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JUN 29 The Picayune outlines Bobby Jindal's appearance on Sunday's edition of "Meet the Press." Bobby's statements last week, implying that he would block implementation of the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, had the desired effect and got him some national press. So when Chuck Todd asked him how he planned to defy the Supreme Court he said he wouldn't.
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DESHOTELS: PUNISHMENT IS NOT THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
JUN 29 Blogger Mike Deshotels writes about the philosophy employed by our state Department of Education, ostensibly to bring about improved performance in our schools. You can't get the best out of people with threats of punishment, he says. But here's a question: Should we really assume the aim is to improve education? Or is the aim something else?
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ROLLING STONE: HOW DID BOBBY END UP HERE?
JUN 29 This post on Rolling Stone attempts to answer the question that a lot of people have about Bobby Jindal: how did a guy who looks so good on paper turn into the crashing, burning, pathetic excuse for a presidential candidate that he became last week? It's an entertaining analysis, down to the very last paragraph - which is priceless.
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JUN 29 Blogger Tom Aswell collected the best Interwebs mentions of Bobby Jindal's creepy "family" video, and assembled them for us here. Also included is another offering from that mystery political cartoonist.
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JUN 29 The Advocate reports here on Assumption Parish's recent win in the a back-taxes suit it filed against the companies that were operating in the parish and not paying taxes. In a classic case of Karma that you usually don't live to see, their tax-dodging was revealed in a big way - by the sink hole in Bayou Corne.
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MAYBE WE DIDN'T THINK THAT THROUGH...
JUN 29 The Addicting Info site posts this funny one about David Vitter's smug reaction to the Supreme Court ruling that said your Constitutional rights aren't affected by who you love. Talking about the sanctity of marriage when you're known to have frequented (and that's past tense, right? Right?) prostitutes is not a good road to go down...
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TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL, BOB
JUN 29 Bob Mann pens this scathing post on Salon about Bobby Jindal's political rise and fall. Bob doesn't hold anything back in this one, calling Jindal a "cynical charlatan."
Monday's Blogs from the Bog
Today in La La Land, Bobby gets the national press he was seeking; Deshotels on punishment and academic success; and Assumption Parish gets the taxes it is owed.