Big Easy?

from the blog "Pure Land Mountain" by Robert Brady an American now living in Japan for a number of years


REBUILD THE BIG EASY? GOT JUST THE… UM... INDIVIDUAL…

First the NOLA disaster was all in the hands of a guy who used to monitor horse shows for a living. Got kicked outta there not for abject inexperience, wide-ranging incompetence or offensive lack of empathy, but for resume problems. Then they put NOLA in the hands of the guy who called for duct tape and plastic sheeting as a defense against anyminutenow bioterror, which there’s been a lot of. Now, to sludge along in that same sclerotic vein, the whole NOLA reconstruction effort is underway and what pale male is gonna be in charge? Who’s yer daddy?


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"So here is the White House's Katrina Plan in a nutshell: block any independent examination of its failings, put the Einstein of damage control in charge of reconstructing New Orleans, keep the dead bodies out of sight, try to get away with general platitudes and palliatives, offer watered-down acceptances of 'responsibility' while trying to pin everything you can on local yokels and fall guys like Brownie, and let Bush's corporate cronies get fat on hefty no-bid reconstruction contracts.

So get ready for the New New Orleans -- Karl Rove's Big Easy -- featuring the Halliburton French Quarter, the ExxonMobil River (formerly the Mississippi), Lake MBNA (formerly Pontchartrain), and Eli Lilly music (formerly jazz)."


I commented:

And rename New Orleans "the Big Easy Pickings" :(

Do you remember a horror movie that sticks with you?

I like birds in their natural habitat; in the trees and their nests and the sky, I detest birds in cages in the house. Even canaries and parrots. Something about them gives me the creeps. Maybe it is because I object to seeing them fettered and caged up. But I just plain don't like to be near a bird inside flying around. Remember the old Hitchcock thriller (circa the 50's) " The Birds"? Now that was a real horror tale. Tippi Hedrin,(Melanie Griffith's mom) went to visit a male friend on a remote island near San Francisco. While she is there all the great big birds on the island go beserk and beginning attacking the residents. Everyone is helpless. Tippi keeps her cool. She is really attracted to the guy she went to visit.One funny thing is Tippi wears the same dressy clothers and heels all weekend. She never once sets her alligator or lizard purse down. and her mink stole is equally as out of place on the casual island.

I won't give away the ending since you might be compelled to rent the movie.


Horror movie that sticks with you

Quiz

DEMURE BEAUTY - You are modest, innocent, and a bit
naive. You are naturally optimistic and always
look on the bright side in whatever you do.
People are naturally drawn to you and you
probably have a lot of friends. If you're sad,
which is rare, you bounce back quickly. Your
innocence makes you see the good in all things.
You believe in second chances and are a true
idealist.


What type of beauty do you possess? (20 questions + 7 results + pretty pics)
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Waiting for the light of day as

all the sorrow of New Orleans floods the news.

The first word that comes to mind in thinking about the flood is HORROR. Stephen King could not have written a novel to equal that horror. Bodies floating down the streets. Poor souls in the SuperDome. Waiting .. waiting in filth for busses that did not come. Waiting. Starving babies dying of thirst. Old people dying in their wheelchairs. Waiting, uncovered, as rigor set in.
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From "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

"The offing was barred by a black bank of clouds, and the tranquil water-way leading to the uttermost ends of the earth flowed somber under an overcast sky--seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness."


. a belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."


He was obeyed, yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect. He inspired uneasiness. That was it!"

Bush