Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Mardi~Soirée

Diehard Saints fans are as attached to their opinionated sportscasters as they are to their running backs, and have been since the inception of the Saints in 1967. There was nothing quite so local as sitting in a New Orleans neighborhood bar, drinking a Falstaff, and listening to the Ninth Ward accents of WDSU commentators Buddy Diliberto and Vince Marinello as they chewed on head coach Jim Mora when the Saints went 1-15 in 1980.
Story here.

Fixing The Responder, Ignoring the Cause?~Harry Shearer

Prevent disaster at FEMA: Push “hell no button” on Witt and Merritt with email to Obama and Members of Congress~slabbed

Plan for New Orleans Hospitals Draws Outcry~Adam Nossiter

Red Streetcars Return For First Time Since Katrina

Lights out for Al Copeland
~metblogs

The late
Al Copeland’s famous Christmas
display will its final appearance,
Copeland Family To Hold Last Christmas Display Lighting on Saturday, November 29. Photo: NODP

Family shocked by cemetery destruction~Paul Gates

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