Tuesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Tuesday's Blogs from the Bog!
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Bobby responds to questions on absences - NOT
MAY 27 To follow up his recent post about Gov. Jindal's friends (and enemies) complaining about his lack of involvement in the current session, Tyler Bridges gives us audio of his interview with the governor. In it, Jindal attempts to deflect criticism of his absences.
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Profs walk out on Robertson honor
MAY 27 An alumni group at Louisiana Tech decided to honor the duck man Phil Robertson this past weekend, and a group of faculty walked out of the event, KNOE reports here. There's also an update, with a statement from the school, which points out it was an alumni group, not the school, that chose to honor the man.
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MAY 27 The Washington Post asks Mary Landrieu "16 Questions" when they caught her between campaign events in Louisiana recently. This post on The Fix blog gives a Q&A format so you can see exactly what was asked and what the response was.
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Beam: lawsuit issue going to the wire
MAY 27 Gov. Jindal and a group of legislators are doing their best to shield Big Oil from lawsuits seeking to hold the energy companies responsible for their role in Louisiana's coastal destruction, columnist Jim Beam opines in this post. It's "obvious" nobody wants to risk letting this question go to court, Beam writes.
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Aswell on 'idiotic fiscal foolishness'
MAY 27 Blogger Tom Aswell is writing this time about budget shenanigans during the current session. He's also got some interesting thoughts on the difference between bloggers and journalists with "pseudo-objectivity."
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MAY 27 Some state senators apparently aren't too happy with that First Amendment thing, blogger CB Forgotston tells us in this post. They're lashing out at constituents who organize, CB opines, but if they can't listen they should just resign. CB also adds his own RIP for John Maginnis.
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What's going on in the Edwards race
MAY 27 Jeremy Alford takes a look at the latest moves in the Sixth Congressional district race over in BR in this post on LaPolitics. There are some interesting developments, he tells us.
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MAY 27 Baton Rouge Business Report's Rolfe McCollister posts some commentary here about the ongoing wars between The Advocate and the Times-Picayune. The state's two largest newspapers are squabbling over the cash cow that is legal advertising. (You have to scroll past his complaints about the feds trying to persecute Louisiana by insisting that children get an education and the poor get health care first)