How about some truth for a change?
I haven’t posted for awhile due to my belief that with the election going on, I needed to keep my opinions to myself. So I’m back. Rejoice or spit coffee on your computer- it’s really your choice.
The frustration that others and I feel lately (9 months isn’t lately I guess) is rooted in the FACT that no one in a leadership role can just speak the plain truth.
Is anyone really surprised that the announced date for the new floodgates being installed will not be ready by the target date? Or should that just be placed in the No Sh*t file and move on?
We have two finalist for Mayor (maybe we should run this like American Idol, vote off one candidate per week) that just cannot tell us what they REALLY mean.
We have a US run Government agency that says, “Of course these floodgates will be ready by the start of Hurricane season” then two weeks before the season starts, we hear oh wait, they won’t be ready.
The Corps of Engineers says all the levees will be up to par (hahahahaha- sorry, couldn’t help it) then we find out that levee’s all over town are leaning in all types of different directions. Independent engineers say breeches would have happened elsewhere if not for the breeches that occurred first.
We’re told that the industrial canal levee protecting the Lower Ninth Ward (where very very few people are actually back and residing) have been strengthened and raised. But oh wait, doing that makes the other side of that levee (which protects the area where EVERYONE is now living) lower and thus susceptible to overtopping and possibly flooding the part of the city that we thought was safe.
We’re told that rainfall in the city won’t be a problem. Until we actually get some rainfall and the pumps are turned on and oh wait….the pumps don’t work, no one thought to TEST them after they sat in water for three weeks. So now a sprinkle and we’re all looking for canoe’s to get the hell outta dodge.
We’re told “Here is the city’s evacuation plan- Planes, trains and buses will take us to safety”. Oh wait, no one asked for help securing these planes trains and buses plus no one else in the state has been advised of our plan.
We’re told “I’m about inclusion and rebuilding New Orleans” then we find out the guy who said that went ahead and spent 400k of taxpayer money to refurbish his state office and private living quarters.
What do we have to do to get the TRUTH from these people?
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Damn, I forgot all about the water pipes that are leaking underneath our streets that no elected official will talk about other than to say- “yeah we need to fix that”.
Seems to me, the best thing we can do as a community is spot the bullshit and call the bastards out on it. Everyone needs to be thinking critically and not just taking things on faith. Faith is fine as a reason to think the Saints are going to win the Superbowl this year, but when it comes to decisions that actually matter there should be a little more to the process.
That brings up my fascination with record season ticket sales for the Saints after drafting Reggie Bush - Am I the only one who could give a flying fuck about that given the state of the city? Maybe people need to be paying more attention to the kinds of issues you brought up instead of distracting themselves with trite crap that couldn’t matter in a world without problems.
The hard questions get heavy, I understand that, but we have to keep up the good fight or we’re doomed.
Nice to have you back.
The NO Metblogs are nothing without you and Jack, always enjoy reading your words.
See Dan, you come back online and you’re getting me complimented. You da man!!
Thanks convingtongirl, I’m glad you enjoy it.
Regarding Saints season ticket sales, look at it from the view of a person or company thinking of starting a new business or reopening an old one in New Orleans. Wouldn’t they be more inclined to invest in a city, in a population, that’s showing a positive faith in the future, especially if that faith is in the form of a non necessity like Saints season tickets. Isn’t most of our economy based on purchases of things we don’t really need? How much greater show of consumerism to entrepreneurs and corporations could there be? Years from now, the current record breaking season ticket sales for the Saints will not matter to anyone. At this time, though, ANYTHING that shows a positive attitude in New Orleans is got to be good for the city.
I’ll give you that, Charlie. That’s what I love about this site - new perspectives I wouldn’t think of on my own.