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FINALLY, A SENSIBLE APPROACH TO SOLVING THE BUDGET CRISIS
MAR 25 The Red Shtick has come up with a great idea for solving our state's budget disaster - Bobby Jindal can rent out the Governor's Mansion on Airbnb. After all, it's empty half the time. Why shouldn't we be getting some ducats out of it? Unfortunately, the satire mag's done the math and he'd have to rent it out at $8 million a night to fill the budget hole we've got but hey - it's worth a shot, right?
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ADVOCATE: BOBBY'S NOT STALLING. REALLY, HE'S NOT.
MAR 25 This story in the Advocate asks some experts (real ones this time) why Bobby keeps putting off his announcement that he's going to run for President. It's an interesting take, and most of these guys agree that the timing is not Bobby's real problem - it's the big ole mess he's made here at home.
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FILM ON STANDARDIZED TEST OBSESSION COMPLETE
MAR 25 Blogger Crazy Crawfish announces here that the film, "Defies Measurement," is complete and available for viewing on Vimeo. The film covers a lot of ground, and is available for download so you can organize a viewing if you want.
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BEAM: SELLING YOUR SOUL TO GROVER
MAR 25 Columnist Jim Beam writes about our buddy Grover Norquist in this piece, and how the tax nazi's hold on Louisiana's elected officials reminds him of the "Sixteen Tons" song. The fact that key decisions about our government should be made by a lobbyist "defies logic" and yet it is happening, Beam says.
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MAR 25 Here's a post on WAFB out of Baton Rouge on a study that looked at states' dependence on federal dollars. Guess who was in the top 10 for dependence on the federal government in terms of funding, jobs and return on taxes paid? How do we get that Obama to stop sending us so much money and so many jobs?? And what does Grovernor Norquist have to say about this?
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MAR 25 The LSU Reveille reports here that a study of college football programs reveals that LSU is the 32nd most disliked program in the country. First - that can't be right. Check again. Second - who's studying this?
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
The Red Shtick has a great idea for closing that big ole budget hole: let's rent out that big empty house! Also today, LSU isn't as despised as you think it is, and a new film about standardized test obsession is out.