Thanks, Katrina

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Kony 2012

In the 1980's the outside world largely looked the other way as Uganda's north sunk into violence and deprivation. That changed in the early 2000s, when images of thousands of children taking refuge in the town of Gulu, Uganda, first hit mainstream television. Various celebrities began to speak out about the war, mostly focusing on shocking incidents associated with Kony's rebels; the Ugandan government's aggressive counterinsurgency measures, however, were shocking as well. For example, the government forced the region's population to relocate into what were effectively concentration camps. There, they were poorly protected from attacks, and faced dreadful living conditions. A study carried out under the auspices of the World Health Organization in 2005 found that there were 1000 excess deaths per week in the Acholi region.

Watch this 29 minute video to witness the atrocities happening in Uganda and see how a movement half a world away was born and is growing. Become involved.

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Letter From Drew Brees About NFL Investigation

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A LETTER TO THE FANS

March 09, 2012

This has been an eventful offseason for me and my family. Brittany and I would like to thank all of you for the thoughtful words and well wishes since we announced that baby boy #3 is on the way. While we were all disappointed with the way the season ended, the offseason has given us the opportunity to reflect back on what was a truly memorable year. It has also given me the opportunity to enjoy some much needed quality time with my family.

I do feel a responsibility to my teammates, the Saints organization and to the fans, to address the "Bounty" allegations.

There is no place in the National Football League, or any sport played at any level, for players to conspire, to be coerced, or to be incentivized to intentionally injure another player. I did not participate in any Bounty program, nor did I have any knowledge relating to its real existence. I have spent the last several years as an Executive Committee Member of the NFLPA making health and safety a priority and I am proud of the advancements we've made and will continue to make.

As a leader of our football team, I feel comfortable in stating that I know well the integrity of our organization from the ownership level, to management, our head coach, and the players on our team. We, as Saints players, pride ourselves on playing this game with honor and hold ourselves to a very high standard. We also share a great sense of responsibility to our community and to each other, a strong belief in our purpose, a resiliency to overcome adversity and a work ethic and commitment to leave things better than we found them.

The accusations and perceptions alone created by this issue make us feel like we should all apologize to the young people that love our game and aspire to be in our shoes. Regardless of the outcome of the "bounty" issue, we owe it to them to provide the best example of how to behave as professionals and more importantly, as people of integrity.

To our fans, please reserve judgment until the investigation is complete and the facts in their entirety are known. We are all working diligently to find the truth in this matter and if the facts prove there was improper behavior, we will hold ourselves accountable. Until that time, we will stand together and remain united as an organization.

Thank you for your support.

Drew

Friday, March 09, 2012

Debris from Japan Tsunami Travels Across the Pacific

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Much ado about nothing?

The Wall Street Journal reviewed all of the Saints games from 2009 to present and found "Little Booty in Saints Bounties". Hm, imagine that.

Here's a quote:

A Wall Street Journal review of every regular- and postseason Saints game since 2009 makes clear what the NFL report didn't: Seldom did a Saints-inflicted injury force an opponent to leave the field.

In 48 regular-season and six postseason games, such incidents occurred only 18 times. The Saints player involved in the largest number of those cases was safety Roman Harper. That number was four.

Let's see where this goes......

Here are some links to local football bloggers:

Canal Street Chronicles

Moose denied (excellent post)

Hakim Drops the Ball (his style is different, but I find him hilarious)

Cliff's Crib

Soul of the Saints

Saints Nation

Mutiny on the Bounty

Monday, March 05, 2012

Clancy Dubois on "Bountygate"

Clancy Dubois has penned an article in Gambit that is ruffling a few New England Patriots fans feathers, judging by the first few comments Here's an excerpt:

When sports writers jawbone about the Saints’ bounty program, they love to say that it was worse than the New England Patriots’ “Spygate” scandal of 2007. I say, bullshit.

Let’s be clear: What Gregg Williams and others in the Saints organization did was wrong. Period. They should be punished. Severely.

But to say that what the Saints did is worse than spying on an opposing team — and turning it to a competitive advantage — is pure bullshit. Unfortunately, the bullshit doesn’t stop there.

Read the rest of the piece here. Oh, and drop a comment for the Pats fans, please.

:)

Friday, February 24, 2012

The Giving Hearts of NOLA and Beyond

NOLA Blogger and writer Amy Mueller took her autistic daughter to Muses parade last week and had to leave early due to a drunken, disgusting close-minded college kid harassing Amy and her daughter and then using the ultimate insult. Amy's post is here. When I read it I cried and became very, very angry.

As of Friday evening there are over 600 responses to Amy's post, all illustrating how wonderfully caring and generous people can be. Read through them, it'll made you feel good about mankind.

Then today around lunchtime the Krewe of Muses, an all women krewe, opened their den to Emily, showered her with bags of parade goodies and let her climb on a float.