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The proposed system, introduced by New Orleans District Commander Alvin B. Lee in a late-night news conference on QVC, would absorb storm surges, rain water, oil spills, agricultural run off, and ruptured sewage lines, red wine and pet stains.
At least I can still afford a side dish of irony,” said homeless veteran Grady Soileau after being turned away from New Orleans Hamburger and Seafood when he could not afford the $8.99 shrimp sandwich. “I would normally just draw against my home equity line of credit to afford lunch. Oh wait. I don’t have a home. Po-boy? That’s rich!”
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The New Orleans Levee Newspaper has ceded to criticisms that its satirical slant of the news was no longer as senseless as the reality we were trying to spoof. That's why were relaunching at the Levee Weekly News. If you’d like a taste of the kind of straightforward, hard-hitting news you will see in the NEW Levee Weekly News, turn to Page 11. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the April 1 edition of The Levee.
]New Orleans resident Darren Gaffney has reportedly taken the omnipresent "Be Nice or Leave" signs literally and will be moving somewhere he feels he can be nice. He may not be alone.
Levee cartoonist Albert Wrinkle was recently thinking about what Jesus was thinking about at Easter.
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Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh has taken up The New OrleansLevee Newspaper's offer to allow him to clarify what he meant when heannounced that he hopes that President Obama's economic policies fail.
"When I say fail, I actually mean die," Limbaugh said. "I mean, I hopehe is mauled by a bear. No, shark attack! Yeah. Hawaii. He gets'Crocodile Hunter'-ed. Fail! Fail! Fail!"
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