Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Grumpy Tuesday
Would that every soldier killed in Iraq & Afghanistan got a photo posted on the front pages of newspapers & news websites. Maybe then they'd be more than just numbers to Tony Snow, & to the rest of us. Brilliant At Breakfast has a little more to say about it.
NOLA Mayor Ray Nagin calls in the National Guard & Louisiana State Police following the brutal killings of five young men, admitting that neither he nor the city police can handle the spiraling crime rate. One wonders why he didn't do it four years ago. This guy has demonstrated that he's not a good enough leader, administrator or politician for the position he holds & the tremendous challenges his city faces. He did a lousy job prior to, during, & following Katrina. He's damned lucky he was re-elected, but there was no inspiring aspirant eager to have his job. Nagin doesn't even communicate the soul of the place, which ought to be the minimum qualification. New Orleans is a hard luck town these days.
NOLA Mayor Ray Nagin calls in the National Guard & Louisiana State Police following the brutal killings of five young men, admitting that neither he nor the city police can handle the spiraling crime rate. One wonders why he didn't do it four years ago. This guy has demonstrated that he's not a good enough leader, administrator or politician for the position he holds & the tremendous challenges his city faces. He did a lousy job prior to, during, & following Katrina. He's damned lucky he was re-elected, but there was no inspiring aspirant eager to have his job. Nagin doesn't even communicate the soul of the place, which ought to be the minimum qualification. New Orleans is a hard luck town these days.
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
Local news has been crazy lately. A man killed his wife, then himself in Manalapan. Then a woman killed her baby and tried to kill herself off a bridge in Perth Amboy.
Why people don't want to be in NJ is beyond me.
Why people don't want to be in NJ is beyond me.
Crazies are all over, Janet. We get our own variety of insanity here in WV. By and large, though, if you took our nutty news and posted it on the front page of the StarLedger, you'd be perfectly at home with it.
What keeps me from wanting to move back to NJ is the fringe right above the insane. There are so many of them...
What keeps me from wanting to move back to NJ is the fringe right above the insane. There are so many of them...
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There's only three reasons why anyone should want to move here: A very high paying job, a great desire to live close to New York City, or you inherit a family beach house.
I have friends who went to N'Awlins for JazzFest this year. They said it's amazing, how some parts of the city are completely devistated while others look fine.
N.O. depends on tourist dollars for much of their income, and all this bad P.R. with the crime rate and such won't help. It's a shame.
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N.O. depends on tourist dollars for much of their income, and all this bad P.R. with the crime rate and such won't help. It's a shame.
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