Thursday, April 23, 2009

Jeudi

Newsman Norman Robinson testifies he considered suicide, turned to alcohol after Flood
~Susan Finch

~In the face of losing "stuff that gives you humanity and connection to other people," Robinson said, "then you hear people denigrate you because, 'You're from New Orleans, you're a whiner, why don't you suck it up, why don't you get over it and move on?'"

Idiot Bastard Son, Tom Ridge, Spin'Filtrating the Katrina Lie!
"No one could have prevented the levees from breaking, but I think much of the problem with the Katrina disaster was the failure of political and government leadership at the local, mayor, state, and federal level. "
~Tom Ridge, Ubber'fucktard Bush Man
Editilla T'n'T~Levees.org
The merging of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet with the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, east of New Orleans. (Photo: Tyrone Turner / National Geographic Image Collection)
~Truthout.org


Seeing future without MRGO
~Allen M. Johnson Jr.


Wetlands tract to be preserved
~Cindy Chang

~The tract, in an unincorporated part of the parish near the mouth of the Tchefuncte River, can be viewed from the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse, now being restored by the maritime museum and scheduled to open as soon as early next year. Special thanks, Photo: doncon

Lethal but legal pollution - awful offal!~lacoastpost

Politics with a Punch
~Look for our Ace Herollero, Ivor van Heerden, on this week's panel of unseemly e'steamables!
“Wild” Bill Dykes
, Nationally known Comedian
Tom Gregory
, TV Producer and Host, Stand Up Comedian
Ivor van Heerden
, Hurricane/Coastal Wetlands Scientist
John “Spud” McConnell
,WWL 870 AM Talk Show Host
Eric Paulsen
,Morning and Mid-Day News Anchor, WWL-TV
Nikki Reyes
, Award Winning Television Personality
Vince Vance
, Rock Star, Band Leader and Ultimate Showman

Recovery director Ed Blakely cost the city far more than $150,000 salary, e-mails show ~David Hammer

66,000 vacant properties thwart N.O.'s recovery~Scott Satchfield

Dan Aykroyd launches home building project for first responders~David Hammer

La. homeowners face higher humps as insurers ask for double-digit hikes ~Ted Griggs

Plenty Enough Suck to Go Around: A Memoir of Floods, Fires, Parades and Plywood
~Review by Susan Larson

~Writer Cheryl Wagner added her voice to the chorus of New Orleanians speaking out after Hurricane Katrina with her commentaries on NPR's "This American Life."
Now we have her Katrina memoir, with its roller coaster ride through the storm, the flood and the aftermath. Wagner's is a distinctive and funny voice, with that tone of the committed (and at times should be committed) New Orleanian.

The Wild Magnolias - With The New Orleans Project 1974
~Themonk's Jazz and Blues


Jazz Fest food vendors dish on their favorites~Judy Walker

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