Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!

THE GENERAL SAYS WE'RE IN DENIAL ABOUT GUNS

JUL 29 Here's an interview in Gannett with Gen. Russel Honore about guns and Americans. He's lived all over the world, and repeats what everybody else on the planet knows, but we refuse to accept: gun violence is a uniquely American problem, and one of our own creation.

MEDIA MATTERS ON THE NYT'S FAILURE

JUL 29 Media Matters takes a look at the recent sorry excuse for an article published by the New York Times in which Bobby Jindal is quoted as saying the rest of the nation needs to follow Louisiana's lead in strict gun laws. (That's right, you read that correctly, he said that, you're not having a stroke.) The article was no better than the reprint of a campaign speech, and unforgivable for a real newspaper, especially when quoting a presidential candidate. This article does all the research the NYT reporter should have done in the first place.

HARD-HITTING JOURNALISM FROM THE ADVOCATE

JUL 29 The Advocate posts this story about a two-year-old so enamored with the television ads of a shameless ambulance chaser that the toddler had to have a birthday party focused on the man. It's good to know that our legacy journalism institutions are keeping real news relevant. Listen, no grass growing there.

DUCOTE MAKES THE FINAL FOUR

JUL 29 Baton Rouge food blogger Jay Ducote is now in the final four on Food Network Star. This post on DIG Baton Rouge brings us up to date on his performance -- which so far has been good. The judges love his personality, his ease in front of the camera and his Cajun stories. They also love his food: last week he gave them a boudin-stuffed quail.

THE HILL: JINDAL RESUMES CAMPAIGN

JUL 29 We're just going to leave this right here.

HOW ABOUT A LAUGH TODAY?

JUL 29 Here's one of those dumb lists, but it's good for a chuckle and we could all use one this week. It's a list on Tickld.com describing each state as if it were a drinker in a bar. It's pretty dead-on in some cases, but decide for yourself.