Tuesday, February 22, 2011
TIZZY NUMBER TWO
Well, this morning I went online and found it absolutely impossible to make any comments on the Times-Picayune's website. It was almost as if I had been erased. Well, dears, I am still alive and full of vinegar as usual. My that disaster in New Zealand was absoultely terrifying. We pray for all those who are suffering so much. Then we read about more blodd on the streets and our blood begins to boil. Time to get on real grip on the reality of this tragedy also. Now we read about that Federal Judge and his questionable instructions in the Gill Pratt case. So much to write about and the T-P must be working on its site inasmuch as there are so few comments. Well, I have worked some of it out of my soul and now will be on the watch. I note that I have to make some changes on my posting information. I have given up some of my sites - just too damn busy to take care of all of the. Ta, ta, dears. Will be back soon - one way or the other.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
A TIZZY
Well, dears, I am simply in a tizzy this morning. I just read about that guy in Jefferson Parish, who is the assessor. Now what is his name? I should remember it because his father tricked everyone in order to get him the job. Let me check the parish website. Oh, Chehardy. My the mind is getting dull (watch it!). Why does he get in the paper with his blog and I do not. I think the Times-Picayune would find some of my remarks most amusing to some readers. Well, I read it online and no longer pay for it. At least that is one important thing. Oh, how I remember my dear father reading the Picayune, then the States, and then the Item. Then the two, the Picayune and the States-Item and now in my day and age only one. Good thing is that at this point it is free.
Wonder how much Chehardy gets in retirement? Now, enough about him. Let's get down to brass tacks. The politicians will be heaving their expensive lunches in Jefferson soon enough. They won't be able to afford those expensive boots that at least one of them wears.
The issues on my mind this a.m. are three. Newsweek's description of New Orleans as the number one dying city and the debacle about the combination of SUNO and LSUNO and the causes of so many problems.
1. It has been dying for decades. Katrina merely hastened its possible demise. The cause, dears, is simply the continued moral decay. When we speak of moral decay, we refer to the criminals that have been and are in political office, the destruction of public education, the failure of the family unit, the continued fights along ancestral lines, etc. It is time to put some of those issues on the line and start the improvements. The tales that could be told are numerous and time does not allow me to mention all of them.
2. Stop the bull about the unification of the colleges and get on with it. Let's remember that an education is more important than the ancestral background of its staff and students. It is long past the time that Ruby Bridges made her famous walk and people are still fighting but this time it is coming in the form of reverse opposition. Remember first and foremost we are all Americans. Time to break the status quo and time to move ahead.
3. The reality of the city of New Orleans is that much of it is reclaimed marshland. You take your chances when you build in these areas. However, careful planning and building might alleviate some of the possibilities of flooding. Those people in Lakeview that are complaining about lost land should remember this. However, they should be paid for the land taken from them. Start putting people to work and let's tear down the blight. You got criminals in the jail - chain them up and start them working. Work for a living - no free rides for convicted criminals. This one will allow me to be called racist. However, criminals come from all ancestral lines. Free men died in New Orleans while building that old canal and their ancestry was Irish. It was cheaper to pay them than to lose a slave of African ancestry. Neither those of Irish descent and those of African descent should have been treated in that manner. However, when it comes to convicted criminals,working on non-dangerous jobs should be allowed. However, many jobs are dangerous just because of the criminals walking the streets of New Orleans. Young people dying while those in the know refuse to come forward and identify the perpertrators.
Well, enough for this morning. That lazy husband of mine, Rhett, just got his gorgeous self out of the bed and I have the coffee brewing. Wonder what he will fix me for breakfast. Oh yes, dears, I do have him trained.
Wonder how much Chehardy gets in retirement? Now, enough about him. Let's get down to brass tacks. The politicians will be heaving their expensive lunches in Jefferson soon enough. They won't be able to afford those expensive boots that at least one of them wears.
The issues on my mind this a.m. are three. Newsweek's description of New Orleans as the number one dying city and the debacle about the combination of SUNO and LSUNO and the causes of so many problems.
1. It has been dying for decades. Katrina merely hastened its possible demise. The cause, dears, is simply the continued moral decay. When we speak of moral decay, we refer to the criminals that have been and are in political office, the destruction of public education, the failure of the family unit, the continued fights along ancestral lines, etc. It is time to put some of those issues on the line and start the improvements. The tales that could be told are numerous and time does not allow me to mention all of them.
2. Stop the bull about the unification of the colleges and get on with it. Let's remember that an education is more important than the ancestral background of its staff and students. It is long past the time that Ruby Bridges made her famous walk and people are still fighting but this time it is coming in the form of reverse opposition. Remember first and foremost we are all Americans. Time to break the status quo and time to move ahead.
3. The reality of the city of New Orleans is that much of it is reclaimed marshland. You take your chances when you build in these areas. However, careful planning and building might alleviate some of the possibilities of flooding. Those people in Lakeview that are complaining about lost land should remember this. However, they should be paid for the land taken from them. Start putting people to work and let's tear down the blight. You got criminals in the jail - chain them up and start them working. Work for a living - no free rides for convicted criminals. This one will allow me to be called racist. However, criminals come from all ancestral lines. Free men died in New Orleans while building that old canal and their ancestry was Irish. It was cheaper to pay them than to lose a slave of African ancestry. Neither those of Irish descent and those of African descent should have been treated in that manner. However, when it comes to convicted criminals,working on non-dangerous jobs should be allowed. However, many jobs are dangerous just because of the criminals walking the streets of New Orleans. Young people dying while those in the know refuse to come forward and identify the perpertrators.
Well, enough for this morning. That lazy husband of mine, Rhett, just got his gorgeous self out of the bed and I have the coffee brewing. Wonder what he will fix me for breakfast. Oh yes, dears, I do have him trained.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
DEARS, WHERE IS THE CHANGE?
Well I note that few are following my blog but frankly, dears, I don't give a damn! So much has been going on in these days that it is hard to believe that soon this city will be celebrating Mardi Gras, much later this year, however. In the meantime Rhett and I have been running the heat and surviving the cold. However, our darling children are braving the cold this week in Manhattan, while we drink Manhattans to keep warm here. We cannot even sit on the verandah. Now for a few things:
1. Mitch, dear, get on the ball. Stop the promises and walk the walk.
2. We need professionals working downtown and not simply living there.
3. We congratulate the new Chief of Police - he is trying at least.
4. We note some more crime in Jefferson Parish - even on the same street that Newell resides on. Car thefts and thefts from cars are crimes, Newell, dear. Your staff caught them and the guy who robbed the poor woman at the ATM. He lived close to you also, did he not?
5. The census indicates some loss of positions by some political hacks. Which ones remain to be seen. However, gerrymandering is not the answer. If not, what about one district alloted that would contain a majority of Irish voters.
6. Those archives from the Archdiocese might be interesting, if you can actually read them and catch the hints that are available and recognized by experts in ancestral research.
7. Well Anderson Cooper will be here for Endymion. I wonder if he wishes to interview me?
8. Start talking more, everyone, in every way possible about improvements in employment and education. Unification of colleges and universities are essential to provide quality education to those who wish to learn and not simply take up space.
Well, I think that is enough this morning for this poor old lady. The arthurwrites is getting to me. I wonder about those programs that allow you to speak and they automatically write what you have said. Oh well, the cat just came to tell me that she wishes to be fed. The two dogs woke me up and I had to let them out in the cold. I refuse to put their mink coats on them. The cleaning bill was atrocious last time. Say a prayer today for the future, dears, regardless of the faith you practice or claim to practice.
1. Mitch, dear, get on the ball. Stop the promises and walk the walk.
2. We need professionals working downtown and not simply living there.
3. We congratulate the new Chief of Police - he is trying at least.
4. We note some more crime in Jefferson Parish - even on the same street that Newell resides on. Car thefts and thefts from cars are crimes, Newell, dear. Your staff caught them and the guy who robbed the poor woman at the ATM. He lived close to you also, did he not?
5. The census indicates some loss of positions by some political hacks. Which ones remain to be seen. However, gerrymandering is not the answer. If not, what about one district alloted that would contain a majority of Irish voters.
6. Those archives from the Archdiocese might be interesting, if you can actually read them and catch the hints that are available and recognized by experts in ancestral research.
7. Well Anderson Cooper will be here for Endymion. I wonder if he wishes to interview me?
8. Start talking more, everyone, in every way possible about improvements in employment and education. Unification of colleges and universities are essential to provide quality education to those who wish to learn and not simply take up space.
Well, I think that is enough this morning for this poor old lady. The arthurwrites is getting to me. I wonder about those programs that allow you to speak and they automatically write what you have said. Oh well, the cat just came to tell me that she wishes to be fed. The two dogs woke me up and I had to let them out in the cold. I refuse to put their mink coats on them. The cleaning bill was atrocious last time. Say a prayer today for the future, dears, regardless of the faith you practice or claim to practice.
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