Palin's video has "incited" me...

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Wednesday January 12, 2011 · 9:52 AM PST

2011/01/12 · 09:52

Okay, I've posted this summary in an open thread, but dammit, I'm "incited" by her enough to take this "action" of repeating my "rhetoric" in my own diary.

As I and others have pointed out in different threads:

the ridiculous irony of her claiming that the words of those not named Sarah Palin will likely "incite" bloody acts of violence.

the horrific use of the words "blood libel" given the horrifically historical use of that phrase against Jews.

the fact that Rep. Giffords is JEWISH.

the fact that the WSJ used the phrase "blood libel" in a title of one of their Monday articles.

the fact that WSJ "incited" Sarah Palin to use the same phrase in taking ACTION thru her video.

the fact that Sarah Palin's despicable acts (past and present" have incited us and others to SAY something.

Mainstream media not named Fox....are you listening??????

Palin defenders....when, oh when.....will you acknowledge the facts about HER OWN WORDS????????

WSJ

edited to add WSJ link.

local NOLA radio reaction to Brown testimony: FREEP THIS POLL & OPEN THREAD

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 1:16 PM PST

2006/02/10 · 13:16

Please help us in Louisiana put a stop to the Republicans' efforts to continue to "blame Blanco"! It continues to dog her valiant recovery efforts post-Katrina. We are breaking through with even the local media, as shown in the current poll up at WWL Radio's website (WWL is the local New Orleans radio and TV station) -- "doesn't matter" is not a good choice, IMO, if it allows folks to go right back next week to pointing the finger at Blanco.

Go to: http://www.wwl.com to take the poll.

(And register for free to listen to Garland Robinette's talk show until 5:00 CST today. He will be interviewing Gov. Blanco in the the 3:00 CST hour.)

More on the flip....I will "live blog" nuggets from the radio show, including the Blanco interview. Read More

NOLA: "State of our union"

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Tuesday January 31, 2006 · 11:34 AM PST

2006/01/31 · 11:34

Yes, today sucks. Big time.

Coretta Scott King has died. Alito is confirmed. MonkeyDick will gloat and lie to America and the world tonight (again).

And, in the background, the people of Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast keep putting one foot in front of the other, inch by fucking inch, trying like hell not to slide backward on each step. Even when Bush and Congress and FEMA and the Army COE and insurance companies and some of their fellow Americans kick them in the teeth over and over and over and over again.

They do this because they simply have to. And so should you.

Medicare Part D: Andy Card's speech yesterday boggles the mind (and reality)

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Thursday January 12, 2006 · 12:05 PM PST

2006/01/12 · 12:05

The White House continues to deny reality, but we all know that already. Everything is just peachy with Medicare Part D implementation, according to the WH (quotes below), despite the reality we have read about in recent diaries on dKos. (Check out nyceve's great diary earlier today that summarizes major newspaper articles about the Medicare D debacle. Today the Gloves Come Off: Let's Rumble)

Andrew Card, WH Chief of Staff, gave a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday. It was broadcast on C-SPAN last night, after the Alito hearings. (Remember that Andy Card used to be a public policy wonk at the USCOC.)

The video is available on C-SPAN's website, under the heading "WH Chief of State Andrew Card outlines 2006 priorities" (it is on the "next" page under the Recent Programs listing). It is a must-see. Really. Listen between the lines. THIS is the real State of the Union address, talking to the real BASE. Andy Card does not speak in public often, remember. So look and listen.

Quotes (and a summary) on the flip.... Read More

NOLA: Residents ANGRY at City's new Rebuilding Plan

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 6:03 PM PST

2006/01/11 · 18:03

This diary is about NOLA residents' (angry) reactions to the "rebirth" Plan formally released today in NOLA by the Bring New Orleans Back Commission appointed by Mayor Ray Nagin in October.

Yesterday I diaried about the advance notice that had been floated about some of the details of the Plan:

NOLA issues its Rebirth Plan. That diary gives some of the backstory as the Commission went about its edict to propose a formal Plan.

The rest of this diary on the flip... Read More

NOLA issues its Rebirth Plan; La. to hold Recovery Planning Day (Jan. 21)

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Tuesday January 10, 2006 · 5:10 PM PST

2006/01/10 · 17:10

PLEASE RECOMMEND - CONTAINS INFO IMPORTANT FOR LOUISIANIANS TO SEE

New Orleans' (in)famous Storyville district, shut down in 1917, will rise again! But instead of being the red-light district of old, the City envisions a full-blown "jazz district", complete with recording studios and a jazz museum in addition to the music venues. Cool. Maybe then the homegrown jazz musicians will be able to finally make a living playing their music, as many are now doing in places like Austin, Texas instead. (In pre-Katrina New Orleans, most still had to have day-jobs doing other things.)

Tomorrow (Wed.) is the day that New Orleans first issues its long-awaited "rebirth" plan (the now-preferred term here) for the City. Here's the article at NOLA.com: New Orleans dreams big in rebuilding plan

More about the City's plan and the State's input process on the flip.... Read More

south Louisiana: Gay priest comes OUT into OPEN ARMS!!

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Monday January 09, 2006 · 2:24 PM PST

2006/01/09 · 14:24

My crazy Cajuns are at it again, showing the rest of America that we are all tolerant and stuff. Given the ScAlito hearings that started today, here's a little civil rights story from my neck of the woods to warm your heart.

In small town in south Louisiana, a "Popular priest tells parish he's gay, but celibate":

Deciding he had to practice the honesty he preached, a popular priest has told his family, his bishop and the people in his parish that he is gay.

The local reaction and my views on the flip... Read More

SW La: Hurricane Rita pictures & slideshow

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Saturday January 07, 2006 · 6:33 PM PST

2006/01/07 · 18:33

A visitor's comment about Holly Beach, Louisiana, 11-05-2005, almost 6 weeks after Hurricane Rita destroyed the town (link to pictures is below):

You can look at all the pictures they had on TV or the newspaper but until you see this with your own eyes you can not image what it is like. And the smell........Just terrible. It is unbelievable, all of Cameron looks like a war zone. We rode the back way from Kaplan all the way to Johnson Bayou and back. All the marsh grass is piled up on the side of the roads. I have never seen so many washers, dryers, iceboxes and freezers........all on the side of the road, damaged.

That excerpt is from the Real Cajun Recipes blog (aka "maw maw and dem's cajun blog").

NOLA's Lower 9th Ward: Bulldozer chased away

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Friday January 06, 2006 · 8:31 AM PST

2006/01/06 · 08:31

"Nobody's going to touch my family's property unless you're going to bulldoze me. And you better be a bad dude if you're going to try to bulldoze me."

Spoken recently by a resident of NOLA. But not just any resident. Oliver Thomas is the President of the City Council. He was talking about his mama's house. And for us Louisianians, you don't mess with our mama's house.

(Kinda puts in perspective, doesn't it, the utter depth of disgrace and horror felt by those survivors for whom their mama's BODIES were messed with by being left to rot on the streets for 4 fucking months. Thanks, RenaRF, for your diary on the Green family.)

*[UPDATE: Here's the link to RenaRF's diary. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/30/131417/53 It is a horrifying MUST-READ.]* There was some citizen action on the streets of the Lower Ninth Ward yesterday.

NOLA rebuilding & a Louisiana "to-do" list

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Thursday January 05, 2006 · 7:31 PM PST

2006/01/05 · 19:31

I'm back from a 2 week trip to Puerto Rico, visiting my in-laws for the holidays. After 20 years of visiting the folks, I still cannot make up my mind as to which group throws a better, louder, anything-goes, until the wee hours kind of party: my husband's Puerto Ricans or my Cajuns. Probably a big reason we married each other. :)

Anyway, I'm back to talk about Louisiana. More on the flip... Read More

NOLA.com: Has Katrina emails from Blanco's office

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Friday December 09, 2005 · 3:44 PM PST

2005/12/09 · 15:44

Now available on NOLA.com are (in pdf form) emails, notes, etc. from Gov. Blanco's recent 100,000 document dump to Congress.

http://www.nola.com/...

Gov. Blanco made the entire set available to the news media a week ago, at the same time they were provided to Congress.

Not all the documents are up yet on NOLA.com, but the La. Attorney General's office is working on getting all of the documents available to the general public via the internet.

Please read some of the documents for yourself, rather than relying entirely on media accounts (many of which are pretty biased against Gov. Blanco).

Transparency is a wonderful thing.

Dec. 14 - March on Washington (Katrina) w/ POLL

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Thursday December 08, 2005 · 6:31 AM PST

2005/12/08 · 06:31

Here's your chance to show Bush and Congress that it's way past time for them to start to "do what it takes" (as Bush vowed) to help Gulf Coast residents.

The March on Washington is being organized by 2 NOLA women who are still in Pittsburgh following Katrina.

It's "tentative" still, because they still have not received the required permit for the March. I'll keep y'all updated.

If you cannot go to Washington, then have a march in your town or neighborhood on the same day as the Washington march. Such as Jackson Square for folks in NOLA.

More on the flip (the news stems from an AP article)... Read More

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