Items by Clifton

• The President Should Have Seen This Coming

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I know it’s still early in his term but I think it’s time to shake things up in his cabinet or get some new blood in an advisory role. I am not as smart as the president or any of the people around him [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:48pm EST
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• Ten Thoughts From The Mayoral Debate

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I made it home in time to watch the first New Orleans mayoral debate. It was moderated by Norman Robinson who did a good job at trying to keep everything sounding serious despite the obvious humor from some of the candidates. I have a few thoughts.
  
  1. After watching [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:51pm EST
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• Undefeated is a Morale Booster

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 2
  
  As I type this there is a downpour going on outside and I am hoping it doesn’t flood again. Normally weather like this would have everyone down and be the only topic of conversation all day. Fortunately we have an undefeated football team to take [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:09pm EST
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• The Saturday Night Flash Flood Blog

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  Ladies and gentlemen it won’t stop raining. I was supposed to be sitting in the movies watching The Frog Princess but we would have to get there by boat if it was going to happen this evening. I guess I am watching television as long as [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:59pm EST
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• It's Not Personal Stinky Birds. It's Just Destiny

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Before I start trash talking I want to say that last night I watched the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers lose to the Cleveland Browns. As great as Brett Favre and Peyton Manning has been they each only have one championship ring. Dallas and Washington have [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 9:35pm EST
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• What Made Mitch Run Again

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  For the last few days I have been trying to figure out why Mitch Landrieu would put himself through another campaign for mayor of New Orleans. He’s already lost twice. It seems like that’s the only race he can’t win yet he still keeps trying. [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:41am EST
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• Steven Seagal Might Pull Me Over

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I just got through watching Steven Seagal Lawman on A&E. I have mixed emotions about this show. First let’s get to the positive parts. I love Steven Seagal’s movies. My whole family does. We named pets after characters in his movies. Under Siege is one [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:19pm EST
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• Sitting On My Porch Part Thirty Seven

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 12
  
  Yesterday my remaining grandmother Mildred passed away at the accomplished age of 90 years old. I’m not going to get overly emotional about it. I already wrote my grandmother dedication on Just a Song. Besides, when someone lives to be 90 and has a [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:55pm EST
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• Saints 38 Patriots 17

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Could this be the impossible dream?
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 10:52pm EST
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• A Monday Night Measuring Stick

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Everyone is all excited about this game tonight. Some fans are acting like it’s the Super Bowl already. I am excited about it but my reasons are long term. Tonight is the night we get a chance to see if our team has what [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:47pm EST
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  —Cliff's Crib

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  It’s a nice holiday weekend full of spirits, food, friends, and football. You can’t really beat that. A [...]

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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 10:29pm EST
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• Happy Thanksgiving From The Crib

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I would like to send my love and give thanks to all my family and friends. I especially want to give a special shout out to all the people who stuck around when I didn’t like any of you. I would name you all but I might forget somebody or [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:20am EST
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• Homework Has Changed

  —Cliff's Crib

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  It’s the week of Thanksgiving and my baby is still in school. Add this to the list of things that are different about school these days. I never went to school on the week of Thanksgiving in New Orleans. I guess the school has to [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:21pm EST
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• 10-0 and Ready For The Patriots

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I have no clue what to do when my home team is 10-0. Am I supposed to feel over excited? Should I handle it like the team and take one game at a time? Should I rent the SUV to drive to Miami for the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:58am EST
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• My Weekend Vibe : Soul Food

  —Cliff's Crib

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  All I need this weekend is some rest and a morale booster. I am not doing too good on the rest so let's go for the morale booster and check out this clip from the Goodie Mob with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon's show. I am starting to like the [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:54pm EST
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• Does He Have Your Beeping Attention Now!

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Lately I have had the opportunity to display just how accurate some of my opinions have been. A few weeks ago I was trying to be funny and wrote the following paragraph while I was sitting on my porch.
  
  Meanwhile James Perry is running and can’t get [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:33pm EST
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• Cut The Check For The Lower Nine and St. Bernard

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 2
  I just read that a judge ruled the Corps of Engineers negligent for flooding in Chalmette and The Lower Ninth Ward during Hurricane Katrina. The most well known plaintiff in this case was local news anchor Norman Robinson. He lived in New Orleans East at the time of the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:07pm EST
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• 9-0 Came Harder Than I Thought It Would

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 7
  
  First let’s go over the positives after today’s game….
  9-0 is sweet no matter what. At the least we won’t have a losing season.Any long time Saint’s fan hates the Rams so anytime we beat them it is special. Reggie Bush has finally awakened and [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:57pm EST
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• My Weekend Vibe : Grown Man Thoughts

  —Cliff's Crib

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  It's such a nice day outside that I am almost tempted to sit outside instead of watching football today. If the weather could stay like this all year it would put everyone in much better mood. My trade off for not going outside is to open the windows and let' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 4:32pm EST
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• Sitting On My Porch Part Thirty Six

  —Cliff's Crib

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  "Stay in school,Get your education,Get better than qualified and you'll succeed."
  George Porter, Tuskegee Airman
  
  Greetings from the planet of New Orleans. If you have noticed a drop in the number of posts during the day you would be correct. Sometimes when you have' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:03pm EST
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• 8-0 And A Game Ball For Congressmen Cao

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 2
  
  When you add it all up it's been a good weekend. I purposely didn't say anything about the Panthers game out of fear of angering Steve Smith and feeling his wrath. It's been a long time since Saints fans didn't go home with visions of [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:13pm EST
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• The New Face Of City Corruption

  —Cliff's Crib

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  It doesn’t matter about the race or ethnicity of a person when news breaks of a corruption indictment in New Orleans. My reaction is always the same. I get sad because I think of what we could have done with whatever money or opportunity [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:33pm EST
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• All It Takes Is One Crazy Person

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I don’t discussing [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:09am EST
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• Flex Your Muscles Mr. President

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Last year this time I was sitting on my sofa watching election results as Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become president of the United States. I felt like things were looking up in spite of a potential stock market crash and depression on the way. So far during his [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:51pm EST
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• One of my favorite new things on ...

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  One of my favorite new things on the web is watching The Young Turks on YouTube. They are a progressive group but they cover a wide range of topics and are very entertaining. I am one of the few people in this area that really don't care about David Vitter.' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:07am EST
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• Reminiscing On The Song Blog

  —Cliff's Crib

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  You should go to the Just a Song blog and check out my latest post. I think it's pretty good. All of the post are good actually. I just a brief Kanye moment. I promised I would write about a song that was made' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:43pm EST
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• Don't Be Mad At Ed Blakely. Be Mad At Yourself

  —Cliff's Crib

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  There is a news story about an interview with Ed Blakely. In the interview he had a lot of negative things to say about the city. He basically said the natives were dumb and lazy, black people didn’t like taking orders from white people [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:40am EST
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• 7-0

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 1
  
  After a game like tonight all you can do is take a shower, finish off your game liquor and go to sleep. Before I go to sleep I have a few things to say to some of the players.
  
  To Jabari Greer and Darren [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:10am EST
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• The Bandwagon Is Getting Crowded

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 4
  
  There is nothing that brings me more pleasure in sports than when the Saints beat Atlanta. There's also not another team that reminds me of how rough it's been over the last 30 + years of following this team. These Saints/Falcons games are personal. I [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 4:05pm EST
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• Ladies and Gentlemen,This will be ...

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Ladies and Gentlemen,
  
  This will be my last blog entry until next week. I hope everyone has a safe Halloween and enjoys whatever they do if they celebrate. Please buy some good candy to give to the kids. Now&Laters or Sugar Daddies are nice. You probably don't need that' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 4:01pm EDT
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• BET Needs To Make This A Show

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I would start watching again for stuff like this.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 12:29pm EDT
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• It makes no sense to be this ...

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  It makes no sense to be this tired in the morning. You can only slam so much coffee before your body goes into shock. I thought the way to conquer insomnia was to lay in bed early and close my eyes. That worked for awhile but now I am waking [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:19am EDT
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• Told Ya'll They Didn't Have The Money

  —Cliff's Crib

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  It's not often I highlight when I was right but last month I wrote a post called "Wishing The Money Was Already Here". It was about the new Nickelodeon theme park in New Orleans East. I was basically saying how stories like that always got our hopes up and' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
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• [nt]

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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:13pm EDT
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• 6-0

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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:06pm EDT
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• We Get to Play Against Ricky

  —Cliff's Crib

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  The man on the picture above holding the jersey is Errick Lynne Williams Jr. but people call him Ricky. A long time ago the Saints had a coach named Iron Mike. He's the man looking crazy in the rasta wig. Iron Mike gave up an' [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 6:34am EDT
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• Gone Before They Can Figure It Out

  —Cliff's Crib

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  New Orleans is a strange place when it comes to keeping up with people. It’s not a really big city but somehow you can go years without seeing people that you know. All it takes is moving to another neighborhood or changing jobs for people to seemingly disappear. There are [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 3:20pm EDT
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• Sitting On My Porch Party Thirty Five

  —Cliff's Crib

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  What do you want people to know you for? When people see you on the street and recognize you what do you want them to associate you with? It doesn’t have to be anything that spectacular. You could be the guy in the neighborhood that [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 10:49am EDT
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• Incompetence Costs a Pretty Penny

  —Cliff's Crib

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  I was looking at this story about how the Housing Authority of New Orleans has paid millions of dollars to this company out of Houston called MFR to run the Section 8 program. If I read the story correctly we are still paying them 600,000 dollars a month right [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:10am EDT
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• This Team Might Be The Real Deal

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 9
  
  The Eagles just lost to Oakland this afternoon. That’s proof that even if your team is better on paper you can always lose if you are not playing at a high level. I made that statement first to calm down the overload of confidence I [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 7:32pm EDT
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• The Giants Are A Real Test

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  Tomorrow the Saints and the 5-0 New York Giants play in the Dome to see who can make the claim as the NFC’s best team. If the Saints win tomorrow there will be no doubt that we are serious Superbowl contenders. It’s also a huge [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 4:46pm EDT
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• My Thoughts On The President's Visit

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 9
  
  I had to think about this issue for awhile before I blogged about it. The president was here yesterday. He visited Martin Luther King Charter School and had a town hall meeting at UNO. Personally I wanted the president to stay for awhile because I [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 9:47am EDT
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• I just came from outside and I ...

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  I just came from outside and I was thinking that tonight would have been a good night to sit on the lake and smoke a cigar. Before Katrina I would relax by driving to the section right next to the Seabrook Bridge and sit on the top step to watch [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 8:59pm EDT
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• You Can't Hire Everybody

  —Cliff's Crib

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  You learn new things as you progress more in life. For the last two weeks I have been learning that I am not cut out to hire and fire people. Well, maybe I can if I had more than only one part time position [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
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• Sitting On My Porch Part Thirty Four

  —Cliff's Crib

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  Say what you want about America but this picture would not have been on the cover of a major magazine 40 years ago. This display of progress makes me want to sing My Country Tis of Thee. That’s all I have to say about that….
  [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 10:08pm EDT
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• Let's Give President Obama More Than A Good Time

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 4
  Dear New Orleans,
  
  I have an important request for everybody. The president will be visiting this city on October 15. Now, I know that this city is loaded with Democrats. It’s also equally loaded with African Americans. This is the first time since the president’s historic election that he [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
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• The Lower Nine Has A Home That Floats On Purpose

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 3
  
  Did you know Brad Pitt and his Make it Right Foundation built a floating house in the Lower Ninth Ward? The home is not designed for people to stay for hurricanes but to minimize the damage caused by flooding. I am not going to [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
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• No Love For The Television Bandits

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 4
  I called a friend and work colleague Monday because she is supposed to be helping me with some work stuff. While we were talking she told me that she wasn’t at work last Friday because she had an emergency. Someone broke into her family’s house when no one was home. [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
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• It's Only Four Games.......

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 4
  
  But ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes! Yes! Yes! Defense is so sexy. [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 6:12pm EDT
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• Looking For Red House Politics

  —Cliff's Crib

  Number of comments: 5
  I'm posting this video because it's hilarious. I am also posting it because this is the kind of spirit we need in local politics. Let's not look at the things as a black issue or a white issue. Let's look at things like The Red House and make it an' [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 2:11pm EDT
  by Clifton