Ownership society ( Read more... )

I have noticed, perhaps because of bad timing, that it has become increasingly hard to get my adderall prescriptions filled in this city. Methinks it is because I last tried around midterms, and yesterday during finals time. Every time I go to Walgreens, the story is "we don't have enough." "We get our shipment in on Friday." And, when I retort ( Read more... )

WOW, so, politics in Louisiana is comic. NO ONE saw William Jefferson getting voted out this election. Certainly not in favor of (1) a Republican, (2) the first Vietnamese member of the House of Representatives. I mean, first Jindal, now this guy! Amazing ( Read more... )

Nobody can get accurate information about anything in this city. It is becoming a frustrating m.o. of the mayor's office, to STONEWALL any investigations into their operations. Not just accusations of corruption by officials (see Sept. 24), but also crime statistics, accurate lists of people receiving contracts, and even if the city's crime ( Read more... )

So, I flipped a coin for the Presidency. Really, that's what it came down to. That's all I'm gonna say. I did vote for the crook in the local election, I voted against the other crook, and for the D.A. that lost, which was the only reason I showed up to vote in the first place, since, I was undecided for President, voting out of spite for State ( Read more... )

il y a beaucoup de choses...

Robbing you to the grave, and after. Hebert grandfather saved all his life and put together a trust enough to support his widow on the interest + his pension + social security, she lived humbly in her last years, and passed last Christmas. It was an unfortunate time to die, because by the time the Trust was processed ( Read more... )

Yes folks, my life just got more difficult. There is now a runoff between a known criminal, and an alleged beyyotch. The Times-Picayune endorsed Cedric Richmond, so the fact that he isn't even in the runoff is sad. But we will have to choose between the first two, and we've re-elected the criminal once already, so, you do the math ( Read more... )

A must see... Belligerent mayor... Threatens media, news producers, and anyone who comes against him, he will "cold-cock" them.

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Food for though, I hate O'Reilly as much as the next guy, but Mayor Nagin could use the tutorial from O'Reilly's Nonverbal Communication segment ( Read more... )

http://blog.nola.com/murders/

Sad.

http://blog.nola.com/notesonneworleans/2008/09/sex_and_the_city_and_the_iberv.html

Even Sadder, but funny if you're New Orleanean.

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