Monday, October 5, 2009

New Orleans: Who Calls the Shots?~Harry Shearer
~She is one of many people advising the president about what he should do and see while in New Orleans, but she does not know who ultimately calls the shots on that.
"I don't even actually know who that person is, " Woodka said. "Maybe it's the president himself."
~Editilla takes the Back Hand Path~
~Yes, the President is supposed to be the Commander In Chief. Yet, he appears to be getting all his direction from the Corps of Engineers, hence a Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery Tour to the New Orleans Disaster Ward Thingy Place... a trip that doesn't include the Gulf Coast or Hurricane Recovery.
The Hurricane hit Mississippi and the Corps of Engineers hit New Orleans. We survived the hurricane...Go Figure. Go Fish!
As Harry described in one post about trying to "Go Insider", after a labyrinth of playing cards and who'dats, he finally met with the President's Word on this --and who did THAT turn out to be?
You guessed it, our Exquisite Corps of Engineers!
Everyone is saying we should be Nice to the President when he comes to town. But, I really think our attitude towards his Yankee Bourgeois Naiveteiness regarding the Flood of New Orleans does not matter, because he and his "people" don't seem to be listening to We The People.
While there is no cause for Rudeness, I am just about tired of Obama's Game and think he now owes us more than a few explanations about the Corps of Engineers continued Bad Engineering Scams --not more full court press partays.
We have problems in New Orleans: in-operable pumps, un-repaired bad flood walls, millions of dollars getting shifted around from project to project. He has had the OSC Report on this (again posted by Harry) on his desk since JUNE.
We need Answers and Action from the Commander In Chief.

Landrieu Examines Galveston Disaster Recovery Efforts and Future Reform Needs

Squatters make dikes ineffective
~Hermogenese Ebdane Jr.


Execs unable to deal with stagnant flood~Manila Bulletin

The Swamp Witch Tackles the Green Monsters~NOLAFemmes

Surprise! Surprise!
~Crescent City Hack


Guess Who Loves The Saints ~Kotaku

N.O. coffee business strong, but competition brews along Gulf
~Susan Buchanan


Project Home Again (PHA) Continues to Help Families Affected by Federal Flood
~“Four years after the storm isn’t the time to quit, it’s the time to look around, understand where redevelopment can happen and redouble our efforts to bring the city back. There are still thousands of families out there who, now more than ever, want to come home,” said Leonard Riggio, chairman of Barnes & Noble, who along with his wife, Louise, founded Project Home Again shortly after Katrina. To date, PHA has built and gifted 32 new homes in the Gentilly neighborhood.

New Orleans inspector general office's report blasts city's budget process ~Bruce Eggler

Money troubles in Catahoula Parish ~WWL

This little piggy went to mediation …and this little piggy
~Nowdoucit, slabbed

This little piggy went to market mediation,
This little piggy stayed at home,
This little piggy had roast beef got taken
This little piggy had none.
And this little piggy
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went “Wee wee wee” all the way home.

Structural Project Engineer -Flood Control

Birds are getting scarcer in Grand Isle
~Matthew Barnidge
~Louisiana lost about 1,900 square miles of coastal land in the 20th century. Scientists predict another 700 square miles will disappear by 2050. This coastal land is critical habitat for migrating birds because it provides a resting place en route to Latin America.

In Season: Serious Eats
~Figs were a common theme in the Bible, and the Egyptians considered figs to be sacred, often burying the dead with baskets of figs. In ancient Greece, Plato wrote that athletes were fed figs to make them stronger. Fig culture spread to the northern Mediterranean and Adriatic shores until it reached southern Italy, and then the rest of Europe. When the Spanish planted figs in Mexico, and the Franciscan monks moved northward with pockets full of figs--that's when they came to the States.

Author Nevada Barr reads and signs her novel today
~Octavia Books 513 Octavia St. Book launch party with author Nevada Barr who will read and sign her New Orleans novel, "13 1/2", 6pm Free.

Louisiana writer Tim Gautreaux to be honored~Kevin Allman

Norton Girault, at 91, words still matter ~Bill Ruehlmann

Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards
~Beth J. Harpaz


New Orleans Bounce
~My Private Casbah


Rev Billy and the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir Rocked the Brooklyn Lyceum
~Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn


A Fall filled of festivals
~Geraldine Wyckoff


Heritage School of Music fund-raiser featuring
Richie Havens

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