Blanco orders remodeling just after storms

The Advocate ^ | December 31, 2005 | Mark Ballard

[exit82]

Sorry sister.

My face is redder than the Cajun beat(sic) over at the "Twist and Shout".

Have a wonderful New Year.

[Cementjungle]

I wonder what she's done with the Govenor's residence.

[NautiNurse]

would any other Governor remodel his or her office after a hurricane when you still have to run the state?

Just to clarify -the Louisiana governor's office building was not damaged by either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. It is located in Baton Rouge.

[Bogey78O]

Plasma screen televsions increase efficiency apparently.

[Bogey78O]

Dear Lord if Baton Rouge flooded we'd be royally screwed.

[Bogey78O]

What absolutely infuriates me is the idiots on 870AM always talking about how our politicians suck and we need change then doing everythign they can to defend those politicians. Everyone in Louisiana agrees our politicians suck but as long as those idiots keep running interference and deflecting blame to "those politicians" we're gonna be screwed for a long time.

Just once I'd like to see someone with balls hosting 870AM to tell Blanco and Landrieu that they are the latrest incarnation of the Edwards-Landrieu machine and how can they expect to help the state when their cronies are the reason why this state is in trouble.

But never fear, 870AM is run by cowards.

[Bogey78O]

The federalization wasn't out of Constiutional pride. Her incompetence at bringing in other NAtional Guardsmen from other states is why Bush tried to step in and get her to federalize.

[GOPPachyderm]

Don't suppose you'd like to share it with us....

[WasDougsLamb]

---I agree with you. I think she is a fat, ugly, corrupt pig who needs to quit showing the United States just how friggin ignorant and full of s**t she is because she is only embarassing herself.

[johnmecainrino]

her office was on the 6th floor in baton rouge it wasn't affected by the hurricane at all. It was a 100 miles from the hurricane.

She was saying other people should make cuts while she was living the high life.

[Coldwater Creek]

Louisiana Yam Cake



ingredients

2 cups sifted all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp.. nutmeg
2 cups sugar
1 1/4 cups oil
4 large eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups mashed yams
1/2 cup pecans


Instructions


Sift flour with spices, salt and soda.

Combine sugar and cooking oil in a large bowl, mix thoroughly.

Add eggs one at a time; mix.

Add vanilla

Add dry ingredients, yams and pecans. Mix thoroughly.

Baked in greased and floured bundt pan for 1 hour or until testes comes out clean.

Cool 10 or 15 minutes, then remove cake from pan and invert on plate. completely cool, then slice cake crosswise to make 2 layers.



Filling


1 stick butter
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 lb. box powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup pecans


Cream butter and cheese

Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla

Add nuts.

Spread between layers and dust the top with more powdered sugar.

Freezes well

[GOPPachyderm]

Thank you for sharing! Sounds fabulous.

[Flux Capacitor]

----Louisiana, it is time for a march on Baton Rouge to take your state back. Before the rest of us do.----

What the $#%& is that supposed to mean, North Dakota?

-Dan

[exit82]

I don't understand your post.

The state in question is Louisiana.

A state which is seriously compromised by corruption, and which is now demanding that the rest of the citizens of the United States pony up some serious dough to bring them back to better than new, after Katrina and Rita.

And the rest of us, who have to pay for this largesse, are in no hurry to give Louisiana a bunch of dough, without knowing that it won't go down a rathole.

What North Dakota has to do with that, I couldn't tell you.

[Flux Capacitor]

Federal "largesse" is doled out to every state after every natural disaster. Katrina is the first, last, and only time I have seen Freepers, most of whom, like you, don't live within a thousand miles of the affected area, start acting like the Michael Moore Democrats after the 2004 election who screamed that they were propping up the red states with their tax dollars and wanted to close the purse.

I hope you get soaked.

-Dan

[exit82]

Really? Tell that to the people of Florida who are still living under tarps after the summer of 2004 hurricanes, that Federal largesse is handed out like candy after natural disasters.

We had hurricane Floyd here in NJ a few years ago-it took FEMA a month to show up, after Bound Brook was under water for a few weeks.

Quite frankly, we are all getting tired of hearing Gov. Blankhead and Mayor Nincompoop of New Orleans telling us that we have to fork over money to the tune of about $ 250 billion to them without independent oversight.

Hoping I get soaked doesn't change those facts.

[shezza]

...the space needed to be upgraded to meet safety codes, Clarke said.

Riiiiiiiiight....

[Flux Capacitor]

----Quite frankly, we are all getting tired of hearing Gov. Blankhead and Mayor Nincompoop of New Orleans telling us that we have to fork over money to the tune of about $ 250 billion to them without independent oversight.----

Those of us in Louisiana who have spent our whole lives trying to get RID of these people are more tired of it than anyone. And those of us who are confronted with the human cost of Katrina and Rita every single day could care less about the "let 'em drop" philosophy that's dominated FR ever since. So you can save your snarky comments about marching in to "take back" a state you don't know anything about from officials of whom your familiarity began last September.

-Dan

[HiTech RedNeck]

What, she didn't personally hire Martha Stewart?

[HiTech RedNeck]

I assume you mean until a testeR comes out clean.