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TheDude

I just watched that episode. Gotta love John Goodman.

Frank

Ashley Morris was a sick, frustrated man. If he truly was an english professor,I'm glad my child was not one of his students.If I was a politician , I would have ignored him as a fucking asshole.

NOLA

Frank, you're right. You are a fucking asshole.

9th

Apparently the writers of the show and the powers that be at HBO "got it". For those of you who don't, I suppose name calling is the best you can do.

Gia

Ashley was amazing. His kids ARE amazing, his wife is amazing. His students were lucky to have had that experience, and he was NOT worried a bit about what a politician thought of him. Or anyone, for that matter. If you don't have anything nice to say on someones personal blog, kindly (respectfully) keep it to yourself. Treme is doing a great job keeping his legacy alive. It's a pleasure to see.

Hana Morris

OK, I am deleting a bunch of you fucking ignorants.
I know you are just aggravating me but anyway.
Ashley was not a fucking girl's name. It is an old southern name. A name of a gentleman. Read Gone with the Wind.

Ash was not an english professor, he was a professor of computer science. Asshole. Check your facts before you open your mouth!

Hana Morris

And he was more a man than any other I have ever met. His nickname was "Knife". Guess why,

Sophmom

Sucks that all the original comments appear to be gone, and these people are awful. Good grief, Hana. We need Loki or Maitri or Ray. Who else who's there uses Typepad? Do you need some help?

I thought Simon's shout out for Ashley was perfect, even a perfect fit for straight ahead, and strive for tone.

Please let us know if we can help.

Hana Morris

The original comments are with the original post from Ash. I was just reposting it since it was time relevant.

Sophmom

Yeah. I figured that out. Duh. I'm surprised you didn't get more actual comments given the @hbo tweetage & retweetage last night. Sorry about my Mom hysterics. It's just what I do. Take care, Hana & thanks for re-posting this. Not sure why my Typepad avatar isn't showing. :/

Marco

Frank take a hike out to the BP leak and stick your head in it. Do something for your country.

GinnyRED57

Hana, you rock. I had to go back to the 2005 archives and read the whole year and more to understand Ashley a little better. I'm sorry now that I didn't know him or read his blog before, especially as he was in and out of Chicago and I live out in the soulless, cultureless suburbs. But I'm damn glad that I now know OF him.

Sinn Fein!

seide

I jumped up and shouted when John Goodman's character finally said it.

I will never forget screaming and laughing my head off when the "Buy Us Back Chirac" float went by. KdV meant so much that year. It was a sweet touch to see the Davis character shout "Ashley Morris, I salute you!" when they recreated the float in the KdV episode of Treme.

I still go back and read the FYYFF blog post from time to time, and I still cheer and cry just like I did on the first reading, every single time. It never fails to provide much-needed catharsis and inspiration.

seide

PS And sinfull [sic] mortal, and as far as what Jesus might say after death, if such a scenario did occur, I'm pretty sure it would be something like: "I told it to the Pharisees, I told it to the moneychangers in the temple, I told it to the Romans. And you walked that path with conviction, and didn't waiver. So good work, My son- and FUCK THOSE FUCKING FUCKS."

Randy

.: I watched the episode where Goodman records his YouTube rant. I wasn't aware that it was based on Ashley Morris, and this blog post. Amazing. This post reveals how passionate Mr Morris was about his city, and how incredibly frustrated he was after the hurricane, when W revealed how useless he and FEMA were in attending to the immediate needs of the NO populace. That the levees broke and so many people died was unconscionable and unforgivable

Brilliant post. I hope Mr Morris is resting in true peace now, and that there are others to carry on his legacy. I am in New Orleans this week for the first time ever, and it is an amazing city with heartfelt hospitality.

Casey

Amazing! Thank you Ashley and RIP

Bradley

Fuck all you fucking haters for Ashley Morris. He spoke nothing but the truth. The government did nothing to help New Orleans but they rebuilt piece of shit Chicago with all of their violence and gangs killing people left and right. I applaud to Ashley Morris's blog. So fuck you if you don't like New Orleans cause we a better city than you

Aaron

It is truly amazing how his passion for New Orleans is living on. I read your interview with Danny Gallagher and it was just terrific, Hana, and I love how you close the interview with your kids being able to see how their father was and how important he was to this city.

Joel

I'll fly away

Scott

This is a really powerful and emotional post and I'm glad that the show brought me to it.
Now that NOLA is being hit again, this time by fucking BP, the original post is even more important. This should be preserved in history books because it really shows how someone who lived through this event felt.

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Amazing! Thank you Ashley and RIP

Maura Alia Badji

Hana, thank you for reposting this, not just because of Treme, but because of the current BP debacle. I'm sorry that a few of the ass-hats of America have felt the need to leave their droppings. I hope you do delete them. Wishing all best to you and your family.

~Maura Alia Badji
The Moxie Bee
http://www.themoxiebee.com

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