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K and I were at Ernie K-Doe’s Mother-In-law Louge last night to watch Obama’s acceptence speech. A good crowd showed up. Packed house and people were liking what they heard. Always a bit weird to listing to “national” political discussions in light of our very local realities of the past several years.

While I’m sure many people across the country can listen to the civics class rhetoric and still have their emotions moved, it is much harder not to be cynical having been on the receiving end of “reinventing government” and out-sourcing of public services to the private sector. Say what you will about the “magic of the market” and the efficiencies gained by “outsourcing” critical government services, but Haliburton, The Shaw Group, and other corporate disaster raiders made a killing while failing New Orleans — after the failure of the Corps of Engineers.

Add to that Gustav lurking just outside the gulf and you have a very odd evening.

Tonight, RGB will be playing a Katrina Anniversary party at Finn McCools in Mid-City. I suspect the vibe will be a bit edgy.