Sunday, August 23, 2009

Dimanche

Comedian says New Orleans' story is not being told right
~Katy Reckdhal
~Efforts to accurately explain to the nation what happened in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, have failed, comic Harry Shearer told a local blogging club Saturday.
"Yes, Harry sure did say 'we have lost the battle in the media'.
But Harry also said we must all continue to re-state the facts.
He said we lost the battle. He didn't say we lost the war."

~Sandy Rosenthal, founder levees.org and Rising Tide attendee

Will Obama visit New Orleans on Katrina's anniversary?
~Chris Dier


Lyndon Johnson in New Orleans, October 1964
~Matthew Yglesias


Reform will require sense of urgency
~Daily Comet

Coastal sediment needs
–let’s get real folks!~LaCoastPost


Corps needs to honor president’s priority to restore Gulf Coast’s hurricane barrier
~Mary Kelly


Whether in New Orleans or
St. Bernard Parish, the poor
aren't welcome anywhere
~Jarvis DeBerry


Gorilla on the Ropes
~Clancy DuBos

~LSU’s flagging political fortunes are partly a result of legislative term limits (many freshmen lawmakers are not beholden or connected to LSU), but mostly they reflect the university’s own failure to recognize changing political realities — particularly the one about it no longer being the 800-pound gorilla.
Case in point: the controversy surrounding the proposed $1.2 billion LSU teaching hospital in New Orleans.

Health-care After'Birthers target Melancon in Houma
~Robert Zullo


Red Tent For The Women Of New Orleans~NOLAFemmes

The changing face -- and faces -- of New Orleans~Sarah Carr

State expects to save money by phasing out towers at prisons~Michelle Millhollon
~Binocular-equipped guards manning prison towers is likely to become a relic of the past in Louisiana. To save $6.2 million a year, the state is replacing tower guards with video surveillance at four prisons, including Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Next step in H1N1 scare: Microchip implants ~Drew Zahn

Authors still documenting impact of Hurricane Katrina

Nice New York Times Review:
AD: New Orleans After the Deluge~George Gene Gustines


Review of Newsweek’s Review of AD: New Orleans After the Deluge~The Bottom of Heaven

Film captures essence of Katrina
~Kathleen Bogle

~Now that hurricane season is here again, you should watch "Mississippi Son, A Filmmaker's Journey Home." Born and raised in Gulfport, Don Wilson was deeply moved by the incredible losses of his friends and family. In this film, he returns home to talk to those who lived through Hurricane Katrina and continue to struggle with the aftermath.

Oceanographer shares a tale of a devastating hurricane and offers fresh reminders for building close to rising seas
~Leslie Conn

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