Don't blog on too many national scandals, but this was pretty amazing.
So, a pedophilia scandal sweeps Capital Hill, everyone speculates on who might be involved, Larry Craig issues a denial (just to be on the safe side)... What year is it?
The title sort of gives it away...
In the words of Jeanette Maier, "Do you really think [Vitter] became a trick when he went to DC!?!?"... Larry Craig has had secrets to hide for years... Mark Foley gave really creepy speeches about congressional pages... Lest you think I'm being partisan, everyone knew about Morial and while few people know O.T. was a crook, lots of people knew he had a gambling problem. AND NOBODY IN THE MEDIA EVER DECIDED TO GET OFF THEIR FAT, LAZY ASS AND INVESTIGATE! Could it be that certain members of the media have mistresses? Like a certain star at a certain local TV station that is now giving WWL a run for its money... I'd say more, but then I might get sued (or at least kicked in the balls by a certain anchor's wife).
My point is the "Tribune of the People" is asleep at the wheel/passed out drunk/hiding behind the skirts of hookers/peeing in their pants in fear (circle all that apply). Pathetic. That's the REAL reason bloggers are so popular.
Showing posts with label Oliver Thomas. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Rising Tide 2: Politics
More liveblogging...
If I were mean, I'd write a joke about blonds and technology right now...
From left to right, Mark, Adrastos, Michael Duplantier, and Chad Rodgers...
Governor's race:
* Time-Pic "kissing up" to Bobby Jindal
* Adrastos- Times-Pic will be utterly shameless this year (a la Buddy Roemer)... Roemer and the rubber band episode (canceling bad thoughts)...
* Mark- Times-Pic's position just a reflection of the polling... Times-Pic is mainly commenting on disastrous campaign by Louisiana Democratic Party
* Chad- Other candidates, for better or worse, nonentities... Times-Pic is in business of selling newspapers... Don't want to offend anyone, so will fall in line... '(DB:) Will there be a runnoff?' At this point, no.
* Michael- There's an election coming up? Hopes Nagin will run to make it interesting... (DB: 'He doesn't have much else to do.') Nagin says stage is set for a complete recovery. His work here is done. (DA MAYOR IN YOUR POCKET makes a comment)
City Hall:
DB- Burn it down, execute them all, and start over?
* Mark- I'd carry a torch
* Adrastos- Let them implode, the smart ones are going to find the exits
DB- Who's next? Derrek Shepard?
* Mark- Impressed with his political machine (don't like, but will give props)... Lost a dirt file the size of a phone book on Shepard in the flood... 'I chose the children instead, I sometime regret that one...'
* Adrastos- Makes sense for Sheppard to go out next... Nagin came up with the idea of knocking down City Hall... Look out for Derrek Shepard and Cedric Richmond, 2 very ambitious black politicians... 'DB:Rumors?' Bloggers have raised rumor-mongering to an artform...
*DB- Bloggers don't hesitate to step on toes, therefore, we go after people where others don't...
* Chad- The view from outside... Riley/Nagin is an outrage... Revolution is advisable... There needs to be a housecleaning (not that much different from the rest of the state)... State Legislators as bad as NOLA pols... Jindal's running on corruption, I hope he means it, I hope whoever wins is serious about dealing with systemic problems... Outmigration problem in city and state...
* Michael- Arnie Fielkow, Jim Letten, Jim Bernazzini, Paul Valas, Cerassoli (OIG) are the most important politicians in the city, now. Arnie is now in charge of the city (with AWOL Nagin and O.T.). Those are the 5 most important people in the city... That they're all white males is interesting. I don't know what to make of that, but it's interesting. Cerassoli is still under serious culture shock, but he's important.
* Adrastos- Cerassoli is from Boston, see The Departed... Will he have the money?
DB- What can we do? We can vote, but that doesn't seem to help... What can we do?
* Michael- Cerassoli has $250,000, needs 2-3 mil... He's going to HAVE to do it for that... For 10 years, OIG was a required appointment, but nobody bothered... Mayor's budget is out in 2 months... See what happens...
* Mark- Whoever takes O.T.'s place on City Council will have to have some cachet. James Carter could be very interesting... He's focusing on crime, we'll see how effective he'll be. Good issue to position yourself, but let's see what he can actually accomplish (referring to C.B. Forgotston's criticism). Mark is "bullish" on Carter's.
* Michael- Carter is supported by O.T. Will he succeed without her? What about N.O. East's Cynthia? He's term limited, ambitious, and will get redistricted soon (2010)...
Now, Q&A session... Liveblogging will now end. That's all for today. I want to enjoy the rest of the day.
Take care,
Clay
If I were mean, I'd write a joke about blonds and technology right now...
From left to right, Mark, Adrastos, Michael Duplantier, and Chad Rodgers...
Governor's race:
* Time-Pic "kissing up" to Bobby Jindal
* Adrastos- Times-Pic will be utterly shameless this year (a la Buddy Roemer)... Roemer and the rubber band episode (canceling bad thoughts)...
* Mark- Times-Pic's position just a reflection of the polling... Times-Pic is mainly commenting on disastrous campaign by Louisiana Democratic Party
* Chad- Other candidates, for better or worse, nonentities... Times-Pic is in business of selling newspapers... Don't want to offend anyone, so will fall in line... '(DB:) Will there be a runnoff?' At this point, no.
* Michael- There's an election coming up? Hopes Nagin will run to make it interesting... (DB: 'He doesn't have much else to do.') Nagin says stage is set for a complete recovery. His work here is done. (DA MAYOR IN YOUR POCKET makes a comment)
City Hall:
DB- Burn it down, execute them all, and start over?
* Mark- I'd carry a torch
* Adrastos- Let them implode, the smart ones are going to find the exits
DB- Who's next? Derrek Shepard?
* Mark- Impressed with his political machine (don't like, but will give props)... Lost a dirt file the size of a phone book on Shepard in the flood... 'I chose the children instead, I sometime regret that one...'
* Adrastos- Makes sense for Sheppard to go out next... Nagin came up with the idea of knocking down City Hall... Look out for Derrek Shepard and Cedric Richmond, 2 very ambitious black politicians... 'DB:Rumors?' Bloggers have raised rumor-mongering to an artform...
*DB- Bloggers don't hesitate to step on toes, therefore, we go after people where others don't...
* Chad- The view from outside... Riley/Nagin is an outrage... Revolution is advisable... There needs to be a housecleaning (not that much different from the rest of the state)... State Legislators as bad as NOLA pols... Jindal's running on corruption, I hope he means it, I hope whoever wins is serious about dealing with systemic problems... Outmigration problem in city and state...
* Michael- Arnie Fielkow, Jim Letten, Jim Bernazzini, Paul Valas, Cerassoli (OIG) are the most important politicians in the city, now. Arnie is now in charge of the city (with AWOL Nagin and O.T.). Those are the 5 most important people in the city... That they're all white males is interesting. I don't know what to make of that, but it's interesting. Cerassoli is still under serious culture shock, but he's important.
* Adrastos- Cerassoli is from Boston, see The Departed... Will he have the money?
DB- What can we do? We can vote, but that doesn't seem to help... What can we do?
* Michael- Cerassoli has $250,000, needs 2-3 mil... He's going to HAVE to do it for that... For 10 years, OIG was a required appointment, but nobody bothered... Mayor's budget is out in 2 months... See what happens...
* Mark- Whoever takes O.T.'s place on City Council will have to have some cachet. James Carter could be very interesting... He's focusing on crime, we'll see how effective he'll be. Good issue to position yourself, but let's see what he can actually accomplish (referring to C.B. Forgotston's criticism). Mark is "bullish" on Carter's.
* Michael- Carter is supported by O.T. Will he succeed without her? What about N.O. East's Cynthia? He's term limited, ambitious, and will get redistricted soon (2010)...
Now, Q&A session... Liveblogging will now end. That's all for today. I want to enjoy the rest of the day.
Take care,
Clay
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Politics roundup
Vitter is going to Iraq. He heard about the cheap hookers.
So, how's Jordan's "elite" prosecutor unit doing? Not so well...
Here's one link you won't see on Dead Pelican... Honestly, I think this whole mess is getting blown out of proportion. Not that much to see.
So, let's get this straight, DHS, which is in charge of securing our borders, is one of the nation's largest employers of illegal immigrants...
Holy Fucking Shit! I can't believe this was a serious article! Bush: Global Dictator.
Some photos of O.T. Gettin Jiggy Wit It...
Clancy DuBose going to WWL. This could turn out to be a huge coup for WWL and help them keep WDSU from overtaking them. WDSU has been nipping at their heels as of late...
Mark Fiore cartoon about the "New Orleans Brand." A must see.
So, how's Jordan's "elite" prosecutor unit doing? Not so well...
Here's one link you won't see on Dead Pelican... Honestly, I think this whole mess is getting blown out of proportion. Not that much to see.
So, let's get this straight, DHS, which is in charge of securing our borders, is one of the nation's largest employers of illegal immigrants...
Holy Fucking Shit! I can't believe this was a serious article! Bush: Global Dictator.
Some photos of O.T. Gettin Jiggy Wit It...
Clancy DuBose going to WWL. This could turn out to be a huge coup for WWL and help them keep WDSU from overtaking them. WDSU has been nipping at their heels as of late...
Mark Fiore cartoon about the "New Orleans Brand." A must see.
Snitchin' is Bitchin!: Who will O.T. rat out?
Poll Results:
Ray Nagin
35 (37%)
Nagin-crony
7 (7%)
Marc Morial
10 (10%)
Morial-crony
22 (23%)
A Progressive Democrat
1 (1%)
A BOLD member
8 (8%)
Eddie Jordan
4 (4%)
Other
6 (6%)
Ray Nagin
35 (37%)
Nagin-crony
7 (7%)
Marc Morial
10 (10%)
Morial-crony
22 (23%)
A Progressive Democrat
1 (1%)
A BOLD member
8 (8%)
Eddie Jordan
4 (4%)
Other
6 (6%)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Recap of recent events
Excellent recap of Oliver Thomas' woes. By the NY Times.
A brief history of the Alphabet Soup organizations in NOLA. COUP, BOLD, GOLD, etc. I find if funny how nobody even knows what GOLD stands for... Required reading to follow New Orleans politics. H/T to Oyster.
Decriminalizing Mental Disorders. Excellent article. Totally ignored issue. From 600,000 beds to 40,000... Amazing.
Chris Rose on corruption. First article of his I've read in a while. Good.
View of Subsidence in New Orleans. Take a look:
Ellois rears his ugly head. Unfortunately, it's not cut off and used as a soccer ball.
2 killed in Treme. This one is close to where I live. Too close for comfort...
Minnesotans: please meet your Michael Brown. He's even got experience with the Corps! No word in the article as to whether or not he's got any experience with the Arabian Horse League or whatever the hell it was.
Speaking of the Corps... Here's their response to Time.
Discovered a new NOLA blogger today. Cliff's Crib.
Vick might be pleading guilty soon. He's fucked no matter what. Hope he gets a cellmate named Spike.
UPDATE- UNLEASH THE EVIL:
(Not photoshopped)
A brief history of the Alphabet Soup organizations in NOLA. COUP, BOLD, GOLD, etc. I find if funny how nobody even knows what GOLD stands for... Required reading to follow New Orleans politics. H/T to Oyster.
Decriminalizing Mental Disorders. Excellent article. Totally ignored issue. From 600,000 beds to 40,000... Amazing.
Chris Rose on corruption. First article of his I've read in a while. Good.
View of Subsidence in New Orleans. Take a look:
Ellois rears his ugly head. Unfortunately, it's not cut off and used as a soccer ball.
2 killed in Treme. This one is close to where I live. Too close for comfort...
Minnesotans: please meet your Michael Brown. He's even got experience with the Corps! No word in the article as to whether or not he's got any experience with the Arabian Horse League or whatever the hell it was.
Speaking of the Corps... Here's their response to Time.
Discovered a new NOLA blogger today. Cliff's Crib.
Vick might be pleading guilty soon. He's fucked no matter what. Hope he gets a cellmate named Spike.
UPDATE- UNLEASH THE EVIL:
(Not photoshopped)
Monday, August 13, 2007
Poll: O.T. the snitch
I have a gut feeling O.T. is going to rat out someone big very soon. Anyone got any guesses who? Look at the poll at the top... Vote for who you think will be next (not who you hope).
Remember kids, Snitchin' is Bitchin!
Remember kids, Snitchin' is Bitchin!
Oliver Thomas
I feel genuinely sorry for Ole' Thomas. He was holding back tears during that press conference. He showed genuine contrition and resigned (ARE YOU TAKING NOTES, VITTER !!! JEFFERSON!!!).
btw, here's a link to $Bill's personal finances...
The Special Election is October 20th. Let's get some good candidates in the race.
Drawing from the blogroll, here's my short list:
* Bart (Seconding Ray)
* Brian Denzer (just imagine him ripping on Riley)
* Matt McBride (just imagine him holding hearings with the Corps where they're confronted with a politician who knows more math than addition and subtraction!!!)
Here are the qualifications for the job:
(1) A councilmember shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of and domiciled in the City and shall not hold any other public office or position, except that the councilmember may hold the office of Notary Public, office in the military or naval forces or a position as a public school, public college, or public university administrator, teacher, instructor, or professor. Candidates for councilmember-at-large shall have been domiciled in the City for two years immediately preceding their election. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Section, candidates for district councilmember shall have been domiciled in the districts from which elected for at least two years immediately preceding their election. Any councilmember who ceases to be domiciled in the district from which elected shall thereby vacate the office.
btw, here's a link to $Bill's personal finances...
The Special Election is October 20th. Let's get some good candidates in the race.
Drawing from the blogroll, here's my short list:
* Bart (Seconding Ray)
* Brian Denzer (just imagine him ripping on Riley)
* Matt McBride (just imagine him holding hearings with the Corps where they're confronted with a politician who knows more math than addition and subtraction!!!)
Here are the qualifications for the job:
(1) A councilmember shall be a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of and domiciled in the City and shall not hold any other public office or position, except that the councilmember may hold the office of Notary Public, office in the military or naval forces or a position as a public school, public college, or public university administrator, teacher, instructor, or professor. Candidates for councilmember-at-large shall have been domiciled in the City for two years immediately preceding their election. Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this Section, candidates for district councilmember shall have been domiciled in the districts from which elected for at least two years immediately preceding their election. Any councilmember who ceases to be domiciled in the district from which elected shall thereby vacate the office.
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