Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Mardi

New Orleans Lands Superbowl! For 2013~BBuzz

A Katrina mystery explained
~Paul Krugman

~Editilla Notellas~ As it rolls and bowls, we will try to carry just a bit more the different takes on this story of who left us to die in New Orleans. Out of that entire GQ article about current history's Biggest Fuctard, the reality of 8/29/05 is rising to the top as one of the 3 major points of discussion.
Hence, we enjoy the way the comments section here at the NYT comes from all over. It is gratifying to see how so many other Americans still wonder the same thing: Who made that Call on 8/29? Everyone in the country saw that. Everyone saw the Bush Administration leave 1000s of our citizens to die.

100-Year Flood Protection Near, But Is It Enough?~WDSU
~"There is a couple of areas where they are slipping a bit. But by in large I think we're in pretty good shape," said Billy Marchal, an engineer with the Flood Protection Alliance.

Disaster recovery flawed
~Todd Dorman

~Will it be the oatmeal box heard ’round the world?
I’m referring to media kits sent recently to the nation’s major news outlets with hopes of drumming up interest in Cedar Rapids’ continued struggle to recover from the flood of 2008.
Inside a familiar cylindrical Quaker oatmeal box with a Cedar Rapids Flood Story label, local public relations pros stuffed a book filled with story ideas, brochures, a small USB computer flash drive with flood videos, a Quaker snack bar and a box of soy milk to wash it down. Just think what those oats might do.
There’s no good reason why struggling Americans in one part of the country should be forced to compete against hurting Americans in another region for federal resources. Stricken communities should not feel the need to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire lobbyists just to plead their cases. Instead of an efficient, responsive system, we get an ill-fitting, politicized bureaucratic hodgepodge. We’re not crying for a handout or a bailout. We simply want promises made to be promises swiftly kept. The fact that it’s not fixed years after Katrina is hard to swallow. Even with soy milk.

Donelon works with FEMA to secure insurance waivers for government, nonprofits
~Rebecca Mowbray


First Invest of the year peters out; Florida gets soaked
~Jeff Masters


New Orleans Rep. Abramson Talks Louisiana Ethics, Budget ~BBuzz

Kathy Reidlinger, NOLA Charter Schools' Top Scammer
~Schools Matter


Interrupted Frequencies
~New Orleans Murder Blog


Interview with New Orleans Chef John Besh~Seattle Tall Poppy

Andre Williams And The New Orleans Hellhounds - Can You Deal With It? ~Steady Bloggin

New Orleans Indie Rock Collective presents Park the Van showcase June 12th
~Static Television


Anders Osborne, Lucky One
~Captain's Dead

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