Thanks for the thoughts

New Orleans is not optional for the United States' commercial infrastructure. It is a terrible place for a city to be located, but exactly the place where a city must exist. With that as a given, a city will return there because the alternatives are too devastating. Taken from an article written in September 2005 from the stratfor dot com website

and it is in response to these posts

Should New Orleans be rebuilt?
Don't Refloat
Cities aren't forever
"To rebuild New Orleans the way it was last Saturday is not just a waste of money, it's unethical," said Dave Schultz, Northwestern Univ. Infrastructure Inst

Okay, searching for articles with similar to the above links is getting me angry again. The naysayers have no idea just how devastating their words are to people in the city of New Orleans. Yes, the city has its ugly side, just as all cities world wide do. And everyone has opinions on what should be done to/for New Orleans.
the NYT
If the rest of the nation has decided it is too expensive to give the people of New Orleans a chance at renewal, we have to tell them so. We must tell them we spent our rainy-day fund on a costly stalemate in Iraq, that we gave it away in tax cuts for wealthy families and shareholders. We must tell them America is too broke and too weak to rebuild one of its great cities.

Our nation would then look like a feeble giant indeed. But whether we admit it or not, this is our choice to make. We decide whether New Orleans lives or dies.


It's the truth, folks.

Healthcare Needed

New Orleans is having a healthcare crisis. There are not enough qualified medical people in the city where too much has been going on for the last 15 months.


it affects elderly people


trauma centers are few and far between

The NYT wrote about this problem almost a year ago

The psychological pain is glaringly obvious

Where the rest of the country think we should "be over Katrina by now", the real
truth is spoken in this article. Here's an excerpt:
We are at the mercy of a sort of disturbance in the force, and we’ve been there for so long, we’re accustomed to it. New Orleans was never like the rest of America, which is easy to forget, but now, especially after a year, there seems to be a tendency to accept madness as norm, fragments as wholes.

Attending to Sick Children Along a Gulf Coast Still in Tatters

In this time of giving thanks, the people in the city of New Orleans are still praying that someday they may be able to give thanks for decent medical care.

Scuzzbucket of the week

I know I should, but I cannot believe the audacity of this bastard.


In an interview, this son of a bitch discusses his upcoming book "If I did it".


“O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes,” the network said in a statement. “In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade.”


Rot in hell, Mr. Simpson.

Bookmark this

Corp Watch dot org
Holding Corporations accountable.

In a post from mid August, some news we probably were aware of, but it still pisses me off:


A CorpWatch analysis of FEMA's records shows that "fully 90 percent of the first wave of (the post-Katrina reconstruction) contracts awarded - including some of the biggest no-bid contracts to date -- went to companies from outside the three worst-affected states. As of July 2006, after months of controversy and Congressional hearings, companies from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama had increased their share of the total contracts to a combined 16.6 percent." The CorpWatch analysis shows that more federal reconstruction contracts have gone to Virginia and Indiana - usually large, politically connected corporations -- than to any of the three Katrina-devastated states.


Some later post titles include


Entergy Still Asking for Handouts and Putting Screws to Ratepayers

How High Can the Katrina Price Tag Go?

Get Hoffa Into Hair & Makeup, Stat!

A Monkey Could Hack That Voting Machine

Alan Richman is still a dick

Robert Peyton at the website appetites recently did an email interview with former scuzzbucket of the week Alan Richman.

The entire intereview is at this link Below is something
that jumped out at me. It wouldn't surprise me if this old fart was serious here

Robert Peyton:
Have you ever made a roux, or seen one made? Do you understand that the color in gumbo – the brown or in some cases dark brown – color comes from flour cooking in oil? Do you know of a way to achieve that color without
also producing the characteristic aroma and flavor of a roux?

Alan Richman:
This is absolutely not a commentary on the gumbo at Herbsaint, but it is a commentary on some New Orleans cooking, Yes, I do know an alternative way to achieve such a color. It’s called Kitchen Bouquet.

Operation Eden Update

Clayton Cubitt has posted his new Public Service Announcement regarding Katrina Mental Health

She...put the "ho" back in Tangipahoa.

Why I love Chris Rose

Post K Blues

Post Katrina Depression in NOLA . A sad look at the rampant depression in the city. A city with a screaming need for mental health experts NOW.

Veterans' Day

A heartfelt thank you to all of you who have served your country. Happy Veterans' Day.

For our future vets who are serving abroad, you can send them a message of thanks and support at America Supports You website

Ed Bradley RIP

CBS's 60 Minutes' Ed Bradley has passed away at age 63 from leukemia.


I always admired Ed. Rest in peace, classy gentleman.


Here's his bio