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"It is hard to sit in silence, to watch one's youth wash away. New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse, and I can only dream that one day she will recapture her glory."
New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr.
"It is hard to sit in silence, to watch one's youth wash away. New Orleans is my essence, my soul, my muse, and I can only dream that one day she will recapture her glory."
New Orleans native Harry Connick Jr.
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
I know that New Orleans will win its fight in the end. I was born in the city and lived there for many years. It shaped who and what I am. Never have I experienced a place where people knew more about love, about family, about loyalty and about getting along than the people of New Orleans. It is perhaps their very gentleness that gives them their endurance.
They will rebuild as they have after storms of the past; and they will stay in New Orleans because it is where they have always lived, where their mothers and their fathers lived, where their churches were built by their ancestors, where their family graves carry names that go back 200 years. They will stay in New Orleans where they can enjoy a sweetness of family life that other communities lost long ago.
But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us. You want our Jazz Fest, you want our Mardi Gras, you want our cooking and our music. Then when you saw us in real trouble, when you saw a tiny minority preying on the weak among us, you called us "Sin City," and turned your backs.
Well, we are a lot more than all that. And though we may seem the most exotic, the most atmospheric and, at times, the most downtrodden part of this land, we are still part of it. We are Americans. We are you. ---Anne Rice
I know that New Orleans will win its fight in the end. I was born in the city and lived there for many years. It shaped who and what I am. Never have I experienced a place where people knew more about love, about family, about loyalty and about getting along than the people of New Orleans. It is perhaps their very gentleness that gives them their endurance.
They will rebuild as they have after storms of the past; and they will stay in New Orleans because it is where they have always lived, where their mothers and their fathers lived, where their churches were built by their ancestors, where their family graves carry names that go back 200 years. They will stay in New Orleans where they can enjoy a sweetness of family life that other communities lost long ago.
But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us. You want our Jazz Fest, you want our Mardi Gras, you want our cooking and our music. Then when you saw us in real trouble, when you saw a tiny minority preying on the weak among us, you called us "Sin City," and turned your backs.
Well, we are a lot more than all that. And though we may seem the most exotic, the most atmospheric and, at times, the most downtrodden part of this land, we are still part of it. We are Americans. We are you. ---Anne Rice
CNN has confirmed that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has succumbed to thyroid cancer today. He was 80 years old.
I know, it wasn't unexpected. It's just frightening to me that the flaming fucking idiot I didn't vote for twice (and most of y'all didn't either...) gets to appoint TWO justices to the SCOTUS AND appoint the new Chief Justice...
Jesus...
I fucking weep for the future of this country. Will we ever fix the mess the current administration and its minions have wreaked and will continue to for years to come???
I know, it wasn't unexpected. It's just frightening to me that the flaming fucking idiot I didn't vote for twice (and most of y'all didn't either...) gets to appoint TWO justices to the SCOTUS AND appoint the new Chief Justice...
Jesus...
I fucking weep for the future of this country. Will we ever fix the mess the current administration and its minions have wreaked and will continue to for years to come???
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