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Louisiana News Sun November 23, 2008
There go my fellow conservatives, glumly shuffling along, depressed by the election aftermath. Not me. I'm virtually euphoric. Don't get me wrong. I'm not thrilled with America's flirtation with neosocialism. But there's a massive silver lining in the magical clouds that lofted Barack Obama to the presidency. For today, without a shred of intellectually legitimate opposition, I can loudly proclaim to America: The Era of White Guilt is over. This seemingly impossible event occurred because the vast majority of white Americans didn't give a fluff about skin color and enthusiastically pulled the voting lever for a black man. Not just any black man. A very liberal black man who spent his early career race-hustling banks, praying in a racist church for 20 years, and actively working with America-hating domestic terrorists. Yet white Americans made Barack Obama their leader. Therefore, as of Nov. 4, 2008, white guilt is dead. So today, I'm feeling a little "uppity," if you will. For more than a century, the millstone of white guilt hung around our necks, retribution for slave-owning predecessors. In the 1960s, American liberals began yanking that millstone while sticking a fork in the eye of black Americans, exacerbating the racial divide to extort a socialist solution to the country's problems. But if a black man can become president, exactly what significant barrier is left? The election of Barack Obama destroys the validation of liberal white guilt. The dragon is hereby slain. So today, I'm feeling a little "uppity," if you will. From this day forward, my tolerance level for having my skin color hustled is exactly ZERO. No more Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "God Damn America," Al Sharpton's Church of Perpetual Victimization, or Jesse Jackson's rainbow racism. Cornel West? You're a fraud. All those "black studies" programs must now teach kids to thank Whitey. And I want that on the final. Congressional Black Caucus? Irrelevant. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.)? Shut up. ACORN? Outlawed. Black Panthers? Go home and pet your kitty. Black separatists? Find another nation that offers better dreams. To those Eurosnots who forged careers hating America? I'm still waiting for the first black French president. No more quotas. No more handouts. No more complaining that "the man" is keeping you down. "The man" is now black.
Former DA Harry Connick calls for the firing of Riley
Below is a letter to the editor written by Former New Orleans District Attorney Harry F. Connick: Re: "Lack of police report dooms cases," Page 1A, Nov. 20. Police Superintendent Warren Riley should be fired. And the district attorney should charge him with malfeasance. There are two fundamental and essential responsibilities required of the superintendent of police: the safe keeping of evidence in criminal cases and furnishing police reports in a timely manner to the district attorney. Both responsibilities are clearly defined in police regulations. Riley has failed to perform both duties; he ignored repeated requests by Capt. Danny Lawless, the then-commander of the Evidence and Property Division, to provide a safe place to store and protect evidence, and he failed to provide police reports to the district attorney. Riley is more than merely incompetent. He should be replaced immediately.
Judges' fight ends in arrest of Prosecutor
A routine hearing in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court devolved into a tug-of-war Friday, with two judges tussling over the attention of a prosecutor -- who ultimately ended up in handcuffs. Friday afternoons are typically quiet at Tulane and Broad -- but the fireworks kicked off about 3 p.m. in Judge Julian Parker's courtroom. Parker was set to hold a status hearing in the case of Vanessa Johnson, who is accused of giving her son a gun he used to murder an acquaintance. The troubled case, which hinges on the uncertain testimony of one witness, has been delayed several times. Assistant District Attorney Francis deBlanc waited to handle the hearing. DeBlanc, however, was needed upstairs. He was the key prosecutor in a days-long murder trial in its final throes in Judge Camille Buras' courtroom. Buras wanted deBlanc; Parker refused to give him up. Buras marched into Parker's courtroom, and the pair chatted in his chambers for a few minutes before she stormed out. "C'mon Mr. deBlanc, you have a murder trial to tend to, " Buras said, motioning for the prosecutor to follow. Parker rose from the bench and pointed at him. "Mr. deBlanc, you walk out that door and you are going to jail, " he said. DeBlanc, a veteran prosecutor, sat in his chair, shook his head and sighed. Buras told him to leave. He began to rise. Parker shouted to his courtroom sheriff's deputy: "Put him under arrest. I'm giving you an order." The deputy handcuffed deBlanc, marched him across the courtroom and sat him in the jury box. Across the aisle, a handful of handcuffed criminal defendants in orange prison jumpsuits watched with wide eyes. Buras retreated to the hallway and said she was calling the criminal sheriff. Parker went on with an unrelated case. DeBlanc stared into his hands and into space while his murder trial awaited upstairs. At 3:30 p.m., about 30 minutes after deBlanc was handcuffed, the district attorney's chief of trials, Joseph Meyer, walked in and met with Parker in his chambers.
Police make arrest in killing
Authorities said an anonymous tip Friday led them to the whereabouts of a 17-year-old wanted in connection with the Wednesday night shooting death of a 28-year-old Lafayette man at a local Burger King. Authorities arrested Edward Johnny Zeno at a residence in the 200 block of Janin Drive in Broussard on Friday afternoon. Zeno faces a charge of principal to second-degree murder in connection with the death of James Living Jr. Living was a father of three and had served four years in the Army. At the time of his death, he was a manager at the Burger King on Jefferson Boulevard where the shooting occurred. Living was shot because he refused to allow a customer to eat inside the restaurant after the dining area had closed, police said. Afterward, the shooter placed an order at the drive-thru and began to argue with Living. The shooter left but returned about five minutes later to continue the argument. At some point, he pulled out a gun and shot Living once in the chest. Living was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Lake Arthur woman's death likely homicide
Officials have ruled that the death of a 60-year-old Lake Arthur woman, whose body was found buried in a padlocked box in Cleveland, Texas, last month, likely was a homicide. A report from a forensic pathologist from the Southeast Texas Forensic Center indicated that Dorothy Mae Hey's body was compressed and folded up within a black storage box and buried in the ground, according to a news release from the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office. Her head was covered with a plastic bag and duct tape, her hands and feet were bound by duct tape and her body was covered with cat litter. Hey's daughter, Roseann Duhon Klumpp, 36, of Lake Arthur, was arrested last month on charges of second-degree murder. Klumpp lived with her mother at the time. Authorities found Hey's body Oct. 18 buried in a 4-foot deep grave at the home of one of her daughter's in East Texas. Hey had been reported missing Oct. 15 to the Lake Arthur Police Department. Detectives with the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff's Office began working on the case later that week when another of Hey's daughters contacted authorities after she had received a text message from Hey's phone Oct. 16, which she described as highly unusual. Detectives subpoenaed cell phone records and entered Hey into the National Criminal Information Center computer as a missing person. Detectives later determined that Hey was dead and her body had been transported out of state. According to authorities, Klumpp allegedly took Hey's body and placed it in a self-storage facility in Iowa. She then called her sister Betty Fulton who assisted in moving the body to her home in Cleveland, Texas. Klumpp's bond is set at $600,000. She is being held in the Jefferson Davis Parish Jail. Fulton, her husband, Robert Fulton, and Gordon Hall, who was at the Fulton residence, all face charges out of Texas for tampering with evidence.
Film explores Cajuns' war role
A new documentary explores the little-known role of French-speaking Cajuns during World War II, when men whose language was ridiculed at home proved a valuable asset behind enemy lines in occupied France. "Mon Cher Camarade," by Lafayette film maker Pat Mire, premieres tonight at the LITE Center on Cajundome Boulevard. The hour-long film examines Cajuns who enlisted in the war effort and found themselves serving as translators for French-speaking populations overseas and as operatives working with the French Resistance. The resistance worked behind German lines in occupied France to sabotage the invading army and help the Allies after the June 1944 D-Day landing in Normandy. Cajun soldiers served as liaisons to the resistance, blending in with the French population and coordinating the flow of intelligence and supplies between the resistance and the Allies. "They were spies. That's what they were," Mire said. Cajun soldiers were even trained to alter their speech, clothing and manners to mimic the locals. Retired Brig. Gen. Robert LeBlanc of Abbeville, who worked behind enemy lines, spoke in the film of how soldiers who smoked cigarettes would be sure to burn them down to the very end to avoid suspicion, because no Frenchman in occupied territory would waste even the smallest amount of tobacco. The film also looks at the value of ordinary Cajun soldiers who, because of their language skills, served as critical interpreters for French-speaking populations and officials not only in France but in French North Africa and Belgium. One such solider was Mire's father, Felix Mire of Pointe Noir, who was interviewed before passing away two years ago. The father-son connection helped spur the documentary project. A public screening of "Mon Cher Comrade" begins at 8 p.m. at the LITE Center on Cajundome Boulevard. The documentary is scheduled to air on Louisiana Public Broadcasting on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. More information is available online at www.lpb.org/programs/moncher
Former soldier gunned down in Lafayette
Lafayette Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old father of three who was shot Wednesday night by an apparently angry customer while working the drive-thru window at Burger King. Cpl. Paul Mouton, spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, said the shooting occurred at 11:40 p.m. at the Jefferson Boulevard location off Evangeline Thruway. The victim was identified as James Living Jr. of Lafayette. Living had served four years in the Army and was enrolled in his first year at Remington College, where he had just made the Dean's List, his mother, Sherry Francis, said Thursday. Francis described her son as a happy-go-lucky perfectionist who was pursuing a career in computers even though she wanted him to be a lawyer. Mouton said the incident occurred after the shooter tried to persuade Living, who was a manager, to allow him to eat inside the restaurant after the dining area had closed. Afterward, the shooter drove through the drive-thru and placed an order. He then began arguing with Living at the pickup window. "He was upset about not being able to come in and dine inside," Mouton said. The shooter drove away and returned about five minutes later to continue the argument. At some point, he pulled out a gun and shot Living once in the chest. Police have not identified the shooter but issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Edward Johnny Zeno, 17, of Lafayette for principal to second-degree murder. Mouton said Zeno is believed to have been in the vehicle during the shooting. Detectives also are trying to identify two other black men who were in the vehicle. Police described the shooter as a black man in his late teens with short hair and a light complexion, wearing a multi-colored hooded jacket. After the shooting, the group drove off in a dark-colored SUV, possibly a Ford Expedition, northbound on Evangeline Thruway. Two police officers who were investigating a suspicious person report nearby on Chestnut Street were the first to arrive. Mouton said the officers heard a gunshot and were headed toward the sound when the 911 call came in. Living was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
$5 BILLION in storm aid to La. not spent
Posted November 19, 2008 BATON ROUGE (AP) - More than one-third of the $13.4 billion in federal block grant aid given to Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita remains unspent, according to information provided Tuesday to the state's hurricane recovery panel. Though the money all has been earmarked to specific recovery programs, about $5 billion hasn't been used three years after the storms, Paul Rainwater, the governor's hurricane recovery chief, told the Louisiana Recovery Authority board. american press
Louisiana - Smart folks leaving - the rest run our state
Posted by James Gill, Columnist - The Times-Picayune November 19, 2008 Since 2000, the population has declined by 3.9 percent, the highest rate in the nation. Meanwhile the state operating budget has risen by 54.5 percent. The politicians are playing us for suckers. So long as government grows fatter while taxpayers flee the state, all Gov. Bobby Jindal's smooth talk about a new day dawning is empty. The state budget is now around $30 billion a year, enough to run a much bigger state than this one and a couple of minor countries to boot. Yet here we are again facing a budget shortfall that will likely mean savage cuts in education and health care, neither of which is our forte anyway. The state has been rolling in money since Katrina, but now it's all gone and we will come up short for the next fiscal year by an estimated at $1.3 billion. You'd almost think we were being governed by idiots.
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Fri Apr 06, 2007
Site demolition company in New Orleans area established Internet presence
RMF Construction Services, LLC, a demolition company located in Terrytown, LA offers complete site demolition services in the New Orleans area and has established an Internet presence.
Randy M. Loup, President of RMF Construction Services LLC tells, "The company was founded as an affiliate to Louisiana Landscape Specialty, Inc when Katrina left the company struggling to survive. The company had to make decisions of how to re-employ and bring the business back online as well as provide needed services to our community. After the suffering and devastation to the South, RMF Construction Services, LLC was founded by offering services in debris removal, earth work, excavation, and demolition. As time changes and the needs of our city emerge, our mission will be to provide the best professional services needed to restore our great city," continues Randy Loup.
Considering importance of Internet technologies in our life, we have established the company website at www.rmfconstruction.com with ability for customers to make online request for free quote for site demolition services. Web promotion campaign also was started to make the website more easily found on the Internet," resumes Randy M. Loup.
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Thu Sep 01, 2005
Hurricane Katrina Find Missing People or Offer Help
BUFFALO, NY - September 2, 2005 /Nitpickit Newswire/ -- NitPickIt today announced the launch of (Katrina Weblog). The Katrina weblog allows volunteers to communicate with each other. Volunteers can coordinate assistance for Hurricane Katrina victims. NitPickit also offers chat features free classifieds as other forms of communication. Please visit Nitpickit.com
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Wed Aug 03, 2005
Feds raid homes of congressman
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In a two-city raid, FBI agents searched the Washington and New Orleans homes of a Louisiana congressman Wednesday, hauling away boxes and bags from one of the residences.
The Justice Department refused to say what agents were looking for during the searches of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson's homes and vehicle.
Jefferson, 58, an eight-term Democrat from New Orleans, said in a statement issued by his office that he did "not know the extent or precise nature of this investigation" and said he was cooperating fully.
"There were searches executed today in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation," said Bryan Sierra, a spokesman for the Justice Department. "As it is a criminal investigation we will not be able to comment any further."
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