NOLA or bust

...and I mean bust.

This woman, Cynthia Myers, is held to blame by my lovely wife for scarring me for life. After looking at the picture, you can possibly see how a 5 year old could be scarred for life by this.

In any case...

Things are much more upbeat here at chez Morris, and here's a bunch of reasons why.

The new Saints coaching staff realize that pure talent alone does not win championships. If it did, Ryan Leaf would be the hottest QB right now, and his connections to Terrell Owens would be the stuff of legend.

As such, the NNO (New New Orleans) Saints have dumped some of the cancers on the team, and have re-signed two of the hearts and souls of the team, and of New Orleans. It just wouldn't be right to see the beerman or Freddie Mac playing for anybody else.

And the people they're adding to the team are people that really want to be here. Oh, hell yeah.

I could get some wonderful season tickets, but they'd run me $150 a game...should I do this, or go for the nosebleed seats with Dilly & Berto? Hmmmmm.

Got teary eyed again this Sunday, at the strawberry festival, when I saw a guy with a Sam Mills Saints jersey on. He was our Sam.

Why is it that there "ain't no city like New Orleans"? Here's a good reason. Only here, man, only here.

The diocese is reopening St. Augustine. Hallelujah. And there's even hope in da 9th.

Hell, even if the Hornets do go to OKC, we may get the Brass back. Boo yah.

How incompetent is the current administration? Well, growing up in dixiecrat land, the Republicans were the "don't spend anything, be fiscally responsible" party, and the Democrats were the "support more social and infrastructure programs, and fund them through taxes" party.

No Más. The current administration is about as far from fiscal responsibility as one can be. At least, the oil companies, Halliburton, and the insurance companies are getting rich. Huzzah!

Now, because of all the cronyism and bad press, they can't even hire somebody to run FEMA.

Bwaaaahhhhhaaaa haaaa haaaa. Ididots. They should have known better.

What twits. Well, what do I expect, the writer could probably show me his mother, sister, and wife with a single introduction. The Intelligencer. What a misnomer. Right up there with strategery. Not much truthiness there, either. Da po blog exposes more dweebs.

Nice post by Harry, and nice comment by Humid Haney. Nobody Cares. Well, screw them. Sinn Fein, baby. We will take care of ourselves, we will rebuild ourselves, and screw everybody that doesn't like it. Oh, and we're quintupling the port tax and taking 100% of the oil revenues.

Deal, bitches.

Like I said, if NOLA is destroyed this season by a hurricane, then I will NOT move anywhere in the US. They have demonstrated that they could not care less about us, and if they all perish in any calamity-du-jour, I won't shed a tear. Serves them right...they shouldn't have lived there in the first place.

Mary Landrieu has cojones more grande than Bobby Jindal will ever have.

Once again, try the USACE for treason, or at least negligent homicide.

Did Michael Brown come up with this schedule? On the first Sunday of Jazzfest, the following groups are all playing simultaneously. Pick one: Bruce Springsteen, The original Meters, Kermit, Preservation Hall, Li'l Band O' Gold, and Elvis Costello with Allen Toussaint. Sheesh... If I make it, I'm gonna have to see the Meters, 'cause they gots Zigaboo playin' wif dem again. Dey all axed for him.

I play drums, and I don't want to be like Buddy Rich or Neal Peart. I want to be like Zigaboo, with the funk just drippin' off of me. How cool is that.

Fellow bloggers, especially blogger bloggers, please allow non-registered comments. Some excellent blogs won't allow non-blogger comments.

Da paper endorsed Ron Forman for mayor. Schroeder has more. After 7+ months of being the best investigative newspaper in the country, they've settled back to being themseves again. Picayune, indeed. Adrastos has more, and is probably the best source for NO election news. Straight up. Word.

My guaranteed accurate Venn Diagram of New Orleans voters.

Of course, you could always vote for the dead guy. It's important.

Comments

[CHOMPS]

I want to vote for the right person but I also do not want a wasted vote and have Nagin get elected because I thought I was voting for the right person. I did that once and we ended up George W for President.
Until Saturday night my vote was going for Ron Foreman because he has the ability to turn coal into a diamond. But several folks who know the ins and outs of the candidates schooled me. So whom does that leave Mitch? I don’t want to see another professional politician in there.

[Marco Romano]

How many other fucking cities have produced so many good musicians and music? Sure there's KC, St. Louis, Chicago, NYC but...
{like Earl King's "Big Chief'!! Turn it up!}

Even though I don't live there man, some of your posts get my anger broiling. I can see the effect you have on fellow NO people. Keep up the pressure.

[Adrastos]

Thanks for the plug, big mon. I'm gonna quote you in my blog tomorrow in an orgy of narcissim...

[ashley Morris]

It's a plug Adrastos, but it's true.

Chomps: Dunno what to tell you, but I don't think anybody will pull over 50% in the primary. However, my guess is that it will be either Nagin/Forman or Nagin/Landrieu, and that Nagin will lose the runoff.

So, if I'm right, no matter who you vote for, you'll get to vote against Nagin in the runoff.

[Mr. Clio]

I'm going to a Virginia Boulet meet-the-candidate gig at a friend's house tomorrow. Post a comment on a blog if anybody's interested in going. We'll get in touch.

I'm still torn between Mitch and Boulet. I'm not as down on Forman as you guys are, except for one thing: the people who are so excited about him. You know, the "smart" people with (inherited) wealth that makes them so smart.

[Slimbolala]

Love the diagram. Venn diagrams in general are brilliant, and that one in particular is quite lovely.

[bayoustjohndavid]

"After 7+ months of being the best investigative newspaper in the country"

Try a week and a half. They thought that the failure of small firms to get FEMA contracts was a human interest story until an AP reporter asked some obvious questions. My Nov. 8 post might have been a little too strong, but not by much.

Oh, CHOMPS, I hate to keep harping on it, but Forman turned a diamond into a bigger diamond.

[Tim]

I love it! The "Thanks, Houston" bumpersticker joke is priceless.

I'm thinking about K-Doe for Mayor. You know, at least he won't say anything stupid to the national press.

Peace,

Tim

[ashley morris]

Tim, I think K-doe may say something goofy to the press. He is still the emperor of the universe, you know.