But I wasn’t going to quote a factually inaccurate statement without commenting on its inaccuracy. If I did that, people (perhaps yourself included) would have accused ME of “hyping” the storm! I’m trying to present an accurate picture of what’s happening, to the best of my ability, and so if an official says something obviously inaccurate in the course of a newsworthy statement, I can’t in good conscience quote it, but then fail to comment on it. (And since it’s newsworthy — a mandatory evacuation order! — I obviously can’t simply not quote it.)

Again, I think Nagin’s doing a good job overall. My criticism, in this post, of one particular thing he’s said, is quite mild, and I think fair. If you think it isn’t fair, you certainly haven’t made an actual argument for why not. You just keep insulting me, which is not terribly interesting.

So… I would again challenge you to find anything remotely inaccurate in what I said. If you cannot do that, perhaps YOU are the one “searching high and low for any little fault real or imagined to pick at” … and in this instance, finding nothing, but trollishly firing blanks at me, anyway.

If you continue in this vein, with substanceless insults, I may stop approving your comments. You’ve been warned. I have no problem with you criticizing me, or correcting me if I make a mistake, but please say something substantive and factual and relevant and constructive. Personal attacks and insults are pointless, and a waste of space and time. Nobody cares what you think about my “ego.” E-mail me at irishtrojan [at] gmail.com if you must vent. (I probably won’t reply, but hey, you can get it out of your system.) In the mean time, this space will remain dedicated to talking about, y’know, the hurricane. Thanks.

But the constant whining and searching high and low for any little fault real or imagined to pick at gets a bit tiring.

If he doesn’t tell people they are all going to die if they don’t leave, “certain people” will whine about it. — But if he tells people they are all going to die if they don’t leave, “certain people” whine about that.

Nobody is defending Nagain. I’m just asking “certain people” to quit being idiots and grow up.

The storm is a serious threat to life and property, it’s not here to feed “certain peoples’” over inflated egos.

I would (apparently foolishly) think the gravity of the situation would make people realize that playing stupid “gotchya” games is childish and doesn’t make them look smart, it makes them look like juvenile.

But maybe I expect too much.

He is unconnected to the city’s problems He is absent from the war against horrible violent crime. His selection of Ed Blakley for the recovery is worse than a joke. His most recent Technology manager was worse than Blakley.

They aren’t. I had exactly the same response watching it. So did my next door neighbor. He backed off the hyperbole with the first question.

The French Quarter and adjacent neighborhoods have turned quiet to the point of creepiness.

Keep up the good work.

Just let the morons leave on their own.