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APR 3 Blogger Robert Mann responds in this post to the column Rolfe McCollister, publisher of the Baton Rouge Business Report and a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors, wrote about him. Seems Rolfe was put out by Bob's terrible habit of practicing political journalism while teaching political journalism at LSU.
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CANDIDATES SHORT ON SPECIFICS - NO KIDDING
APR 3 Columnist Jim Beam is analyzing the platforms (so far) of four guys running for Governor. It's not taking him too long, he says, because they all say they'll call a special session as soon as they get in to start the process of rebuilding what Bobby Jindal has destroyed, buy none of them seem to be able to say what they'll propose there.
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IT'S ALWAYS 1939 IN PONTCHATOULA
APR 3 The Mighty Favog holds forth on that Strawberry Festival poster in this post. If a couple of things were done differently, the poster might not have been so "stereotypical," he suggests. But there is one bright spot, he adds: At least Pontchatoula doesn't have a watermelon festival.
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WELL, MAYBE OUR MOODS NEED ALTERING
APR 3 Gallup, in its continuing quest to count everything everywhere, posts this poll about the use of mood-altering drugs in each state. West Virginia came in first (well, who wouldn't want to get stoned if they lived in West Virginia?) but Louisiana comes in fifth. Wow.
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APR 3 Well, this isn't going to look good on Fox News -- if you ever see it there. The Advocate politics blog reports here that Bobby Jindal accepted (HORRORS) some Obamacare money. Wuuut?
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WELL, WE KNOW WHO WILL WIN THIS ONE
APR 3 Here's the audio and text of a discussion between Bayou Buzz's Stephen Sabludowsky and Bernie Pinsonat, pollster extraordinaire. In it, Bernie opines that Bobby could save Louisiana from the financial disaster we're plummeting toward, but it would have a detrimental effect on his presidential aspirations. So -- what are the odds he'll pick Louisiana? He's never picked us before.
Friday's Blogs from the Bog!
Bob Mann offers his response to Rolfe McCollister's school-yard bullying; Mighty Favog writes about "that" festival poster; and Bobby Jindal dirtied his hands on - horrors! - Obamacare money!