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MRE Memories

This is a vegetarian tortellini MRE. I’m told it’s very tasty - but I don’t intend to open it. Ever.
This MRE is special beyond words, because it was a Thank You yesterday from an Algiers Point person. There’s an entire library of stories behind this MRE.
Algiers - Thank you, for trusting me in those […]

We’ll be there soon soon soon

Assuming everybody ever gets up, we get the hound fed and to the kennel, and we actually get into the car anytime soon (all of these are iffy), we’ll be in Algiers early this afternoon. (This probably means I won’t be blogging much…)
To say I’m looking forward to bringing in the New Year with my […]

Levees in 6 months?

Hurricane season starts again in 6 months and a few days. Think they’ll have the levees rebuilt by then? These folks don’t think so.
When Kemp heard that an official at the White House had promised to fix the levees by June 1, he was puzzled.
“I think it has to do with what he means by […]

The NOPD

My opinion on Monday’s shooting is likely to be unpopular…
Something is really starting to bother me about the NOPD’s situation, and I’m more worried about this than perhaps anything else that’s come up from Katrina to date.
Yes, the NOPD used lethal force on a man who lunged at them with a knife, but this is […]

NOLA’s Gangs… in Houston

Some months ago, I wrote:
If the criminal element is, as Nagin seems to think, not in the city right now, where are they? Watch the news – I’m sure you’ll hear about them. They’ll be the ones causing problems in their new locales. Not because they’re poor. Because they are violent, opportunistic criminals, and they’ve […]

NOLA’s Ex-pats

In the months since Katrina stomped on New Orleans and the levees failed, something really strange has happened to some folks. We’re being called home.
Who are we? We’re the people who left – not in front of Katrina, but years ago - in search of other lives in new places. We didn’t just leave Orleans […]

Believe

At midnight on December 31, we get another chance… a new beginning that comes with the new year.
The truly idealistic might say that people have that chance every morning; that every day is a new opportunity for changing directions. That’s true, of course, but the clear line in the sand that we draw at midnight […]

Emergency bargain shopping? Puhlease…

Oh my yes indeedy - let’s spend LOTS of time and money figuring out whether government employees should have taken the time to bargain hunt right after Katrina.
This time, the congressional audits — the first of which is due out early next year — will not only focus on any abuse, but on missed opportunities […]

Mommy and Daddy’s irreconcilable differences

WaPo says the “Debate on Response to Katrina Creates Partisan Divide�.
Ya think? I don’t agree. That partisan divide predates Katrina by a lot. What it is doing, though, is underscoring how hurtful our two-party system is to our country and citizens. Everybody’s so busy protecting their political turf with rhetoric and propaganda, Americans are turning […]