Archive for the 'Louisiana' Category

Between Rounds at Sunnyside Gardens…

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

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(Charlie Riedel, Associated Press / May 15, 2010) via chicagotribune.com

The scenes they never show us.

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Image: (bird) AP Photo via thinkprogress.com

Speaking At Trade Association Funded By BP, Gov. Perry Claims Rig Disaster Is An ‘Act Of God’–Think Progress headline, 5/5/2010

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

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“And God created spin…”
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The story is here.

Images: (God creates man by Michelangelo) via reason.com; (blowout) d2eosjbgw49cu5.cloudfront.net via trends-search.com; (BP logo) via designlessbetter.com;(hard hat) via accrete.com

Things may be worse for Polar bears than we had expected…

Monday, September 1st, 2008

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Water crests over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal as wind and rain from Hurricane Gustav pound New Orleans. (AP)
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Image: (Polar bear) Photograped by Mila Zinkova via commons.wikimedia.org

Larry Craig and David Vitter — have named themselves as co-sponsors of S.J. Res. 43, the Marriage Protection Amendment. If passed, the bill would amend the Constitution to declare that marriage “shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.”–THINK PROGRESS

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Surely, you recall these two sports who dragged their wives before Klieg lights to show what happy families they had.

They have raised hypocrisy to the level of capital crime.

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This New Orleans madam, Jeanette Maier. alleged that Dave was a client. 
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Images: (men’s room) AP Photo via a.abcnews.com; (Craig) rodonline-typepad.com via satiricalpolitical.com; (Vitter) foxnews.com; (Woman) […]

Only my over-wrought imagination forces me to think about Ottawa Chief Pontiac, Lord Jeffery Amherst and smallpox-laden blankets.

Friday, February 15th, 2008

FEMA trailers toxic, tests show
Facing Relocation
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Alex Brandon / Associated Press
Jim “Hawk” Herring, with his dog Koko, lives in a FEMA trailer in the Lakeview area of New Orleans. With recent government tests confirming high levels of formaldehyde in the temporary residences, U.S. health officials are urging that hurricane victims be relocated as soon as possible.
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Unhealthy […]

Lenny Bruce said, “In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.”

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Louisiana takes that statement to its logical conclusion, but it’s not the only state.
This story is followed by my post of  October 2, 2006

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THE NEW YORK TIMES
January 29, 2008
Sidebar
Looking Anew at Campaign Cash and Elected Judges
By ADAM LIPTAK
Vernon Valentine Palmer, a law professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, could not understand how justices of […]

I don’t think he can finish off that little crock o’ lies.

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

Storm readiness shortfalls kept secret
Officials say disclosure would be security risk
Saturday, October 27, 2007
By Bill Walsh
New Orleans Times-Picayune
WASHINGTON — The state of Louisiana and the Bush administration are refusing to disclose analyses that would let the public know where gaps exist in the government’s hurricane preparation and response plans, including evacuation, medical services and shelters.
Citing […]

I’m certain W and da boys are doing all they can, right, Chertoff?

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up
By Ed StoddardThu Jun 21, 5:37 PM ET
Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly 50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public health facilities, researchers said on Thursday.
“The city lost half of its public health workers after […]

Sadly, how can we be surprised…

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

after the high-class ad in Tennessee’s 2006 senate race.
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Racial demons resurface with nooses on Louisiana tree
Thu May 24, 11:28 AM ET
The racial demons of the Old South have resurfaced in a rural Louisiana town where black students who tried to sit on the white side of the school yard were met by three hangmen’s […]