Recent content by sakrelije

I completely agree with all of your statements, and wanted to highlight your closer because I think it's absolutely true. This thread is definitely to the point where we all agree and is now dominated by three people from La. I am just curious who was paying these people - the formerly unknown...

That, actually, I was not aware of -- I'm guilty of judging merely from first hand reports from a few people who left the detail of it being after the fight inside breaking out out of the email. BUT I am also thinking that they weren't aware of the fight inside and so the locking of the gate was...

I completely agree with you, CountryBoy, I think most of my disgust just stems from the inability of most people in the city to actually seek real change. They pay great lip service to it, but never, and I am afraid will never, follow through. A really nice guy by the name of Joe Alfone ran in...

What's even more preposterous is that citizens were violently shut out of a city council meeting. Those who chose to reelect "our mayor" Ray Nagin and all the ol' Louisiana cronies in the city council are finally realizin it ain't all good. Louisiana is addicted to federal subsidies, whether in...

Both Jeff and Orleans parishes are cesspools of rampant corruption. Though there is nothing shocking about this, and I doubt any of us support public housing, there is a genuinely strong, though largely socialist, grassroots presence in New Orleans. The police are brutal and feared by all -...

The only time I ever noticed any hallucinogenic effects from absinthe was from drinking some Andorran brand in France in 2000 (where I was told, at least, that it was still illegal); however, this is a ba example because I had also been partaking in some excellent Moroccan hash. Addressing...

Thanks to many locals and students at Tulane, especially in the Carrollton and Uptown neighborhoods, there is a lot of RP support. Great banners on the South Carrollton exit off I-10 proclaiming the Revolution. Ah, I miss NOLA a lot. Whether you're an extreme communal anarchist or an...

I spent the past three years in New Orleans, and grew up in Louisiana, so let me speak from experience: the NOPD is terrifying and corrupt. This doesn't surprise me one bit. Actually, the entire political structure of Orleans and Jefferson parish are rotting from the inside out. Regardless of...

Amen to all the supporters of the brave Lakota. This is not new, as other posters have mentioned, and has been ongoing since 1974. Mr. Means is also a (L)ibertarian an shares strong ideological ties with most everyone here - this has created two competing governments in the Lakota territory...

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