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RISING TIDE POLITICS PANEL: A QUESTION QUEST

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posted Wednesday, 20 August 2008

Or is that questionable? Anyway, I'm moderating the final panel of the day at RT III at 2-fracking-45 PM. It's a challenge to be last but I'm hoping we're up to it and that the PM doesn't stand for post mortem. I've been slammed this week at work (the boss is a creep) so I'm asking my readers gentle and gentile alike if you have any questions you'd like to ask the politics panel; we're covering the proverbial waterfront except for Pakistani politics. Musharraf is on his own now that he and President Beavis aren't going steady any more. But if anyone wants to discuss the British Tory party's leader, David Cameron's hair, I'm your man. He changes his part more often than some people change their underwear...

The panelists are Schroeder of People Get Ready; Greg Peters of Suspect Device; Gordon Russell of the Times-Picayune; Ethan Brown, blogger and the author of Snitch and last but NEVER least Kim (Dangerblond) Marshall, blogger and political hack. (hackette? hackess?) Yes, I've stacked the panel with some cronies but they're funny so it's cronyism at its finest. Of course, Peters is a malaka but a tolerable one and since Homan may miss the conference we needed a major malaka around. Hmm, I wonder if Greg will be Homan's surrogate if Lord David wants to arm wrestle?

So, questions, pretty please with sugar on it. I'm begging you, it may be undignified but I've never claimed to be dignified.  I'm considering doing a McLaughlin Group style lightning round; the mere though of which scares the crap out of me. For example: Helena Moreno, the next Nancy Pelosi or the next Lucy Bustamante?

Now that I've begged for questions, it's time to post a classic song by Graham Parker and the Rumour that tends to undermine the whole damn post. Pay attention to me, not GP: 

 

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comments (9)


1. jeffrey left...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 4:02 pm :: http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/

This is going to be a rowdy session regardless of the questions... although I suggest you stick to exchanging shortcake recipes.


2. adrastos left...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 4:10 pm

You're no help, dude. I may sic Muffin on you.


3. jeffrey left...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 4:50 pm :: http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/

Okay Question 1: (To Dangerblond and Schroeder) Can the two of you please sit a little closer together?

Question 2: (To the remaining panelists) Which of those two is blonder?

Question 3: Which of them has more fun?


4. jeffrey left...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 4:52 pm :: http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/

Okay that wasn't funny at all. I'm sorry.


5. adrastos left...
Wednesday, 20 August 2008 9:53 pm

You're turning into Homan. There I said it.


6. Schroeder left...
Thursday, 21 August 2008 12:20 am :: http://peoplegetready.jockamofeenanay.co

Dangerblond has more fun in the open. I have a red cape.

If there's a projector, I might do pretty displays. Not a sure thing, but it's a possibility.

  • I think a theme I might pursue is the fact that nobody running in the 2nd CD sounds like they're running for Congress. That's sure to piss off people in every camp. Helena Moreno isn't alone in that department -- she's just less schooled in the tactic of lying.

I'll probably post this Thursday or Friday:

http://www.jockamofeenanay.com/communitygumbo/audio/0808/broadmoor_la02_for um_tulane_080819_48k.mp3


7. KamaAina left...
Thursday, 21 August 2008 8:50 pm

Alas, due to prior commitments (i.e. living 4,000 miles from town), I am once again unable to attend this year. Apparently the Rising Tide lifts all boats *except* outrigger canoes.

Herewith, the sorts of questions I would ask if a) I were back in town, and b) anyone on the panel would call on me, knowing full well what lay in store:

1) Any early rumblings in the '10 mayor's race? I know, I know, it's just that I'm so doggone eager to get him out of there.

2) Why has no one (besides myself, in a non-NOLA online forum) applied the phrase "cold, hard cash" to Dollar Bill's ill-gotten gains (discovered, you will recall, in a freezer)?

3) (fat, lazy, Larry King-esque softball to Schroeder) What is political coverage like in the New Orleans media? Could it be improved by adding a community-based voice to the mix?

4) Has PBJ shown any commitment to the ongoing recovery effort? (I felt I had to include a PBJ question since the moniker, as my creation, is my sole lasting contribution to the city's civic life to date.)

When, exactly, did Peters become a malaka? My own nominee for Malaka of the Day is the woman who blew off a phone interview with me earlier in the week, with absolutely no explanation. This after she caused my phone to ring at 5:15 AM Hawai'i time last Friday. Oh yes, I answered the ad in early May. Perhaps there's an opening for her in the Nagin administration?


8. adrastos left...
Thursday, 21 August 2008 9:47 pm

Thanks, Kama. I called Peters a malaka because a small part of my life is devoted to baiting him.


9. KamaAina left...
Friday, 22 August 2008 3:23 pm

Well, what do you know? The indefatigable Chris Rose is a mere day or so behind me, with regard to Question #2 above.

http://blog.nola.com/chrisrose/2008/08/hizzoner_the_mayor_c_ray_nagin.html

"The Excellence in Appliances Host Committee should present its Distinction in Fiduciary Refrigeration and Glaciation Award to William Jefferson, the man who single-handedly redefined the term "cold, hard cash.""

Oh yes, my fake N'Awlins accent is better than his, too. So there.