Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
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AUG 20 Here's a Gambit post that's nothing but an entertaining waste of time. Sarah Baird has taken it upon herself to give us the top five "food raps" by New Orleans rappers. This includes references to ice cream, "little snacks," lima beans and salty pancakes.
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SINCE WE'RE ALL HEARING ABOUT IT...
AUG 20 This post on the Texas Observer is a good one to read if you haven't bothered to pay much attention to the Rick Perry indictment. The pundits have collectively dismissed it as partisan politics - but the special prosecutor is a Bush man, and the judge is GOP. (They didn't mention THAT, did they?) It's a pretty good round up of what we do know, and more importantly, what we don't.
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DREHER ON VITTER, THE TEA PARTY, AND SATIRE
AUG 20 In this post, blogger Rod Dreher takes a look at the Tea Party's horror at David Vitter's reluctance to say he hates the Common Core with every fiber of his being. He also includes some commentary on the Tea Party's inability to tell news from satire. Hey, maybe that's why Facebook as to add those LABELS. Mystery solved!
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DANG THOSE REPORTERS AND THEIR ARCHIVES
AUG 20 This story in the New York Times updates the rest of the nation on the Common Core issue here in Louisiana, proclaiming that it is "dividing" the state. Unfortunately for Gov. Bobby Jindal, it is only a few sentences in before the author mentions that Jindal "ardently" supported Common Core when Louisiana joined the movement a few years ago, and the implication is that he's agin it now because he wants to be president and thinks that will help.
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AUG 20 Turns out $100 isn't worth $100 here in Louisiana, it's worth more, this post on NOLA Defender tells us. It's another one of those factoid maps, and this time it is comparing what $100 will buy in each of the 50 states. Louisiana came out at more than $109.
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CB: INSURANCE FEE VIOLATES CONSTITUTION
AUG 20 The bill passed last session to tack $75 onto the fee residents pay when they have to reinstate their insurance isn't constitutional, blogger CB Forgotston says in this post. The state constitution forbids new taxes during sessions held in even-numbered years, he points out, so nobody should collect that fee.
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ASWELL AIRING SOME DIRTY LAUNDRY
AUG 20 Blogger Tom Aswell is giving us another one of his lists in this post, going through the closets of the legislators who are contributing to Bill Cassidy. Why? Because he feels Hayride, a blog that's "slightly to the right of Attila the Hun," keeps doing the same for those who contribute to Edwin Edwards' campaign, and he wants to spread the joy.
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LOUISIANA SECOND IN CHILD GUN DEATHS
AUG 20 Louisiana is second only to Alaska in the rate of our children killed by guns, this post on The Lens tells us. The story runs down the grim details and statistics regarding the gun-related deaths of children in America.