Monday's Blogs from the Bog!

- OH, WHITE PEOPLE.
  
  JAN 19 This is a fascinating post on Salon about racism. Louisiana gets its own special mention in that it's a picture of our Steve Scalise at the top of it, but really it is a great read for anyone. It is not what you think -- the focus is on how we express racism, and how white people might be more racist than we realize. And, there's a link to a Harvard test you can take, and maybe learn something about yourself.
- MANN: BOBBY FINALLY TELLS THE TRUTH
  
  JAN 19 Blogger Robert Mann tells us of a genuine miracle -- the day Bobby Jindal actually spoke honestly about something. Apparently, this miracle occurred in a closed-door meeting with GOP big shots. All joking and sarcasm aside, what our Governor says here is pretty chilling - especially from the governor of a state as poor as ours.
- TROUBLE IN (RED) RIVER CITY
  
  JAN 19 Blogger Steve Gunn takes a look at what is going on in the Caddo Parish school system in this post. The administration is announcing pretty deep cuts, to include teacher layoffs, while at the same time several administrators are pulling down big salaries, he says. Sure, those top guys are working for the system, he says, but can they be more important than teachers in the classroom?
- SAVING OUR HIGHER EDUCATION - CAN WE SURVIVE BOBBY?
  
  JAN 19 Blogger Dayne Sherman posts this indictment of Bobby Jindal's cuts to higher education in Louisiana. We're going to have to work hard to survive the last year of his time in the governor's mansion, Sherman writes. It's going to be tough, because Bobby's working for people who want higher ed to go away - he's not working for us.
- AP JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE LENS' EVICTION
  
  JAN 19 Here's an AP story about the eviction on The Lens from its digs at Loyola University. As reported here, this has nothing to do with the paper's stories that cast some Loyola officials in a less-than-flattering light. According to Loyola officials. Oh, ok. Cool deal. (Too bad the emails quoted here tell a different story!)
- THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR RELYING ON FOX
  
  JAN 19 Bobby Jindal, gallivanting around Europe trying to create foreign policy chops out of thin air, put his foot in it when he relied on a (cooky) Fox 'News' story about Muslim boogie men, this post on Forward Progressives reports. One has to wonder how he believed this story; even Fox posted a retraction, and since they'd have to post retractions all day long if they apologized for everything they got wrong, this one must've been a real whopper!