Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Scuzzbucket of the Week
I've been remiss on posting WEEKLY scuzzbuckets due to the madness that is my job (lay everyone off and let one person do all the jobs). But I spotted this today and would love to bitch-slap this M.F. for his holier than thou attitude about himself.
A top House Democrat said the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should change how members of Congress are screened at airports.
“I really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill at ease, is going through airports,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who serves as assistant minority leader in the House, said on Fox News Sunday.
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” he said. “Well, the fact of the matter is, we are held to a higher standard in so many other areas, and I think we need to take a hard look at exactly how the TSA interact with members of Congress.”
Noting that local law enforcement were installed outside his South Carolina home after the attack on Giffords, Clyburn said the House may need to “beef up the funding” for individual members’ budgets so they can coordinate improved security arrangements with local police.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said she was reluctant to attach a cumbersome layer of security to House members.
“I’m concerned about putting up more walls between myself and the people that I represent,” she said on Fox. “I want to make sure that we’re looking at it, that we’re making an appropriate response, that we as members are being smart in our interactions.”
McMorris Rodgers said she wasn’t concerned about her security. “I feel that the Capitol Police do a great job of warning us, of helping us and our staff be smart when we’re out in the district,” she said.
Mr. Clyburn kiss my poor little southern ass. You were ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, you assclown.
From this article
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136849-house-dem-calls-for-beefed-up-security-special-treatment-by-tsa
A top House Democrat said the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should change how members of Congress are screened at airports.
“I really believe that that is the place where we feel the most ill at ease, is going through airports,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who serves as assistant minority leader in the House, said on Fox News Sunday.
“We’ve had some incidents where TSA authorities think that congresspeople should be treated like everybody else,” he said. “Well, the fact of the matter is, we are held to a higher standard in so many other areas, and I think we need to take a hard look at exactly how the TSA interact with members of Congress.”
Noting that local law enforcement were installed outside his South Carolina home after the attack on Giffords, Clyburn said the House may need to “beef up the funding” for individual members’ budgets so they can coordinate improved security arrangements with local police.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said she was reluctant to attach a cumbersome layer of security to House members.
“I’m concerned about putting up more walls between myself and the people that I represent,” she said on Fox. “I want to make sure that we’re looking at it, that we’re making an appropriate response, that we as members are being smart in our interactions.”
McMorris Rodgers said she wasn’t concerned about her security. “I feel that the Capitol Police do a great job of warning us, of helping us and our staff be smart when we’re out in the district,” she said.
Mr. Clyburn kiss my poor little southern ass. You were ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE, you assclown.
From this article
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136849-house-dem-calls-for-beefed-up-security-special-treatment-by-tsa
Monday, January 10, 2011
Oil Washes Ashore Again At Grand Isle - New Orleans News Story - WDSU New Orleans
Oil Washes Ashore Again At Grand Isle - New Orleans News Story - WDSU New Orleans
Insert string of curses here.
Here's the transcript from the link above:
POSTED: 9:40 pm CST January 5, 2011
UPDATED: 10:06 pm CST January 5, 2011
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Comments (2)GRAND ISLE, La. -- Oil is beginning to wash ashore at Grand Isle.
The mayor's office said tar balls are coming ashore on Elmer's Island and sand dollar-sized patches of oil are washing up in Grand Isle.
The environmental group Louisiana Bucket Brigade said it was the worst instance of oil contamination since the BP oil spill.
Officials said crews are cleaning the beaches, removing the oil with shovels and scrubbers.
People in Terrebonne and Jefferson parishes will get the chance to meet with the man in charge of doling out BP's $20 billion compensation fund soon.
Kennth Feinberg will hold public meetings in Houma, Lafitte and Grand Isle next week to explain new guidelines and changes that will affect current and future claims.
Insert string of curses here.
Here's the transcript from the link above:
POSTED: 9:40 pm CST January 5, 2011
UPDATED: 10:06 pm CST January 5, 2011
Email Print
Comments (2)GRAND ISLE, La. -- Oil is beginning to wash ashore at Grand Isle.
The mayor's office said tar balls are coming ashore on Elmer's Island and sand dollar-sized patches of oil are washing up in Grand Isle.
The environmental group Louisiana Bucket Brigade said it was the worst instance of oil contamination since the BP oil spill.
Officials said crews are cleaning the beaches, removing the oil with shovels and scrubbers.
People in Terrebonne and Jefferson parishes will get the chance to meet with the man in charge of doling out BP's $20 billion compensation fund soon.
Kennth Feinberg will hold public meetings in Houma, Lafitte and Grand Isle next week to explain new guidelines and changes that will affect current and future claims.
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Bless You Boys 2010
Even though we didn't go to the Superbowl again, we DID make it to the playoffs.
Thank you New Orleans Saints for a wild ride. Heal up and see you all in August.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Restoration Baby Steps
The Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled a $2.9 billion plan to restore the environmental damage caused by the construction and operation of the now-closed Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. The plan includes:
- a new freshwater diversion near Violet
- restoration of cypress swamp in wetlands adjacent to the Lower 9th Ward,
Algiers and Chalmette
- protection of shorelines along the eastern New Orleans land bridge
- restoration or nourishment of wetlands along Lake Borgne
If approved, the project would take 10 years to complete, with construction beginning as early as 2012. It would restore, nourish or protect about 92 square miles of wetlands and land.
Click on picture for larger, more legible version
Congress ordered the corps to develop a plan after deauthorizing the MR-GO as a navigation channel in 2007. This plan still must clear a variety of major hurdles, including whether Louisiana would be required to pay 35 percent of the cost of most of the projects. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Garret Graves, the state's senior coastal official, notified the corps in August that the state believes the federal law authorizing the restoration plan requires that the federal government pay 100 percent of all costs.
Unlike other corps planning documents, which require Congress to vote to authorize the project and then hold a separate vote, often years later, to appropriate money for construction, Congress already has authorized the MR-GO restoration and need only begin appropriating money for its construction.
There are a lot of hurdles to overcome in order for this plan to come to fruition all of them spelled out here, but it's a start.
- a new freshwater diversion near Violet
- restoration of cypress swamp in wetlands adjacent to the Lower 9th Ward,
Algiers and Chalmette
- protection of shorelines along the eastern New Orleans land bridge
- restoration or nourishment of wetlands along Lake Borgne
If approved, the project would take 10 years to complete, with construction beginning as early as 2012. It would restore, nourish or protect about 92 square miles of wetlands and land.
Click on picture for larger, more legible version
Congress ordered the corps to develop a plan after deauthorizing the MR-GO as a navigation channel in 2007. This plan still must clear a variety of major hurdles, including whether Louisiana would be required to pay 35 percent of the cost of most of the projects. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Garret Graves, the state's senior coastal official, notified the corps in August that the state believes the federal law authorizing the restoration plan requires that the federal government pay 100 percent of all costs.
Unlike other corps planning documents, which require Congress to vote to authorize the project and then hold a separate vote, often years later, to appropriate money for construction, Congress already has authorized the MR-GO restoration and need only begin appropriating money for its construction.
There are a lot of hurdles to overcome in order for this plan to come to fruition all of them spelled out here, but it's a start.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
No Resolutions
Pistolette blogs about the absurdity of New Years Resolutions in New Orleans hereNo Resolutions
Friday, December 31, 2010
Janitas - A GOOD Lunch Spot
Hubby and I went to the aquarium today and after seeing all those fish, I was hungry for fish!! So we headed over to Janita's at the Rendon Inn on Eve Street.
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Their menu will make your mouth water just reading it!
These two are amazing chefs!!
After reading over the menu and talking to the fantastic bartender, we decided on our meal: Billy would have the Swamp Rueben and I wanted the Brown Redfish and Chips. Lemme tell ya, we were NOT disappointed!
Billy's sandwich was delicious. He got a cup of Kimmie's veggie soup to go with it and I have to tell you - a food lover and cook - it was GOOOD!
My redfish and chips was deluxe!
They're also a great late nite place, folks, so there's no reason to not check it out.
Their address is on Eve Street in NOLA
Click on pictures for larger versions
Their menu will make your mouth water just reading it!
These two are amazing chefs!!
After reading over the menu and talking to the fantastic bartender, we decided on our meal: Billy would have the Swamp Rueben and I wanted the Brown Redfish and Chips. Lemme tell ya, we were NOT disappointed!
Billy's sandwich was delicious. He got a cup of Kimmie's veggie soup to go with it and I have to tell you - a food lover and cook - it was GOOOD!
My redfish and chips was deluxe!
They're also a great late nite place, folks, so there's no reason to not check it out.
Their address is on Eve Street in NOLA
Just a few pix
I didn't have too much to do on Thursday, so I took a little road trip on my favorite backwoods road - Highway 90 - in the far eastern part of St. Tammany Parish
I found a few things I'd never seen before and decided to use my beautiful new D90 Nikon that my hubby got me for Christmas to document them.
These stairs belong to a church that obviously was hit hard by Katrina. But it looks as if the congregation is trying to save the church
The church is located on Indian Village Road in East Slidell, which is very near Lake Borgne.
Katrina's tidal surge from Lake Borgne reached miles into eastern St. Tammany Parish
taking HUGE boats, homes, trees and other things and pushing them miles inland.
Here's the homemade sign for the Church
Here is a side view (which made me think they're still trying to save it, bless their hearts)
Faith is a powerful thing.
I found a few things I'd never seen before and decided to use my beautiful new D90 Nikon that my hubby got me for Christmas to document them.
These stairs belong to a church that obviously was hit hard by Katrina. But it looks as if the congregation is trying to save the church
The church is located on Indian Village Road in East Slidell, which is very near Lake Borgne.
Katrina's tidal surge from Lake Borgne reached miles into eastern St. Tammany Parish
taking HUGE boats, homes, trees and other things and pushing them miles inland.
Here's the homemade sign for the Church
Here is a side view (which made me think they're still trying to save it, bless their hearts)
Faith is a powerful thing.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Library Chronicles' Brother??
AAAText SizeDoggone, What A RidePOSTED: 4:40 pm CST December 29, 2010
UPDATED: 5:08 pm CST December 29, 2010
MINDEN -- A Minden man left his van running with his dog inside -- and when the dog hopped behind the wheel, things literally went downhill on a wild trip from the grocery store to the bank.
It happened Tuesday on Minden's busiest street after the dog either knocked the sport utility vehicle into gear or it wasn't properly put into park.
The van -- with the dog, Honeybun, in the front seat -- went across the parking lot of Brookshire's supermarket, crossed Homer Road and crashed into a support column at Regions bank across the street.
It was about 7 p.m. and the street was heavy with traffic but no one collided with the runaway van.
Honeybun made it through the wreck no worse for the wear. Police said they found her in the back seat of the van.
Minden police said Alexander Bostick left his vehicle running while he went inside Brookshire's to pick up some items. His dog and van were across the street when he came outside.
"He came running across the street, wanting to know what we we were doing with his van," witness Rob Balentine said. "I showed him, 'Your dog drove across the street, man.'"
The first police officer on the scene, Bo Turner, happens to be Minden's K-9 officer and his partner was riding shotgun with him.
"Coincidence, it had to be a dog call," Turner quipped.
The dog's owner declined comment on the incident. He didn't get a ticket.
UPDATED: 5:08 pm CST December 29, 2010
MINDEN -- A Minden man left his van running with his dog inside -- and when the dog hopped behind the wheel, things literally went downhill on a wild trip from the grocery store to the bank.
It happened Tuesday on Minden's busiest street after the dog either knocked the sport utility vehicle into gear or it wasn't properly put into park.
The van -- with the dog, Honeybun, in the front seat -- went across the parking lot of Brookshire's supermarket, crossed Homer Road and crashed into a support column at Regions bank across the street.
It was about 7 p.m. and the street was heavy with traffic but no one collided with the runaway van.
Honeybun made it through the wreck no worse for the wear. Police said they found her in the back seat of the van.
Minden police said Alexander Bostick left his vehicle running while he went inside Brookshire's to pick up some items. His dog and van were across the street when he came outside.
"He came running across the street, wanting to know what we we were doing with his van," witness Rob Balentine said. "I showed him, 'Your dog drove across the street, man.'"
The first police officer on the scene, Bo Turner, happens to be Minden's K-9 officer and his partner was riding shotgun with him.
"Coincidence, it had to be a dog call," Turner quipped.
The dog's owner declined comment on the incident. He didn't get a ticket.
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