Tom Delay would understand this, don’t you think? (CNN)
“In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, I am writing to request your immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee,” Pelosi wrote.
Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, quickly wrote back that he would not give up his post on […]
Some days, it’s hard to figure out what makes sense to post where… and when I put something on the Chron, I’m afflicted with guilt. (Pretty strange, I know. Can’t explain some things…)
So, in case you’re wondering whether I’m just snoozing the day away, here’s what else is going on for Polimom:
Since it looks like […]
According to the Washington Post this morning, Iran wants to talk about its nuclear program:
Iran has followed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent letter to President Bush with explicit requests for direct talks on its nuclear program, according to U.S. officials, Iranian analysts and foreign diplomats.
The eagerness for talks demonstrates a […]
When Polimom started writing Polimom, Too at the Houston Chronicle last month, I expected to be fairly low-key. I am, after all, a “reader blog”, and I write opinion pieces.
I’m not a reporter, and I don’t work for the Chronicle.
So when, during the second week, I had a post get nearly 25,000 hits because it […]
Polimom doesn’t know how many folks remember hearing about the shooting on Danziger Bridge immediately after Katrina… but I do, and reports then were as garbled and confused as everything else in the city then.
The story that came out at the time was that someone had fired on a group of contractors working on the […]
I had a comment today on a post I wrote in January, telling me about recent shootings on the Point - including the officer that was shot today on Opelousas.
A 25-year-old New Orleans police officer was undergoing surgery at Charity’s Trauma Center after being shot at least twice during a traffic stop in Algiers, Police […]
New Orleans has re-elected Ray Nagin to serve as mayor for the next four years, and while people all around the country are going to read into that what they will, Polimom hopes they, and all those who care about the city, will take something away from Mitch Landrieu’s concession speech.
Landrieu reminded everyone that New […]
Bloggers (unless one is a journalist) typically read and opine on the information released to the world. We’re all getting the same information, generally, and the only unique thing political or social blogs bring to the equation is a venue for discussing what everybody’s already talking about (with a jump-off opinion).
So when we hear that […]
Two days ago, I posted about a city contract that was up for renewal, that funds a day-labor pick-up site on the East End.
There were a number of comments to that post from folks who felt Polimom was being judgmental, or even sloppy with the post — accusations I don’t often hear. One local blogger […]
Last night was the final debate between C. Ray Nagin and Mitch Landrieu, and after watching it (wwltv.com has it here), I finally figured out who I’d vote for if I were at the polls tomorrow in New Orleans.
It would be Mitch Landrieu.
Like others, Polimom has voiced concerns about the entrenched political power embodied in […]