Quote of the Day

"It's not unique to Louisiana. It's just brazen down here. Machine politics in the north will skim the cream. Here in Louisiana, they skim the cream, they steal the milk, hijack the bottles and look for the cow."
-- James Bernazanni, the special agent in charge of the FBI's New Orleans field office, commenting after New Orleans City Councilman Oliver Thomas's public admission of illegal and corrupt behavior.