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FEB 10 Bobby Jindal can't get any traction in any Presidential polls -- and we do mean any -- and he seems to have come up with the strategy of playing the victim because of it. In this post on the WSJ politics blog, Jindal says the Republican National Committee is trying to silence conservative voices with its planned debate schedule. There will only be 12 debates among the hopefuls. "Only."
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WAIT - THOSE BUDGET CUTS COULD HURT FOOTBALL?
FEB 10 Blogger Tom Aswell tells us how the repeated draconian cuts to Louisiana higher ed might hurt something some Louisianians care about a lot more than education -- LSU football. He also gives us what smart money says is the real reason for these cuts -- ALEC wants public universities closed or sold to the highest bidder.
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TERM LIMITS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON US ALL
FEB 10 Columnist Clancy DuBos writes in this post about how term limits will impact the next governor. When Jindal first took office, the majority of the legislature was new as well, DuBos remembers. What will the landscape be when we're finally released from ambition purgatory the next governor comes in?
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FEB 10 So, blogger CB Forgotston has waded into protraitgate, and the debate over white Bobby Jindal/brown Bobby Jindal. It's really a visual comment he's making, so we won't spoil it -- just go look.
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A CONSTITUTIONAL LESSON FROM IAN
FEB 10 Blogger Ian McGibboney breaks down the issue of "rights," in light of the recent explosion of people doing stupid stuff because they say it is their right to do so. McGibboney makes an excellent point: when your exercise of your alleged rights infringes on the rights of others - we all got a problem.
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FEB 10 Columnist James Gill writes in this post about the (alleged) misdeeds of Walter Reed, the former District Attorney over in St. Tammany and Washington parishes. Reed still is under investigation, but a recent civil suit settlement has revealed the details of one particular case involving his investigators (and former NOLA police officers) which illustrates an office that was out of control.
Tuesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Bobby's polling 10th in a 12-man race, and trying to turn that frown upside down - but man, sometimes you just lose. Also today, CB's got his own (hilarious) take on portraitgate, and Aswell has some news that might make some people actually care about the horrible cuts to universities.