My city's gone, thousands have no home and people still want to have Mardi Gras. I know this hardly applies to my Crusade family, but perhaps ya'll have friends, relatives, others who are just dying to come to this mess. Please tell them for me to stay home. They will have no where to stay, no food to eat, and most importantly no fricking fun because it is a travesty to have fun at others expense.

most of my family that's from there are heading back 'cause they feel like it's tradition.

BFW,

First of all my thoughts and prayers are wth you and all of the people that have to live with this situation that will loom over your heads for years to come. I would say our heads but fuck that I can't even imagine what ya'll are going through down there.

I do think that now is not the time to be flashing titties for beads when people are fighting to keep land that has been in their famlies for generations. I heard from a neighboor who goes down there to do constuction that you can still see bodies in the street in some places and that the clean-up effort is NOWHERE near what we would like to beleive.

I don't knwo about ya'llbut as much as Ilove to drink I could not imagine dancing amongst the sorrow of our own people.

There might be some parts that are functional in the French Quarter but truth be told on a selfish note, I'd rather post up and wait for Spring Break in Cabo. That shit will be off the hook...and you won't have to worry about the locals despsing your ass because you get to go back home.

I ama native of the N.O. And my grandparents lost everything. they are now living with me in las vegas. They are visiting at this time in the N.O. and they plan on going to try to regain something of what they feel they have lost . I support them but I also feel like the city that supports mardi gras is not supporting the residents who used participate and attend mardi gras..



bastards

ok, everyone that's against mardi gras, exactly how and with what do you think the city's going to rebuild? do you really believe the government's going to step in and help? in a perfect world, maybe....how do you propose that the ppl that remain the city will generate income?

Dread,

That's a good question and one I think we fianlly need to answer. I think that during this time our so-called " black leaders" really need to stand up and actually make a change for a change.

These cats have been riding that " I marched with Martin shit" for decades now and now it's their turn to put the squeeze on the government to do the right thing.

I mean if our folks don't care why should teh fucking upper teir government care? Sharpton should be down there every fucking day causing a scene about what's going on. But I guess he might not be able to find a working electrical outlet for his hot comb.

But see the truth is we have no real black leadership and that is the problem. That's right I said it. Somebody needs to and its a fucking shame when you have rappers and entertainers doing more on a daily basis than the people who supposedly are the poltical face of our people.

I know blacks were not the only ones affected by this but the truth is as it pertains to New Orleans we did bear the worse of it and so its up to us to put the pressure on to get shit done.

Jesse Jackson is talking that bullshit of a marchin April but all he's gonna do is walk a few miles, do his photo opps and go back to throw out backs on the side. Where is Obama? Collin Powell? Condelleazza ( sp whatever I'm not looking that shit up)

I don't think Mardi Gras is the answer and I can see where th bread could " help" but really how much of that tourism money is going to the hood?

Dread ,

Points well put and taken...

damn...i'm really torn on this one.

what pisses me off is that there are still BODIES under piles of debris...but yet, folks are partaaaying. CAn we at least get the funds and manpower to clean up the city of AT LEAST the dead...and then in due time....party?


you've gotta love effing America.