Some New Orleans Items

Cox, the New Orleans cable TV carrier, and WWL, the CBS affiliate in New Orleans, are in a high-profile pissing match with each other. Thankfully, this has no impact on CrabAppleLane because we have DirecTV and get WWL over the air. Subsequently, I have a limited grasp of or interest in the financial aspect of this issue. My interest is in the community service both of these companies provide. What WWL has to say. For whatever reason, Cox has much more to say about it. The thing about this is that WWL is the number one station in New Orleans and has been for a long time. They were on the air after Hurricane Katrina. They are the designated emergency broadcast channel for both TV and radio. From my seat in the bleachers, it looks to me like Cox is dealing from strength and is the one issuing threats. They may lose a handful of subscribers but WWL would lose a lot of advertisers if they were taken off of the cable menu. If Cox drops WWL, they will be doing the community a disservice. No ifs, ands, or buts about that. I think the two sides need to just quit playing around in their own media and resolve this. They need to be talking to each other, not the community. If you’re in the Cox/WWL broadcast area, I’d like to hear your views, especially if you’re a Cox subscriber.

To all long-suffering Saints fans: The two guys who scored touchdowns against the Bears Sunday night, Marques Colston and Reggie Bush, are babies. They should be scoring touchdowns here for a long time.

Saints schedule next year not all that conducive to gaining home field advantage.

Home: Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Rams, Eagles, Jaguars, and Titans.

Away: Falcons, Panthers, Buccaneers, 49ers, Seahawks, Bears, Texans, and Colts.

CrabAppleLane has a favor to ask of their readers: Vote for Drew Brees as the FEDEX Express Air Player of the Year. He is an excellent candidate and Children’s Hospital in New Orleans is a wonderful facility that is financially struggling since Hurricane Katrina.

Quote of the Day

We're a young team. We're going to continue to grow. We're going to continue to get better as a team. And hopefully, we'll be at this point again.

Deuce McAllister, New Orleans Saints

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "There are people around the country who have been heard to ask why we can’t just let it go and get on with things. They regale us with stories of a terrible flood or tornado, a fire or other, and how they didn’t need help at all. Some even decide to play a numbers game, noting death totals from whatever disaster, as if this somehow “proves” we are simply a bunch of unmotivated whiners who insist that someone else clean up the mess. In response to these Cliff Clavins of the world, I would like to present some pretty stark figures:"