Caos Do Fly, At Least In New Orleans (The Dirt: GOP pummels Dems in LA election wins shockers)

National Journal ^ | December 07, 2008 | Tim Shad

[CajunConservative]

The silent majority has had enough here.

[engrpat]

When will the press declare these votes to be a repudiation of the Obama administration? If it was the other way around they would be crowing about the death of Bush and republicans everywhere.

[6SJ7]

If I were the headline writer...

Voters Put William "Cold Cash" Jefferson on Ice

[Senator John Blutarski]

Islander7 wrote -

“We have a large Vietnamese community here. They don’t feel sorry for themselves, they don’t whine, they don’t demand the world bow down to them, they excel at all they do.

I respect them. They are good, solid conservative folks. About half the community is Buddhist and the rest are Catholic.

With the history of this segment of our population so fresh, it is a lesson to other longtime minorities to get with the program; assimilate, work within the system to succeed.”

..... I won’t name any names or places, but my cousin was at one time pretty highly placed in Democratic state government in the NE [1980’s]. He related a story to me of a private lunch conversation he had with a local NAACP leader. This fellow articulated some real embarrassment and concern about the fact that refugees from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam - many of whom had [like the Hmong] came from primitive jungle societies and spoke no English at all, had managed as a social group in a single generation to reach economic and professional levels that his people had been unable to achieve over several decades despite every possible assistance and preference being accorded to them by government.

Thre’s a lesson in there.

[bergmeid]

Congratulations to Mr. Cao. What an achievement! Woohoo!!!!

[MitchellC]

In spending nearly $1.2 million, the DCCC drubbed Fleming on a familiar topic -- his support for a 23% nat'l sales tax, or the "Fair" tax. Dems have been successful in ID, PA and VA in using the issue to turn the tables on the GOP, who usually own the tax issue.

Let me guess, they said he wanted to raise sales taxes to 23% - and that's it. Incredibly deceitful if they did so. Governor-elect Bev Perdue did a similar thing here in North Carolina, running ads saying that Pat McCrory 'wants to take tax dollars away from public schools to send to private schools,' period, because McCrory supported some school vouchers.

[maica]

>>>picking up embattled Rep. Bill Jefferson’s (D-LA 02) seat in New Orleans,<<<

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Gee, that certainly has not been a big news headline or “talking point”, has it!!!

[Melpomene]

I whisper this to friends and am always careful about to whom I say it, but Katrina was the best thing to happen to New Orleans.

[Ditter]

Have you said thank you to Houston lately?

[savedbygrace]

I am interested to know about that. What does ‘anh’ indicate, or mean? And why is it attached to Joseph and separate from Cao?

[RetiredArmy]

“I came over here when I was eight years old, I had absolutely nothing. I didn’t speak any English. The American dream is alive and well.”

This man took the RIGHT AND CORRECT path when he came here. I had a South Korean guy that worked in my office when I lived in Seattle. When he came to the USA, he did not speak English, and did not have a high school education. The FIRST thing he did was learn the language. Then he went to night school and got his high school diploma. Then he enrolled in college, got his degree, then went to law school and got his law degree. The guy worked his butt off and did it the right way. He didn't whine, moan about it, or look for hand outs. He worked burger joint jobs, janitor jobs, etc., to get his money.

[ComputerGuy]

Refugees from Southeast Asia don’t have a sense of entitlement. Because of its obvious PC ramifications, I won’t mention the Bell Curve.

[DUMBGRUNT]

IIRC Ahn was the Viet word for light, also a name.

I enjoyed reading of your pilgrimage on the home page.
Thanks.

[Islander7]

“...This fellow articulated some real embarrassment and concern about the fact that refugees from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam - many of whom had [like the Hmong] came from primitive jungle societies and spoke no English at all, had managed as a social group in a single generation to reach economic and professional levels that his people had been unable to achieve over several decades despite every possible assistance and preference being accorded to them by government...”

You articulated my point far better than me. Any time there are scholastic achievement awards from any of a dozen local high schools, you can bet there will be a Vietnamese kid among those named.

They have come to dominate the shrimping industry. They are an industrious bunch. This is not to imply their transition was without conflict or struggle. There were many cultural issues that both the locals and the Viets had to adjust to.

They have managed to do what few other groups have: They maintain much of their culture while learning and adopting much of ours.

[Islander7]

See my #34.

Congrats! I have visited the Quarter several times since Katrina. It is better now than ever. If LA, particularly NOLA, will continue electing conservatives, perhaps there will be continued improvements.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas!

[TV Dinners]

lol... please note that Houston and Harris County booted almost every republican... coincidence??

[Ditter]

Yep, I noticed that. Not laughing about it either.

[Wilhelm Tell]

Congrats to LA.After all they have been thru, they need a break.

Finally they will get a smart person who will represent them rather than a than a dumb crook who only represents himself.

[Bogey78O]

Don’t forget they like to build on every square inch of their property, deal with their own problems their own way, and love backyard gardens. I worked the area for years and probably went to dang near every house in Michoud.

[jla]

Not relevant, but Mrs. Cao is very beautiful.