Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aaron F. Broussard also offended everyone except Native American Gays...by deciding to turn off all of the pumps during Katrina, thus flooding much of his Parish. He didn't want the pump operators to be endangered by the hurricane (which is sort of like not wanting your police to be endangered by criminals). Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of SonC@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:17 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: PAW - Week 3 - Jeffery --- Nagin I think the crying guy was Jefferson Parish President Aaron F. Broussard Nagin has offended everyone except American Indian Gays, and his mistakes are legion. His biggest mistake was trusting the current Presidential Administration, who he also offended in his speech. Sad but true. My New Orleans is a long way off. SonC In a message dated 1/25/2006 7:39:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, scott@adrenaline.com writes: Maybe the guy's a turd, but he's been trying to hold together a desperate and politically difficult situation for some time now. Under that kind of prolonged and heavy stress, it's hard not to make a few mistakes and say some things you wish you hadn't. Oh well. I was up around 5:00 AM (IIRC) when he made his famous impassioned plea/angry rant phone call to a host on CNN during the height of the crisis. It was surreal, and maybe a little refreshing given everyday political culture. He was clearly crying on the phone, the host (can't recall who) was crying, and when they switched back to a regular news reporter to read the periodic headlines, she was visibly crying as well. Trippy stuff. If I were Nagin, I'd be very, very happy to be rid of the job. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information