Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
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Aswell: Bobby's just a snake oil salesman
MAY 8 Blogger Tom Aswell is in rare form in this post, questioning the credulity of some national "news" entities for buying Bobby Jindal's self-aggrandizing snake oil. He calls out a couple of Bobby's buds and even muses about what we'd be calling the guv if he had been mesmerized by the Beverly Hillbillies instead of the Brady Bunch. It's a hoot.
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The Lens: Grand Isle winning a race to oblivion
MAY 8 Grand Isle is sinking at a greater rate than any other coastal area in the US, The Lens reports in this post. The news, while not good, is also not unexpected, Bob Marshall writes. Also affected is the US Army Corps of Engineers' work to protect NOLA; the plans have been changed already, at significant cost, because of sinking, he writes.
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MAY 8 Columnist Jim Beam joins the chorus of voices calling on the Legislature and the Governor to leave the suits against Big Oil alone, and let the courts decide if these corporations should have to pay their fair share of the cost of restoring our coastline. The efforts of some legislators and the governor to stop the process "discredits them," Beam says.
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Politico: Boustany eyes trade spot
MAY 8 Congressman Charles Boustany is positioning himself for a key trade spot, Politico reports in this post. A series of moves, most of them expected, could open up the chair of the Trade Subcommittee, and word is Boustany wants it.
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Dreher: Francis not as liberal as you thought
MAY 8 So maybe those folks who think Pope Francis is more about PR than substance could be on to something, columnist Rod Dreher says in this column. He's looking at coverage of the recent Vatican criticism of a movement of American nuns.
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DeBerry: Can Coulter be saved?
MAY 8 Marshall Coulter is the teen who was shot by a NOLA homeowner in the midst of the Zimmerman case publicity. Now Zimmerman has faded from the headlines but Coulter has taken his place, at least in NOLA, and not in a good way. In this post, columnist Jarvis DeBerry compares Coulter to Bigger Thomas, the protagonist of the Richard Wright classic Native Son.
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MAY 8 Here's an interview posted on Gambit with celebrity biscuit, er, chef John Besh about his new project, a show called Hungry Investors. The chef shares how the project helped him deal with the January death of his dad, and the difference between being a chef and a restaurateur.
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MAY 8 The NOLA Project's newest outdoor theatrical performance is Alice in Wonderland, the NOLA Defender blog tells us in this post. The production opens this week and runs through May 25 in the New Orleans Museum of Art Sculpture Garden.