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Archive for October, 2005

Condi v. Hillary 2008

Some rumors are just more interesting than others, and while this article seems to be pretty far out in Speculation Land, I can’t help playing with the results in my mind. Paul Bedard at USNews.com wrote,
Sparked by today’s Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney’s office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, […]

Empty Houses, Empty City

Mayor Nagin continues to focus on the wrong things. As staunchly as I support the fundamental concept of business and industry at the root of economic success, New Orleans is not in a position to lure them. Nagin seems to be in a snit about the loss of the gambling proposal, but I’m relieved the […]

Wilma

Wilma. I can’t help it, I think of the Flinstones.
It’s a totally innocuous name - or was. Overnight, Wilma went from Cat 2 to Cat 5, with the lowest mb pressure on record - a very intense storm.
For the many along the MS/LA/TX coast who’ve already been wiped out […]

Ancient Gods

Since the beginning of time, humans have tried to understand the world. Religions, gods, and mythologies all sprang from a need to explain and understand. They were the answer to “I don’t know�.
“I don’t knowâ€?, in terms of science, leads to hypotheses that can be used to make predictions, which are then tested. Depending upon […]

Gotta Find Somebody to Blame…

…may as well be this one, hunh?
Remember the oh-so-smooth Rita evacuations? The roads were clear, people were thinking clearly, nobody was in Katrita panic mode? (excuse the saracasm). From the Houston Chronicle:
Bus driver charged in 23 deaths during evacuation

I’m having a bit of trouble buying into this logic. Maybe I’m being […]

Fund Established for Wounded Officer

This is from the email. I am posting it to the world, both to widen the message about the fund, but also to demonstrate - yet again - how Algiers is still thinking as a community.
Shortly after Katrina struck, while many of us had evacuated, there was a story online [about] a New Orleans […]

Limited Unlimited

So many wonderful emails…. so little time…. lol. Had to share this, though. Many folks may recognize the conversation.
Our broadband comes up for a few hours here and there, mostly during the night. I called [our provider] and got several different answers, none of them definitive, although [they were] great and credited everyone for the […]

Halloween in Algiers

Everywhere I’ve ever lived had different traditions for Halloween. Some of those differences resulted from local religious impact, others from increasing parental anxiety about safety. No matter what, though, every October culminates in a massive children’s party. It’s a childhood ritual, whether the communities approach the event as a Fall Festival or a candy fest […]