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May 21st

Rolling Through

Rosa Keller Library (5:00-9:00 PM)

My House NOLA presents a rolling food vendor mini festival

 

101 Drummers

Maple Leaf (8:00PM)

Feel the Mardi Gras Indian beat with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

 

Rebirth Brass Band
Maple Leaf Bar (10:00 PM)
2 sets by the Grammy-winning brass band

 

Crescent City Farmers Market
Broadway St Market (9:00AM-1:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Uptown edition of the city's prime local market

 

Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns
Spotted Cat (10:00PM)
Weekly Tues Gig- Booming swing and a voice that will make you melt. A lindy hoppers' delight.


 

Calle 54 Screening

The Antenna Gallery (7:00 PM)

A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street, and WWOZ

 

Birdfoot Backstage with WWNO 89.9 FM

Jewish Community Center (7:30 PM)

The second evening of a chamber music festival that has something for classical aficionados and dilettantes alike

 

Pure X

Circle Bar (10:00 PM)

Catch the Indie rockers on their North American tour


Buddy Roemer Gets His Debate Dander Up


The Republican primary debate stage may be as crowded as the jam session at an Andrews family reunion, but, so far, there has been one convenient oversight. Buddy Roemer thought he was doing everything he needed to suck up to the Republican Party. He announced early. He left his home state for New Hampshire. He let Stephen Colbert call him grandpa. But, for all the sacrifice, he still hasn't gotten a chance to go on TV, and take potshots at Mitt Romney.

 

The rules that govern the debates say candidates have to have support from 4 percent of the Party, a poll number Roemer has apparently not reached yet. To protest this act, Roemer's campaigns dialed its Louisiana roots. While e-mail isn't quite the same as a pulpit, campaign manager Carlos Sierra seems to be a dash red-hot in his response to Roemer's lack of invite to the Sept. 7 Republican clash.

 

According to the Daily Caller, Sierra made his subject line: "Bullshit Rules!' First, he says it's ridiculous that the former Louisiana governor and Congressman won't be allowed in the debate. Then, he rips into the other candidates.

 

"It’s laughable and disappointing that there will be someone on stage whose ignorant mind compared homosexuality to bestiality," he writes, "the Godfather of Obamacare will also be allowed to defend his unconstitutional law; there will be a former pizza chain executive who discriminates against the Muslim faith; and there will be someone on stage who thinks it’s more important to vacation in Hawaii than to campaign for the most important office of the free world. I don’t know about you, but I’m truly disgusted by our system right now."

 

Roemer has yet to take part in a debate.




Buddy fabricates a conspiracy

Buddy fabricates a conspiracy theory as to why he was not invited to any debate. The debates were run by the networks and they set the rules, not the Republican party. The networks announced that the candidates must have received only 1% at least on several national polls (as the debates went on, they increased the thresholds). Buddy claims he had 4% or 5% on national polls and they still would not let him on. The truth is that he never received anything close to 1% on any national poll. He did not meet the minimum reasonable standards. If he had 4%, he would have been on all the debates.

If you would like to learn more about Buddy Roemer, go to this website and read the comments by Buddy's supporters and a critic. Also examine the web pages they cite, which will provide you with independent analysis.
http://fantasypoliticsusa.com/?p=5604

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