Mark Moseley
- : http://righthandthief.blogspot.com/
- : Mark Moseley moved from Florida to New Orleans in 1996. For the past four years he has managed Trinity Capital, an investment firm specializing in distressed real estate. Prior to that, Mark was Vice President for an innovative docklift manufacturing company. He has a low-grade addiction to politics, and was a proud volunteer for the Draft Wes Clark effort, as well as the Clark 2004 campaign. In the summer of 2005 he worked as a paid political strategist for a State Senate candidate in New Orleans. Mark holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Trinity University and did graduate work at Florida State before leaving academia for the exciting world of business. He blogs under the name "oyster" at Your Right Hand Thief.
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Posted on October 18, 2006 1:13 PM
"Didn't Alexander's office have an obligation to make sure that Foley was not hitting on other kids?"
A great Harper's article on Foleygate includes this passage about Rodney Alexander's mishandling of the matter (my emphs):...more »
Posted on October 12, 2006 9:53 AM
Rep. Rodney Alexander should resign
The more I think about it, the more I think Ramesh Ponnuru's point is central and devastating to La Cage a Foley. (Thanks to Boyd's important post below for the heads up.) About the initial emails that were brought to...more »
Posted on October 5, 2006 8:08 AM
Former house page getting threats
NE Louisiana Paper reports: U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander said a former male House page from Monroe has received threats since reports surfaced Friday that former Congressman Mark Foley sent him inappropriate e-mails. "This teenager and his family have gone through...more »
Posted on October 3, 2006 2:10 PM
A week later, "Super Saints Monday" lives on...
I trust After the Levees readers have had enough time to savor Boyd's post (below). I thought I'd provide a little more on Super Saints Monday: Here's an excerpt from an article titled "Saints' defense blows Falcons away" in Tuesday's...more »
Posted on October 3, 2006 9:57 AM
Superdome myths
A recent T-P Sports article said: For [Saints] quarterback Drew Brees and several others it will be their first trip inside the stadium that drew worldwide attention during Katrina. "I'll be wide-eyed a little bit just looking around and seeing...more »
Posted on September 25, 2006 12:07 AM
Nola blogger scoops Times Picayune
Congratulations to Dambala at American Zombie for anticipating (if not scooping) the Times Picayune's Front Page story on Imagine Software and their controversial pleasure craft. Here's the first few graphs from Gordon Russell's T-P article titled "Yachting by N.O. official...more »
Posted on September 18, 2006 8:48 AM
Al Gore helped airlift 270 evacuees during Katrina Aftermath
In case you missed it, like I did, here's the TPM Link to this underpublicized story from a year ago. H/T to Joseph at Blageuer...more »
Posted on September 15, 2006 11:43 AM
I was afraid of this
After the GOP-controlled Congress had scheduled so few full legislative "workdays" in the coming session (11 if my memory serves), I was worried that the all-important House/Senate oil-royalty bill negotiations would fall victim to the thin schedule, which precedes the...more »
Posted on September 13, 2006 11:49 AM
FEMA refuses audit
As an extension to Boyd's excellent post below on gubmint waste, I wanted to link to a fine NOLA blog called Wet Bank Guide, which points to the latest FEMA absurdity. Believe it or not, Louisiana is getting penalized for...more »
Posted on September 12, 2006 9:46 AM
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Thanks, joe
Posted at October 23, 2006 7:34 AM in response to Like Southern Louisiana...
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Absolutely! Thank you for capturing this key point so clearly, and making all the right distinctions as to why Alexander might be "the worst of the bad guys in this particular instance".
Hear hear!
Posted at October 15, 2006 7:25 AM in response to Alexander Redux
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Alexander did not act in good faith, and gets no pass because he treated this issue as one that involved only one page and one Congressman.
He did not show the emails to Hastert, and purposely "notified" Hastert's of an "issue" that was narrow in scope. The emails show that MULTIPLE kids might be at risk, not just this one page Alexander was concerned about.
Posted at October 13, 2006 3:35 PM in response to "Didn't Alexander's office have an obligation to make sure that Foley was not hitting on other kids?"
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This is the central issue, then: multiple reports of inappropriate conduct were contained in the original emails; what exactly did Alexander and Hastert and Reynolds (etc.) do with these reports (plural).
By supposedly "shielding" one family they were exposing many others.
Posted at October 4, 2006 12:29 PM in response to Don't Let Alexander Off the Hook
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Posted at September 14, 2006 1:29 PM in response to I was afraid of this
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I don't know. The Senate bill stinks for many reasons, but it is "something" for Louisiana-- billions-- though we don't see any real money for a decade.
As memories of Katrina fade, won't that hinder our negotiating power if we don't pass any revenue-sharing this year?
If there's a compromise that looks mostly like the Senate bill, at this point I'd say take it. LA can always address its desire for current (not new) oil revenue-sharing in future bills.
Posted at September 14, 2006 1:29 PM in response to I was afraid of this
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Thanks, Boyd. I owe ya a few Abitas for that welcome response.
Posted at August 29, 2006 6:34 AM in response to Unmitigated Crap?
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I just happened to be watching CNBC at the time, and have nothing against Ms. Bartiromo. Perhaps I shouldn't have included those distracting details. I simply wanted to emphasize how the media focus was on the Storm. "The Storm cost this much, the Storm killed this many..."
For a network that did a special on the Netherlands flood protection, it's amazing that they focused on the "Storm" when doing a report on N.O. one year later.
Thanks to cscs for checking the CNN transcripts for any mention of the word "levees".
Posted at August 28, 2006 7:01 PM in response to How much will you hear about the Levees?
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Thanks again, Scout, for making this video and being one of the city's best internet advocates.
Posted at August 28, 2006 1:09 PM in response to The Unbreakable Spirit of New Orleans Up Close
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Agreed. The conference was good, and "Disaster" is a must read for everyone.
Posted at August 27, 2006 7:54 PM in response to So Long, Ernesto?
