CNN investigation: NO PD officers accused of looting---generator looted from hospital (transcript)

CNN ^ | 9/28/05

[wardaddy]

Yep...we even have "not great" stories already here.

Great reason to spend 2-400 billion on new digs eh?

[wardaddy]

I am soooooo dumb!

[Ken H]

Heh heh. I saw him live when he was just starting to get popular. He was quite personable, and stuck around after the show to sign autographs and chat with fans.

[dixiechick2000]

"Yep...we even have "not great" stories already here."


I'm not surprised at all.
It was a shame, too.
They had to turn out good folks because of how some behaved.


"Great reason to spend 2-400 billion on new digs eh?"


I wouldn't go that far. ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

Thanks for the link, bourbon.
It's very good to see you. ;o)


"This story is an object lesson in how PC madness could affect ANYBODY."


That's the truth!

I wouldn't be too worried about him, though.
There are so many stories out there that who knows what is the truth?
In the email I received, the doc's name was redacted because he supposedly went to MY home church.

That would be in Meridian. ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

I saw him at LSU in '79, I think.
There have been only a few other times when I have laughed so hard.

He's a riot!

[wardaddy]

was the original e-mail made up or not?

[bourbon]

According to that JFP article, the original email was a fakery.

[wardaddy]

did you see those JFP chatroom contents?

is that the Fondren contingent?

i used to know a girl who writes for them....big lefty

the e-mail I saw was Johnston not Johnson

[bourbon]

Yes. The Fondren crowd is suicidally Left-leaning and proud of it.

They seem to believe that living near the ghetto is evidence of intelligence, open-mindedness and (of course) moral superiority. But in reality, it's just an exciting flirtation with danger.

None of them have the cojones to go full-bore and actually live IN the ghetto. On a visceral level, they must know moral superiority isn't worth much six feet under.

[bourbon]

btw, it strikes me that there's some analogy between extreme sports addicts and Fondren residents. What do you think?

(1) I participate in extreme sports to feel more alive. B/c I am more alive than you, I am better than you. I find exhiliration in things that make others tremble.

(2) I live in Fondren to feel more alive. Because I am more alive than you I am better than you. I find exhiliration living where others are afraid to live.

[wardaddy]

I knew the great-grandson of the founding Fondrens. He lived for hunting season...sort of a survivalist type.

The family cam from Bude where we used to go turkey hunt.

The second generation parents were killed in a car wreck as I recall.

They also owned a a lot of the land that Leland Speed Sr bought Eastover from....and the State woods by at Ridgewood and Lakeland.

[wardaddy]

folks seeking validation where they can get it.

or projecting maybe too.

I agree with you, if they are so down with the hood then they should try Bailey Ave or Gallatin road or the hoods across from the poor old dilapidated Livingston Zoo.

[wardaddy]

actually somewhere on Farish between Monument and Fortification...hell, that was ruff even in my day

[SuziQ]

This may be a blessing in disguise. NO has a chance to truly clean up its Police Department. I hope the City will take advantage of this opportunity.