helping is easy

If you live outside Louisiana, you CAN help, just by contacting your elected
representatives


The Women of the Storm has compiled a list which shows which states' congresspeople
and senators have not toured Katrina & Rita's devastated areas. How can these people vote
for/against something they do not have first hand experience about?
Please contact your politicians and urge them to become involved.
Thanks.

Ya think?

-- President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working," the Iraq Study Group said in releasing its long-awaited report.

Ashley does it again

Ashley's wonderfully emotion stirring post on why New Orleans should be rebuilt

Thanks, Ashley.

A letter to Travelers Insurance

I hope he sends this letter.

Message to those not acquainted w/NOLA

This post is over a year old but I just found it.

Here's an excerpt:

To those not acquainted with New Orleans:
Yes, we realize that much of our city was built below sea level. It's kind of the first thing you learn in school. Right after that bit about that George guy and the cherry tree and right before eating paste is bad for you.
Yes, we realize our geography leaves us more vulnerable to flooding. We don't know this because we are smart. We know this because it rains a lot and we get off of school.
Yes, we tried to protect ourselves from it.
Yes, it has worked in the past with varying degrees of success.
No, it did not work this time.

Christmas in NOLA

Once again, Tim eloquently muses about Christmas season in post Katrina New Orleans

squatting conspicuously (almost defiantly) amid the destruction, is our boxy little FEMA travel trailer, lit up like Times Square.

Thanks, Tim.

Another Katrina Victim

read about it here.

excerpt

coroner's officials found houses in that neighborhood that did not appear ever to have been entered since the storm flooded the neighborhood.

The coroner's office has arranged to have volunteers from several city agencies search areas that have not been entered since Katrina, Gagliano said. The St. Tammany Parish search and rescue squad also will assist.

Coroner Frank Minyard told the City Council last month that the Michoud area of eastern New Orleans had never been searched for bodies since Katrina and should be investigated as soon as possible

Tribute to the troops

Go here and bring a kleenex.

Guess what's back?

read about it here

It's the Wetlands, stupid!

Reports are that the Congress is likely to consider "The Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act" (S.3711) early this week. At stake is the future of America's WETLAND in coastal Louisiana, where the equivalent of a football field of land vanishes to erosion every 38 minutes. A steady stream of funding is vital to save this region before it is too late and OCS revenue sharing proposed in the bill recognizes both the conditions and the needs of this region, which is vital to the energy and economic security of the nation. This area is of world ecological significance and must be preserved.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TODAY TO ASK YOUR COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS TO CONTACT THEIR CONGRESSMEN AND URGE PASSAGE OF THIS MEASURE.

It is these moments that will define our conservation legacy and our will as a nation to ensure for a sustainable coast.


To find out more about America's WETLAND: Campaign to Save Coastal Louisiana, visit Americas Wetland dot com.

Scuzzbucket of the Week

Didn't have too look to far for this week's scuzzbucket.

May I present Legislative Democratic Caucus and Senate President Donald Hines, Louisiana Senator



Hines was leading the charge for a $135 million sugar syrup mill in his hometown, with half the cost to be guaranteed by taxpayers.

The Bunkie mill was conceived as a benefit for 42 cane farmers in four central Louisiana parishes, one of whom is Hines' son-in-law. Hines is not just a benevolent paterfamilias on this occasion, but also a landlord. His son-in-law's farm includes 100 acres rented from pops.

Hines says he sees no conflict in his pursuit of public subsidies for sugartown, but perhaps a reading of the ethics laws would change his mind.

taken from this Times-Picayune artice