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April, 2010

2010 Elections, April 30 Edition

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Public Deception On Display In Early-Release Vote

Think we had ethic reform on Louisiana? New day of transparency? Sorry, but public deception is still happening in Baton Rouge. In an e-mail update to the members of Legislative Action Watch (LAW) on Thursday, I said the following: Subject:... (Continue reading)

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Stanford Victims Deliver Blistering Letter To Melancon

Today a group of investors defrauded by the Stanford Financial Group Ponzi scheme, which cost some 1,500 Louisianians $3 billion in losses, sent a letter to U.S. Rep Charlie Melancon excoriating him for statements he made in an interview with... (Continue reading)

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Is There A VAT In Our Future?

As the national debt swells to unsustainable levels and federal spending continues unchecked, the folks who gave us our huge financial problems are casting about for a “solution.” One candidate likely to be proposed by the “spend more but don’t... (Continue reading)

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Quote Of The Day (Two For The Price Of One)

“You have been an incredibly successful governor, and I know your style of common-sense conservatism will serve the people of Florida well in the Senate and is exactly what the national Republican Party needs.” - Sen. Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC) on... (Continue reading)

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Jindal Sends Request Letters For National Guard Callup On Oil Spill

from a release by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office. Seems like something of a contrast from the last time an emergency situation sprang up out of the Gulf and threatened Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi… BATON ROUGE – Today,... (Continue reading)

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Jindal Presser: Seeks Fishermen In Oil Cleanup Efforts, To Open Diversion Canals

from a press release by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office: Governor Bobby Jindal held a press conference today to offer updates on the oil spill in the Gulf and continued to push BP and the U.S. Coast Guard to bring every... (Continue reading)

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Gulf Oil Spill Links

We’re working on a few angles to this story our readers probably haven’t seen, but we have every reason to stand by our story yesterday comparing the Gulf oil spill to Hurricane Katrina as a disastrous chance event made infinitely... (Continue reading)

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Energy Alternatives and Dichotomies

The current edition of Energy Tech, an independent publisher for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Power Division, features an article discussing a “hybrid” electrical generating facility consisting of both nuclear and coal gasification technologies to generate electricity, resulting in lower... (Continue reading)

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More On The Arizona Immigration Thing

First, a little music to set the tone:... (Continue reading)

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