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Worth fighting for but eventually it's going to be a losing battle . The entertainment and telecom industries basically turned the corner when the latest generation of internet content delivery devices (Smart phones, tablets, etc) came into widespread use. This time they all understand the medium a bit more and how to orient the table so that all the control of content and audience rolls toward ...
Library Chronicles - 9:27 a.m.
CNN: Rescue efforts under way after oil rig explosion in Gulf One injured. None dead. None missing. So that's good. According to WWL , CNN says this is "not an active well". I don't know what that means. I hope it means we don't have a new gusher on our hands. But there's certainly some disconnect between the terms "not active" and "exploding". Update: More good news Vermillion 380 is a...
Library Chronicles - 9:27 a.m.
In one week the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints (From now on SBCNOS or occasionally HFS ) will take the field for the first time in for real football. I hope they sit Morstead out of tonight's fake game, you know, just in case. And just this morning I learned that scientists have finally isolated the fried beer gene . Excuse me while I grin for the rest of the day. ...
Library Chronicles - 8:01 a.m.
It’s been nearly three years since he was elected Governor, and honestly, I still don’t understand Bobby Jindal’s prerogatives. He opposed the stimulus and then traveled the State posing for pictures handing out oversized checks from the stimulus. He (essentially) fired his own Secretary of the DOTD, William Ankner, right after Mr. Ankner said Louisiana [...] ...
CenLamar - 2:07 a.m. - 3 clicks 
From text messages this afternoon: Ros: Just really watched that Chris Ivory run . Wow Me: He has a really big butt. Ros: Always good. Ironhead had a big butt. Me: Perhaps we will call him Ironbutt . I think we're ready. Bring on the damn Vikings. ...
Library Chronicles - Wed 6:42 p.m.
A couple of days ago, in a post about the race for Louisiana’s Third Congressional District, I mentioned that Republican candidate Jeff Landry had been endorsed by The Tea Party of Louisiana, which I implied to be a monolithic group of Republicans. Needless to say, this didn’t sit well with the board of the Tea [...] ...
CenLamar - Wed 5:40 p.m. - 4 clicks
Apparently these UNO students affected by the Governor's budget cuts agree A student demonstration at the University of New Orleans turned rowdy today when protesters scuffled with campus police, who arrested two of them and led them away in handcuffs in a police cruiser. One of the students was sprayed by police with mace. At least no one was tazed. Longtime readers will note that I am no fa...
Library Chronicles - Wed 12:04 p.m.
Perhaps there's life in this old Underwood typewriter yet. Ask yourself: Has any team gone through a 12-game regular season with a 9-3 record, leaving you with the impression it had no idea what it was doing when it had the football? Actually maybe not since after that bit, the article and its author sink back off to sleep. Plus just before it, there's this. Believe me, no one knows what to...
Library Chronicles - Wed 9:29 a.m.
Everybody knows the boat is leaking. Everybody knows that the captain lied. A few people have asked me recently why I've stopped writing about The Hell, why issues other than the petro pus from the Macondo well have crept into my posts of late. I figure it's mostly because I'm dumb. There are people way smarter than I who can tell you whatever you need to know about all that, and the con...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Wed 6:00 a.m. - 2 clicks
I'm working on a re-cap of the K+5, RT5 weekend. And that, not surpisingly, is a lot of stuff to digest, puke into a big post, and then spend the rest of the week culling and rearranging the puke a bit. It's very much like one of those Saints game posts that never make it up until three weeks after the next week's game. (Just in time for football season, right?) Anyway try not to sleep on me in t...
Library Chronicles - Tue 12:43 p.m.
Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat ... I mean "vanished" oil out of the ground. Despite persistent denials from BP last week, thousands of pounds of weathered oil is being pulled from under the surface of Pensacola Bay every day. ...
Library Chronicles - Tue 11:00 a.m.
Currently, there is only one Democrat representing Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives, Charlie Melancon of Louisiana’s Third Congressional District. Melancon, of course, has decided to forgo a re-election campaign in order to challenge David Vitter for the Senate. Very early on (actually, before Melancon even “officially” announced his intention to run for Senate), [....
CenLamar - Mon 11:49 p.m. - 14 clicks
Two years ago, Republican John Fleming, a Minden-area physician and the owner of a string of Subway sandwich restaurants, narrowly beat Caddo Parish District Attorney Paul Carmouche, a Democrat, to become the next Congressman representing Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District. Fleming won the seat by a margin of only 356 votes. Although Fleming’s victory ensured the [...] ...
CenLamar - Mon 5:49 p.m. - 12 clicks
In the Rude Pundit's hilarious review of the "Beckture": 5. Fun juxtaposition: Glenn Beck , speaking on Friday at the Kennedy Center, just before raping a kitten, using his tears for lube: "We are 12 hours away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America." Sarah Palin , speaking at the Beckture: "We must not fundamentally transform America, as some would want." ...
Right Hand Thief - Mon 10:27 a.m.
BP told us they would pay "all legitimate claims" derived from the Gulf Oil Gusher. As Dambala has told us repeatedly , it isn't reassuring to have Ken Feinberg emerge as the Great De-legitimizer. The administrator of the new claims process for victims of the Gulf oil spill said Sunday most of the individual claims reviewed in the first week lacked the minimal documentation to be paid. "The...
Library Chronicles - Mon 10:27 a.m.
Cell phone/texting culture - When I was 9, my dad brought home a portable phone from the radio station where he worked. It was a blocky Motorola thing, and it looked like a portable video game to me. When my dad told my 11-year-old brother he could make a call on it, he was apoplectic (a privilege not extended to me, a recurring theme of my childhood). He dialed my great aunt, who lived two doo...
Ian McGibboney - Mon 10:08 a.m.
This post originally appeared here . Three months into the moratorium on the U.S. Department of the Interior's moratorium on deep water drilling and it is abundantly clear that the doom and gloom prophesied by opponents of the moratorium have not materialized. The Louisiana Workforce Commission's (LWC) latest report shows record employment in the state in July, with falling un...
Daily Kingfish - Mon 10:07 a.m. - 6 clicks
David Melville , a Methodist pastor from Bossier City and political newcomer, was victorious in the Democratic primary and will face incumbent John Fleming this November in Louisiana's 4th District . Fleming, as you read in our earlier posts ( here , here , and here ), has staked out a far-right position and made it clear that he is not willing to work across the aisle in Congress....
Daily Kingfish - Mon 5:24 a.m. - 8 clicks
Early this afternoon, as we were packing to head back to Alexandria, a young man walked by the house and, seeing us on the front porch, announced, “The President’s down the street. He’s eating lunch at Parkway.” I was staying at my friend’s house on Lafitte, about a block and a half away from the [...] ...
CenLamar - Sun 5:46 p.m. - 9 clicks
Our good friend Lamar of CenLamar blog had the opportunity last week to join the Coast Guard on a flyover of the Deepwater Horizon site, and he posted a great article along with pictures . Here's a brief excerpt: I'm not sure exactly why I was invited to do this, but a little over three weeks ago at about seven at night, I received a phone call from someone at the White House, in...
Daily Kingfish - Sun 3:28 p.m. - 5 clicks
Yesterday, several Rising Tide attendees asked me what the unofficial title for the conference was this year. Okay, let's do a comprehensive review: Rising Tide I: Unfatigued Rising Tide II: Enter the Fist Rising Tide III: Attack of the Cranes Rising Tide IV: Will another fight break out this year? And the title for Rising Tide V was, obviously: Restoring Honor. We thought ...
Right Hand Thief - Sun 2:45 p.m. - 2 clicks
Three months into the the U.S. Department of the Interior's moratorium on deep water drilling and it is abundantly clear that the doom and gloom prophesied by opponents of the moratorium have not materialized. The Louisiana Workforce Commission's (LWC) latest report shows record employment in the state in July, with falling unemployment in every metro market, including the Houma ...
Louisiana Democrat 2 Democrat - Sun 12:07 p.m. - 9 clicks
Also District 2 dismally comes down to Richmond vs Cao. ( Dismal is not an unfamiliar modifier for District 2 elections .) At Rising Tide yesterday I got the impression that Richmond's problems may actually be even worse than current information suggests. But I'm still unable to understand exactly why the current information has not received more attention in the so-called mainstream press. ...
Library Chronicles - Sun 11:45 a.m.
I’m not sure exactly why I was invited to do this, but a little over three weeks ago at about seven at night, I received a phone call from someone at the White House, inviting me to participate in a flyover of the former site of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the current location [...] ...
CenLamar - Sun 12:23 a.m. - 13 clicks
With all precincts reporting it appears that Hunt Downer barely forces Landry into a run off. In order to prevent a run off Landry needed 50% +1 vote – and with Total Votes cast being at 20,952 in the Republican Primary in Congressional District 3, Jeff Landry only garnered 10,395 votes; he needed 10,477. Just 82 votes short of preventing a run off. WOW. Thi...
Daily Kingfish - Sat 10:28 p.m. - 3 clicks
In honor of restoring honor today, here's an honor of a tribute to the man who will walk in the honorable footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today: I have more to say, but I'm busy organizing an affair of my own called, "Restoring America's Duty." Our keynote speaker is Alan Grayson, and Al Franken, Dennis Kucinich and Rachel Maddow will also address the estimated crowd of...
Ian McGibboney - Sat 9:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
On Thursday’s show Keith Olbermann takes on Congressman Fleming. Is it too far of a stretch to take what Congressman Fleming said this past week and then compare that to the Cabby who was attacked this week for his Muslim faith? I don’t think it is. This constant fear mongering that Fleming is pushing… not to mention the fact that he is using a back han...
Daily Kingfish - Sat 8:05 a.m. - 3 clicks
Another Katrinaversary is upon us and with that comes, of course, a fair amount of heavy personal reflection for everyone. In a city of rituals, it's no surprise that a multitude of public happenings are planned around this time of year to commemorate the events of five years ago that changed everyone's lives. One such ritual happening I've become accustomed to attending is the Rising Tide new...
Library Chronicles - Fri 6:23 p.m.
DailyKos takes on Fleming yesterday in a posting that is exploding with comments . It states that Fleming is what Kos Founder Markos Moulitsas had in mind as he penned his new book “American Taliban: How War, Sex, Sin and Power bind Jihadists and the Radical Right.” Take a look at what they are saying… Daily Kos ...
Daily Kingfish - Fri 7:25 a.m.
Rising Tide keynote speaker Mac McClelland . Conference features content-rich panels, discussion, lunch, zombies, fun and the annual presentation of the Ashley Morris award. Full Schedule here . Visit Rising Tide to learn more and register to attend. ...
Right Hand Thief - Thu 5:27 p.m. - 5 clicks
T-P: Congressional party primary turnout may end up 'in the teens' on Saturday Perhaps if there had been more substantive reporting on the candidates in the mainstream press, we wouldn't have this problem. It isn't like there hasn't been any information out there to talk about , only that no local media outlet has deemed it newsworthy for some reason. Instead, we get bland summaries of ...
Library Chronicles - Thu 11:44 a.m.
So as it turns out the Baton Rouge bar fight was over a pool game...awesome. Tell you what I'll do, I'll challenge Cedric Richmond to a pool match...8 ball, race to 7 games, APA rules....if he wins I will take down every blog post I've written about him, if I win he has to give me a one hour interview and answer all of my questions. And how did his record just "dissapear"? It s...
American Zombie - Thu 11:08 a.m. - 13 clicks
Over the past few days, parking at my apartment complex has increasingly become a hassle. Two nights ago, I had to park almost halfway across the complex from where I live, which makes for awesome impromptu exercise at 1 a.m. In the almost four years I've lived there, I've only had to do this once before — and that was after an ice storm two years ago. I harbored two theories for this sudden ...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 26 - 3 clicks
Congressman John Fleming, Freshman legislator from the Louisiana 4 th Congressional District attended an event for the Republican Women of Bossier. Well Fleming didn’t waste any time in coming out and attacking Democrats as the problem for everything. The Audio file is available through the Shreveport Times website . If you listen to it you will hear Fleming...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 26 - 8 clicks
The first call arrived at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 31. I was at the CC's on Johnston Street in Lafayette awaiting the arrival of a friend and was on hold awaiting my banker (credit union-er?) to return to the line. It was essential business, so I did not put the held call on hold, but let the incoming call ring through to voice mail. A couple of minutes later, while still on th...
Louisiana Democrat 2 Democrat - Aug 25 - 12 clicks
The following was meant as a comment to this AZ post featuring a highly questionable piece of political advertising. But it was too long for the comment form so I put it here. I'm pretty sure Dambala checks this space from time to time. Dude. You don't think this is a pretty slimy ad? I mean put Richmond's well documented problems aside and just look at this. In this spot we get one uni...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
Feds may be probing Riley for his supposed shoot-the-looter order after all. Don't have a link yet. Still don't have a reliable source outside of "Rush Radio" . In the meantime, everyone should watch the Frontline report on police activity after Katrina that aired last night . Not a single person in any position of authortity during that time ends up looking any good at all. ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
New Orleans, LA – As required by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the New Orleans Police Department is issuing a public advisory regarding a sobriety checkpoint that will be conducted. The New Orleans Police Department’s Traffic Division will conduct a sobriety checkpoint on Thursday, August 26, 2010, in the Algiers area, beginning at approximately 9:00 P.M., and concluding approximately 5:00 A.M. ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
After Katrina, Cops Given OK to Shoot Looters In one instance captured on a grainy videotape shot by a member of the force, a police captain relayed the instructions at morning roll call to cops preparing for the day's patrols. "We have authority by martial law to shoot looters," Captain James Scott told a few dozen officers in a portion of the tape viewed by reporters. Scott, then the com...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
The most inefficient and stupid way to spend a disaster recovery allocation. Taking into account all the bonds, tax credits, and other benefits extended to businesses throughout the GO Zone regions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the package is expected to cost the country about $9 billion in federal revenue by 2015, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. But while the ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
He was telling her fo' true....the state is definitely working for him. I think our local MSM may be working for him too. ...
American Zombie - Aug 25
Salon: Ex-FEMA chief plans live broadcasts in New Orleans Michael Brown will take his radio show on the road to mark the fifth anniversary of Katrina Pray that no one disturbs him while he's eating. ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 25
Anonymous said... HOLY COW the same Pearlie Elloie who teamed up with Vernon Shorty and a few others who stole over $3,500,000.00 dollars (3.5 million dollars) from HUD and the City of New Orleans in the scam now known as the Desire Community Housing Corporation???? I don't know a lot about it...can you fill me in? I'm not kidding...I don't know as much as people think I do so...
American Zombie - Aug 24 - 8 clicks
Hammered by Hurricane Katrina and the worst oil spill in history, the residents of Louisiana's Gulf Coast are trying to make it through these tough times with the help of IBEW members who work and live in the region. ...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 24
You people are just gonna have to come to me. Unless you don't like being strip searched either, I guess. ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 24
The street musicians featured in HBO's hit TV series Treme make the best money playing the high-traffic tourist areas, such as Jackson Square and Royal Street (during the day). The real estate around Jackson Square is too valuable to just hang out, and those just sitting around will be nudged aside in favor of folks who want to make money. When the buskers want some down-time...
DailyKos (Louisiana) - Aug 24
In a very special episode of Blue Monday’s, Stephen sits down with State Senator Butch Gautreaux and talks about his race to become our next Lt. Governor. ...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 24
They make things vanish with no nasty side-effects A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is suddenly flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf after the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. And the microbe works without significantly depleting oxygen ...
Library Chronicles - Aug 24
The Baton Rouge Advocate finally took on their own flavor of the crime camera scam. Greg Meffert and Mark St. Pierre managed to finagle Mayor Kip Holden into contracting Netmethods for crime camera services back in 2007, just as we were beginning to realize how screwed up our system was. The word is there were plenty of back room deals with the B.R. contract, much like the N.O. contrac...
American Zombie - Aug 24 - 3 clicks
The “Louisiana Tea Party” is currently running ads attacking Hunt Downer’s conservative bona fides trying to saddle him with the “R.I.N.O.” label as well as trying to attach him to former Governor Blanco. Here is their ad: And Politico takes this issue on in their piece today : At the heart of the opposition is Downer's decision to s...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 24
I'm currently borrowing my brother's DV camera, which is the best video device to which I've had access. This is my first substantial attempt at making a video with it. I'm hoping to play with it more so it looks a little less analog in post-production (and I look a little more accurate). YouTube adds pounds and subtracts definition. This video is based on actual...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 23
NEW ORLEANS (WSJ)— Government tests uncovered serious problems with the blowout preventers aboard two deepwater rigs that were drilling relief wells to shut down BP PLC's broken well, regulatory documents show. The problems are likely to spark new questions about whether the devices, touted by the industry as a fail-safe, are reliable. ... The failure of the Deepwater Horizon's blowout prevente...
Right Hand Thief - Aug 23 - 6 clicks
I was wrong. I admit it. I had a very important fact dead wrong about Cedric Richmond, Ike Spears, 5437 Crowder Blvd., NOCE and NOCAP......Grateful Realty did not own the property from 2000 to 2004 while the non-profits were housed there. A company called Crowder Development Corporation, LLC owned the property. And guess who owns Crowder Development? Un-fucking-believab...
American Zombie - Aug 23 - 2 clicks
Yours truly appeared on yesterday’s Kudzu Vine Radio program and it is now available online at their website - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kudzu On the show we talked a lot about Louisiana Politics and especially about the upcoming Primaries to be held THIS SATURDAY. ...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 23 - 3 clicks
For the record: During the last four years, I have learned, first-hand, about the hazards and the pitfalls of publishing an open website about my own impressions of life in Central Louisiana. And without a doubt, I’ve made it doubly difficult for myself, because although my website is a hobby, something that I do on [...] ...
CenLamar - Aug 23 - 9 clicks
Last year, I attended a two-day workshop in New Orleans about SafeGrowth, which is, essentially, a pithier term for a concept known as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The workshop, which was sponsored and hosted by the AARP, focused in large part on the work currently being done in Hollygrove, a particularly violent and [...] ...
CenLamar - Aug 22 - 6 clicks
Today's entry is something I wrote in December 2009 but didn't publish. The Onion AV Club has a great feature called " Q&A " where staff writers pose and answer questions relating to how entertainment has affected their lives (or hasn't). I really enjoy this feature, and on several occasions have been inspired to write about my own experiences — sometimes writing much longer pa...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 22
I got a hold of one of the mailers which had the blog address at the bottom: I feel like the old man in that...commercial which I cant remember the brand...."What does it all mean?" All I can say is that I feel exactly like that young lady looks....I'm pissed and I want answers. And BTW....NOCAP did cash in on the LSED. I have the papers. They're revelatory. I...
American Zombie - Aug 21
If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you know I’ve written a lot about smart growth. It’s a topic to which I frequently return, one of my favorite subjects for a number of reasons. Understanding and implementing smart growth, I believe, are critical for any community that seeks to compete in the [...] ...
CenLamar - Aug 21
I don’t think this issue requires much of an introduction because the debate over paying for crossing guards within the City of Alexandria has been an issue for most of the past years. The existing system in which crossing guards are paid for by the City of Alexandria is simply not something that works anymore [...] ...
CenLamar - Aug 21 - 4 clicks
Cross-posted from an article by Sue Sturgis on Facing South President Obama plans to be in New Orleans on Aug. 29 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina -- a prime opportunity to put disaster recovery issues back atop the national agenda. Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech at Xavier University, the nation's only historically black Roman Catholic institution...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 21 - 2 clicks
I told myself I wouldn't write about the Islamic cultural center issue again. It's increasingly becoming an issue important only in how divisive it's become to Americans, and how far we have yet to go to live up to our ideals. You could even call it a distraction. But suffice to say, I still support its construction and reject the idea that sensitivity (at least as far as the arguably false and d...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 21
Me: I have been reading some stuff about Cedric Richmond that does not sound too good. My friend: Like What? Me: Well, American Zombie is saying that Richmond was involved with something called the New Orleans Center for Enhancement. They got $150,000 from something called the Louisiana Stadium and Exhibition District that was supposed to buy computers [...]...
Danger Blond - Aug 20 - 3 clicks
Richmond appeared on WWL this morning. That was a pretty pathetic job by Paulsen. EP - "Hey I hear you may involved with some...thing...that....may not be.....right." CR - "Nah...don't worry about it." EP - "Oh I see, it's all good then." Nice. He didn't even name the organization correctly. Never mind asking "Hey, how did you pay for that Rolex?" That could have been a ve...
American Zombie - Aug 20
Rising Tide is next weekend...time to sign up homeboys and homegirls.. http://risingtide.eventbrite.com/ Your's truly will be there and I even have the great privilege of sitting on the politics panel this year. I always look forward to RT but this year should be especially bitchin' as so many new folks have entered the Nawlins' blogosphere and I look forward to meeting them. If a...
American Zombie - Aug 20
I just saw this email from Krewe of Truth today: AMERICAN ZOMBIE exposes more inappropriate behavior in Cedric's management of your tax dollars that went to non-profits supposedly set up to serve low-income residents. In fact, of money received, only 2 percent actually went to help children. Sad. I will add this to what ZOMBIE exposes: the building that housed the non-profits in question is th...
American Zombie - Aug 19
The Advocate’s Capital News Bureau is reporting tonight that Brent Furer, the Vitter Staffer who was convicted of two DWI’s and plead out on charges relating to him assaulting his ex-girlfriend, had tax payer funded travel to and from his court appearances in Baton Rouge. From The Advocate : Taxpayers footed the bill when a former aide to Republican U.S. Sen. David Vi...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 18
In the past couple of days I've received more documents about grants distributed to non-profits from the Louisiana Stadium Exposition District. Suffice to say I would love to go back and research many of these non-profits, yet I want to stay focused on NOCE - New Orleans Community Enhancement. One of the documents I obtained was the original grant application to LSED from NOCE....it was ...
American Zombie - Aug 18 - 4 clicks
A new Poll released today shows that Vitter will likely be forced into a Run Off if he is to keep his seat in the US Senate. The initial and detailed report was first reported by The Franklin Sun . The poll was conducted on behalf of Vitter’s Republican Primary challenger, frmr Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court Chet Traylor. After delivering the inform...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 17
My mom once taught me that you should never give in to whining children. When you so so, you teach them the lesson that they will always be able to get what they want if they whine enough. The people protesting against the building of the Cultural Center two blocks away from “ground zero” are acting [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Aug 17
Cross-posted from an article by Sue Sturgis on Facing South Number of Gulf Coast landfills that the Environmental Protection Agency has approved for taking waste from BP's oil spill: 9 Number of those that are located in communities where a majority of residents are people of color: 5 Tons of BP's waste disposed of at the Springhill Regional Landfill in Campbel...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 17
Are any of you AZ peeps on Guidestar ? If so can you contact me? And if you want to help a Zombie out, you can donate at the right, I need to raise $350 to join for a month to use the service. Gracias. HANG ON: I just found out the Loyola library has access to Guidestar. Thanks AL. But if you want to donate don't let that stop you :). ...
American Zombie - Aug 17
Rule #162: Thin skin deep If you're so shallow that you feel the need to compare and contrast the looks of Democratic women and Republican women, at least be fair. Nancy Pelosi doesn't look half bad, considering she's 70 years old. Helen Thomas is 90 and also a bad partisan example. And anyone can look ugly in harsh light and when caught mid-sentence. It also doesn't bolster your c...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 16
There was a noticeable difference at this year’s event. No more buffet brought in and sponsored by other groups – this year we had a plated dinner and a packed room. There were very few open seats left in the room and you couldn’t fit another table in the room if you tried. In a touch of genius (and perhaps this is just my inner “ gleek ” sp...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 15
Continuing with the theme here – The DSCC concluded the meeting by welcoming the Democrats who are vying for the US Senate. As there is a Democrat who is challenging Congressman Melancon. Follow the Jump for the reviews Cary Deaton – Deaton hails from Metarie Louisiana and is a graduate of Tulane Law School. He worked for the U.S. Patten office and...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 15 - 3 clicks
Continuing with our theme here – The DSCC meeting continued with Chairman Leach introducing Democrats who are running for Congress from the various districts throughout the state. I have done the best I can to outline their speeches here but also give you my opinion on each – the big question is – WHAT DO YOU THINK? Please comment on the item here – or sen...
Daily Kingfish - Aug 15
For the past four months, I've been researching a tip I received on current 2nd District Congressional candidate, State Rep. Cedric Richmond. I was told that Rep. Richmond took a chapter out of the Mose/Bill Jefferson playbook and set up at least one 501c3 (non-profit), then bilked the organization's cash flow for personal use. That's not a flippant allegation, and I was admittedly ret...
American Zombie - Aug 13
"Is Beavers a new guy?" "He has to be, or we would have made fun of his name before." "The Saints will be hot this year with Moore, Bush and Beavers." "What do they call the Patriots cheerleaders? I'd think it was the Patriettes." "Let me look it up...No, they're the New England Patriots Cheerleaders. Clever." "Jeremy Shockey shaved himself." "Beavers just muffed the ball....
Ian McGibboney - Aug 13
I'll try to explain the reasons why I haven't been posting much lately tomorrow or the next day. There are a few reasons why the posting became less frequent a couple of years ago, but I had hoped to pick it up a notch after my vacation last month. Unfortunately, I'm recovering from a fairly serious accident, so that's been put on hold. I'm back at work, but sleeping's difficult, so I don't have t...
Moldy City - Aug 11
Here is a map of the site of the proposed Cordoba House. (Not a mosque, but a cultural center that will include a place to pray.) Here is a map of an existing Mosque in New York City. It is called Masjid Manhattan. Notice something? Masjid Manhattan is 2 blocks away from the site of the proposed [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Aug 11
By Earl "Clem" Bob I just put a new bumper sticker on the back of my truck. It was hard to find space, what with all the pro-life stickers and the Calvin pissin' decals and that big Dale Earnhardt 3 with the wings and halo and the rusted-out panels and whatnot. But after seein' the new sticker on my neighbor Jim Bob's SUV, I knew it was too hilarious — and urgent — to ignore. At m...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 10
BP oil spill claims meeting leaves many frustrated: 'I got the same answers I seem to be getting every time' (with photo gallery) John Daversa said cancellations at the condo he rents out equal about $27,000 for the year, but BP has only paid him $1,250 so far. "Every meeting has started with someone saying, 'Today you're going home with a check,'" said Daversa. "And they all e...
American Zombie - Aug 7
The following pictures are from Horn Island, MS. about 4 days after we made our original flyover. The pictures were taken by Ben Moore and LibbyWatson...I hope to find a link to credit them further : ...
American Zombie - Aug 6
Well would you look at that! After all the nay saying and doom and gloom that people tried to have us believe that if a moratorium was put in place that the companies would just get up and leave and never come back… Despite uncertainty about when the federal moratorium on deepwater oil exploration in the Gulf [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Aug 6
In a development that surprised absolutely no one, Missouri voters passed Proposition C with more than 76 percent of the vote on Tuesday. Prop C declared that the state would exact no penalties against its residents if they refused to comply with the federal health care insurance mandate. Of course, the referendum is ultimately worthless, because it’s a state law written to undermine a feder...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 5
I rarely get to watch movies at the theater these days, unless it's animated flicks with my kids. So last night we had a date night with another couple and we went to see Salt. I was left with a very bitter taste in my mouth, so I guess the film is aptly named. The sequel should be named, "Salt: Rubbing It In The Wound". There are bad movies....then there's this one. Half way throug...
American Zombie - Aug 5
This is a fascinating article in the New Yorker if you enjoy reading about the US Senate. It reminded me of this book. I can’t recommend Caro’s biography series on Lyndon Johnson highly enough. I picked up the first volume, The Path to Power, at the Goodwill store in Hammond and got hooked. I’ve been [...]...
Danger Blond - Aug 4
...too bad they have their iPhone earpieces in. Time for a U.S. Revolution – Fifteen Reasons I would add #16 to Mr. Quigley's list...the blatant collusion between government oversight groups (LDEQ, MMS, EPA) and big corporations which lead to large scale environmental disasters and destroy entire ecosystems, cultures and economies. Oh well....hey... Lindsay Lohan took her clothes off again. ...
American Zombie - Aug 3
Today is Election Day in southwest Missouri. It will be remembered for all time as the tea-partiest election in a tea party time (I hope). To wit: 1) Proposition C . The main referendum, popularly known as "Prop C" in a nod to both street cred and fruit punch, Prop C declares that Missouri will not prosecute anyone for violating the federal health insurance mandate. Which sound...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 2
The punditry commenting about these investigations into Waters and Rangel are all backwards and crazy on what party should be suffering by this. See, when Tom Delay had his ethics scandal, the Republicans voted to weaken ethics rules to protect Delay. Our Governor, Bobby Jindal, was one of those Republicans who voted to weaken those House [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Aug 2
Well maybe you should get to know them. They are a state entity...well funded state entity...whose job it was to help companies prevent oil spills off Louisiana's coastline and " serve as the single point of contact for all programs related to oil spills in Louisiana". Is LA oil spill research a "rigged game"? Love that list of names and backgrounds: ...
American Zombie - Aug 2
There was a lot of campaigning going on by members of the left who wanted to make sure that Fox News did not get the seat previously held by Helen Thomas. They wanted NPR to get the seat. They partially succeeded because the AP moved to that seat from their previous front row position. However, Fox [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Aug 2
BP offers one-off payouts to stem Gulf oil spill lawsuits This is pretty amazing. We had to wait for a British paper to inform us of the BP/Feinberg payout plan. Read this carefully: The fund does not cap BP's liabilities at $20bn. But privately the company believes that it will not have to pay out anywhere near this sum. BP has hired a battery of lawyers to protect itself, an...
American Zombie - Aug 1
Seriously, if you are chopping vegetables in the kitchen and Jersey Shore is within earshot, you might hear " I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin' 20s washing [clothes in the sink]!" And you might lose concentration, along with several digits. That's something you wouldn't want to explain. ...
Right Hand Thief - Aug 1
So I was watching Pastor John Hagee's program this morning. The only reason I did so was the reason I tend to watch any TV show: because of channel inertia. I had caught Saturday Night Live last night, which reminded me how much Abby Elliott is definitely my type, and the TV was still on channel 12. Also, I was curious in that same academic sense that compels me to read rich-bastard mag...
Ian McGibboney - Aug 1
Footage approaching Ship and Cat Islands in Mississippi from the flyovers: I want to guess the astroturfer's explanations before they make them: - That's all CG man, you did that on a computer. - That's not the Gulf of Mexico, that was shot in your backyard pool. - That's from a pack of whales with a bad case of diarrhea. - That's cloud formations and reflections...
American Zombie - Jul 31
Target is running a commercial featuring the song “Free To Be… You and Me“. It can be seen here: Target makes political contributions to conservative groups that support candidates who oppose equality for people who are homosexual. I guess they missed the meaning of the song when choosing it for their ad. ...
Liberty and Justice for All - Jul 31
Tradition. The common thread that binds humanity through the generations. Through repeated customs, we make sense of what often seems like a cold, apathetic, uncaring universe. We seek solace in the practice’s ability to bind society and, once the tradition is satisfied, we look forward to fulfilling the next rung in our eternal ladder of destiny, uniting us with those who trod before us. Tra...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 29
Why is it that when Democrats bring up President Bush that some conservatives will be critical of them for looking towards the past and then those same conservatives will, in their very next breath, compare Obama to Hitler?Just sayin… ...
Liberty and Justice for All - Jul 27
I approve of this post title . The Hayride's Ryan Booth is pullin for Jeb Bush in 2012 horse race. Needed comedy relief: as unsafe as it is funny. ...
Right Hand Thief - Jul 26
Subject: Does WWL AM 870 Protect Whore Mongering ‘Republican’ Politicians? I say-- indubitably –- YES!!!!!!!! Don, I am sure the past e-mail that I sent with the evidence (Times-Picayune James Gill Column dated 1/12/2003 – “Who knew the boat did it?”) that you so conveniently are not able to recall is quoted below and is more than adequate evidence to substantiate that WWL’s pal Billy Nungesser, ...
Right Hand Thief - Jul 26 - 2 clicks
For the past year or so, prompted largely by the New Orleans Saints’ awesome championship run, I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic for Louisiana. I’ve been away for more than three years now, but I manage to get down there at least twice a year. My most recent trip, last February, was fed by the exhilaration trifecta of the Saints winning the Super Bowl, my first Mardi Gras in four years and my mo...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 25
I've been writing my latest blog entry for three days now, and it looks like it'll take at least a fourth. It'll probably be too long for anyone to read, but the intro will probably piss off some people, so I'll have to make sure it's worth getting to the end when we all hug. Glad I don't have any space or decorum rules here. In the meantime, here's a short fable: I wear soft extended-wea...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 23
In your ranting today about how you “understand” how President Obama doesn’t like oil companies, you are uninformed. President Obama, previous to this spill, had proposed increasing drilling as part of our energy policy.The moratorium is not to punish oil companies but to make sure that the people of the gulf coast are safe from [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Jul 21
Now that Senator Byrd has been replaced, the Democrats have the votes (along with the two Senators form Maine) to pass an extension of unemployment benefits. This is, of course, good for people who are currently unemployed and cannot find a new job in a down economy. It does have a side effect though. For those who [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Jul 20
I don't smoke pot and never have, but I think it should be legalized. Garrett Morris makes a very strong case for legalization, encapsulating pretty much everything I've ever said and more. The video quality itself is grainy and the subtitles could use spellcheck, but that's neither here nor there. Once again, the Saturday Night Live alum and New Orleans native doesn't disappoint...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 20
Starting today and through the end of the week I am subbing in for David Gereighty on GT morning. Tomorrow (Tuesday the 20th for those reading this on Facebook, just in case they take forever to upload the feed) the guest will be Dr. Len Bahr, an expert on the gulf. You should read previous blog [...]...
Liberty and Justice for All - Jul 19
Yesterday, I was going through an online message board on an opinion piece that had been published in a newspaper. Actually, I read several. The threads all pretty much came to this exchange at some point: "You need to listen to something besides Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Glenn Beck once in a while." "Oh, like Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow or all the mainstream networks?" ...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 17 - 2 clicks
Last Friday night, while at my metaphorical day job, I found myself distracted by a cacophony of noise. My newsroom, like most, has several television sets mounted on the walls that tend to be any combination of noisy, flashy and liable to fall at any moment. And when it’s not that, it’s the ubiquitous police scanner. Usually, I’m able to tune them out with the mental skills and discipline I lear...
Ian McGibboney - Jul 15
