This one is for everyone that pays federal taxes that go into the general fund. That is personal federal income tax, corporate federal income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, federal use tax(es), etc, etc, etc ( Read more... )

On the north east end of New Orleans just a couple miles in on I-10 from the long bridge over Lake Pontchartrain is a Home Depot. Needing some plug strips and a rest room, and wonder of wonders this Home Depot being open I stopped in ( Read more... )

New Orleans, LA - This trip was brought to you by the shit storm New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin brought down around his ears through a speech he gave on Martin Luther King day. But don't take my word for it, read for yourself:On Monday, Nagin said God wanted New Orleans to be predominantly black and said he didn't care what the predominantly white ( Read more... )

After Friday night's entry a chance to wander around Bourbon Street for an hour or so presented itself. I brought a few scenes back from a Friday night at the Big Easy.
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New Orleans, LA -In spite of the destruction and displaced families in this hurricane season's wake, Christmas is going to come. That means many families with children have one more headache in to add to the list of no money, no job, very temporary housing, etc. Most of the evacuee parents were facing a dismal Christmas as far as Santa's Visit.
( Meet Santa Claus Pro-tem )

New Orleans, LA - Over my life time I've worked in EMS, acted as body snatcher for the coroner and worked in the news media. With all that on my resume, I've been witness before, during and after the fact to more variations of devastation, injury and death then I can remember. These things tend to harden one against all shapes and sizes of ( Read more... )

The last three weeks have been a stunning pain in my ass. Between my boss, the demands of supporting trucks and crews covering the wake of Katrina's wrath, trying to get packed for temporary quarters, trying to get equipment and cables prepared for a new truck, a devastating hard drive crash and running on far too little sleep it's a wonder I haven ( Read more... )

I am in an extremely good mood today. There are two weeks worth of cables to be built by a week from Monday. This doesn't include the time I need for shopping and sorting of various things into various containers. It would be nice to pack some of my own stuff too ( Read more... )

While reading this Hollywood Reporter article it became impossible not to think of our crews working in after math of Katrina ( Read more... )

I lifted this from a daily industry news letter aimed at the Television News folks called Shoptalk.
( F-bomb Dropped On Fox )