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AUG 27 Blogger CB Forgotston gives us the scoop on the revenue forecasting going on among state officials. As usual, there's a lot of smoke blowing around, because nobody wants to come out and say how bad it really is.
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AUG 27 Here's an interesting analysis of an NPR poll on NOLA residents' perceptions regarding recovery post-Katrina. White people tend to say things are going good and the city's recovering, and black people tend to say it's not. There are big differences in perception between the groups in all types of issues, the story reports. Maybe that's because there are two NOLAs, just like there always have been.
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BROWN: KATRINA WAS A BIG SURPRISE TO HIM
AUG 27 Here's Jim Brown's blog post about the Katrina anniversary. It's interesting, in that he says he had no idea Katrina was headed for New Orleans, and his friends didn't either. Huh?
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REGARDING POLLS: CHECK WITH MARK TWAIN
AUG 27 Bayou Buzz takes a look at the various and sundry polls being tossed about as justification for believing this guy or that guy is winning or losing the governor's race. One poll has a problem that many nowadays do: it surveyed only via landline. Who has a landline anymore? Is that truly a representative sample? In any event, it's a safe bet that Clemmons (or Carroll Wright, depending on your position) was right: Figures lie and liars figure.
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AUG 27 The Politics USA blog calls Bobby Jindal a "religious bully" in this post about his squabble with Planned Parenthood. It even takes the argument to Jindal, quoting the Bible.
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CLOSETED OFFICIAL SHARES HIS STORY
AUG 27 This post on Outsports.com was written by an anonymous man who is a high school football official - and happens to be gay. It's a must-read for anybody who believes that nobody's bashing gay folk anymore.
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
CB wants us to know what the Jindal administration doesn't want us to know: we broke. Also today, Brown on Katrina, and black folks and white folks have different perceptions about New Orleans. (No kidding.)