Heidi Wys Toro = Hater

I am all for freedom of speech, everyone has their opinions. But the racist hatred directed toward our president should not be tolerated. ESPECIALLY when the person using their pent up hatred is employed by the United States

Heidi Wys Toro - the main advisor to House of Representatives President Jenniffer Gonzalez - has earned $630,000 since 2008 for her services as an administrative consultant, according to records with the Comptroller’s Office.

Several legislators are demanding that Wys step down or that Gonzalez ask for her resignation.

Gonzalez said it is impossible for her to monitor the social media accounts of all those who work for the House of Representatives.

“The expressions disseminated are not acceptable, do not represent my sentiments and are the exclusive responsibility of those who wrote them,” Gonzalez said. She also urged all employees to be more cognizant of what they write and to respect the rights of others.

It is not the first time that Wys has sent tweets about Obama.

In response to a July 30 tweet by a Puerto Rico online newspaper, Wys urged reporters to follow an investigation to probe the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate.

Wys, who is white, also said in another tweet that she is not racist and that her favorite nieces are black,(is that like "some of my best friends are black" kind of comment?) but added that she does not support Obama.

“I fight Obama with all the strength in my heart and passion as a descendant of germans!!” she wrote on July 30.

On June 18, she sent another tweet to Obama in response to a general invitation to have dinner with the President.

“Wah! Wah! I feel like vomiting! Dinner with a guy borned in Kenya and claims he was borned in Hawaii!” she wrote, with some misspellings.

Heidi is just a wee bit in need of psychological help, don't you think?

To the Saints Fans who go to the Dome

From NOLA blog Humid City



OK Saints Fans, it’s YOUR turn to play head coach. Roger Goodell has banned Sean Payton for the year, but he can’t ban his image, nor can he ban 77,000 fans! Print out this handy Sean Payton Head and bring it to every game you attend!
Glue it to a sturdy cardboard sheet and cut it out! Add some eye-holes and string and you can wear it like a mask! Not good at crafts? Just glue it to a stick and wave it around. Got some spare cash? Make a huge poster! Make extras for folks who don’t internet! Pass them out to those fans down front who are most likely to be on camera or in line of sight with players! Have a blog or website of your own? Link or cross-post this to maximize our Paytonality on opening day! Go NUTS with ‘em!! It’s time to Sean Up (And Get Crunk) and show Roger Goodell who we are and where we stand!!
This photo was taken from Bloguin and was undredited on their site. It is most probably copyrighted by someone, so don’t be a jerk and try selling these!

Windows Wednesday

Taken in Covington, Louisiana at the annual Three Rivers Art Festival

Scuzzbucket of the Week

Representative Steve King from the great state of Iowa.

During a tele-townhall event last week, King complained about an amendment to the farm bill that would criminalize attending organized animal fights and would impose additional penalties on people who bring children to the events.



Here's his quote: “When the legislation that passed in the farm bill that says that it’s a federal crime to watch animals fight or to induce someone else to watch an animal fight, but it’s not a federal crime to induce somebody to watch people fighting, there’s something wrong with the priorities of people that think like that."

Um, Steve? People fight of their own will and usually make a hunk of money to fight.

GOLD!!!

Graceful Gabby Douglas courtesy of Huffington Post

Congratulations to the U.S. Womens Gymnastic Team for winning their first Gold Medal in 16 years!

Another Post-K Milestone

Almost seven years post Katrina, St. Bernard Parish is celebrating a brand new hospital.



The three-story, 40-bed hospital includes an Emergency Department and an Intensive Care Unit, along with a full range of healthcare services: general medicine, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, endoscopy, radiation therapy, physical therapy and skilled nursing. The hospital could be expanded to 60 beds without additional construction because its design calls for private rooms that would be large enough to be converted to semi-private rooms. The overall size of the hospital could be further increased to 100 beds through additional construction in the form of vertical and horizontal expansions.

Chalmette Medical Center, the parish’s lone hospital, flooded in Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never reopened.



Virtually every structure in Chalmette was damaged/flooded after Katrina. Take a ride through St. Bernard Parish and you can still find empty slabs next to rebuilt homes.



Kudo's to the Parish!

A Tour of New Orleans' Hubig's Pie Factory

A Tour of New Orleans' Hubig's Pie Factory | WWOZ New Orleans 90.7 FM  from WW0Z.

A Sad Day for NOLA

picture courtesty of Will T from Flickr

As I was driving into work this morning I heard about the 5 alarm fire at the Hubig Pie Company in New Orleans.



While walking from my car into work, I could both see and smell the smoke. It's a sad day. Not sure about the outcome of this tragedy. But you can be sure I'm going to the store after work and stock up on some Hubigs.



A Hubig employee on the radio said the building is completely gone. Sigh

But they'll be back. Here's a little history of the other tragedies they have come back from .

Here's an article from the New York Times about the fire.

One of My Favorite Olympic Memories

Windows Wednesday

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Downtown Covington, Louisiana.

Buying the 2012 Election

From politicususa dot com: Senator Bernie Sanders exposes the billionaires buying the 2012 election

According to the report, America for Sale: A Report on Billionaires Buying the 2012 Election, here are the 26 billionaires who are trying to buy your government:



1). Sheldon Adelson,78, owner of the Las Vegas Sands Casino, is worth nearly $25 billion, making him the 14th wealthiest person in the world and the 7th richest person in America. While median family income plummeted by nearly 40% from 2007-2010, Mr. Adelson has experienced a nearly eightfold increase in his wealth over the past three years (from $3.4 billion to $24.9 billion). Forbes recently reported that Adelson is willing to spend a “limitless” amount of money or more than $100 million to help defeat President Obama in November.



2. The Kochs (David, Charles, and William), 72 76 and 72 respectively, are worth a combined $103 billion, according to Forbes. They have pledged to spend about $400 million during the 2012 election season. The Kochs own more wealth than the bottom 41.7 percent of American households or more than 49 million Americans.



3. Jim Walton, 64, is worth $23.7 billion. He has donated $300,000 to super PACs in 2012.



4. Harold Simmons, 81, is worth $9 billion. He has donated $15.2 million to super PACs this year.



5. Peter Thiel, 44, is worth $1.5 billion. He has donated $6.7 million to Super PACs this year.



6. Jerrold Perenchio, 81, is worth $2.3 billion. He has donated $2.6 million to super PACs this year.



7. Kenneth Griffin, 43, is worth $3 billion and he has given $2.08 million to super PACs in 2012.



8. James Simons, 74, is worth $10.7 billion and he has given $1.5 million to super Pacs this year.



9. Julian Robertson, 80, is worth $2.5 billion and he has given $1.25 million to super PACs this year.




10. Robert Rowling, 58, is worth $4.8 billion and he has given $1.1 million to super PACs.



11. John Paulson, 56, the hedge fund manager who made his fortune betting that the sub-prime mortgage market would collapse, is worth $12.5 billion. He has donated $1 million to super PACs.



12. Richard and J.W. Marriott, 73 and 80 respectively, are worth a combined $3.1 billion and they have donated $2 million to super PACs this year.



13.James Davis, 69, is worth $1.9 billion and he has given $1 million to super PACs this year.



14. Harold Hamm, 66, is worth $11 billion and he has given $985,000 to super PACs this year.



15. Kenny Troutt, 59, is worth more than $1.2 billion and he has given $900,000 to super PACs this year.



16. Louis Bacon, 54, is worth $1.4 billion and he has given $500,000 to super PACs this year.



17.Bruce Kovner, 67, is worth $4.5 billion and he has given $500,000 to super PACs this year.



18. Warren Stephens, 55, is worth $2.7 billion and he has given $500,000 to super PACs this year.



19. David Tepper, 54, is worth $5.1 billion and he has given $375,000 to super PACs this year.



20. Samuel Zell, 70, is worth $4.9 billion and he has given $270,000 to super PACs this year.



21. Leslie Wexner is worth $4.3 billion and he has given $250,000 to super PACs this year.



22. Charles Schwab, 74, is worth $3.5 billion and he has given $250,000 to super PACs this year.



23. Kelcy Warren, 56, is worth $2.3 billion and he has given $250,000 to super PACs this year.

The thing that these billionaires love most about Citizens United it is that it allows them to operate in total darkness. The American people couldn’t fight back because the billionaires were giving their money anonymously. This same cloak of invisibility is what made ALEC so effective for years. The conservative billionaire cabal works best in private, behind closed doors, far away from curious eyes.

With his report today, Senator Sanders has made it more difficult for thieves of liberty to keep operating in the night. We now have a list of names and we know what they are trying to do to our government. Sen. Sanders is one of the few federally elected officials who has the courage to talk about these people in public.

Most of the members of the House and Senate are too afraid to speak of, much less take on, the billionaires. Even those decent members of Congress who might speak out against them have been terrified into silence by threats of multimillion dollar negative ad buys that will run against the incumbent back home.

Bernie Sanders is displaying a brand of political courage that is sorely lacking in American politics today, and he needs you to stand with him to protect our liberties, our freedoms, and to battle to return the government back to the American people.