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FUTURE GROUP TELLS BOBBY TO GET A NEW NAME
APR 8 So one of Bobby Jindal's new organizations got a cease and desist letter this week from another group with a similar name, CNN reports here. Seems they're both using "American Future" in the name of their groups, and the first group says Bobby's group is Bogarting their name. Bobby's group says they're not changing anything. (Well, at least that much is true.)
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CB GETS INTO ANOTHER TWITTER WAR!
APR 8 Blogger CB Forgotston is tangling with somebody else on Twitter, and he's recounting the experience in this post on his blog. This time, he's talking about crossing tweets with some legislator/preacher from Arkansas.
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WHAT'S NEXT FOR LEGALIZED DISCRIMINATION
APR 9 Here's an interesting analysis by the Washington Post about Bobby Jindal's presidential aspirations and how they will impact what happens next with Louisiana's own "legal to hate gay people" legislation. Look for Bobby to use this as an opportunity to come riding in to support the legislation so he can use it to build cred with the national "we gotta hate somebody and we picked the gays" group, the Post opines.
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APR 8 Just when you thought that Durst story couldn't get any creepier, you see this. The accused murder/millionaire has been known to dress in drag on occasion, and this is an interview with his drag mother on the Inquisitr. She tells a pretty weird story, but that's nothing new where Durst is concerned.
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WELL, THERE GOES THAT ARGUMENT
APR 8 More people in Louisiana are killed by guns than by cars, this story in the Advocate reports. The report breaks down data collected by the Centers for Disease Control. Louisiana has one of the highest rates in the nation, with only Alaska posting more deaths by gun per 100K citizens than us.
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BROWN ON LOUISIANA'S ROLE IN THE CIVIL WAR
APR 8 This week's post from Jim Brown is all about Louisiana's sons and their roles in the Civil War. Even Grant, Sherman and Davis have ties to our fair state, he writes.
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
A "Future" group wants Bobby Jindal to quit Bogarting their name. Also today in La La Land, CB's tangling with somebody on the Twitter again and Durst's story gets even creepier.