Email From NOLA IIq
Governor Blanco of Louisiana is trying to cover her tracks of apparent Katrina-related incompetence in recent documents turned over to a Senate investigating committee and even though some of her claims of competence are based on memory rather than actual documentation, it is still evident that bottom line blame resides in the oval office and what I'm saying is--President George Bush is not only killing our soldiers, but our citizens (good job Brownie?)
Some of you may have heard of the young New Orleans citizen who stole a bus during the Katrina aftermath, picking up stranded New Orleanians and then evacuating to Houston. The young citizen is back and was unfortunately busted recently for heroin possession, with intent to sell. No one is perfect. Good luck to you young man, and thank you for your efforts when it really counted. Don't lose hope, many of us are thinking of you.
Nobody wants Fema trailers in their backyards and Jefferson Parish residents are worried that proposed trailer parks in their community might be used to house people from the New Orleans projects. Presented with the supposition that not all people from the projects are bad people a group of JP residents at a recent forum responded with derisive laughter. Racism is a hard thing to kill. Maybe we should dress it up in something George Bush recognizes and let him have a go at it.
A wild but healthy stray dog came up in the Dumaine house while I was working there yesterday, but retreated when I yelled at it. When I advanced to shoo it farther away, the dog met me with sincere eyes that said, come on man, I'm just trying to get along here. I relented and apologized with soothing baby-dog talk. A note to local animal rescue people who are putting out food for stray animals: Thank you, but in the past, we did not feed our many stray dogs, we just let them eat our cats.
The yard birds survived and there is beautiful rooster and hen pair residing sometimes in the Dumaine backyard. The rooster can be heard to crow in the afternoon.
Yesterday at Elizabeth's in the Bywater I had lunch and before lunch went into the men's room and put my hands under something I haven't felt in 5 weeks, hot water. I'm not saying it was better than my worst orgasm but it touched something in me pretty close to that.
The town is so small now that walking to Elizabeth's I passed a man walking with his girlfriend who I'm sure people tell--you know, you look a little like Ben Affleck--and I had passed him two days previous in front of the St. Louis Cathedral and remembered him from that brief passing, and I guess, vice-versa, because he smiled at me, and I smiled at him, a little awkward, but noteworthy, at least according to me.
New Orleans is the safest major urban area in America right now. Bring your kids, bring your dreams. We don't have but a small fraction of our schools up and running, but we gonna work something out.
for the record, he said "heck of a job, brownie." i think bush knew that the operation was already heading south and it served as double speak for not acknowledging what he knew to be fubar. the john stewart daily show called him out this week for using the frase again this time towards leiberman.
Oh yeah, thanks, I knew that was wrong but I couldn't think what the actual words were. I'm not hooked up to Internet when I write (for fact checking), just when I post, and then I'm usually in a big effin hurry.
w couldnt actually come out and say anything "good" about a democrat.
I didn't think of that--"heck of a" means precisely nothing.
I have noticed the smaller town thing too. I like being able to get lost in the city. It was just big enough for that. Now, it's hard to wander in your in own space on the island proper. We do encounter the same people more often. Simultaneously, with all the out of state workers, I sometimes look around, say the Bulldog, and ask 'who are all these people'? The 'offshore' parts of town, like Faubourg Louisville, are peaceful. Who would have thought that I would wish to be in Treme for peace and quiet !
any chance you'll be in texas this month?
No, but I called you this week to see how things are going in Austin. If my truck makes it to the east coast and back this week, I'm sure I'll drive up to Dallas and Austin in the new year. Would like to see you, and Jose. Hope you're well.
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Governor Blanco of Louisiana is trying to cover her tracks of apparent Katrina-related incompetence in recent documents turned over to a Senate investigating committee and even though some of her claims of competence are based on memory rather than actual documentation, it is still evident that bottom line blame resides in the oval office and what I'm saying is--President George Bush is not only killing our soldiers, but our citizens (good job Brownie?)
Some of you may have heard of the young New Orleans citizen who stole a bus during the Katrina aftermath, picking up stranded New Orleanians and then evacuating to Houston. The young citizen is back and was unfortunately busted recently for heroin possession, with intent to sell. No one is perfect. Good luck to you young man, and thank you for your efforts when it really counted. Don't lose hope, many of us are thinking of you.
Nobody wants Fema trailers in their backyards and Jefferson Parish residents are worried that proposed trailer parks in their community might be used to house people from the New Orleans projects. Presented with the supposition that not all people from the projects are bad people a group of JP residents at a recent forum responded with derisive laughter. Racism is a hard thing to kill. Maybe we should dress it up in something George Bush recognizes and let him have a go at it.
A wild but healthy stray dog came up in the Dumaine house while I was working there yesterday, but retreated when I yelled at it. When I advanced to shoo it farther away, the dog met me with sincere eyes that said, come on man, I'm just trying to get along here. I relented and apologized with soothing baby-dog talk. A note to local animal rescue people who are putting out food for stray animals: Thank you, but in the past, we did not feed our many stray dogs, we just let them eat our cats.
The yard birds survived and there is beautiful rooster and hen pair residing sometimes in the Dumaine backyard. The rooster can be heard to crow in the afternoon.
Yesterday at Elizabeth's in the Bywater I had lunch and before lunch went into the men's room and put my hands under something I haven't felt in 5 weeks, hot water. I'm not saying it was better than my worst orgasm but it touched something in me pretty close to that.
The town is so small now that walking to Elizabeth's I passed a man walking with his girlfriend who I'm sure people tell--you know, you look a little like Ben Affleck--and I had passed him two days previous in front of the St. Louis Cathedral and remembered him from that brief passing, and I guess, vice-versa, because he smiled at me, and I smiled at him, a little awkward, but noteworthy, at least according to me.
New Orleans is the safest major urban area in America right now. Bring your kids, bring your dreams. We don't have but a small fraction of our schools up and running, but we gonna work something out.
- jimlouis 12-03-2005 7:59 pm
for the record, he said "heck of a job, brownie." i think bush knew that the operation was already heading south and it served as double speak for not acknowledging what he knew to be fubar. the john stewart daily show called him out this week for using the frase again this time towards leiberman.
- bill 12-03-2005 8:16 pm [add a comment]
Oh yeah, thanks, I knew that was wrong but I couldn't think what the actual words were. I'm not hooked up to Internet when I write (for fact checking), just when I post, and then I'm usually in a big effin hurry.
- jimlouis 12-03-2005 8:22 pm [add a comment]
w couldnt actually come out and say anything "good" about a democrat.
- bill 12-03-2005 8:24 pm [add a comment]
I didn't think of that--"heck of a" means precisely nothing.
- tom moody 12-03-2005 8:54 pm [add a comment]
I have noticed the smaller town thing too. I like being able to get lost in the city. It was just big enough for that. Now, it's hard to wander in your in own space on the island proper. We do encounter the same people more often. Simultaneously, with all the out of state workers, I sometimes look around, say the Bulldog, and ask 'who are all these people'? The 'offshore' parts of town, like Faubourg Louisville, are peaceful. Who would have thought that I would wish to be in Treme for peace and quiet !
- Laureen (guest) 12-03-2005 10:30 pm [add a comment]
any chance you'll be in texas this month?
- angela (guest) 12-05-2005 5:37 am [add a comment]
No, but I called you this week to see how things are going in Austin. If my truck makes it to the east coast and back this week, I'm sure I'll drive up to Dallas and Austin in the new year. Would like to see you, and Jose. Hope you're well.
- jimlouis 12-06-2005 7:32 am [add a comment]