Ok, I want to preface this article released by the mayor's office with this, the article points out that these events are designed to assist the community in remembering this was with PROPER PERSPECTIVE. How can you have proper perspective with a fireworks show on the river and a buffet deal at Harrah's. I think the mayor is a little out of perspective on this one. Read on and enjoy!
The New Orleans City Council today announced a series of events they will present for the community to observe the August 29th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. “Our citizens are still mourning the loss of family, friends, and home,” said the Council President Oliver Thomas. “These events are designed to assist the community in remembering this day with proper perspective.”
The Council’s events will begin on Friday, August 25, with a morning briefing at Gallier Hall “New Orleans One Year Forward: The City Council’s View.” Chaired by Councilmember Stacy Head, this event will include a presentation by New Orleans demographer Greg Rigamer highlighting the progress New Orleans has made during the last year.
Representatives of various industry segments including the port, oil and gas, banking, real estate, tourism, and preservation will respond. The Council’s five district council members will report the progress in their neighborhoods. “New Orleans is moving forward,” said Councilmember Head. We must show the world that progress being made,” she concluded.
On Saturday, August 26, from 9 a.m. – 12 noon, the City Council is inviting the youth of New Orleans to participate in “The Art of Healing,” where young people will present their feelings through art – whether it be painting, poetry, dance or theatre. The activity is being coordinated with the city’s public, private, charter and parochial schools. “Art is an excellent way for our children to express their feelings as part of the healing process,” said Councilmember Cynthia Hedge Morrell, a former school principal.
The City Council will also sponsor an essay competition, “Finding Hope Beyond Katrina” for middle school and high school students. First, second and third place winners will receive savings bonds. “Our children must have hope that there is a brighter future ahead for us all,” said Council Vice President Arnie Fielkow, chair of the essay competition.
Also on Saturday, August 26, at 8:30 p.m. at Algiers Point, Councilman James Carter will sponsor “A Candlelight Ceremony for Katrina Victims” at which a candle will be lit for each person who died. “In moving forward, we must remember all those who perished with respect and solemnity,” said Councilmember Carter. “Their passing shall not have been in vain,” he continued.
On Sunday, August 27, at 1 p.m., Councilmember Cynthia Willard Lewis and the Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood Council will present “A Memorial Tribute to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina.” Members of the LNWNC will hold a memorial dedication at Claiborne Avenue and Tennessee Street. “The citizens of the Lower Ninth Ward need a landmark visible to the entire community,” said Councilmember Cynthia Willard Lewis. On this Sunday we will grieve together and allow the healing to begin,” she concluded.
On Tuesday, August 29, at 9:38 a.m. each Councilmember will lay a wreath in one the most devastated neighborhoods in his or her district. At 10:30 a.m. the City Council will dedicate a granite monument, “A Place of Remembrance,” at the Mississippi River Heritage Park in the 1100 block of Convention Center Boulevard. ECC, an international company that has been working in New Orleans with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, has underwritten the monument.
“We must never forget the tremendous loss of life and continued suffering of our families,” said Council President Oliver Thomas. “We urge all New Orleanians to reflect with us on this very solemn day,” said Councilmember Shelley Midura.
All City Council sponsored events are free and open to the public. For more information call 658- 1000.
Mayor Nagin is working with New Orleans-born trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on three days of events beginning Sunday, Aug 27 with the Kazanjian Jewels for Charity silent auction from noon until midnight at Harrah’s Casino. Other Aug 27 events include a gospel concert at the Morial Convention Center from 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. and the Ambassadors of Swing talent search from 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. at Harrah’s Casino Theatre.
On Monday, Aug 28, the Kazanjian Jewels for Charity silent auction will continue from noon until midnight at Harrah’s Casino. Other events include “Cooking With Music,” an educational program for children featuring Emeril Lagasse and Wynton Marsalis; the Exclusive Food Experience art various New Orleans restaurants and a comedy night at Harrah’s Casino theater.
On Tuesday, Aug 29, activities begin with a prayer breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at Asia Baptist Church, 1400 Sere Street, followed by a ringing of the bells to signify the first levee breach at 9:38 a.m. at City Hall; an ecumenical prayer service at noon at the Morial Convention Center auditorium; the One New Orleans jazz funeral procession led by Lt. Gen Russel L. Honore and honoring first responders at 2 p.m. from the Convention Center to the Superdome; a pre-concert community event begins at 3:30 p.m. at the Louisiana Superdome and a televised concerned from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the New Orleans Arena. A masquerade gala begins at 8 p.m. at Harrah’s followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. The Kazanjian Jewels for Charity silent auction runs again from 12 Noon until Midnight.
Family's Lebanon vacation comes to a 'shocking end'
This Doctor and his family got trapped in a war zone coming back from his family vacation to the Wally world in the Lebanon.
We will know for sure if this is the case if we hear that some of the old and sick people were euthanized to out of necessity. That will be a DEAD give away.
I'm just saying that maybe Nancy Pelosi is correct and there are just too many similarities to let this one go.
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This article was on Huff Po today. It explains how the liberals are not really jew haters so it must be Karl Rove that is making poeple post all of the Jew hatered, because liberals just wouldn't do that kind of thing. Here are some experpts from this losers post. What a joke this is.
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Sheldon Drobny was the co-founder of Air America
Radio. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Paradigm Group II, a
venture capital firm specializing in socially responsible businesses. He has
been the major force in developing Paradigm to the status it has achieved today.
Mr. Drobny, a Certified Public Accountant and winner of the Elijah Watts Sells
award for outstanding performance on the Uniform CPA Exam has practiced public
accounting for over 30 years. Prior to entering public accounting, he had a
number of years of taxation experience with the Internal Revenue Service. Mr.
Drobny specializes in business and tax matters and is admitted to practice
before the U.S. Tax Court as a non-attorney. Less than 200 non-attorneys have
been admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court since its inception in 1942.
Mr. Drobny received a Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting from Roosevelt
University in Chicago and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary
fraternity recognizing acadamic achievement in colleges of business
administration.
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Liberal/Progressive Anti-Semitism
I came to the conclusion that the hostile comments about Israel on these liberal blogs are not coming from true liberals. Most of the anti-Semitism comes from racism and most of the racism I have experienced has come from the far right, not the left. And history shows that the Christo-fascist policies of the right have been responsible for historical anti-Judaism. It is only lately that the extreme evangelical groups have conveniently aligned with Israel now to validate their biblical beliefs. These extreme evangelicals were the most anti-Jewish because of the Passion Narratives of the New Testament. And for my friends in AIPAC, they should be aware that short-term alliances with people who have endemic hatred of you could be disastrous. The early Zionists found this out when they signed a trade agreement with Germany hoping that Germany would deport the Jews to Palestine...........
So my conclusion is that the bloggers who violently hate Israel and see it in black and white terms are not really liberals. They may even be anti-Semites, but they are not representative of the liberal community that was so active in achieving racial and ethnic equality. It is a contradiction for a true liberal to be an anti-Semite. Furthermore, I would not put it past the right wing to flood the liberal blogs with hateful criticisms of Israel to advance a perception that liberals are anti-Israel or anti-Semitic. And I see Karl Rove's fingerprints all over this.
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