Below is a video essay of sorts about Six Flags New Orleans, which closed in advance of Katrina, was hit hard and never reopened. The plan is to tear the park down and sell it for scrap metal in January.... (Continue reading)
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s refusal to support Louisiana Republican candidates in federal races stoked a modicum of controversy a few weeks ago when he failed to endorse Sen. David Vitter after the latter secured the party’s nomination with 88 percent of... (Continue reading)
Gov. Bobby Jindal’s refusal to support Louisiana Republican candidates in federal races stoked a modicum of controversy a few weeks ago when he failed to endorse Sen. David Vitter after the latter secured the party’s nomination with 88 percent of... (Continue reading)
Now more than ever, EAT LOUISIANA SEAFOOD!! It is delicious, healthy, and the best in the world. Test after test has shown conclusively that our seafood on the market is not tainted in any way by the oil spill or... (Continue reading)
Over the weekend, the President gave a speech at Xavier University in New Orleans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Crescent City. While we at the Hayride have intentionally attempted to leave Katrina alone as much... (Continue reading)
This video clip from Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN is pretty interesting stuff. In it, former FEMA director Michael Brown, whose performance during Katrina five years ago will be the subject of criticism and infamy probably forever, calls it a... (Continue reading)
Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the biggest adversary for the people of Louisiana continues to be government at all levels, local, state and especially, federal. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating storm, but the destruction was made much greater by the... (Continue reading)