Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
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MAY 7 The Duck Dynasty crew helped get Vance McAllister elected, but his loose lips put a quick end to his political rise. Seems a shame to waste that effort, doesn't it? Maybe that's why a member of the family is looking to run for the seat that will be open as soon as McAllister's star fizzles out, blogger Lamar White Jr. writes in this post.
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MAY 7 Don't these guys have anything better to do? Apparently the legislature has decided, in its infinite wisdom, that we don't need wine ice cream. (Look again, dummies: we do.) As the NOLA Defender reports in this post, our solons tabled a measure that would have allowed the frozen item in question to be sold.
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MAY 7 The Bucktown Pirate is not looking forward to the effect Super PACs will have on Louisiana elections. As outlined in this post on the Daily Kingfish, the Pirate feels the landscape of our elections will be changed - and not for the good.
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LA Times' analysis of our Senate race
MAY 7 The Los Angeles Times, like everybody else, has an opinion about what Mary Landrieu has to do to keep her seat in the US Senate. The paper opines in this post that she's got to get out the African-American vote if she wants to win.
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Retirement: One more thing we stink at
MAY 7 Yay! We're at the bottom of another list! This one, reported by the Picayune, is a ranking of the best places to retire. This ranking was based on health care, crime rates and other "well-being measures."
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Buzz podcast on privatization deal
MAY 7 Here's the transcript of a podcast on Bayou Buzz about the collapse of Gov. Jindal's privatization plan for our charity hospital system. Stephen Sabludowsky and Jeff Crouere discuss the repercussions of the Feds' rejection of Jindal's plan.
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LSU paper looks at Alexander's first year. Kinda.
MAY 7 If you're interested in a penetrating, hard-hitting look at what LSU President King Alexander's first year brought, keep looking. This post in the school's student paper is downright vapid, but it's interesting to see what Alexander wants us to think about his first year. And, there are not one but two pictures of him looking like a used car salesman, so that's a plus.
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MAY 7 When Bobby Jindal leaves the Governor's office, he'll be leaving behind a $2 billion shortfall, blogger CB Forgotston predicts in this post. That's OK, though -- because he'll be sticking the next sucker with most of the problems, CB adds.