Is change coming to Louisiana? Will the tradition of graft and corruption in its political process begin to end with the election of Bobby Jindal as governor?
In a very convincing manner, Jinal has won the governorship. The people of Louisiana have elected a non-white Republican.
Fox News
Jindal, the Republican 36-year-old son of Indian immigrants, carried more [...]

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CBS
The owners of a nursing home where 35 patients died after Hurricane Katrina were acquitted Friday of negligent homicide and cruelty charges for not evacuating the facility as the storm approached.
The jury took about four hours to acquit Sal and Mabel Mangano, the husband-and-wife owners of St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish, just [...]

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Habitat denied permission to build homes.

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I was sceptical a few weeks ago when I wrote about the vast sums of money that the Feds were giving to Gulf Coast homeowners.

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skippy has put together a linkfest of left blogging about the anniversary of Katrina.
as usual, prime scout at first draft is the main go-to gal for what’s really happening in n’awlins, and today she gives us video of the unbreakable spirit of new orleans in the guise of the arabi wrecking krewe volunteers helping to [...]

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5 young people riding bicycles across America to raise money for Habitat for Humanity in the Gulf.

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Here are some pitures from various photographers showing the Gulf region, via Flickr:
AB83
Kir Royale
Stephen Voss

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One year later, the White House offers this summary of activity and action.

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Bunny is the woman I have called PG, for Pretty Girl, on this blog for several years.

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The man named after a television network has made a movie about Hurrican Katrina.
Houston Chronicle
But one of the few New Orleanians to have seen the movie before Wednesday’s premiere — a Times-Picayune television critic — had issues with it. His review was on the front page of Wednesday’s newspaper, and reporters kept asking Lee to [...]

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Remember Bunny? Here’s the latest on the Ride to Rebuild.
After biking 1,500 miles, we are almost done with Wyoming! And while it has been beautiful we are ready to head into Colorado. Our highest climb of 11,000 feet will be coming up in a few days.
These five young people put months in helping on the [...]

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Bunny [the friend formerly known as PG] has updated me on her ride across America.
We are currently in Riggins, ID for the night. We’re taking an easy day tomorrow-about 27 miles into Whitebird. Then the next day will be a climb up to Grangeville. We’ll be in Missoula August 2nd or 3rd. Then we’ll be [...]

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