La. La. Land - Vitter 'pandering' to polluters

Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!

Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!

• VITTER "PANDERING" TO POLLUTERS

  SEP 4 This post on The Lens calls Sen. David Vitter on his recent attack on proposed EPA regulations aimed at improving air quality. Apparently, Louisiana's air 'quality' is just fine for the senator, John Walke writes, but it's really not good enough for the rest of us.

• "JINDAL'S NAKED CYNICISM"

  SEP 4 Gambit's Clancy DuBos is writing about Bobby Jindal's Common Core lawsuit in this post. Hey, if Bobby's just trying to get on TV, then the suit already is a success, DuBos notes. But does he have to do it on our dime? He's hired buddy Jimmy "Can't Win a Suit at Men's Wearhouse" Faircloth to work the case and taxpayers are paying him $225 an hour, DuBos says.

• THE ATLANTIC'S ANALYSIS OF THE GAY MARRIAGE RULING

  SEP 4 Here's an interesting piece from The Atlantic that looks beyond the surface on the Wednesday ruling that gave Louisiana the dubious honor of halting the gay marriage streak in the courts. It goes beyond reporting what the ruling says, and lets us know what it means.

• DOE'S CREEPY LEAP MATH

  SEP 4 Blogger Mike Deshotels breaks down the math on LEAP scores in this post. Although the cut-off scores for passing the standardized tests hasn't changed since the Common Core curriculum was implemented, the state Department of Education's tests have done mathematical gymnastics that lead to some misleading results, he says.

• EMERIL TO STAR IN REALITY SHOW WITH TY PENNINGTON

  SEP 4 Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse is starring in a new reality competition show on TNT, this post on NOLA Defender tells us. The show, which he headlines with celebrity carpenter Ty Pennington, will feature amateur cooks hoping to have their dish appear on a restaurant menu.

• MANN: SOME EAGER TO DANCE TO WAR DRUMS

  SEP 4 Blogger Robert Mann is writing about the continuing chorus from the right, urging us right back into a war in the Middle East. Bobby Jindal hopped on that bandwagon recently, but he's not the only one, Mann writes.

• PROSECUTOR WILL CONTINUE ROGERS INVESTIGATION

  SEP 4 The Iberville Parish District Attorney says the death of a TV personality doesn't end the investigation into his alleged involvement with children, the Advocate reports. Before he was shot by his (alleged) former sex abuse victim, he had adopted one child and was in the process of adopting another. The DA wants to know how a guy accused of child molestation in England was able to "get his hands on" children. (The feds already are investigating Scott Rogers.)

• ASWELL DISSECTING PAC CONTRIBUTIONS

  SEP 4 Blogger Tom Aswell is picking apart the PAC contributions in the Congressional races; in this post he's looking at the money collected by Congressman John Fleming.