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EVANGELICALS STRUGGLE TO FIND THE CHOSEN ONE
JUL 20 If you've ever wondered how it is that the extreme minority of the GOP manages to pick the guy who runs on their ticket, this story in Politico does a pretty good job of explaining the mechanics. It's also giving us the latest in that process, and how they're having trouble picking the biggest whackadoodle for 2016. (How can Cruz loose after THIS?) But seriously, maybe these particular Christians can spot hypocrisy, and they know a pandering weasel when they see one.
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JUL 20 This post in a Des Moines paper gives a different perspective than Politico on the Evangelical summit aimed at choosing the guy they want to be president. Seems Ted Cruz and Bobby Jindal scored big by playing to the fantasy that the majority race and religion is being oppressed by that nasty Supreme Court, which keeps insisting that everybody has the same Constitutional rights.
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MANN: GOV CANDIDATES MUM ON OUR CENTRAL PROBLEM
JUL 20 Many of Louisiana's ills can be traced back to poverty, and yet none of our gubernatorial candidates are talking about it, blogger Bob Mann says in this post. And if they're not talking about it now, the guy who wins sure ain't going to be talking about it after the inauguration, he says.
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ZOMBIE ON NOLA'S NEIGHBORHOODS
JUL 20 Blogger Jason Brad Berry kicks off a series about the neighborhoods of New Orleans, many of which are struggling to survive - identity-wise - since Katrina. This is the first post, about Algiers Point and a move via the CZO to rezone the point from a green space to industrial. WTF?
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JUL 20 With all the jaunting off to the beach, sometimes we forget about the gems right here in Louisiana. This post on DIG Baton Rouge reminds us of one of those, the Barataria Preserve that's part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park.
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JUL 20 It's not a surprise, but it's annoying all the same. The state Senate, following its "leader" John Alario, has decided against another session to try to fix the horrendous mess left by this year's regular session. Hey - why cut short those jaunts to Destin? That mess will still be there next year!
Monday's Blogs from the Bog!
They're picking the chosen one up in Iowa; Mann wonders why the silence on poverty, Zombie on the disappearing NOLA neighborhoods and more today in La La Land.