mardiclawblog: the oil spill... something I'm livid about.

Friday, June 4, 2010

the oil spill... something I'm livid about.

Just when we got things going, something takes it away, and it reeks of so many rotten things, mainly corporate oil, and the possibility of seeing my state, once again, in the middle of BULLSHIT. No response, No hit the ground running to fix it, No fixing it for months, and OIL whores still making a buck off of it. A disaster is worth MILLIONS of dollars for the carpetbagger, and this one? even collected on his insurance policy, taken out days after he realized they were in trouble. Many folks after katrina, NEVER saw a dime of insurance money.

Then they spend all kinds of money on a PR firm, and not us. Sounds just like the Army Corps of Engineers! Then Halliburton steps in like they're the good guy, when in fact, they are partly to blame as well. BP Spending money on a tourism commercial for Florida, just in time to catch the Spill.

A president who doesn't respond quick enough, A governor who stands and screams, while he pushes for offshore drilling to resume, the rajin cajun downplaying dead animals and the "suffering" we don't need to care about, yet he's mad as hell his heritage is in danger, Tony Hayward making callous remarks about how he'd like to get his life back, and On and on and on....

bottom line, WHAT ABOUT THE GULF STATES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT?

The only person I trust so far? Is Phillip Cousteau, and his drop through the oil to see the damage... Damage we've been lied about.

What... are ya tryin to kill us? It sure seems like it. Drew Brees says god sent it to us, cause we're so resilient... he would plug the hole with his fist if he could. Thats all interesting and positive, but it doesn't solve the problem. AGAIN, we are the red headed step child of the media, getting bad publicity, like no one but the gulf can. Thank you corporate media for painting it "Oil Spill Light". I hope each of your grandchildren live to see the day of your out right disregard for the gulf states, and mother nature weve caused... that is.... if we're still here.

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AnonymousJune 5, 2010 at 10:43 AM
i completely agree with you.

and.. Phillip Cousteau, is the only one i trust as well.
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parking issues

now that I've sold my car, I can relish in the fact that I'm not part of the arguement between home owners, renters, and people who like to park their abandoned cars in front of my house. I mean, if your not driving your car? park it on your side lot, at YOUR house, not in front of mine.

this was a HUGE problem after katrina, and now has returned, as they took away parking spaces, so we could have a bike lane to nowhere. great urban planning, whomever decided to screw us... I really don't understand the bike lane. it turns on my street, runs up to the cemetary, and ends.

we didn't need a bike lane, this isn't a busy street, and we certainly didn't need to have parking spaces taken away. I'm sure the next thing coming? will be paying for parking, as I laugh, because I'm now carless.

I do agree with my neighbors. I mean, if your going to leave your car abandoned? put it on your property. the coming and going of random spaces, always has worked fine, until someone new moves into "the orange house", and then dumps their car in front of my house.

I remember one lady who dumped her car, and parked it about a foot and a half out into the street. her car was full of clothing, garbage and more. she didn't live in the orange house, but she had friends there. I got up one morning and decided I'd had enough. I pushed her car with mine, and then she appeared, and finally moved it. she had texas plates.

then there was the guy who dumped his car without an engine in it, in front of my house. Another who dumped a car that they were stripping.

it gets old. show some respect for your neighbors, and don't hog all the spots. put your abandoned vehicle somewhere else.

SURREYS uptown

I have had another surrey's opportunity for the holiday season. The new surrey's opened a while back next to le bon temps rouler. WHAT a great marriage of breakfast food, and bloody mary's while you wait.

I'm pretty partial to surrey's food. I love the shrimp and grits, the banana's fosters french toast, costa rican breakfast, and even the tofu breakfast with its thai twist, a little heat, a lotta bell peppers. ( I'm not fond of mushrooms, so they make it bell peppers for me )

Lita is an awesome chef. she has a few specialties that aren't on the menu, but I've had the pleasure of trying them. I especially loved the butternut squash soup, and the white bean and turkey chili she had over the holiday.

you can sit outside, or in. you can even sit outside with your dog, which many folks do. I really enjoyed the clientele, and the service.

I especially love the new art up. YES, its myself, judy digeorge, rachelle o brien, and one other I can't pronounce, or spell. but either way, you gotta admit, surrey's always has great stuff on their walls.

get up there enjoy lunch, brunch or breakfast, and buy some art. ENJOY!

the case of henry glover vs NOPD

and the officer laughed, as he burned the body of henry glover, a man who just days after hurricane katrina, was brought by his friends to the police station, for medical attention. his friends beaten, and henry taken out in a car to the levee, a bullet to his head, and a flare in the car, burning the evidence. Including, the officer returning to the scene of the crime to steal the skull from the victims body.

I don't think Duress properly explains what happened here. I think RACIST SHIT is a better explanation. COLD blooded murder, in the name of NOPD.

And to think our tax payer money is spent on racist shitheads like the officers who did this.

I know that they needed a break, we all did. but it doesn't give ANYONE the right to murder.

five year anniversary of katrina, with wild man john and flagboy honee

I really want to take the time this year to commemorate the growth we've had since K. I know that the oil spill seems to be overshadowing everything, but I think its important to rejoice in rebuilding, and passing this five year anniversary.

With the Treme ending its first season, seeing friends immortalized on television, knowing that maybe, just maybe, Americans now have a sense of what we're about, or not, just knowing that my hood has changed for the better.

Used to be a drug house, just houses away... now gone. Used to be murders one block up by children, upon children... finally stopped. Seeing the possiblity of a grocery store within a block of my house? Well, progress indeed.

But my point is this... Join me, and The Mardi Gras Indians this August 29th, as we do a mini pub crawl/secondline, into the hi ho lounge... to celebrate our moving forward, and our positive affirmations, that this city has come a long way since that fateful day.

I collected hurricane stories when I returned to New Orleans... As a Bartender in the CBD. many of the stories I got were from folks returning to the ninth ward. The restaurant/Bar I worked in was well known for soul food, so many of the customers were African American, Creole, and born and raised in New Orleans. They provided some very interesting insight into things I had no idea that went on. I will share these stories from time to time, eventually I would love to publish them, along with some 7,000 photos I took when I returned home. I went out and shot spots over and over as they changed. you'll see some of these from time to time too.

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the oil spill... something I'm livid about.

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