tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post6898300844734394210..comments2024-01-05T02:53:03.358-06:00Comments on American Zombie: Reports of my city's death...Jason Brad Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18421813599753848735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-38919327938635019562009-08-12T20:59:51.872-05:002009-08-12T20:59:51.872-05:00A well-meaning friend sent that to me a week or wh...A well-meaning friend sent that to me a week or whatever ago...I messaged her back: <br />"I thought it was going to be a good bit - it started out well enough...but contrary to his dirge, New Orleans is coming back. No, 'she' will not be the same as she was...She'll be stronger if she and her people can survive the Nagin nonsense and Chief Riley's Waah-waahmbulance of blame and no action thus letting crime spiral out of control (and he thinks he has a chance to be elected now that most folks are sick to death of his buddy rayray???). New Orleans is coming back mostly on the sheer elbow grease of the citizens that either stayed and those that made it back. If there hadn't been the greed on the part of the insurance companies and other entities - the city would be MANY steps ahead. Of course right now, there is a creeping terror of opportunistic carpetbaggers, both locally grown and imported. Check out www.humidcity.com . I'll be going to Rising Tide IV in three weeks (also check that out: www.risingtidenola.net) to get more scoop. I still mourn the New Orleans that was to have been my home. But now I have to look at the phoenix rising from the mildew and scum (could also stand for Nagin & Riley) and do my best to go pitch in and scrub her down to the funky flakiness that I adore and help keep her from being forced into too much plastic surgery."<br /><br />And that was my being "polite"...'cause she really likes WRP's writing...maybe his other stuff is worth the binary!?? I could have been MUCH worse.<br /><br />Wendy (aka fleurdelisgal/elspeth)<br /><br />Word Verification: laymm - as in, Mr. Pitt's column was laymm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-39893681138396237422009-08-06T04:47:33.944-05:002009-08-06T04:47:33.944-05:00Wow--what a pointless piece of melodramatic crap. ...Wow--what a pointless piece of melodramatic crap. I don't know the meaning or the purpose of that piece. <br /><br />What I find in my research, interviewing many who have returned and some who have not, is that there is a strong sense of resiliance and anger among those who have returned. They are rebuilding, mostly on their own, and the "new" New Orleans they are creating will be different--"we aren't going to take any more crap" as one person told me.<br /><br />I am looking forward to the upcoming elections, hoping that there is another round of change among the elected officials to help us rebuild on our own terms.Banzai Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17150499975491254039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-68924107711710160022009-08-05T21:12:40.722-05:002009-08-05T21:12:40.722-05:00the best is... if you anything about n.o. history ...the best is... if you anything about n.o. history you would know that it has always been described as a wild,reckless,corrupt and decaying town. and yes, we have always been dying/ death is part of our life..spirits don't cross water.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-22218746059273415322009-08-04T15:26:41.865-05:002009-08-04T15:26:41.865-05:00on an unrelated subject: this is just unbelievabl...on an unrelated subject: this is just unbelievable....<br /><br />http://www.breitbart.tv/video-of-volvo-engine-destruction-sparks-debate-over-merits-of-cash-for-clunkers/<br /><br /><br />enjoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30412896.post-28121011905739991802009-08-04T14:35:32.164-05:002009-08-04T14:35:32.164-05:00If New Orleans is dead, why is the traffic such a ...If New Orleans is dead, why is the traffic such a nightmare?Carmennoreply@blogger.com