cherrylula

Although the lowlife poor here might still blame George W for the disaster in Katrina, it wasn't his fault or the Republicans.

It was a lack of communication, first and foremost, between the local government and the STATE government, which is supposed to be in communication with the Federal government, and none of that happened the way it should. Again, blame Kathleen Blanco. In fact, she is no longer in office, didn't even run. Because a lot of it is her fault!

If you lived here, you would understand. People just don't communicate things. They are too busy planning the next party.

If anyone follows the New Orleans government dramas, which I doubt anyone here does, you'd quickly realize they just want to plan the next party. I mean, anything exciting happens and they try to plan a parade. Literally. From funerals to sports games, the 3rd anniversary of Katrina, its a friggin party. Celebration. They drink, and they drink, and they drink. Mayors of towns here are running around with masked license plates drunk, driving through toll booths. Cops smacking each other and all kinds of corruption. Unreal things you don't even hear about unless you live here and read the news all the time.

So to live here, you have to really overlook these things (its really hard) and just want to have a good time. Congressman gone corrupt? "He's a nice guy though!" (actual quote from family member of mine). Nobody really cares until it directly affects them. A lot of people are okay with the culture of corruption as they call it, but its come down from the top officials, and a way of doing things here. People have almost had to accept it just so they can exist within (I can't believe I am writing this)...

The state has barely been doing oversight in government since Katrina. Look up how many state and city officials down here are in prison now. The head of the NO city council, Oliver Thomas, is in prison. The head of the school board, prison. Tons of other educational board members, in prison. They are trying to impeach a judge. Jim Letton the US Attorney here has his head up many asses right now. I absolutely love it. Not being from here, I can be objective, and I cheer everytime one of these corrupt assholes gets theirs. The city of New Orleans finally has an Inspector General. The police chief and other city officials have been fighting the guy nonstop. The city attorney actually asked him to notify her every time he begins a new case.

Its going to take a long ass time, but New Orleans and Louisiana are coming along. We only hope they don't rape the wetlands too much more. A lot of people just lost their homes this past summer, and you won't hear about it because its not "New Orleans." However it is old culture here in the bayous that is going away because of the destruction of the wetlands.
^ read this article for a little insight on that

So how could the people of Louisiana want more of the same federal administration? I don't think most people here think that far, or even vote. The high government electorals follow the money, simple as that. Republicans like oil, Louisiana likes money and has oil, therefore this is a Red state.

I don't think they will not vote for Obama because he is dark skinned (see Jindal). I think its because he is way too liberal. It really isn't as racist here as some think. New Orleans, which is only Southern LA, is really much less racist than even Los Angeles. New Orleans had the first free people of color in this nation.