KINGS REX AND ZULU HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF NEW ORLEANS

[BOSSHOG]

and they have ordered partying and revelry for the next 30 hours. The weather is incredible.

For those who think Mardi Gras should not have gone forward, please write a check for at least 150 million dollars to the city. That is the low ball estimated economic impact this year's Mardi Gras season will provide to the city (below the normal but nothing to miss a throw about.)

[understandinglife]

1. K&R.

Peace.

[Bluebear]

2. Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!! nt

[Keseys Ghost]

4. Proud to be a New Orleanian!

Now, let's get this show on the road!

[Critters2]

12. Not to be a spelling/grammar Nazi

but it's "Laissez les bons temps rouler!" "Let the good times roll!" "Rouler" needs to be in the infinitive form.

That is all.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!!

[annabanana]

3. HURRAY!

Party for all of us BOSSHOG!

[laylah]

5. Yessssssssssssssssss...

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Jenn :party:

[kineneb]

6. party on, for us

just sittin' here in NorCal, watching it rain more, and hoping we don't have another flood...Throw a few beads for us.
:hi:


Hubby is off to hospital tomorrow (his birthday) to have a new dialysis access created in his arm on Wed am. too early.

[BOSSHOG]

7. LOVE AND PRAYERS

and warmest Louisiana wishes to you and your hubby.

[skylarmae]

11. best thoughts and wishes for you both

sincerely
stepheni

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Laissez les bons temps

Glad to see you're making the best of it.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. I'd be there if I could, & I'd write the check too!

[babylonsister]

10. Party down, New Orleans! nt

[KamaAina]

13. It would've been $150,002,000

if I hadn't wussed out. Shame on me. :spank:

Thank you, sir, may I have another? :spank:

It's not even like anything's going on here at work. And the "Mardi Gras" on Nu'uanu Ave. tomorrow is threatened by all that rain you're not getting. :eyes:

Then again, when (not if) I do get back in, the absence of all that Carnival craziness will prove beneficial to my real purpose: to connect with all you fine folks both new and old (mostly new, as I am only still in touch with a couple of people from the old days; it was that long ago!) and make sure we have the city ready for Mardi Gras, and Jazz Fest, and maybe the Dem convention, and everything else for generations to come. If you look very closely, you may just possibly be able to see my (real) name on one of the books or signs unveiled Sat. at a neighborhood "viability fair":

http://www.pnola.org/

It's not much, but it's a start... throw me somethin' mister!

[BOSSHOG]

15. All that smacking around in your post

gets me in the party mood. I'd be the guy smiling.

In a macabre happy note. They'll be partying at Mardi Gras long after all of us are gone, fuck a bunch of hurricanes. Keep them good times rolling.

[Lindsay]

14. Geaux, y'all!

Ya think you can get those guys to take control of the White House? Gotta be better than what we've got. ;)

[FreedomAngel82]

16. I think it's a great idea

Everyone needs some fun and it's a great way to lift people's spirits and bring in some money to help the city. Two things done at once! And I think everybody is always up for a party!

[BOSSHOG]

17. In 48 hours

it'll be back to recovery but now's the time to not break with tradition, but to party. Six months of post Katrina crap is time enough to stop and unwind.

[Stephanie]

18. Laissez le Bons Temps Rouler!!!

Awesome, BOSSHOG. So cool.

*edited for the grammar nazi :)

[Missy Vixen]

19. Laissez le bons temps roulet, Bosshog!

DH and I can't wait to see New Orleans again, because we both know what it's like to miss her. :cry:

There's some coffee and beignets at Cafe du Monde with our name on 'em, and we'll be eating King Cake tonight from Randazzo's and toasting the revelers. Have a ball, and throw me somethin', Mister!

Julie

[RB TexLa]

20. The money was not the reason many of us wanted the parades

the parades, mind you, not Mardi Gras either greatly scaled back or canceled. It is the perception and what is appropriate. The perception now to the rest of the country is "oh they are partying and living it up down there, no need for me to send a check to CC or the United Way," while 75% of the current donations have been spent and FEMA is pretty much pulling their money up. The appropriateness is well, there still aren't trailers for most people to live in in front of their destroyed houses in Orleans Parish, but lets have a parade! And to think there were those who were pushing this and as one guy said on one of the cable news channels "working day and night on it since October," gee thanks, that was really what the city needed from you in October.

[Keseys Ghost]

25. This is why we do it...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=533144&mesg_id=533144

[RB TexLa]

26. seen St. Aug in Mardi Gras many times

it was scaled down, could have been a little more but at least they did cut back on the days and size.

[meganmonkey]

21. I have a Zulu Coconut in my living room

I wish I could be there!

:party:

[npincus]

22. Lucky Dawg

I can't wait to go back to NOLA!

[Carni]

23. You people are making me freaking hungry and thirsty!

I hope all our NOLA Duers are enjoying and feeling somewhat renewed!

I will just sit here and drink my shitty self mixed cocktail and eat my poorly prepared food (in envy of the festivities!)

[JackDragna]

24. Have a good time for me!

I'm sitting in Baton Rouge and I wish I could party, but I can't because of the fun-fun medication I'm on. Yay.

[AnnieBW]

27. Have One On Us, Bosshog!

:toast:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

28. OW! WOW! YEAH!

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[Booster]

29. Kick ass, New Orleans, and party like it's 1992. Whoopppiieee!

[zulchzulu]

30. A heapin' Moma Rosa helpin' of Mardi Gras music to get in the mood

Click on the mudpuppy to hear an hour of magical music! (60MB MP3)

[Pachamama]

31. Anybody see Swamp Rat in that revelry? Have King's Rex & Zulu taken him

hostage and ordered him to let it all go? :party: :beer:

[Blue_Roses]

32. I'm so glad to see Mardi Gras taking place

to hell with the nay-sayers. New Orleans needs Mardis Gras and will be New Orleans for many years to come. Party on...

:party:

[Swamp Rat]

33. Happy Mardi Gras!!!

:party: :beer: :evilgrin: :smoke: :beer: :crazy: :smoke: :spank: :beer: :grouphug: :smoke: :beer: :headbang: :smoke: :beer: :dilemma: :smoke: :spray: :beer: :rofl: :smoke:

[DinahMoeHum]

34. Get a few six-packs of Abita "Restoration Ale". . .

$1 from each 6-pack goes to Louisiana Disaster Recovery.

Having some with my chicken-and-sausage gumbo tonight.

http://www.abita.com/party/restoration_ale.html

:toast:

[DeepModem Mom]

35. Long live New Orleans!

[Joe Fields]

36. What a paradox.

A city in ruin.

A once vibrant city of over 600,000 people, reduced to 200,000, with estimates that more are going to leave.

A party to help heal itself? Possibly.

Badly needed money coming in from the Mardis Gras? No doubt.

But if my brother died, suddenly and unexpextedly, would I still feel like throwing a party for him on his next birthday?

Maybe it's too soon. Maybe a few more things need to be done, first. Maybe there needs to be a separation. Maybe more time is needed to heal.

[garthranzz]

38. You don't understand. The parades are the renewal.

[myrna minx]

37. Love to you New Orleans.

:loveya: :loveya: I'll raise a Blackened Voodoo to you. :loveya: Have a Po-boy for me.

[garthranzz]

39. Reading DU posts today

I'm here in New Orleans. I don't go to parades. I don't do Mardi Gras. But the city needs it. It's part of the identity. It's an affirmation of what makes it unique. It also bids defiance to Shrub and the lowlifes who watched it drown, who refuse to recognize that a poor, ignorant Black person is still a person. I despise the debauchery of Mardi Gras, but part of the celebration, the elaborate parades, represent the city's demand for dignity, then and now, a recognition that celebration and joy, being homo ludens (if I remember my Latin), are the levees against despair, prejudice and hatred.