La. La. Land - We're fiddling while Rome burns

Tuesday's Blogs from the Bog!

Tuesday's Blogs from the Bog!

• NATIONAL JOURNAL: WE'RE FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS

  JUN 10 Wonder what the rest of the nation thinks of our coastal situation? Here's a partial answer from Jason Plautz of the National Journal. While we're "wrangling" over lawsuits, our coast is "swept out to sea," he writes. The high point? An interview with Russel Honore in which he says "the oil companies have hijacked the f-ing democracy."

• WHODATHUNKIT?

  JUN 10 Here's a story that will be no surprise to anybody anywhere. Turns out Louisiana veterans have long waits for appointments at VA facilities in our fair state, the Advocate reports. Ya don't say?

• ASWELL MISSED THE MEMO ON BOBBY'S BUBBY

  JUN 10 Blogger Tom Aswell is wondering how it is he missed "the memo" about Bobby Jindal's brother representing BP. Aswell feels that Jindal is once again looking the other way when his own actions take him near the same ballpark visited by people like Edwin Edwards and Ray Nagin.

• FAMILY OF STUNTMEN CALL NOLA HOME

  JUN 10 Here's an interesting post on the NOLA Defender blog about a family of stuntmen, now living and practicing their craft in New Orleans. It's a cool story about an unusual business, but also about this family's journey.

• LAMAR: WHO'S FEATHERING THAT NEST?

  JUN 10 Blogger Lamar White Jr., who arguably is wiping the floor with the mainstream media lately in re the law aimed at putting the kibosh on the Big Oil lawsuits, takes a look at Jindal's non-profit and who might be funding it. included is a look back at Mrs. Jindal's foundation, and the NYT investigation of its funding.

• PBS ON LOUISIANA, COMMON CORE & HOMESCHOOLING

  JUN 10 Here's a story from PBS about Louisiana's reaction to Common Core that really hasn't been explored by our media: people pulling their kids out of school to teach them at home. There's also a link to LPB's evaluation of the curriculum's implementation in Louisiana.

• BEAM: JINDAL TOOK THE GAMBLE

  JUN 10 Big Oil couldn't take the chance, so Bobby Jindal did, columnist Jim Beam writes in this post. The lawsuit seeking to hold the energy companies responsible for the damage their canals have done to our coast might not have prevailed in court, but that was too big of a risk, he opines.

• MANN: WHY RESIST THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID?

  JUN 10 Blogger Robert Mann thinks he understands now why the Governor and his allies have decided they won't accept an expansion of Medicaid in Louisiana. Leaving 240,000 citizens without any health care coverage is proof that he's done what is required for the reward of a White House-shaped carrot, Mann opines.