Government

A Prayer for Louisiana's Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
Dear Lord, God and Heavanly Father, I humbly ask you please bestow upon your fine creation, Louisiana's Gulf Coast, surrounding wetlands, and the delicate marine ecosystem, the very finest of your many great blessings. Amen

New Orleans News and Headlines
The latest news and sports headlines from New Orleans, Louisiana, also known as "The Big Easy".

Kathleen Blanco - Not Nagin - Most At Fault For Katrina Aftermath
The conditions after Katrina are more the result of Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, our at-the-time governor (we've more than made up for that bad decision with our current governor) and her bad decisions than anyone else including soon-to-be-replaced Mayor Clarence Ray Nagin...

NOPD Confiscating Guns in New Orleans (Video)
Video of the National Guard and NOPD (New Orleans Police Department) illegally confiscating people's guns prior to Hurricane Katrina's landfall.

Disaster Profiteering: Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti Earthquake
As we New Orleanians learned after during and after Hurricane Katrina, unscrupulous disaster victims, recovery contractors, politically-connected corporations and even government officials think nothing of the further exploitation of the profoundly vulnerable disaster victims. Between the looters, the fraudulent contractors and insurance companies, the scandalously corrupt Governor Kathleen Blanco and her handlers at the Shaw Group, the predators why prey on disaster victims come from all walks of life and steal from those who have just lost everything. Unfortunately for the survivors of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, their plight is not over yet, as many will undoubtedly be targeted for further exploitation by those claiming to be the ones providing relief and assistance...