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Poor Pitt

Tina Lane — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:05:49 -0500

I wonder how annoying Poor Pitt finds all of this to be considering the fact that he probably had absolutley nothing to do with the rumors and that he has made such generous contributions to the community with his Foundation. Can't we just let him be a gorgeous philanthropist and call it a day? Hilarious quotes in this entry. I enjoyed reading it. www.floridagirlmidwest.blogspot.com

Good points. I don't

Nordette — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:30:07 -0500

Good points. I don't disagree, but you don't have to sway me in favor of Pitt. I didn't say he'd be a bad mayor or not good for the city. My conclusion is that people won't vote for him because for all his help and even moving to the city, they still think he's a progressive outsider, not old blood. If they voted him in it would be such a drastic change of the city's mindset that we should prepare for the end of the world or at least something worse than Katrina.

However, I did say in comments that being mayor of NOLA might not be good for Brad Pitt. LOL.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Hold on Nordette. Think about this!

Blue State Cowgirl — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:07:24 -0500

Brad Pitt would be an EXCELLENT mayor of New Orleans. What are two things your city has struggled with? Corruption and getting on the national agenda.

Well, Brad Pitt is going to be impurvious to bribes and kick-backs.

But better yet, he'd put New Orleans front and center in the national -- and world -- news. In a country that has pretty much forgotten that Hurricane Katrina happened, or that long-standing problems existing in NOLA before the hurricane, you need that press.

It worked for us, at least initially here in California. While our Governator has stumbled in recent months, in the waning days of the Bush Administration, he did what no other governor could have done. He got California's calls taken in Washington. And that was a Washington that was ready to leave California to fall into the Pacific since we were overwhelmingly Blue.

Face it, the Mayor of any major city has one main job. To get his City's concerns heard and addressed outside of the city limits. Brad could do that.

Blue State Cowgirl

Well, he might not be qualified and whatnot...

Amy In Ohio — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:49:00 -0500

www.amyinohio.wordpress.com

...but I'd definitely tune in for the City Council Meetings!

Great choice but ...

Nordette — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:17:52 -0500

He'd be insane to leave Tulane to run for mayor of this city. If he ran, I wouldn't vote for him unless he submitted to psychiatric testing to prove he wasn't nuts for leaving the controlled environment that is Tulane for the wildness that is the city. And I'm not talking about our crime rate, but people who go gunning for you figuratively just because you stepped up to the plate and those who fight all change.

That's the problem with public service these days. Good people are scared away.

I like the direction Tulane's taken since Katrina. Service to the city is emphasized and it's attracting students who arent' just bright but who also want to commit to community service.

Thanks, Morra.

Yes, I'm kidding when I say I wouldn't vote for him, but I would wonder about his mental state.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

I wish I could say

Nordette — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:04:41 -0500

I wish I could say it was that simple a problem to solve down here. :-) Yeah, I thought of Bono, but Louisiana corruption and archaic Napoleonic code would rip Pitt up.

Hmm. But on the other hand, maybe not, since Hollywood is not exactly a place of Boy Scouts. Movie deals get plenty oily sometimes, I'm sure.l If this were serious at all, Pitt would have to pray that the entire New Orleaans City Council vanished and was replaced by new blood.

I'd love to know what Pitt thinks of all these people talking about him doing something that he's never expressed any interest in doing. LOL. If he ran, maybe he could just mesmerize the rest of the krewe down here into working with him.

Thanks, Pam.

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Just Two Words: Sonny Bono

pamlyn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:38:03 -0500

If Sonny Bono could become a Mayor why not Brad Pitt.

I'm sure that a Pitt administration would defintely receive immediate disaster response. Women the world over would brave CAT 5s to rescue him..

Pamela Lyn

How about the president of Tulane Scott Cowen

Morra Aarons Mele — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:07:04 -0500

I saw him speak about social change and leadership recently and thought, wow, there is a man I'd vote for!

http://www2.tulane.edu/president_bio.cfm

He's not Brad Pitt in the looks dept., but he's pretty inspiring.

Morra Aarons-Mele
www.womenandwork.org

You and a lot of other women

Nordette — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:48:30 -0500

I know you'd be my new neighbor, Marvalus. I remember what you said about him on the Inglorious Basterds post. LOL.

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Well, yeah, me too

Nordette — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:43:05 -0500

I laughed when I first heard it. He'd ruin his film career dealing with our local politicians. :-)

Nordette Adams is a BlogHer CE & you can find her other stuff through Her 411.

Hmmm...

Marvalus — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:42:55 -0500

...I'd move...

In a heartbeat...

LOL...

Ha!Ha!

Candelaria Silva — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:33:23 -0500

WEll-now. That's all I can say.

http://blog.candelarisilva.com

Good and plenty!

Georgia? I remember Palmetto bugs and ants

Nordette — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:12:30 -0500

Thank you, Soldier. When I was married I lived in Georgia for nine years near the South Carolina border. I remember the Pametto Bug, which I think is fancy name for the American cockroach. :-)

I think I'm going to get the subterranean treatment for these termites just in case. You can never be too careful. And yep, they're all over the south, including beautiful Georgia.

Nordette: BlogHer CE and NOLA Lit Examiner. Blogs @ WSATA & UMBOP.

Uh Oh!

soldier85 — Tue, 05 May 2009 09:54:05 -0500

First off WOW!! I'm sorry you have to deal with that eekkk!!! On the other hand I'm so glad you posted this blog because I've found a few of those bugs in my house and just thought maybe they were a mutation of a fly. Georgia bugs are kind of funny like that. Oh sure do hope they don't head this way and I really hope they stay away from your home. They are horrible little critters. Best of Luck!

-*soldier85*-

La plus ca change...

Kim Pearson — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:57:37 -0600

This was the same rationale that the late Sen. Strom Thurmond's mentor, Ben "Pitchfork
Ben" Tillman used to justify lynchings 108 years ago:

We of the South have never recognized the right of the negro to govern
white men, and we never will. We have never believed him to be equal to
the white man, and we will not submit to his gratifying his lust on our
wives and daughters without lynching him.

A luta continua...

Kim
BlogHer Contributing Editor|Professor Kim|