The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism

In case you forgot..., and the old grey lady has not, we are not OK.

You see all that debris still fucking here? You know why?

So they can break our spirit. So that the best of us leave, go even crazier, or kill ourselves. That's what they want.

Why?

So they can get our land, and make money on it. We're the new fucking frontier, podnah, and the vinyl siding cowboys are licking their chops. The rest of them simply don't give a damn about us. They've given the Red Cross their 10 bucks -- their work here is done.

And what's with that new Red Cross commercial? Are they trying to convince us that they do care, after they get their 24% overhead? Is this only being aired in NOLA?

So the Republicans are even admitting it now:

Would you say that your decision to storm out in the middle of an interview reflects a general dickishness amongst Republicans that's probably responsible for the fact that New Orleans is under water? And I will take a hang up to mean yes.

(Dial tone)

The liberal media (which, as Humid Haney will tell you, is no more liberal than their conservative owners and stockholders), namely PBS, tonight broadcast an episode of Frontline entitled The Dark Side. It logically, methodically, and completely disemboweled Dick Cheney, and the current administration.

Man, it's not that they're stupid. It's that a) they are so worried about manipulating every fucking facet of everything in order to get more rich and powerful than anyone has every desired to be, and b) because they either think that the Rapture is coming within 5 years so there's no hope for the world, or that by being so fucking rich, they can be protected from whatever miserable plague occurs next.

Of course, this is all propaganda spewed by the liberal media. War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. Let oxycontin set you free.

So they're not going to help us, I think they've made that clear. Here's the thing: there already are American Ruins, but this was caused by urban decay and neglect; not by the total abandonment of an entire city by the country in which it resides.

Also please note: I have the stormfront link there for the pictures, not for the propaganda.

You do what you gotta do, I don't care who you are. Fortunately, I still have my job, and I'm on sabbatical next year, but I'm considering a position at Winston University. Can you blame me?

John Barry still lives here, right? Let's stage a coup, and install him as mayor.

Finally, I saw Kermit Ruffins last Thursday, and talked to him about the documentary on Black Starz: New Orleans music in exile. If you haven't seen it, it's yet another tear jerking hour and a half about where the musicians had to go 'cause of the flood, the aftereffects, and what they're doing now.

It's also a big ass indictment about places like Houston, Nashville, Atlanta, Austin, and wherever trying to steal our culture. That ain't gonna happen, bitches. Just 'cause you got Cyril don't mean you got soul.

In the documentary, Kermit asks a cab driver what the best jazz club in Houston is. He goes there, and finally gets to perform at an open mic night. Then he gets a regular gig there on Friday and Saturday nights. The punch line: the manager had no clue who he was. Kermit Ruffins in front of him, and this guy masquerading as the manager of a jazz club didn't know who he was.

Thanks, Houston.

Comments

[Aaron]

Houston is already a 4 letter word for me and mine, having been forced to live there for 6 months. Which is to say nothing bad about the treatment, it's just that the city is sterile and commercial. You drive everywhere, you CAN'T walk to a store, and I would be shocked if someone who lives there has any concept of culture, having chosen to live in Houston. So it is not a surprise that a Houston "jazz club" manager didn't know who Kermit Ruffins was, having chosen to live in soulless Houston.

[GentillyGirl]

Fuckin' goddamn A!

These cities think they can be us? They're out of their fruit fuckin' minds. Don't even try you white bread shits.

And as far as the abandonment of our city? Screw the nation. Take matters into our own hands as our ancestors did.

Take Chocolate Ray and the clowns of the City Council out of the loop. We ARE New Orleans, not those fools.

What has the current Administration given us? Occupation by a foreign army. We are stymied by the lack of funds that would allow us to rebuild, to restore, if possible, our Federally-funded, destroyed lives and work.

I am a native of this land. My people have been here since the beginning of this city. Swamp water runs in my veins. This is where I stand, period.

Long live the Isle d'Orleans, and fuck the U.S. We are on our own, and that's probably the right mindset. We will exact our pound of flesh for what was done to us in the Future.

[Tim]

My wife and I watched that Frontline report last night, and we were amazed. The whole bit about Colin Powell selling his soul in front of the whole world with that trumped-up BS presentation at the UN--that was just so sad. You lie down with dogs, general, you get up with fleas.

We both looked at each other at the end and almost at the same time said, "How can this guy still be in office?"

Sadly, I know the answer: democracy in the hands of unwashed America.

Peace,

Tim

[karen boudreaux]

Just a comment regarding Houston. Unfortunately my brother has relocated to Houston. As you've said its a souless city. They may have opened their arms to us, but they haven't stopped whining since. They complain new orleanians don;t know when to call it a night and go inside their home. New Orleanians are not known to go inside to quietly retire, we live around the clock maybe they should learn something from it rather than criticize. As the cowboy mouth says, we'll be playing music and dancing in your streets. We live life not just tolerate it.
Now New Orleananians are the cause of all their problems. So I decided to cover my car in New Orleans stickers then left the last one...big as day on the back. It states "welcome to Houston now go home." Obviously people were not amused but Fuck them and their fucking city. I'd rather be dead than to inhabit their souless suburbanite blighted city.