Posted on 10/28/2005 8:13:13 AM PDT by abb
Friday, October 28, 2005 James Gill
This place has been comatose since Katrina, and nobody seems to have any idea how to get out of the mess, so I guess it is for me to come up with a plan. The times call for a man of action.
That is why I am wearing this rather fetching beret and have a bandolier across my chest. I am in urgent need of a helicopter, however. If you happen to own one, and are prepared to do your bit to save Louisiana, give me a call.
Here's what we do. We hover over the yard at the federal prison camp in Oakdale and I slide down a rope. Having watched several Coast Guard rescues in New Orleans on TV after the storm, I think I have the technique down.
Once on the ground I grab Edwin Edwards and we are hoisted up. Away we go, heading straight for Baton Rouge. We mean no harm to Gov. Kathleen Blanco's grandmotherly person, but the putsch is underway.
The storm left Blanco so flummoxed that one press account suggested she appeared "over-medicated" -- presumably on Valium -- when testifying on Capitol Hill. A lot of her constituents around here have the same impression, and "Me-Maw's tranked" is the word on the street.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
"Me-Maw's tanked"
Love it! rofl!
"We will not only have the benefit of Edwards' administrative skills, but put an end to all that speculation in Congress that Louisiana might steal the Katrina relief money. With Edwards in charge, there will be no doubt, and we'll just have to put a graft item in the budget."
Blanco tranked and Nagin iced. Both keeping up with the Jones's.
Hot damn, ain't that the truth...
We will not only have the benefit of Edwards' administrative skills, but put an end to all that speculation in Congress that Louisiana might steal the Katrina relief money. With Edwards in charge, there will be no doubt, and we'll just have to put a graft item in the budget.
We know they're crooked when we elect them. It's those that lie about being honest to get elected that *iss us off. ROTFLMAQ
Humorous, but it highlights the problem precisely.
If Blanco is removed, Lt. Governor Landrieu steps in for business as usual.
I see no option but to Federalize the damaged areas for a period of not less than ten years.
Put an "outsider" like General Honore in charge and get the job done. It's working in Iraq, and the government there wasn't any less corrupt than what history shows us in Louisiana.
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