Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
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JUL 2 Dead Huey Long answers your questions about fracking in this post on NOLA Defender. If you're unaware, Dead Huey appears occasionally on the site to answer deep questions from earnest readers. In this post, his musings include references to the Golden Girls (the LSU dance line, not Dorothy and Rose), Lee Harvey Oswald and magic.
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BOBBY'S GETTING CLOSE TO STUPID WITH PANDER PARTY
JUL 2 Bobby Jindal may not be devoted to the "stupid party" he spoke about not so long ago, but he's sure dating one that's close, Gambit says in this post: the "pander party." Jindal's recent vetoes, executive orders and speeches show he's in "full pander mode," Gambit says.
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ABC POLITICS BLOG ON THOSE DUCK PEOPLE
JUL When did Louisiana become defined by a "reality" show with millionaires play-acting like buffoons? Nobody's sure, but it happened. Here's a post on ABC's politics blog The Note about the race for our 5th Congressional district, featuring Congressman Kissingher, a friend of the buffoons, and some guy who is related to the buffoons. Great.
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REMEMBER THAT CRAZY CRAWFISH POST?
JUL 2 Not long ago we were reading a blog from the Crazy Crawfish about problems in the state Department of Education, including problems with people not showing up for work (and still getting paid). Well, here's a post from blogger Tom Aswell telling us that the state Legislative Auditor is looking into possible payroll fraud in the department.
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JUL 2 Blogger Mike Deshotels posts his statement to BESE here. In it, he's giving his thoughts on the Common Core as well as the results of a poll he conducted on his blog, aimed at asking teachers what they think. Interesting stuff here.
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JUL 2 Moon Griffon, a conservative radio host, is moving his program from a Monroe station to Lafayette's KPEL, this Shreveport Times story reveals. The move is related to a Griffon child's acceptance into St. Thomas More, the story says.
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DEEDY SMELLING LIKE A ROSE IN COURT
JUL 2 Most of the complaints in a suit filed against former Port Allen Mayor Deedy Slaughter were dismissed Tuesday, WBRZ reports here. A city employee, fired by Deedy in the midst of her fights with the city's council, had sued the Mayor for a lot of things that the judge threw out, the station reports.
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NATIONAL HURRICANE MUSEUM IN LAKE CHARLES?
JUL 2 Columnist Jim Beam tells us about plans to open a National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in Lake Charles. Organizers already have raised half of the $68 million needed for the project. He provides us with some of the details of the plans.