"THE FOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION" - November 02, 2005
SHARING SOME GOOD NEWS!
The email below my signature area was forwarded to me and I
wanted to share it with everyone.
Here is yet another "Thank You" that was inadvertently
omitted from the previous edition sent a little while ago.
Dear Lenny, Has anyone said if they plan on giving
residents a full accounting of exactly what was received and
what was disbursed as far as the flood policy goes? Just
wondering...... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! WE NEED
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Once again, THANKS!!! to everyone out there for your
support!!!
Lenny Vasbinder, Editor
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: See you tomorrow on the WB
Hi everyone: Some of you in the New Orleans area might have
read this already but it's worth reading again. To friends
outside this area, especially those who used to live here, I
thought you would be interested in this. To friends in the
U.K., some of it might seem a bit foreign, but I know you'll
get the picture of our crippled New Orleans area. (LSU is
short for Louisiana State University. The SAINTS - our not
so illustrious American football team - sorry Saints fans.)
Hugs and best wishes to all.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:46:37 -0600
Subject: See you tomorrow on the WB
Letter to America
Did ya'll read this letter by Chris Rose in the paper?
Sure to make you
smile.
Dear America,
I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South
Louisiana.
We have arrived on your doorstep on short notice and
we apologize for
that, but we never were much for waiting around for
invitations. We're
not much on formalities like that.
And we might be staying around your town for a while,
enrolling in
your schools and looking for jobs, so we wanted to
tell you a few
things about us. We know you didn't ask for this and
neither did we,
so we're just going to have to make the best of it.
First of all, we thank you. For your money, your
water, your food,
your prayers, your boats and buses and the men and
women of your
National Guards, fire departments, hospitals and
everyone else who has
come to our rescue.
We're a fiercely proud and independent people, and we
don't cotton
much to outside interference, but we're not ashamed to
accept help
when we need it. And right now, we need it.
Just don't get carried away. For instance, once we get
around to
fishing again, don't try to tell us what kind of lures
work best in
your waters.
We're not going to listen. We're stubborn that way.
You probably already know that we talk funny and
listen to strange
music and eat things you'd probably hire an
exterminator to get out of
your yard.
We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at
funerals. We talk too
much and laugh too loud and live too large and,
frankly, we're
suspicious of others who don't.
But we'll try not to judge you while we're in your
town.
Everybody loves their home, we know that. But we love
South Louisiana
with a ferocity that borders on the pathological.
Sometimes we bury
our dead in LSU sweatshirts.
Often we don't make sense. You may wonder why, for
instance - if we
could only carry one small bag of belongings with us
on our journey to
your state - why in God's name did we bring a pair of
shrimp boots?
We can't really explain that. It is what it is.
You've probably heard that many of us stayed behind.
As bad as it is,
many of us cannot fathom a life outside of our border,
out in that
place we call Elsewhere.
The only way you could understand that is if you have
been there, and
so many of you have. So you realize that when you
strip away all the
craziness and bars and parades and music and
architecture and all that
hooey, really, the best thing about where we come from
is us.
We are what made this place a national treasure. We're
good people.
And don't be afraid to ask us how to pronounce our
names. It happens
all the time.
When you meet us now and you look into our eyes, you
will see the
saddest story ever told. Our hearts are broken into a
thousand pieces.
But don't pity us. We're gonna make it. We're
resilient. After all,
we've been rooting for the Saints for 35 years. That's
got to count
for something.
OK, maybe something else you should know is that we
make jokes at
inappropriate times.
But what the hell.
And one more thing: In our part of the country, we're
used to having
visitors. It's our way of life.
So when all this is over and we move back home, we
will repay to you
the hospitality and generosity of spirit you offer to
us in this
season of our despair.
That is our promise. That is our faith.
Chris Rose for The Times-Picayune Chris Rose can be
reached at
noroses@bellsouth.net.
Please pass this around to all Louisiana natives,
wherever they may
be.
--
Mary Catherine Lombard
Executive Director
People Program
1200 Mirabeau Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70122
(504) 288-3171
www.peopleprogam.org
.
Temporary Address due to H. Katrina evacuation :
4000 Gulf Terrace Dr., Unit #253
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 650-7569
mclombard@cox.net
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