On August 29 Louisiana was hit with a KATegory 5 Hurricane named KATrina. KAThleen Blanco, hold on, everyday I'm getting emails asking if I am related to her, the wannabe guv. I know this is an obvious part of the thought process and I appreciate the question. Usually, I avoid this question, especially since hurricane Katrina because she is a lot more controversial. But ask yourself this, 'even if Jeff was related to her, do you think Jeff would admit it?' So asking me is kind of a mute point, isn't it? If I were, I wouldn't admit it, if I ain't, you'd still wonder if I was just too embarrassed of her to admit it. I don't find the question offensive and I hope you aren't offended by my answer. But somewhere in the following words, somebody will be offended.

As I was saying, KAThleen Blanco was so inept during the last four months that at least two websites popped up to encourage recalling the Governor. Another to defend Kathleen Blanco by saying that webmaster was really upset with Kathleen Blanco and wanted her impeached but now she realizes it's George Bush's fault and we ought to impeach Bush, Rove, (hint, hint Thuuper-lib), Cheney, Rumsfield, Rice, and pretty much any Republican. The site doesn't exist anymore but a quick google search shows evidence of it. It's the fourth link down.

One of the websites was started by KAT Landry, who by the way is a Republican. I know, because the press keeps reminding us that she's a Republican. Still KAT Landry doesn't strike me as a political activist and I am unaware of any political activism that she's been involved in. Also, I had emailed KAT concerning the recall process and she isn't interested in this being a Republican issue. For her, it's a citizens issue.

In the days immediately following the aftermath, we know these things...

That KAThleen's administration encouraged political divisions by getting National Democrats on board to criticize Bush, as was stated in emails by the Blanco Administration.

That KAThleen's administration was more concerned about dressing KAThleen than they were about actually working.

That KAThleen's administration waited for buses from the federal government while she sat on hundreds of buses within the state and didn't even think of using local bus drivers.

That KAThleen's administration was concerned about granite counter tops from Sweden, while many resident had no place to live.

That KAThleen continued to put politics above the people of this state.

In the emails, the Blanco Administration was concerned about making Blanco like John Wayne and they succeeded in making her like Barney Fife. She wanted to be Governor, but was an Interior Decorator instead. She wanted to be the Delta Queen, but was the Court Jester.

The problem with this administration isn't that everybody thinks they are smarter than the Gov, the problem is that they are right, they are all smarter than her, even the interns. Quite frankly, I'm not sure anybody in the administration is smart enough to flip burgers for $5.15 an hour.

As a Republican, I can't support this recall. I don't think the Republican party supports this recall. It seems to me that Governor Blanco is like Bozo the clown and her administration is a bunch of Cookies. Someday, Republicans will sit back and laugh at her but for the time being, Republicans should be licking their chops at 2007.

If one were a Democrat, I don't see how one can't support this recall. She's been so inept that she's bound to lose Democrat seats and lose the Governorship for Democrats. Democrats best hope in retaining power is to have KAThleen recalled.

We, the voters, have to make a decision regarding this, Democrats and Republicans alike should look at this from the best interest of the state and not how we feel about her or our party. We ought to look at this as a business decision. Questions we should ask are:
"Can the state handle another hurricane season with KAThleen Blanco as governor?"
"Has she really put her political interests above state interest during a time of crisis?"
"Would our state be better off by dismissing her of her duties?"

Again, I can not support this recall as a Republican, but as a citizen of this state, I see no other choice. I believe the need for this recall is urgent and critical. As a citizen of this state, I applaud KAT Landry in her efforts. However, I won't actively search for the recall petition, but if it is presented to me, I will sign it.

I was really disappointed with the decision making of Jon Gruden. With about 9 minutes left in the game, the Buccs were driving deep into Redskin turf down by 7. On fourth down, Gruden decides to go for it instead of kicking the fieldgoal. They failed to convert. It was an understandable decision since the Buccs were moving the ball and the Redskins weren't but that's exactly why you kick the fieldgoal. Had Gruden decided to kick the Fieldgoal, the Buccs would have been down 17-13 with still plenty of time to go. Regardless of Gruden's decision, the Buccs still needed to score twice to win anyway, and pulling yourself within four points puts you in position to win the game. Either way, your defense still needed to do it's job.

The Buccs did get the ball again and got into fieldgoal range again but the Buccs again turned the ball over on downs. Kicking the second fieldgoal would have put the Buccs down by one with 2:00 minutes still on the clock. Once the Redskins got the ball back, they may have been more impatient with the ball and passed more, stopping the clock on incomplete passes and giving the Buccs more time. Up by 7, the Redskins decided wisely to run the ball and run out the clock.

The point is, take the points. Put points on the board whenever you can because you don't know what the rest of the game holds. The Buccs may have had a better game, but the better team won.

Speekun of the Skins, I'm sure that TJ EVANS will be happy about my picks, since I got the Skins wrong last time. Speekun of mah picks....

AV~Picks Semifinal round Sunday, Jan. 14

Washington at Seattle 4:30
Skins defense was on the warpath against the Buccs, but these Hawks are flying high. Skins shoot last arrow, Hawks escape.
AV~Picks: Hawks 20 Skins 13

New England at Denver
Pats declared war on everybody last week and the Broncos are next in line. As a Bronco fan I ain't gonna lie, we have something up our sleeve. I'm calling in Quentin and whenever I talk to him on Bronco gameday, the Broncs win. It's been our tradition all year long, except against the Fins, the Chiefs, and the Army Ants. Thanks in large part to my phone call, but mostly the Denver D and "No mistake Jake", Broncs buck Pats.
AV~Picks: Broncos 31 Pats 23

Sunday, Jan. 15
Pittsburgh at Indianapolis
The Steel curtain manhandled the Kitties to face the Colts. The Steelers could shut down the Colts but, Bill Coward plays scared in big games whenever he thinks a team is better than his. Will Cowards scared play calling cost the Steelers again? Or will he just play smashmouth all the way through this game? Me thinks, me bets, that Coward calls bad plays. Pittsburgh falls like a ton of steel, Colts Gallop into the AFC Championship game.
AV~Picks: Colts 34 Stunned Curtain 21

Carolina at Chicago 4:30
D-Fence!! (Stomp stomp) D-Fence!!! (Stomp stomp), Blackcats gave Army Ants a big goose egg and a black panther eye. This week, Blackcats maul and claw da Grizzlies from Shytown to the Pacific coast.
AV~Picks: BlackCats 12 Da Grizzlies 10

Oh man, I can't wait til this evening. I have so much to comment on tonight.... stay tuned kiddie kats. This is something I will be watching closely.

Dean: There are no Democrats who took money from Jack Abramoff. Not one. Not one single Democrat. Every person named in the scandal is a Republican, every person under investigation is a Republican, every person indicted is a Republican. This is a Republican finance scandal--there is *no* evidence that Jack Abramoff ever gave any Democrat any money. We've looked through all those FEC reports to make sure that's true.

Poor Wolfe was so stunned by Howard Dean's blatant lie that he didn't know what to say, while Democrats, such as this blogger continue to believe every thing that a Democrat tells them.

But readers of at least Louisiana Conservative already know that Kathleen Blanco's (D) Director of State/Federal Relations, Stephanie Leger worked for Abramoff and WAS INDEED under investigation.

But for Howard Dean to be so oblivious to the scandal and excluding every Democrat is simply amazing. Doesn't Howard Dean know what one contributer gives the Democrat National Committee $65, 720. Is Howard Dean as stupid as Kathleen Blanco, or a bigger liar than Bill Clinton? Certainly we can expect Howard Dean to give every penny back, right? Oh wait, they don't have to give that $65,720 back, because they never received it to begin with, even though records show they did get it. Still, 99% of the Democrats that read this will either excuse it, or deny that the DNC ever received the money.

The Democrat Senatorial campaign committee received $423,480 while the Democrat congressional campaign committee received $354,700, yet Howard Dean told Wolfe Blitzer that not one single Democrat.

I guess Howard Dean meant,

Dean: "Wolfe, there wasn't a single Democrat that took money from Abramoff, there was a whole lotta Democrats that took money, such as Charles Rangel, (D-NY), Harry Reid, (D-NV), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), all of which each received more in the past six years from Abramoff organizations than Tom Delay has over that period of time. Wolfe, you and I know the truth, but I'm going to lie to you until you look dumb. A great man once said, 'the bigger the lie, the more people will believe it'. Wolfe, quit challenging me, you know my minions cling on to every word I say and they are going to accuse you of being a Right winger and boycott you."

Is it just me, or are Democrats like a religious cult? It's not really a political party, it's a religion. They constantly put down Christianity because they feel like their religion of Deminsanity is a better religion. Have you ever got into a debate with a Democrat and suddenly they changed their views in front of your very eyes? Or how many times have you spoke with a Democrat, they agreed with you, and then the next day their view has changed? Overnight? And I'm not just talking on rare occassions either, I'm mean it's a consistent thing.

I go to church, and I listen to my pastor, but I also open up my bible and read exactly what he's telling me. How can I take his word if he doesn't back up his case with some form of "fact"? Yet, Democrats follow their leaders (Pastors) and swallow every word he says 1% with no source for evidence. Is gullible the appropriate word here? For Democrats to just eat up Howard Deans words and believe him is just incredible. Wolfe Blitzer pointed it out that Democrats did take money, and Howard Dean lied to him. A good Democrat (disciple) will tell you that Wolfe Blitzer is just a Republican Spinmeister. Don't get me wrong, I hope the Democrats keep talking about all the "Right Wing Propaganda" on television, hopefully they will wake people up and people will pay closer attention to the hidden messages being thrown at them. Not just one sides, but all of it.

I suppose for many Democrats it's a lack of self worth and joining the Deminsanity religion gives them a sense of purpose, as if they've found their higher calling. Maybe it's the environment and Gaia must be appeased. Maybe Father Fidel will forgive us if we pray to the doll of Cardinal Hugo Chavez, that he shall striketh downth thy Jew, expelleth thou cruel malicious religion of Christians, and blessedeth thy meek foreth theyth shalt inheriteth the earth.

Remember in 1992 during the presidential debate, the supersensitive ponytail guy told Bush and Clinton to stop fighting, that we are "their children". Doesn't that explain the Deminsanity religion? We Christians and Catholics see God as our father, it would only stand to reason that their father is their "great" leaders. Judging from the Bill Clinton sexual affairs, I'd say, he hath certainly tried to be all of our fathers.

Folks, once you stop looking at the Democrats as a political party and look at them as a religious cult, they begin to make a whole lot more sense.

With that being said, the movie starts with me going to bed. While sleeping, I dreamt that I went to the theater to see King Kong. I was excited to see how King Kong ended so I sat in the front row with my big Fedora on, like they did in the thirties. Once the movie started, I realized I went into the wrong room. I wondered why there was only two other people in the theater and both of them sat right behind me. Out of compassion, I didn't want to stand up and walk out with my big red fedora and ruin their view, so I sat through the entire movie.

What, you didn't actually expect me to spend money on this movie, did you? Call me what you want, it does not interest me and I am not going to go see it. For you libs that saw it, 'Ah don care an ah ain't gonna go watch me it!". Seriously, whenever a movie gets the rave reviews that Bareback Mountain has recieved, the movie usually sucks. Trust me on this one. Besides, I gave the movie mega stars, called it Ang Lee's best movie, and boasted about Heath Ledger's acting ability, so I am not a homophobe!

So here come the credits, Heath Ledger, oooh, he's good, I saw him in the Patriot.

And the other guy, never heard of Jake Gyllenhaal.

IN BAREBACK MOUNTAIN

Okay, the movie starts out kind of slow, two very young male sheepherders, in their "Manly Man moustaches" are tending their sheep, and other stuff. Poor Heath was caught between his love for his friend and the Catholic Priest who molested young Heath. Heartbreaking stuff! From the beginning, Ang Lee makes his best film yet. Astounding, go see this film!

Both the cowboys, ahem, I'm trying not to ruin the movie for you by giving away to much information, but they are actually sheepherders, which probably explains why they turned to each other. Anyway, both the cowboys marry women and find theirselves unhappy with their marriage, as they long for each other (the other sheepherder). Heath Ledger does a tremendous job acting and this has got to be Ang Lee's best job ever directing!

Their love for each other becomes so strong that they can't resist each other, it moved me. (It almost moved me out of the theater). Then comes the most powerful love seen I've ever witnessed. Powerful stuff, Heath Ledger pulls off one of the most romantic moves ever on screen and Ang Lee does a tremendous job of directing.

I don't want to give you too much information so I am not going to tell you who gets to be the sheepherder and who gets to be the sheep. I'm not even going to tell you if he says "Oooh", "Aah", or "Baahaaahaa". But for those of you who are curious, I will tell you how they decided who gets to be the sheep. It's the one wearing 100% wool clothing. I hope I didn't give away too much of the movie! Heath Ledger is at his best and Ang Lee does a tremendous job of directing.

One scene that really broke my heart was when Heath goes to the drugstore to get 'protection' so his wife doesn't get pregnant again. While deciding which condoms to purchase, he sees 'sheepskin" and the memories of his youth come back to him. Powerfull stuff!

There is some other powerful acting in the movie and Ang Lee does a tremendous job of capturing this all on film for our enjoyment. I don't know who the other actors are but they are just tremendous. Watch out for the 'Family Values Christian Scene"or Catholic, I wasn't sure which, I was falling asleep during my dream of this movie. Powerful stuff, Ang Lee in perhaps his best direction yet! And of course a stunning portrayel by some actor who plays the "Anti-Gay" Republican. Powerful and heartbreaking. How can those Christians and Republicans be so mean?

"Bareback Mountain" is worth every quarter of those 230¼ stars that I had to give this movie. Incredible!!! Did I tell you that this is Ang Lee's best job at directing yet! And watch Heath Ledger, powerful stuff!

It's got me excited about other movies coming out such as one about two lesbian women in the military titled 'NORAD MOUNTAIN', and another about two lesbians that pretend to be married to two gay men while working for a Christian Republican President. Exciting stuff!

The former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein trained thousands of radical Islamic terrorists from the region at camps in Iraq over the four years immediately preceding the U.S. invasion, according to documents and photographs recovered by the U.S. military in postwar Iraq. The existence and character of these documents has been confirmed to THE WEEKLY STANDARD by eleven U.S. government officials.

From August 29th on, it has been especially difficult to support Blanco with gaffes and missteps over the last four months. It was next to impossible to blog about anything other than Katrina and impossible to open my mouth concerning the aftermath without being critical. I wanted to give them my support and the best way for me to do that was to keep my mouth shut, hence the lack of posts since the Hurricanes.

But it's a new year and I have kept my word to be as supportive as possible till the end of the year. I haven't even began to start on Kathleen Blanco's performance as Governor over the last three months and already she's dominating 75% of my YTD blog posts.

That's because she consistently remains in negative news, even on the national level. NOT HURRICANE RELATED STORIES but the ABRAMOFF STORY. Let's go back to Kathleen's testimony in front of congress on October 18, 2005 "First, during my administration, the financial operations of the state of Louisiana have been highly rated for governmental accountability. But I want to emphasize that the financial affairs of Louisiana will be transparent and wide open. I believe that we will stand well to the expected scrutiny by the public, the Congress and the media."

And yet the Governor retained a potential witness (Stephanie Leger) in the Abramoff scandal, despite the absolute necessity that our state be more than ethical? According to Sourcewatch.org, Stephanie Leger Short is Lousiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco's Director of State/Federal Relations. Though I provided a link, there are some key things that I want to point out.

In March 2002, "Breaux, whose legislative aide, Stephanie Leger Short, had just gone to work for Abramoff as a Coushatta lobbyist, sent [Secretary of the Interior Gale] Norton a stack of anti-Jena constituent mail. Breaux received $14,250 from the lobbyists and their tribal clients," Susan Schmidt reported in the March 13, 2005, Washington Post.

On March 25, 2005, a poster on the Politics LA Forum wrote:

"In an AP story today, the Louisiana Democratic Party talked about glass houses. The sound that you are hearing now is the Democrats and their Governor's glass house breaking. What they neglected to tell the AP reporter was the fact that the real Abramoff tie to Louisiana is Governor Blanco's top Washington, D.C. staffer, Stephanie Leger.

While some might dismiss her ties to Mr. Abramoff as past history, it is clear that the cloud over his investigation is continuing to follow Ms. Leger. Despite telling the Baton Rouge Advocate on March 6th that she was never brought into Mr. Abramoff's inner circle, the Washington Post reported differently a week later. The Washington Post cited emails between them showing a clear and direct link to each other on behalf of these clients.

Why did Governor Blanco hire someone who is involved in so many investigations? How can this be good for Louisiana?

To remove all doubt in the State's credibility, I call upon Governor Blanco to place Stephanie Leger on administrative leave until all federal investigations and Senate investigations are complete.

stated Roger F. Villere, Jr., Chairman of the Republican Party of Louisiana

That statement was on March 23, 2005. Despite that Kathleen Blanco chose to retain Stephanie Leger, even through the aftermath, while our state was being called corrupt by national figures, and through the escalation of the Abramoff story.

"Four former Greenberg Traurig lobbyists besides disgraced former colleague Jack Abramoff took improper side payments in violation of company policy and have been referred to the Justice Department, a top law firm executive has disclosed," Julie Kay reportedNovember 17, 2005, for Law.com. "The four other lobbyists now being questioned" are Kevin A. Ring, Jon W. van Horne, Michael D. Smith and Stephanie Leger."

"I believe that we will stand well to the expected scrutiny by the public, the Congress and the media." -- Kathleen Blanco

The Indian Affairs Committee's next hearing on Abramoff, slated for Oct. 26, is expected to focus on the lobbyist's dealings with the Coushatta tribe of Louisiana. A principal lobbyist working on the account with Abramoff was Stephanie Leger Short, a Democrat married to Toby Short, a legislative assistant in Dorgan's personal office. *Source

As for Kathleen, is it any wonder why her administration screwed up so bad? I'm sure this will somehow be Bush's fault because she's a woman. There is one more story that I just would love to comment on but I can't take it anymore...

Blanco complains again. This time she's complaining about how much the federal government sent her. I guess the federal government doesn't pay for granite countertops from Sweden?.

I don't know what Kathleen is planning on renovationg next, but I think it has something to do with the kitchen. Her administration asked "FEMA do everything possible everywhere" and made a point to "ask for the kitchen sink,".

It seems like one of our Northern blogizens is having a little trouble with some comments he made on his blog Minnesota Democrats Exposed.

According to StarTribune.com

Lawyers who filed the suit say that Web logs and other new media should be held to the same standards of accountability as traditional media and journalism. Brodbkorb, a former operative for the Minnesota Republican Party, pledges to protect his source and to keep his website going.

The suit alleges that Brodkorb, citing an unnamed source, defamed the St. Paul-based public relations firm New School Communications when he posted a claim that New School had become publicly critical of the congressional campaign of Coleen Rowley only after Rowley rejected a contract with the firm.

Despite being told that New School does not perform political campaign work, Brodkorb, the suit says, continues to make the claim, even though his source "may, in fact, be a fabrication."

Held to the same accountability as MSM? You mean like Jason Blair, the New York Times, Dan Rather, 60 Minutes? How about the media lying to us by declaring Al Gore the 'projected winner' before the polls closed? I can see why this is so important. Let's not forget how a person can "anonymously" accuse somebody of sexual harrassment. No chance for slander to happen there? Ah, but those are exceptions to the rule, right?

But, as in the case of this blogger, if given the opportunity to refute what the blogger in the commentary section of the said on the same site that the innacuracies were made, it should be held to the same standards as the MSM.

What makes the blogger different than the MSM is that we don't have the luxury of already having the people's trust. We have to earn it, whereas, the major media already has it and is losing the people's trust. A blogger has to work their way into the hearts of his/her readers and gains their respect by being honest.

Secondly, anybody can have a website. It's affordable, even free, the only thing necessary is access to the internet. Starting a newspaper is not as accessible and a television station is out of the average Joe's reach. Should somebody wish to refute a website, one could always create their own website. By utilizing their free speech, refute accusations made against them.

Finally, the average blogger does not have the means to fight a lawsuit filed by a company. Has the comments of this blogger hurt the company by costing the company sales? Can the company prove that?

As usual, I'm more concerned about the slippery slope than I am about a potential lie. I do not condone slander, lies, untruthfulness, but these are also often truths or lies in the eye of the beholder. Should Haliburton be allowed to sue all the people on the internet that suggest corruption between them and the Bush administration? Should Ozzy sue people for saying on the internet that he bit the head off a bat? There are untruths being said everyday. Those that choose to knowingly spread mistruths face inescapable consequences, even if a lawsuit never happens. When a person lies, his credibility goes down.

Instead of a lawsuit, New School might serve their own purposes better by refuting the accusations against them on their own existing website. A lawsuit has only brought more light on the accusations against them and elevated Minnesota Democrats Exposed to a higher and more popular status. Further more, New School has brought more negative exposure on theirselves with this lawsuit, an example? BLOIS (Olsen)

Congratulations New School, your public relations concerning this matter is an example of how to bring shame and controversy on your own company with this lawsuit. Why on earth should any company or person utilize your service when you successfully brought more attention to accusations made against you, and brought undesirable attention to your company? Imagine that, a Public Relations company being involved in a negative story? One has to wonder, who hurt New School more, MDE or New School?

Football!!!!!!

Yeah, I missed out on this season of week by week predictin, as I said before, it was a very, very, challenging year.

Saturday, Jan. 7

Washington at Tampa Bay 4:30 ABC

Washington has been hot and Tampa Bay has struggled lately. What concerns me the most is the how the Skins played certain teams. Defeated Arizona 17-13 and despite having a playoff spot on the line, nearly lost to an beat up Eagles team that has been blown away in more than one game this year. Tampa had a playoff spot already sealed up and still took care of business. I have to believe that the Skins are not a team that can seal the deal in a big game. Tampa can. Skins walk the Plank, Buccs sail on.

AV~PICKs Buccs 35 Skins 17

Jacksonville at New England 8:00 ABC

Jags have looked (Darth Vader voice on) IMPRESSIVE (Darth Vader Voice off) this year and really got the wrong seeding. New England wasn't impressive to start the season and are under-seeded. Jacksonville had too good of a year to draw a team this good in the first round. Jaguars growls for the last time, Patriots prepare for war in INDY.

AV~PICKS Patriots 37 Jags 10

Sunday, Jan. 8

Carolina at N.Y. Giants 1:00

Black Catz got Delhomme, Army Antz got Manning. Not that Manning, the inexperienced Manning. Army Antz are a solid team, but inconsistencies don't win playoff games. Black Catz start playoffs Purrrrrfect, Army Antz hibernate for winter

AV~PICKS Panthers 27 G.I. ANTS 23

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 4:30

Two weeks ago, this pick was easy. Cincinnati would have got the nod. The play of both teams the past two weeks makes this an easy pick... Steelers ride the bus into next week, Bengals become Kittens, Patriots change itinerary.

AV~PICKS Steelers 34 Bengals 24

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And a bit of wackiness...

Don Hagen brought a bit of his humor to my attention and now it's time for me to pass it on....

THE SATIRICAL POLITICAL BELIEFS ASSESSMENT TEST

Not bad Don, Not bad at all......

"At home in Louisiana, We are taking bold steps to help ourselves, but the gravity of our loss demands help from Congress too. In November, we completed a Special Session of the legislature dedicated to the recovery. " - Kathleen Blanco, December 14, 2005

"In Louisiana, there is no such thing as deficit spending. We have to balance our budget every year. The $600 million in budget cuts were tough. But these tough choices are in response to our new reality." - Kathleen Blanco, December 14, 2005

" We are a small and hardworking state operating on a tight budget. We are doing everything we can to overcome the crippling nature of the storms. We have been served with a $3.7 billion estimated bill from FEMA - adding insult to injury. This is an unprecedented amount for any state to have to pay as its share of FEMA expenditures." Kathleen Blanco, December 14, 2005 Download Kathleens comments here.

"Watch my results" - Kathleen Blanco, on being named one of the worst Governors.

Let's see, she takes a trip to Cuba to seal a 15 million dollar deal with perhaps Latin America's least trustworthy dictator. She even dropped everything to go have a nice lobster dinner with El Presidente Castro. She went to Cuba despite President Bush's disapproval. Yet, when President Bush comes to town on two separate occassions, Kathleen Blanco was too busy to meet with the President of her own country. Who's more important to Louisiana? Castro or Bush? You make the call.

New Orleans Business, July 2, 2004.

Blanco spokesman Roderick Hawkins admitted that “some people have called it a snub, but the governor had a busy scheduled already planned for that day.”

Hawkins said a meeting with officials from Citgo and planning for a meeting with New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson kept Blanco from meeting with Bush.

Barham said regardless of the excuse, it’s not good enough. “Especially with all the needs we have - for projects like coastal restoration - for her not to meet with the president is inexcusable.”

Instead of meeting with the President when he came to Louisiana, she sends him a letter demanding that he help with coastal erosion. When Bush came down for hurricane Katrina, was there any wonder why there was a rift between Blanco and Bush? How would you act towards somebody that treated you in the same manner that Kathleen treated the President of the United States?

Is the Governor responsible? I don't think so. Financially responsible? Let's see, in the past year, we've had Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley and his decked out Eddie Bauer edition Ford Expedition . That was a nice use of finances. Red Schtick Magazine had a commentary on that. Okay so he's the Insurance Commissionar. Then came a story about renovations to the Governor's Mansion. The cost of the renovation also cost the taxpayers $5,000 a month in rent as well as the renovations needed to the apartment that she rented out. I've heard of a "renaissance man", would that make Kathleen Blanco a "renovation woman"?

Don't forget Mitch Landrieu and his "renovations" to his home, undoubtedly inspired by the Governor. His renovations to the Lt. Governor's home cost the state another $400,000 So far, that's 1.2 million dollars in renovations. Yes, people were upset about it then and that was before Katrina and Rita hit.

Then she goes in front of congress and tells them that "First, during my administration, the financial operations of the state of Louisiana have been highly rated for governmental accountability." Yeah, they are highly rated. I haven't even talked about the lake they wanted to build for "economic development" and Bob Odom's "Sugar Mill". Who's doing the rating? Louisiana State Officials?

During Katrina, she came off as whiny and indecisive. Today, she comes off as whiny and indecisive. Her handlers wanted to make her look like John Wayne and she came out looking like Barney Fife. The only real decision she made during the last four months is to redecorate her offices at the state capital running the taxpayers over half a million dollars. Exactly what office does she think she holds anyway? Governor or Interior Decorator?

Then she has the audacity to tell congress on December 14 that "we have all tightened our belts and reshuffled our priorities to help our state recover". Does that mean she was actually going to renovate something else, but had to settle on her offices due to the hurricane? Was she actually going to spend more money? Exactly how is this reshuffling her priorities?

When she told congress on December 14 "We are taking bold steps to help ourselves," Did she mean her personal comfort zone? I wonder if they installed a mattress so she could take her naps.

Worst Governor in the United States? Watch her results? I've seen enough of her results. Not only is she the worst Governor in the United States, but also in the history of the United States.

Egad, we are only half way through her first term.

I'd give her an 'F minus' but that's too kind. Perhaps there ought to be a new grade, a 'K' for Kathleen.

Is there any reason that any of us should still be discussing Hurricane Katrina in the manner that we continue to do? There is a reasonable discussion on what we should be doing. How to woo people back home, maybe. Tax incentives for businesses affected by Katrina? Maybe. Discussion on the levee system? Definitely.

Yet, what continues to fill our headlines are some of the most ridiculous stories that should have been solved and our Governor can't even figure out how to solve them.

It's bad enough that our Governor can move black people like herds of cattle on election day but expects other people to come in and save the day while so many people are stranded on an island. We've heard the story about FEMA's promise to send buses, but the question still remains, why did she sit on her hands and wait for FEMA during an emergency situation? The entire time that she was waiting on FEMA's buses, she could have been organizing and moving buses on her own. Maybe she smoked too much pot in her youth and was waiting for some magic buses to just appear? Certain FEMA had to take some time to get buses down here, why couldn't she start using some local buses? Baton Rouge wasn't evacuated, there were buses drivers in Baton Rouge.

We can go into the details of what she did do, what she didn't do, and blab about that for another four months but what's the point? In fact, her mistakes are forgivable and could have been put well behind her and we would be moving forward. But Governor "Blab and No Hope" is still stuck on her excuses and the longer she takes, the less likely New Orleans will be rebuilt.

Let's not forget the emails that the "Blab and No John Wayne" administration sent to each other concerning appearance. As the Seattle Times Editorial points out:

For the record, people were dying as these e-mails were being sent. In that context, they are nothing less than vulgar.

She goes in front of Congress asking for money, complaining how the state is hurting financially because of the Hurricances, yet she can find over half a million dollars for renovations? Even while she's telling the state about "deep budget cuts" and "20% lay-offs"? What makes this worse is that our state went to Washington and asked for an unGodly amount of cash on top of what was already sent to us.

That in itself was embarrassing enough to many of us in the state, but when harder hit Mississippi asks for a mere portion of the amount our state asked for, renovations to the state house isn't in order. If the "Blab and No Brains" administration had any intelligence whatsoever, they would have exercised a clause to back out of the contract. Exactly who benefits from these renovations? Hurricane Katrina victims? The poor? The sick? The teachers? Nope, her staff does. Typical Democrat, full of talk of compassion but all about self serving interests.

In this interview with KATC, the Governor blames gender bias for her ineptness and not her whining and crying that continues to haunt her in the aftermath of Katrina. KATC shows footage of "Blab and No More Crying" pounding her fist on the table top, but fails to show footage of her telling congress that she "was overwhelmed, but that wasn't anything to be embarrassed about". Well "Blab and No Shame", it's nothing to be proud of either.

People died under this lady's watch, due in large part to her failure and she tells congress that being overwhelmed is nothing to be ashamed of? Are you kidding me? Did she expect to receive a trophy for being overwhelmed? Maybe a visit to the Wizard of Oz in hopes he'll give her courage?

That same video also has "Blab And No Testosterone" crying about gender bias. Yeah, That mean male Hurricane Katrina picked on Louisiana because he knew we had a female Governor. This has got to be a joke, the reason she's being picked on isn't because of her failures, her excuses, her inaction, not even her indecision. The reason she can't get things done is because she's not a man. If that is true, then why should any of us ever vote for a woman again? For any office? After all, their gender is only going to hinder them, right? No, I don't believe that, then again, I'm not blaming her incompetence on her gender either.

To make matters worse, we all "know" how bad it is in Iraq, yet Bush can manage to get elections up and running? "Blab and No Vote" can't even get the elections in New Orleans going on time. What is she afraid of, why can't this lady make one simple decision? If this keeps up, I'm going to need a name change.

Actually, "Blab and No Re-election" has made one decision, to run for Governor again. As a Republican, I'm excited to see her make that decision. It's a beautiful thing to line up candidates against her. As a citizen of this state, it scares me to death, that means we'll see two more hurricane seasons with this governor, unless she's impeached. As a citizen in the State of Louisiana, please Governor "Blab and No Rescue".... resign.

As for the rest of you, call her what you want, just please.... don't call her our Governor anymore.

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