Signal to noise ratio

So Clarence Ray Nagin was “very disturbed” by Ralph Lupin calling Veronica White a “bitch”.

Ray, big fucking deal.

I like how Nagin is trying to use this, amongst other things, to draw attention away from the mounting charges of corruption against his office.

So somebody got called a name.

Somebody got called a name while this shit is going on:

Last Sunday a friend of mine's Daughter was visiting a friend and Co-worker who attends Loyola. They were hanging out watching a movie when some guys kicked in the door and came in with Guns. They duct taped them up, took small objects and money, left them their lic.s and left. 4 hours later they were found by a room mate. No one was hurt much, thank G-d. The home was on Palmer St. Afterwards they were talking to the police and were told that this group of 4 hispanic men were robbing people in the Loyola area. (this was the 6th with these suspects) They were told that it would not be reported to the media because Loyola didn't want it out because of the problems they were already having with low student registration. My friend said he was seriously thinking of talking to 6 on your side but I don't think anything came of it.

Isn’t it typical that C Ray acts offended as hell? It reminds me of W and Cheney “bringing dignity back to the white house” while telling Pat Leahy to “go fuck yourself” and calling Adam Clymer a "major league asshole".

Basically, this underscores how fucking alone we are. How weak we are. How utterly powerless we are.

The local government is actively hurting us, the state government is passively hurting us, and the federal government is trying to Biafra us.

Yeah, I just saw Syriana, which I’m sure didn’t help my outlook any, but still – we’re fucked.

The whole world is controlled by big fucking money, and New Orleans is their latest Petri dish.

We can march all we want, show outrage all we want, blog all we want.

What difference does it make.

We’re fucked.

Sinn Fein; Hasta la Victoria Siempre.

Comments

[Mr. Clio]

Well, that did get reported to the media, because Channel 6 (and Yahoo) had it splashed all over their web pages.

Trust me: Loyola is too clueless to have that kind of control over the police OR the media.

I can't much argue with the gist of your post, though, bra.

I loved Syrian, BTW.

[liprap]

God Almighty, my head is spinning and the anger is welling up. And all because of that nasty golem called Money. True ee-vil, indeed.

[Steve MackQueen]

Xavier is much more lucky. Its problems are never reported! Ask someone about what happened there last weekend.

[Varg]

So let's storm the Bastille.

[slate]

Ya know if we wanted to do a march against Nagin's corruption, Bastille day wouldn't be a bad choice and "Storm the Bastille" wouldn't be a bad slogan either.

[Dambala]

- The local government is actively hurting us, the state government is passively hurting us, and the federal government is trying to Biafra us.

That's so frikkin' on the mark man.

I still think Sinn Fein starts in New Orleans. Maybe I drank too much of the Kool Aid in my American History classes....but I still believe we can turn this whole fucking thing around.

Maybe marching doesn't work...but marching with pitchforks may.

[GentillyGirl]

After 19 freakin' months of post-Flood Hell, we should storm the Three Bastilles: City Hall, the State Office and the Federal Building.

[Dambala]

the first thing we need to storm is ACE

[GentillyGirl]

We hold Rising Tide II on the 14th and 15th, and the next day have a 15,000+ person march.

Now that would be a shit-storm.

[G Bitch]

March, smarch--a full-out armed revolution led by brass bands and some bulldozers.

[GentillyGirl]

G, don't forget the M. cocktails.... it's time for some parity in this town.

(Did I just type that? Guess so...)