Geaux New-Orleans Saints !

Sporting Events are often overhyped in the US. For the sake of TV ratings, games are too man times labeled as must-see TV. Yesterday was not one of those overhyped events. Yesterday's football game marked the return of Football in New-Orleans in the SuperDome. The Superdome, symbol of the Big Easy, was the scene of traumatic scenes for Hurricanes Katrina victims. For anyone who ever spent time in New-Orleans and learned to love the city, the anger and the sadness for the victims plight and for the lack of judgment by the officials in charge are still present. So "when the New-Orleans Saints went marching in" in the Superdome, one could sense that there was a strong possibility that New-Orleans would survive beside the fact that FEMA, the state of Louisiana and the US government left the city for dead for days, prompting Kanye West to say the words: "George Bush don't care about black people". Even now, desolation is still looming in the 9th Ward and part of Metairie and the remaining task of rebuilding is still enormous.
However, on Monday Night, Green Day and U2 celebrated the rebirth of N-O with "when september ends", "House of the rising sun" and "Beautiful Day". Then Jazz took over(and why not) with Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint giving the best rendition of the national anthem. And as I am writting this, Saints are winning 14-3 led by Drew Brees ( Purdue's pride). What am I thinking ? Tonight, they already won.
Here are 2 clips of the evening: Green day and U2 1st then "Amazing grace" and " When the saints go marching in" by the people of N-O, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint. No sightings of G.H Bush Sr. who had no business being there after the unacceptable words of Mrs. Barbara Bush on the refugees in Houston.

Tags: New-Orleans, superdome, saints marching, Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, Green Day