So many lies. It seems as if some of the NOLA blogosphere is out there with opinions on these lies, wishing to provide info to prove them as lies. Here are some links:
Greg Peters provides a link to Reasic dot org where the healthcare lies are debunked.
First Draft discusses how all the sensationalism is creating a "blind panic" among the uninformed.
Talking Points Memo article on what Sarah Palin started. She's such white trash.
Here's one about a "protester" that was actually a GOP official
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Knowledge is power.
It's unbelievable the rabid pitch that the "Death Panelers" (one of them is Sarah Palin, which is certainly no surprise to me) have stooped to regarding the current health care reform activity taking place across the country. I find it extremely distasteful that this Tea Party group would stoop so low as to scare the elderly. But of course this was done during Kathleen Blanco's run for governor, wasn't it?. So it is a bipartisan dirty politic kind of thing.
I truely wish that all of the people who believe everything that's told to them about the health care reform would do their homework. With access to the internet, it's not too difficult to find the bill itself and read through it. Here's the link to all 1,015 pages:
It's in "pdf" format, so if you don't have it you'll have to download adobe.
There is a very bright young woman named Adriana Maxwell out of Atlanta who is in the process of reading the bill. She's sharing her interpretation of the bill at a neat website I just found today called ireport dot com. Here she is seen discussing the first 150 pages. Of course it is her interpretation, but I would believe her before ever listening to some of these wackos that show up at the town hall meetings taking place this month.
Actually I find it quite amusing to see some of thes pompous asses in the congress and senate having to put up with the stresses of a hostile audience. They need a little taste of life in the trenches.
For more myth debunking, go to this link.
I truely wish that all of the people who believe everything that's told to them about the health care reform would do their homework. With access to the internet, it's not too difficult to find the bill itself and read through it. Here's the link to all 1,015 pages:
It's in "pdf" format, so if you don't have it you'll have to download adobe.
There is a very bright young woman named Adriana Maxwell out of Atlanta who is in the process of reading the bill. She's sharing her interpretation of the bill at a neat website I just found today called ireport dot com. Here she is seen discussing the first 150 pages. Of course it is her interpretation, but I would believe her before ever listening to some of these wackos that show up at the town hall meetings taking place this month.
Actually I find it quite amusing to see some of thes pompous asses in the congress and senate having to put up with the stresses of a hostile audience. They need a little taste of life in the trenches.
For more myth debunking, go to this link.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Weirdo of the Week
This is a loser extraordinaire
Slidell Police arrested a Picayune, Miss., man who allegedly used a cell phone to take pictures up women's dresses as they shopped at Wal-Mart on Monday, authorities said.
A 39-year-old woman who was shopping at a Slidell Walmart on Natchez Drive told police the man, 36-year-old Shannon House, walked up behind her and tried to take a picture up her dress as she bent over, Slidell Police Capt. Kevin Foltz said. The woman moved as he took a picture and then followed him as he walked away, Foltz said.
House then repeated his actions with another woman in the store, Foltz said.
After House had moved on, the witness approached the woman and asked if she knew him, Folltz said. The other woman told her she didn't, he said.
The 39-year-old woman went to the store's loss prevention officer, and the two of them followed House while waiting for the police to arrive, Foltz said. The two saw House taking a picture up a third woman's dress, he said.
All three women later told police they noticed House following them around the store and found it suspicious, but didn't initially do anything about it, Foltz said.
Slidell Police Officers Clint McCall and Chris Culotta began questioning House, who told them that what he did "was stupid and I should not have done it."
House was booked into St. Tammany Parish Jail in Covington with three counts of video voyeurism. If convicted, House could be forced to register as a sex offender upon release.
Louisiana's Coastline is important to America
Restoring and protecting the Louisiana wetlands and barrier islands is not just about Louisiana.
From the Voice of the Wetlands website:
The Henry Hub is a natural gas pipeline in Erath, Louisiana and is the largest centralized point for natural gas spot and futures in the United States.
The Henry Hub interconnects nine interstate and four intrastate pipe lines, including: Acadian, Columbia Gulf, Dow, Equitable (Jefferson Island), Koch Gateway, LRC, Natural Gas Pipe Line, Sea Robin, Southern Natural, Texas Gas, Transco, Trunkline, and Sabine's mainline.
Collectively, these pipelines provide access to markets in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Sabine currently has the ability to transport 1.8 billion cubic feet per day across the Henry Hub. Relative to the U.S. lower 48 states average daily gas consumption of 60.6 billion cubic feet per day in 2000, the Henry Hub can handle up to 3% of average daily gas consumption - the largest percentage by one facility in the U.S.
The Henry Hub is owned by Sabine Pipe Line LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of ChevronTexaco) and is the pricing point for natural gas
futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The NYMEX contract for deliveries at Henry Hub began trading in 1990 and are deliverable 72 months in the future.
The settlement prices at the Henry Hub are used as benchmarks for the entire North America natural gas market. In addition, North America unregulated wellhead (natural gas springs)and burner tip natural gas prices are closely correlated to those set at Henry Hub.
Approximately 49% of U.S. wellhead production either occurs near the Henry Hub or
passes close to the Henry Hub as it moves to downstream consumption markets.
Restoring and protecting the Louisiana wetlands and barrier islands is not just
about Louisiana. Do you get it now..?
From the Voice of the Wetlands website:
The Henry Hub is a natural gas pipeline in Erath, Louisiana and is the largest centralized point for natural gas spot and futures in the United States.
The Henry Hub interconnects nine interstate and four intrastate pipe lines, including: Acadian, Columbia Gulf, Dow, Equitable (Jefferson Island), Koch Gateway, LRC, Natural Gas Pipe Line, Sea Robin, Southern Natural, Texas Gas, Transco, Trunkline, and Sabine's mainline.
Collectively, these pipelines provide access to markets in the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions of the United States. Sabine currently has the ability to transport 1.8 billion cubic feet per day across the Henry Hub. Relative to the U.S. lower 48 states average daily gas consumption of 60.6 billion cubic feet per day in 2000, the Henry Hub can handle up to 3% of average daily gas consumption - the largest percentage by one facility in the U.S.
The Henry Hub is owned by Sabine Pipe Line LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of ChevronTexaco) and is the pricing point for natural gas
futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The NYMEX contract for deliveries at Henry Hub began trading in 1990 and are deliverable 72 months in the future.
The settlement prices at the Henry Hub are used as benchmarks for the entire North America natural gas market. In addition, North America unregulated wellhead (natural gas springs)and burner tip natural gas prices are closely correlated to those set at Henry Hub.
Approximately 49% of U.S. wellhead production either occurs near the Henry Hub or
passes close to the Henry Hub as it moves to downstream consumption markets.
Restoring and protecting the Louisiana wetlands and barrier islands is not just
about Louisiana. Do you get it now..?
C Murder guilty
Cory "C Murder" has been convicted of murder, living up to his name
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However, the judge thinks the verdict is invalid and has told the jury to go back and deliberate some more. Say What???
From the TP:
The jury went out with instructions from Judge Hans Liljeberg on Monday at 11:20 a.m. and returned almost 24 hours later with the verdict after spending Monday night sequestered in a motel.
Miller, 38, was accused of killing Steve Thomas, 16, inside the now-closed Platinum Club early on the morning of Jan. 12, 2002.
The jury returned to the courtroom just before 11 a.m. Tuesday with its verdict. Judge Hans Liljeberg said the vote was 10-2 in favor of conviction. But he said he believed one juror may have changed his or her vote only for the purposes of ending the deliberations.
Liljeberg said that made the verdict invalid and sent the jurors back for more deliberations.
The jury had four choices: acquittal: second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence; manslaughter, which carries up to 40 years in prison; and negligent homicide, which has a sentence of up to five years in prison.
We shall see.
They went back, deliberated and came back with the same verdict.
Update 8/14/09: Life sentence. Good Riddance, "C".
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However, the judge thinks the verdict is invalid and has told the jury to go back and deliberate some more. Say What???
From the TP:
The jury went out with instructions from Judge Hans Liljeberg on Monday at 11:20 a.m. and returned almost 24 hours later with the verdict after spending Monday night sequestered in a motel.
Miller, 38, was accused of killing Steve Thomas, 16, inside the now-closed Platinum Club early on the morning of Jan. 12, 2002.
The jury returned to the courtroom just before 11 a.m. Tuesday with its verdict. Judge Hans Liljeberg said the vote was 10-2 in favor of conviction. But he said he believed one juror may have changed his or her vote only for the purposes of ending the deliberations.
Liljeberg said that made the verdict invalid and sent the jurors back for more deliberations.
The jury had four choices: acquittal: second-degree murder, which carries a life sentence; manslaughter, which carries up to 40 years in prison; and negligent homicide, which has a sentence of up to five years in prison.
We shall see.
They went back, deliberated and came back with the same verdict.
Update 8/14/09: Life sentence. Good Riddance, "C".
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Monday, August 03, 2009
Bobby Sucks
No links, no tirades. I just want to register my disappointment in the governor of Louisiana. Sorry I voted for him and I hope he loses everything he goes after.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Fort Pike's Rebirth
After being ravaged by Katrina and being damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Fort Pike is on its way back to life. We visited recently and were very happy to see the results.
click on photo for larger version
The Fort is fully open to visitors, although it is not completely renovated. Apparently a good deal of the historical pieces related to the Fort were shipped up to Shreveport before Katrina and many are still there pending completion of the resurrection of this historic site.
For two dollars you can enter the Fort and explore all it has to offer. I'd say it was money well spent on our part. I'm not much of a history buff, but I found the Fort fascinating.
Right inside the entry way is an oar that shows the flood levels from previous hurricanes.
As you can see, the oar is as tall as the doorway.
The line for Katrina's floodline is higher than the oar.
The first room to the right of the entryway holds all sorts of ammunition.
A little archway brings you to the interior of the Fort.
There are doors along the walls of the Fort that lead to different functional areas. I enjoyed looking at the details in the brickwork.
We entered one of the arched doors and were presented with this awe-inspiring picture
(at least I found it awe inspiring!)
In this photo, the area down the middle of the floor was used to bring the cannons in to place them in the windows looking over the Pass.
Back out into the main area, we found the citadel
This looks like where the current refurbishing effort is taking place. The walls are all painted white to provide the visitor with a "pleasing" view of how life used to be at the Fort.
Across from the citadel is the blacksmith's shop. This room was most interesting, as what appears to be the actual tools are in this area. Decide for yourself from these picutres.
Nearby the Blacksmith's Shop is the Commissary
This plaque, hanging outside the Blacksmith Shop, is a dedication to those Indians that were brought to Fort Pike during the Seminole War.
My thinking is that they were put in the bricked in "jail" section in the middle of the Fort.
This photo depicts the old world versus the present. Touring Fort Pike does bring one back in history. As I said before, this is definitely worth the $2.00 entry fee, even for non history buffs.
click on photo for larger version
The Fort is fully open to visitors, although it is not completely renovated. Apparently a good deal of the historical pieces related to the Fort were shipped up to Shreveport before Katrina and many are still there pending completion of the resurrection of this historic site.
For two dollars you can enter the Fort and explore all it has to offer. I'd say it was money well spent on our part. I'm not much of a history buff, but I found the Fort fascinating.
Right inside the entry way is an oar that shows the flood levels from previous hurricanes.
As you can see, the oar is as tall as the doorway.
The line for Katrina's floodline is higher than the oar.
The first room to the right of the entryway holds all sorts of ammunition.
A little archway brings you to the interior of the Fort.
There are doors along the walls of the Fort that lead to different functional areas. I enjoyed looking at the details in the brickwork.
We entered one of the arched doors and were presented with this awe-inspiring picture
(at least I found it awe inspiring!)
In this photo, the area down the middle of the floor was used to bring the cannons in to place them in the windows looking over the Pass.
Back out into the main area, we found the citadel
This looks like where the current refurbishing effort is taking place. The walls are all painted white to provide the visitor with a "pleasing" view of how life used to be at the Fort.
Across from the citadel is the blacksmith's shop. This room was most interesting, as what appears to be the actual tools are in this area. Decide for yourself from these picutres.
Nearby the Blacksmith's Shop is the Commissary
This plaque, hanging outside the Blacksmith Shop, is a dedication to those Indians that were brought to Fort Pike during the Seminole War.
My thinking is that they were put in the bricked in "jail" section in the middle of the Fort.
This photo depicts the old world versus the present. Touring Fort Pike does bring one back in history. As I said before, this is definitely worth the $2.00 entry fee, even for non history buffs.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Well, imagine that.....
From Save Charity Hospital dot com: information that our sorry excuse for an ex governor - Kathleen Blanco - had a hand in stopping the reopening of Charity Hospital shortly after it was cleaned up following Katrina.
Here's an excerpt from an AP story regarding this travesy
Weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans and worsened the medical plight of the city's poor, then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the publicly run Charity Hospital would not reopen, even though the military had scrubbed the building to medical-ready standards, the retired Army general who oversaw the work said.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said Blanco told him in late September 2005 the 20-story building that served the region's poor residents would not reopen.
"'Ma'am, we got the hospital clean, my people report ... if you want to use it,'" Honore recalled telling Blanco. "Her reply to me: 'Well general, we're not going to open it, we're working on a different plan.'"
Honore's revelation raises questions of whether state officials used Katrina as an excuse to leverage federal financing for a new public hospital.
Here's an excerpt from an AP story regarding this travesy
Weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed New Orleans and worsened the medical plight of the city's poor, then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the publicly run Charity Hospital would not reopen, even though the military had scrubbed the building to medical-ready standards, the retired Army general who oversaw the work said.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said Blanco told him in late September 2005 the 20-story building that served the region's poor residents would not reopen.
"'Ma'am, we got the hospital clean, my people report ... if you want to use it,'" Honore recalled telling Blanco. "Her reply to me: 'Well general, we're not going to open it, we're working on a different plan.'"
Honore's revelation raises questions of whether state officials used Katrina as an excuse to leverage federal financing for a new public hospital.
Talking Points Memo discusses "Culture and Race in New Orleans" following Katrina. One snippet I find especially interesting is this:
Clearly, no New Orleans media--not the Times-Picayune, not WWL or WDSU television, not Gambit Weekly--characterized the disaster as a racial event. That was a template stamped on the flooding by New York-based media which preferred to do its coverage from sites within a quarter-mile of an interstate offramp. The Convention Center and Superdome filled that bill. Lakeview and St. Bernard Parish did not. And the national media did not choose to be concerned with the question of why the city flooded. It covered the disaster under the template of "natural disaster" and, as with all such, quickly moved on.
HT New Orleans Ladder
Clearly, no New Orleans media--not the Times-Picayune, not WWL or WDSU television, not Gambit Weekly--characterized the disaster as a racial event. That was a template stamped on the flooding by New York-based media which preferred to do its coverage from sites within a quarter-mile of an interstate offramp. The Convention Center and Superdome filled that bill. Lakeview and St. Bernard Parish did not. And the national media did not choose to be concerned with the question of why the city flooded. It covered the disaster under the template of "natural disaster" and, as with all such, quickly moved on.
HT New Orleans Ladder
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