Monday's Blogs from the Bog!
Monday's Blogs from the Bog!
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"A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BIG OIL"
APR 14 Blogger Bob Mann writes about Louisiana's relationship with Big Oil in this post. For years, our government has functioned as "a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Oil," Mann writes, and likens the relationship to "traumatic bonding." That's the tie that develops between the victim and the perpetrator in an abusive relationship. It's an interesting read.
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DAILY KOS CALLS B.S. ON MCALLISTER SITUATION
APR 14 Steve Singiser writes in this post on the Daily Kos Elections blog that "outsider" status probably got Vance McAllister elected last fall, but it's going against him now. The same GOP that stayed silent when Sen. David Vitter's name (and possibly other personal information) was found in the little black book of a prostitute is now calling on McAllister to resign for kissing a staffer. (OK, for getting caught kissing a staffer) It's all politics, Singiser writes: they can look morally superior and get rid of a problem at the same time, he says.
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APR 14 Legal notices are pork barrel for papers. Local governments and state governments are required by law to publish long notices in tiny type that very few people ever read in a local newspaper -- and they're worth a lot of money. In this post on LaPolitics, Jeremy Alford tells us about a squabble between the Advocate and the Picayune over Orleans and Jefferson notices.
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YEAH, 'CAUSE T-SHIRTS ARE THE TRASHIEST THINGS IN THE QUARTER
APR 14 Here's an interesting post in The Lens about t-shirt shops in the French Quarter. If you haven't heard, apparently there have been police raids on purveyors of horrifying things like t-shirts. One wonders how the police have time for this type of thing when a few miles away young people are dying in the streets -- but we digress. As CW Cannon writes, this debate "reeks of class bias." No kidding.
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CENLAMAR: A CALL FOR VITTER'S RESIGNATION
APR 14 Before you get to excited, make sure you read to the end of the article. This is an Onion-type post from blogger Lamar White Jr.
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APR 14 Color blogger CB Forgotston shocked. Gov. Bobby Jindal's economic chief, Stephen Moret, last week acknowledged that Louisiana isn't really experiencing an economic boom, CB says. Moret also backed off the (oft-repeated) claim that Jindal has created 50,000 jobs and acknowledged a more realistic number of about 23K, CB says.
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RECOVERING REPUBLICAN: LEAVE VANCE BE
APR 14 After decades as an active Republican, blogger Walt Bennetti writes in this post about the hypocrisy of party leaders who were silent about David Vitter but now want Vance McAllister to resign. The difference? They never wanted McAllister to win. That's not the only reason he's decided to leave the party, but it's a big one.
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IAN IS MOURNING COLBERT ALREADY
APR 14 If you don't want the Colbert Report, you're probably pronouncing the T and are oblivious to the fact that the "host" of the show is actually a satiric character portrayed by Stephen Colbert. Although the (real) Colbert won't be taking over for David Letterman until next year, blogger Ian McGibboney already is mourning the loss of the character who won't appear any longer.