New Orleans Was Robbed
New Orleans has again been dealt yet another unfair blow on top of her having been rejected by the Netroots Nation 2008 convention--a topic I'm still not finished with, on which I'm planning to diary...
View ArticleAction For A New Orleans Debate
Bear with me if you get a feeling of deja'vu from anything below the fold. But because the distressing news of New Orleans' rejection as a presidential debate venue broke at such a bad...
View ArticleObama: Don't Forget NOLA
As of now I haven't seen any recent diaries on where Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton stand on New Orleans. Neither one, nor the rest of the pack, has been treating New Orleans and Katrina recovery as...
View ArticleNataline Sarkysian And Louisiana
Heartbreaking is the story of Nataline Sarkysian, the 17-year-old for whom CIGNA denied payment for a liver transplant, then reversed its decision when it was too late. My intent here is not to focus...
View ArticleI'm Too Sad.....
because of a situation that has been weighing heavliy on my mind. Bear with me for not feeling up to posting an upbeat post-Christmas diary. For I am heartsick over the news of what happened in New...
View ArticleDear kos: Remember New Orleans
Over 28 months after Katrina hit and and her levees failed, much has been going on in New Orleans that the mainstream media isn't telling you about. And on those rare occasions like the recent City...
View ArticleDear Jon Bon Jovi: NOLA Needs You.
I understand per a cable news report I heard New Year's Day that you have been completed renovating several homes for the poor in ....North Philadelphia. Which suggests to me that the need for...
View ArticleThe Road To Nowhere
NOLA and post-Katrina issues are not out of mind just because they might be out of sight. This diary is a reminder that these elections, at their heart, are about more than "my candidate can beat your...
View ArticleWhat Obama Must Do Now....
that he's won Iowa, already has won in Dixville Notch, and could win New Hampshire's primary today is live up to his campaign slogan "Change We Can Believe In." He would be doing this by assuming...
View ArticleLetting NOLA, Gulf Region Down
One thing all the presidential candidates, Democrat or Republican, have in common is the following: None who spoke after the New Hampshire primary brought up New Orleans or Katrina. Huffpo's Harry...
View ArticleCry For NOLA And Mississippi, Hillary
Jesse Jackson, Jr., in stumping for Barack Obama, was correct in pointing out after the New Hampshire primary that Hillary Clinton did not cry for Katrina. Apparently, based on what's above the fold on...
View ArticleWhy A New Orleans Presidential Debate Is Necessary
Last night, Brian Williams, or, as HuffPo's Rachel Sklar says he's called behind his back, "BriWi," moderated the Democrats' debate in Las Vegas. Had I been out there among the gamblers before the...
View ArticleDon't Kick Louisiana When She's Down
I thought I could let this go at first, but this is still bothering me four days later. So I've decided it's time to say something. Monday afternoon, under this diary, I ran across some offensive...
View ArticleHow Would Rev. MLK, Jr. Feel?
Bear with me for posting a Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.-themed diary a day late. Because of the holiday, the libraries where I do my computer work were closed. And last night's Democrats' debate,...
View ArticleBring NOLA To The Debates--Pass It On
Times Picayune columnist Chris Rose recently has an interesting idea. He tells in this column how he attempted to book a lot of Oxford, Mississippi's 650 hotel rooms for the night of the presidential...
View ArticleGulf Coast Civic Works Debate Question: Vote
As anybody who regularly watches candidates' debates knows, questions about Katrina and New Orleans have been extremely rare, even though this is a valid national campaign issue. Here's a chance to...
View ArticleBush's NOLA Surprise
In last year's State of the Union address (which I'd taken to calling his State of Denial address for this very reason) Bush had never said a word about New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, or Katrina--as if...
View ArticlePolitico Stole Two Elections
Note: Originally I'd planned on posting this Friday, but the library was closed due to bad weather. But it's still current... Below the fold is how Politico screwed Katrina/Rita/flood survivors in...
View ArticleLA-01 Endorsement And Idea From An Illinois Gal With Katrina Brain
While unfortunately I'd been unable to participate by writing a diary for the Gilda Reed diary-athon during the past couple of days because of other presssing personal stuff I've been trying to deal...
View ArticleKatrina Diary-athon #1: Now Recruiting
The purpose of this diary is to recruit all NOLA Kossacks and others who care about and love New Orleans and support her recovery and that of the rest of the over Great-Britain-sized area devastated by...
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