REMEMBERING NOLA

[ I originally posted this October 20th,2005, mere weeks after Katrina. It was reposted in January 10th,2006 after one of the King's shameless Jim Beam swaggered visit. Impeach and Imprison remains my solution...]

I wrote this and called it" Why NOLA has to be Rebuilt". At the time on TV there were lots of Experts arguing about rebuilding NOLA, mostly the Business Sector. But I was concerned about it's Heart& Soul.....it's Culture, it's Way of Life. Now I just call it remembering NOLA, that is all I can call it. It is about What Katrina did to this country, it reminded us that Racism alive and well. We have been given a Wake Up Call.

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REMEMBERING NOLA...

It is a Way of Life,
It is deep hearted Blues,
It is gin soaked Jazz,
and grits,hushpuppies,and
fresh cornbread.
It is panfried shrimp with limes and hot sauce.
It is three day Gumbo that leaves you sweating and
thirsty.
It is Sunday Church where the buildings rock and
seismic sway.
It is the slideguitar pleading in the still of the night.
It is another Lonely Crooner sending shockwaves in an old
riverfront garage.
It is women swaying in gauzy dresses and men in
timeless suits.
It is granmommies lullabying babes, and singing
This Ol'Man with a hum and a roll.
It is where old folks are tended with loving gentle hands
and Respect.
It is where Family is a Way of Life.

In New Orleans a clock is merely an instrument,
But Time is a Place to be.

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THE FOUR VIDEOS BELOW ARE DEDICATED TO KATRINA. THEY ARE EACH BEAUTIFUL AND POIGNANT IN THEIR OWN WAY.
ONE IS A REQUIEM, ONE IS MADE BY A EVACUEE, THE OTHERS ARE ORIGINAL IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS. I WOULD HAVE HOPED THAT THE (MSM) MEDIA WOULD HAVE DONE BEAUTIFUL INVESTIGATIVE PIECES THIS WEEK, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE ON THE BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERER WANNABE BAND WAGON AND CHASING POLYGAMISTS IN LAS VEGAS.I GUESS THEY WOULD RATHER HUMP POLICE STATE PROPAGANDA FOR THE APOCOLYPTIC ASSHOLE OF A KING, THAN THE TRUTH, SHAME ON THEM. SO WE MUST REMEMBER IN OUR OWN WAYS...

always......

****{{{ and since I am in a Katrina Funk...head over to MEL"S on the Blogroll- she has a great Limerick contest up and running- and in true HarperLee Wines Flannery O'Connor- she will feed your soul a much needed dose of satire }}}