer, Pierre Thomas, et al. back, it ...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 17 - 5 clicks
Around town, I keep hearing namby pamby nervous nelly Who Dats predict "I think the Saints will win by a field goal". Screw that. For the past month we've ebbed, and now it's time to flow. I'm expecting a decisive victory. I'm expecting Pierre Thomas and Jeremy Shockey to break some tackles for first down. I'm expecting to see evidence of superior gameplanning by the coaching staff. I'm expecting...
Right Hand Thief - Jan 16 - 5 clicks
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " 'You need to go back and do your research..." ": New lawsuit filed against Troy Henry: Diamond Darren v. Henry Troy; Henry Consulting LLC 1/14/2010 2:10-cv-00093C Berrigan (New Orleans) I think what's happening is the B3 lawsuit has tipped off other business partners of Henry's that he may have been sucking money out of his busi...
American Zombie - Jan 15 - 3 clicks
...I guess maybe we're not dealing with "mini-controversies" anymore. New Orleans mayoral candidate Troy Henry sued by former business partner Funny how there's no mention of the B3 lawsuit. ...
American Zombie - Jan 15 - 3 clicks
1/1 - Ring in the new year at a rockin’ party for the second year in a row, under the delusion that this will turn into a tradition. January - With our long-awaited new track finally under construction, the UL track team begins practicing at Lafayette High. I really went far in the last seven years, I think to myself, though it does make picking up my sister from school amazingly conven...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 14 - 8 clicks
Those were the marching orders I got from Troy Henry when I asked him about his claim that he was THE President of United Water. Ok...I took him up on it. Henry Consulting is currently being sued by their minority business partner, B3, in a joint venture they partnered in called Infinity Fuels, LLC. Infinity Fuels owns eight Shell gas stations in New Orleans and more in other metropolitan areas...
American Zombie - Jan 14 - 4 clicks
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " This explains so much... ": By the way... ...Riley was also (yesterday or a couple days ago?) on 990 AM with Irvin Mayfield (I think it was his show) amd coincidentally enough Mayfield - asking Riley for a one or two word summation of each name - went down a long list of every local pol (the whoel council, Nagin, all the candidates for mayo...
American Zombie - Jan 11 - 3 clicks
- The Saints are 4-0 this year against teams that fly (Eagles, Jets, Falcons sweep). - Kurt Warner has never beaten the Saints in the playoffs. He had only one chance, granted, but HAKIM DROPPED THE BALL! - Despite conflicting injury reports, New Orleans is likely to have most of its long-missed starters back Saturday (you know, the ones we missed in the recent fiascos). - Now that ev...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 10
2/3 - I cheer for the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI. One of my friends, a die-hard Pats fan, is extremely bitter over Tom Brady replacing Drew Bledsoe, and thinks it will be the death knell for the team. However, the Pats hold on to win over the hated (in Saints circles, anyway) St. Louis Rams. This would be the last time I ever pull for the Patriots. Late in the spring semest...
Ian McGibboney - Jan 6 - 4 clicks
Louisiana has been voted the happiest state in the nation . I can understand that. It's got a wonderful cultural mecca in New Orleans and has historically been a point of convergence for multiple cultures from all over the world. But "happiness" is an arbitrary notion. Some people are happy never doing a meaningful thing in their lives. Others are not happy but live productive lives. Som...
Ian McGibboney - Dec 28 - 3 clicks
