Tragic Crime Wave

Too many good people are getting taken away in New Orleans horrific crime problem.


Blues notes '07 tells about the cause of the murder of
the founder of the "Hot 8 Brass Band", Dinerral Shavers.


b.rox discusses what he pens "a horrible tragedy" in the murder of Helen Hill in her own home on Rampart Street

NOLANik has created a site where Helen Hill's friends are collecting memories of Helen here.
She must've been a very special lady. Prayers for her loved ones' strength are going out.
Here is another moving tribute to Helen.


The Chicory calls for Warren Riley's resignation. I'd say it's a good start.

PaulP posts at Metroblogging about seven days, twelve murders He shares my
feelings about how bad things are in NOLA, crime-wise.
Yep, it's pretty bad when third world countries are laughing at you.

The WaPo reports on - as of yesterday - 5 shooting deaths in 14 hours Since New Year's Day, when the police chief declared New Orleans' murder rate under control, the city has logged six homicides, including five shooting deaths in a 14-hour span.

Another reason to love SE LA

King Cake!!!!

just had my first piece of kingcake of the season.

KBB & God

dambala discusses Kathleen Blanco's morning conversations with the Supreme Being.......

The Thieving Scum Sugar Bowl

one of my favorite bloggers discusses how Louisianians should
react to the presence of Allstate as sponsor of the Sugar Bowl...

snip...
should we be ready to treat thtem to some of the triple decibel noise we know 70,000 plus angry fans can generate, showering the field with our true feelings and perhaps the odd loose projectile?

I like that idea!

Thanks, Mark.

Postivity

Heather Buck penned a positive look back at
good things that happened in 2006 in NOLA.

Thanks Heather!

Is this nerve or pure idiocy?

PUL-EEZ
New York Times
3-Jan-07
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By John F. Burns and James
Glanz
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Iraq’s Shiite-led government said Tuesday that it had ordered an investigation into
the abusive behavior at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was subjected to a battery of taunts by official Shiite witnesses and guards as he awaited his hanging.


here's a list of Mr. H's crimes

The Danzinger Incident

from NPR

excerpt
The Danziger Bridge incident needs to be understood in the context of a major American city that had disintegrated.

"The New Orleans Police Department was overwhelmed," says Anthony Radosti, vice president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission and a former 23-year veteran investigator with the New Orleans police.

"Radio communication was at a minimum. [The police] felt isolated, abandoned. They had no place to live or sleep. Rumors were just wild. Sniper fire, armed individuals on the street. And in some cases, that information was true," Radosti says.

An Arkansas paramedic who rode to the Danziger Bridge with police that morning told NPR that officers were involved in a five-minute gunbattle. He heard people shooting back, but he says he was hiding and he couldn't see who they were.

Radosti sympathizes with embattled officers who were trying to take back their city -- up to a point.


Varg discusses this and the CCC bridge incident

WWL program changes

I want to thank WWL for removing that pompous bag of hot air from
105.3 FM and relegating him to A.M. from 11-2 on weekdays.

They will now be broadcasting live with a call-in format in this time slot.

I know it won't make Schroeder happy, but you can't please everyone.

I'm just glad I don't have to turn my radio off here at work from 11-2 any more.

Gulfport-Biloxi

Pictures taken in November '06 in Gulfport/Biloxi show the
progress being made.

Holiday week

Mark Folse contemplates the future of New Orleans
If we want a city that resembles the one of memory and desire, perhaps it is best if we are left to ourselves to build it. Give me enough people like Shearer, like the New Orleans bloggers listed at right and I believe we can do it: ourselves alone; Sinn Fein, as Ashley says. Going it alone, with fair compensation from the government for the damage they caused, will be painful

EJ finds reasons to make people feel a little better this year. Hell, who knows? Maybe Nagin will miraculously wake up mute next week!


b.rox discusses the wide range of emotions that can be wrought in one day....cognitive dissonance is a way of life here. People know how to combine tragedy and celebration without giving short shrift to either. I think that’s the part of New Orleans culture that I admire the most....

American Zombie talks about another depressing NOLA rumor

R.I.P. Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford passed away on Dec 26 at the age of 93