<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title>Comments for New Orleans' Multicultural News Source | The Louisiana Weekly</title> <atom:link href="http://www.louisianaweekly.com/comments/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:59:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.33</generator> <item> <title>Comment on NOLa has lower crime rate, higher murder rate than nation by Ex- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin indicted - Political Wrinkles</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/nola-has-lower-crime-rate-higher-murder-rate-than-nation/#comment-4896</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ex- New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin indicted - Political Wrinkles]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:59:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=5841#comment-4896</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] Orleans is a strange town - it has a high murder rate compared to other cities but a lower overall violent crime rate compared t.... Regarding Nagin, I wrote him off when he went bitch crazy about why the Feds weren't responding [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[…] Orleans is a strange town – it has a high murder rate compared to other cities but a lower overall violent crime rate compared t…. Regarding Nagin, I wrote him off when he went bitch crazy about why the Feds weren't responding […]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on Fossil fuel divestment campaign spreading like wildfire by Hope: The Lazy Writer’s Alternative to Fear « Earth in Here</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/fossil-fuel-divestment-campaign-spreading-like-wildfire/#comment-4876</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hope: The Lazy Writer’s Alternative to Fear « Earth in Here]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:47:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=8042#comment-4876</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] on fossil fuel consumption? Sold out venues on Bill McKibben’s cross-country tour to promote divestment from the oil industry? The soul-searching that followed the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School from such [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[…] on fossil fuel consumption? Sold out venues on Bill McKibben’s cross-country tour to promote divestment from the oil industry? The soul-searching that followed the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School from such […]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on Support for Lower Ninth Ward swamp grows by Texas Climate News | other reports-region-12/12</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/support-for-lower-ninth-ward-swamp-grows/#comment-4864</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Climate News | other reports-region-12/12]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=7858#comment-4864</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] Support for Lower Ninth Ward swamp grows. New Orleans Times-Picayune [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[…] Support for Lower Ninth Ward swamp grows. New Orleans Times-Picayune […]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on Young Blacks twice as likely to die on dialysis by Young Blacks twice as likely to die on dialysis - Baltimore News Up to the Minute - Your Baltimore Daily</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/young-blacks-twice-as-likely-to-die-on-dialysis/#comment-4240</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Young Blacks twice as likely to die on dialysis - Baltimore News Up to the Minute - Your Baltimore Daily]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:27:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1855#comment-4240</guid> <description><![CDATA[[...] Story brought to you by Baltimore MD – Yahoo! News Search Results [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[…] Story brought to you by Baltimore MD – Yahoo! News Search Results […]</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on The disrespect for Obama continues by Jonathan Dough</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/the-disrespect-for-obama-continues/#comment-4207</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Dough]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1624#comment-4207</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hal, it is to no surprise that the only thing you "got" from Mr. Gordon's comment is that it is a "very Southern and T.E.A. Party/ Neocon comment from someone from Atlanta, GA." The irony of you making a harsh and unwarranted generalization about Southerners, Tea Party members, and people from Georgia as a means to defend Tonyaa's proposition is absurd. Mr. Gordon presented 2 instances in which the Tea Party (by your definition a bunch of neocon, racist, and conservative-southerners) has strongly supported African-American candidates. It appears to me, Mr. Green, that you are not so angered by the "retreat into ETHEREAL states," but more by the political and social ideology, which appears in opposition to yours, of these groups. President Obama's election was of great significance to the US, especially to the African-American community within it; but, historical significance does not mean that his election was automatically "good" for the US. You have screamed the mantra of "BOTTOM ON TOP NOW." I can understand your exuberance. It must have been a good feeling to see the fruit of all the labors of those civil rights leaders who have come before be realized in the election of our current President. However, I challenge you by asking simply, "Would you have felt that way if Herman Cain, Michael Steele, or Alan West were our President today instead of President Obama?" The fact of the matter is that for people to scream that the black community is now on top because they have a black (technically half-black, but that's a separate argument...) President is completely illogical and what is wrong with America today. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of "judging a man, not but the color of his skin; but, by the content of his character." Now, I am white, and although I don't understand why white people are often attacked for quoting him, because while although he was black, his message speaks to bigger ideals that are applicable to all of humanity rather than only once race. President Obama's character and record are what is being judged by these groups, not merely the color of his half-black skin. More pressing is the historical significance of being the 1st President to have our credit rating downgraded. I know your argument will be the talking points heard recently that, "it's the Tea-Party downgrade." But that, my friend, is the dumbest argument that the Democrats could possibly submit. This problem did not happen 2 months ago when the Tea Party caucuses pushed for budget cuts in the debt ceiling debate. They did not get the cuts they wanted and should have made. Instead, they did influence the debate on whether or not it was acceptable to give a President, who has already spent more than any other past-President, a blank check to throw more money at ill-conceived plans and entitlement and utopian ideals that will never perform the way that they are "sold to the public." Finally, you are correct about the Tea-Party not being an officially recognized party, but I don't believe that most "commoners" even misconstrue that fact as you say. Somehow, you linked the fact of not being an official party to The Confederacy and then official traitors to the Union. That is preposterous and if that is what you call "reason," than we have larger problems on our hands. That is like saying the "black people of the United States" are not an officially recognized party of the US just like The Confederacy. Just as not all blacks are Democrats (see above argument), Tea-partiers are not all Republican/Conservative/ Southern. They just happen to make up a portion. Perhaps you should educate yourself about the Tea-party before throwing out rash and false accusations. To vilify a group that is trying to hold the nation to the laws laid out within the US Constitution and the principles set forth in Declaration of Independence is not something I will ever understand. Who would be more likely to be the "traitor" - The group pushing to stick to our principles or the group trying to change those principles? If nothing else, when will the black people of America realize that the Democratic Party is not the answer to their plight? FYI: Lincoln was Republican. The fact of the matter is that the Democrats have figured out a great way to control the black population by keeping them "comfortable in poverty" while gladly giving them entitlements and handouts, that do NOTHING to help the race scale the rankings, and meanwhile enjoying their support come election day. I would be insulted. Things should be equal OPPORTUNITY, not equal RESULTS. Nobody should be held down, or conversely propped up, simply because of their membership in some group.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hal, it is to no surprise that the only thing you “got” from Mr. Gordon’s comment is that it is a “very Southern and T.E.A. Party/ Neocon comment from someone from Atlanta, GA.”</p> <p>The irony of you making a harsh and unwarranted generalization about Southerners, Tea Party members, and people from Georgia as a means to defend Tonyaa’s proposition is absurd. </p> <p>Mr. Gordon presented 2 instances in which the Tea Party (by your definition a bunch of neocon, racist, and conservative-southerners) has strongly supported African-American candidates.</p> <p>It appears to me, Mr. Green, that you are not so angered by the “retreat into ETHEREAL states,” but more by the political and social ideology, which appears in opposition to yours, of these groups. President Obama’s election was of great significance to the US, especially to the African-American community within it; but, historical significance does not mean that his election was automatically “good” for the US.</p> <p>You have screamed the mantra of “BOTTOM ON TOP NOW.” I can understand your exuberance. It must have been a good feeling to see the fruit of all the labors of those civil rights leaders who have come before be realized in the election of our current President. However, I challenge you by asking simply, “Would you have felt that way if Herman Cain, Michael Steele, or Alan West were our President today instead of President Obama?”</p> <p>The fact of the matter is that for people to scream that the black community is now on top because they have a black (technically half-black, but that’s a separate argument…) President is completely illogical and what is wrong with America today. </p> <p>Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of “judging a man, not but the color of his skin; but, by the content of his character.” Now, I am white, and although I don’t understand why white people are often attacked for quoting him, because while although he was black, his message speaks to bigger ideals that are applicable to all of humanity rather than only once race. President Obama’s character and record are what is being judged by these groups, not merely the color of his half-black skin. </p> <p>More pressing is the historical significance of being the 1st President to have our credit rating downgraded. I know your argument will be the talking points heard recently that, “it’s the Tea-Party downgrade.” But that, my friend, is the dumbest argument that the Democrats could possibly submit. This problem did not happen 2 months ago when the Tea Party caucuses pushed for budget cuts in the debt ceiling debate. They did not get the cuts they wanted and should have made. Instead, they did influence the debate on whether or not it was acceptable to give a President, who has already spent more than any other past-President, a blank check to throw more money at ill-conceived plans and entitlement and utopian ideals that will never perform the way that they are “sold to the public.”</p> <p>Finally, you are correct about the Tea-Party not being an officially recognized party, but I don’t believe that most “commoners” even misconstrue that fact as you say. Somehow, you linked the fact of not being an official party to The Confederacy and then official traitors to the Union. That is preposterous and if that is what you call “reason,” than we have larger problems on our hands. That is like saying the “black people of the United States” are not an officially recognized party of the US just like The Confederacy. Just as not all blacks are Democrats (see above argument), Tea-partiers are not all Republican/Conservative/ Southern. They just happen to make up a portion. </p> <p>Perhaps you should educate yourself about the Tea-party before throwing out rash and false accusations. To vilify a group that is trying to hold the nation to the laws laid out within the US Constitution and the principles set forth in Declaration of Independence is not something I will ever understand. Who would be more likely to be the “traitor” – The group pushing to stick to our principles or the group trying to change those principles?</p> <p>If nothing else, when will the black people of America realize that the Democratic Party is not the answer to their plight? FYI: Lincoln was Republican. The fact of the matter is that the Democrats have figured out a great way to control the black population by keeping them “comfortable in poverty” while gladly giving them entitlements and handouts, that do NOTHING to help the race scale the rankings, and meanwhile enjoying their support come election day. I would be insulted. </p> <p>Things should be equal OPPORTUNITY, not equal RESULTS. Nobody should be held down, or conversely propped up, simply because of their membership in some group.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on The bridge to nowhere? by Hal Green</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/the-bridge-to-nowhere/#comment-4203</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hal Green]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:37:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1380#comment-4203</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thank You Mr. Lewis. These Police Thugs will have Forever in Hell to Repent! "Great Gulf Fixed"- That Means Nothing to them now. In a nano second after they close their eyes their last day on earth, "They Will Get it!]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank You Mr. Lewis.<br /> These Police Thugs will have Forever<br /> in Hell to Repent!<br /> “Great Gulf Fixed”- That Means<br /> Nothing to them now. In a nano<br /> second after they close their eyes<br /> their last day on earth, “They Will<br /> Get it!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on State orders closure of Abramson Charter School by louisiana maritime lawyers</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/state-orders-closure-of-abramson-charter-school/#comment-4182</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[louisiana maritime lawyers]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:32:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1618#comment-4182</guid> <description><![CDATA[“Good schools should be rewarded, and schools that fail to educate should not receive taxpayer money.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Good schools should be rewarded, and schools that fail to educate should not receive taxpayer money.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on DANZIGER BRIDGE Shooting Trial GUILTY Verdicts Jury finds five cops guilty in Danziger Bridge shootings, cover-up Sentencing set for December 14 by Virgil Dugué</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/danziger-bridge-shooting-trial-guilty-verdicts-jury-finds-five-cops-guilty-in-danziger-bridge-shootings-cover-up-sentencing-set-for-december-14/#comment-4148</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Virgil Dugué]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:16:17 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1670#comment-4148</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sunday Journal with HAL CLARK WYLD-FM's [Radio Dial 98.5] Sunday Journal (New Orleans, La) Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:00 am to 9:00 am Central Time Dr. Firpo Carr will be interviewed by Mr. Harold (Hal) Clark. The listening audience will be made aware of the reasons why the unjust charges against Sgt. Gerard Dugué should be dropped.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunday Journal<br /> with HAL CLARK</p> <p>WYLD-FM’s [Radio Dial 98.5]<br /> Sunday Journal (New Orleans, La)<br /> Sunday, August 14, 2011<br /> 7:00 am to 9:00 am Central Time </p> <p>Dr. Firpo Carr will be interviewed by Mr. Harold (Hal) Clark. The listening audience will be made aware of the reasons why the unjust charges against Sgt. Gerard Dugué should be dropped.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on Trumpeter Andrews’ ‘Big Time Stuff’ by louisiana maritime attorneys</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/trumpeter-andrews%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98big-time-stuff%e2%80%99/#comment-4146</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[louisiana maritime attorneys]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:08:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=1616#comment-4146</guid> <description><![CDATA[This all comes wonderfully naturally to Andrews who grew up in the culturally rich Tremé neighborhood where he was surrounded by brass band music emanating from the streets.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This all comes wonderfully naturally to Andrews who grew up in the culturally rich Tremé neighborhood where he was surrounded by brass band music emanating from the streets.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Comment on Feds are urged to act on post-BP disaster health crisis by ElizbethRi62</title> <link>http://www.louisianaweekly.com/feds-are-urged-to-act-on-post-bp-disaster-health-crisis/#comment-4060</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[ElizbethRi62]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:03:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.louisianaweekly.com/?p=573#comment-4060</guid> <description><![CDATA[I found this to be of great value.<a href="http://vizmaya.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=1012330" rel="nofollow">:)</a>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found this to be of great value.<a href="http://vizmaya.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=1012330" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.louisianaweekly.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>