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31 January 2006
Where the priorities lie
One hour into the State of the Union address, 3 minutes before it ended, the President spoke about New Orleans and Louisiana.
For 20 seconds.
Mainly to mention that New Orleans was a shithole before the storm.
Thanks.
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25 January 2006
No better way to spend $1500
The Krewe of Zulu is opening up its membership for 2006, since so many of their riders cannot ride this year.
Here’s a link to post on the metroblog for New Orleans where I first saw this:
http://neworleans.metblogs.com/archives/2006/01/zulu_krewe_suff.phtml
I can think of no better way to drop $1500. I wish I had that kind of cash lying [...]
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24 January 2006
The BEAST and Michael Brown
Not surprisngly, Michael Brown made The BEAST’s list of the 50 Most Loathsome People in America. Here’s his entry:
35. Michael Brown
Charges: Second fiddle to Bush’s Nero—except that while New Orleans sank, Michael Brown just fiddled with himself. A man of geological indolence, Brown makes lichens seem dynamic. Despite being woefully unqualified for his job [...]
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24 January 2006
Congrats to the Rams
The St. Louis Rams have hired Jim Haslett as their defensive coordinator. As head coach in New Orleans, Haslett’s defenses sucked real bad, which might be an improvement for the Rams.
On a brighter note, the Saints hired former University of Oklahoma head coach Gary Gibbs as their defensive coordinator. Gibbs followed Sooner legend Barry Switzer [...]
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20 January 2006
Here Here!
Concering the Ray Nagin T-Shirts, this post over at the New Orleans blog People Get Ready sums up my thoughts pretty well.
Here’s the link:
http://peoplegetready.blogspot.com/2006/01/willie-wonka-ray-nagin-chocolate-city.html
(the repeated Willie Wonka Ray Nagin Chocolate City T-Shirt links are designed to move the Eracism site further up Google’s rankings when people search for Willie Wonka and Ray Nagin. By [...]
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20 January 2006
2006 Racquetball Championship
Dave and I finally stopped talking about playing racquetball and actually did it today. This is a good things, because we are both fat.
Dave won Day One, 2-1.
We are both really out of shape.
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19 January 2006
More on New Orleans’ worth
Here’s a bit from Roger Wilson’s editorial for the Gambit. Read the full article at
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2006-01-17/news_feat.php
It speaks to the “New Orleans isn’t worth rebuilding” argument. Ironically, he draws his inspiration from a recent speech by our previous beloved mayor, Marc Morial.
Beneath a phalanx of camera lights being powered by generators some five months [...]
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17 January 2006
‘Chocolate’ New Orleans
New Orleans will be extra-delicous, says Mayor
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14 January 2006
Eat that, Hallmark!
I just had the greatest idea. When people send cards, they should leave them blank, and just attach a post-it with a message. Thus proliferating the life of the card, and saving everyone heaps of money. And saving trees, and giving people the green light to send out cards that they have [...]
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13 January 2006
Satan Said Dance!
Just purchased two tickets to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Variety!
I think I’m the only one of my friends who is excited about this show. Surely someone will go with me.
