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Originally Posted by RedShoe
Which is why I asked you.
Although from the looks of it, I should've asked Cherry.  |
Honestly, I am completely infatuated with the political quirks of this place.
Fletch on the other hand, is from here, and the stuff almost infuriates him to the point it is difficult to even discuss.
I can't even discuss politics with the locals around here, because even they still think some fucked up things. So I have purged here on gfy a bit it seems.
It is hard to even digest that this place is a part of the USA.
for example: Bill Jefferson the disgraced corrupt congressman - he gets these totally ghetto black dudes to stand on corners and hold up signs at election time. They give them BEER, so these guys will have a sign in one hand and a brown paper bag (alcohol) in the other. Totally LEGAL. It is only illegal to have glass containers. So they get free booze, and might even make a couple bucks, and all they have to do is stand on a corner and dance around with a sign. They LOVE the guy! The people don't care about his scandals, he will only lose because of the political support he's lost.
Its like the 9th ward in New Orleans... a lot of older poor black folk lived there, but they were VOTERS. So they'd load them onto a bus (paid for with campaign donations), give them a free t-shirt and a hotdog lunch, and take them to vote. This is why people like Nagin paid so much attention to the 9th, voters (which are now gone).
I can't go on enough how much this place has changed and is changing since Katrina. Its as nice kick in the ass for the place, but it will not be fixed for many, many years.
I love New Orleans, but its not really a place you want to live, if you are sane anyhow. We are outside the city limits btw, no need for fuxored city services in my life.
I wish this state would vote Obama, but again, he is way too liberal.