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The WWL Piece On Buddy Caldwell You Simply Won’t Believe
Good Lord, can I sign up with the campaign of Caldwell’s opponent? I’ll work cheap to get this on my resume! For those of you who didn’t see Melissa Landry’s Hayride post from earlier today on Louisiana’s Attorney General and... (Continue reading)
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HAYRIDE INVESTIGATES: The Curious Buddy System Of Louisiana AG Caldwell
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of state attorneys general—one focuses his office on rooting out public corruption and defending the state constitution against threats of intrusion from the federal government. The other sees himself as the Plaintiff Attorney-In-Chief and... (Continue reading)
Dardenne’s 2015 Campaign Is Off And Running
He’s not officially on the books as a candidate to succeed Bobby Jindal as Louisiana’s governor in the 2015 election cycle, but Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne might as well admit it. After all, when you’re actively chasing big-money donors, you’re... (Continue reading)
Sarge: Tools
Dan Pfeiffer believes the entire universe owes Ambassador Susan Rice an apology. Why; because she is, as he is, Obama’s tool and a humble Gunga Din to the administration? Pfeiffer’s dumber than a set of white wingtips in a hog... (Continue reading)
Legislature Fails to Address Predatory Lending, ‘Fast Cash’ Lawsuit Loans
Earlier this month the Louisiana House Commerce Committee rejected a bill that would have protected vulnerable consumers from predatory lawsuit loans. The vote was 11-6 to kill this common sense bill. If you’ve watched late-night television anytime in the last... (Continue reading)
BAYHAM: Celebrating A Century Of ‘The Arch’
Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Archbishop Phillip Hannan, who passed away in September 2011, about twenty months shy of reaching the century mark. Had Archbishop Hannan lived to see today, there would have doubtlessly... (Continue reading)
Y’all Know What An Escherian Stairwell Is?
It’s a stairwell that doesn’t take you anywhere. Except on a trip to “blow-your-mind-ville.” There was a scene with one in Inception; you might have seen it. And now here’s a “real life” one at the Rochester Institute of Technology…... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Yvonne Dorsey’s A Bit Hypocritical, No?
The hypocrisy demonstrated in a statement made by a Louisiana legislator – likely shared by many of her partisan colleagues – illuminates the toxic mindset of the left’s impact on the lives of citizens, but especially on the black community,... (Continue reading)
SADOW: Recent Judicial Race Should Be A Caution On Pay Hike For Judges
This week, the Louisiana Legislature will continue its look at raising judicial salaries again with state Sen. Danny Martiny‘s SB 188. While the debate mostly may turn on cost/benefit calculations such as whether the state can afford more in order... (Continue reading)
BEAM: The Senate Is Too Quick To Criticize The Fiscal Hawks
The Louisiana Senate and others didn’t take long to start trashing the $24.7 billion state budget put together by a rare coalition of House Republicans and Democrats. A historymaking streak of independence by at least one branch of the Legislature... (Continue reading)
VIDEO: The Oreo Separator Machine
Welcome to American ingenuity, 21st Century style y’all. No, not the guy’s moustache. That just grew out natural-like.... (Continue reading)
VIDEO: Mike Kelly Destroys Steven Miller At IRS Hearings
It’s pretty clear from what came out of today’s hearings is that nobody of any intelligence or integrity is in charge of the IRS. And that agency has lost a ton of credibility as a result. When the head of... (Continue reading)
Oscar’s Farks Of The Week, Lying Weasels Edition
I been slackin’ on this job. I know that. But it’s hard to keep yer act together when you’re on the run from the Revenue Man. We’ll start with this… There’s a whole buncha these out there… Moving on…this... (Continue reading)
JUNEAU: The Ides Of May
Three weeks are left in the 2013 regular session of the Legislature, and much water is left to run under the legislative bridge before sine die adjournment on June 6. The biggest issue left to resolve is the state budget,... (Continue reading)
ALEXANDER: The IRS And The Red River Tea Party (UPDATED)
As American citizens, we all, I would respectfully suggest, maintain hope that our own federal government—which itself creates nothing but instead feeds voraciously of off the prosperity created by the sweat equity of millions of Americans—would treat its citizens fairly. And, while... (Continue reading)
Republicans Shouldn’t Solely Focus This IRS Scandal On Obama…
…because it could well be that trying to connect the persecution of conservative activists by IRS agents to the White House is going to be a dead end. This might not ultimately lead to Obama. Not that the White House... (Continue reading)
As Your Host For The LAGOP Food Fight, Some Thoughts…
I’ve posted this in the comments below the posts each side of the argument has made, but it’s worth posting again in a larger format. And it’s this: I have no problem with the Hayride being the forum in which this... (Continue reading)
Reform is Never Easy but it is Necessary
My article detailing the recent effort by LAGOP leaders to make extraordinary changes to the bylaws of the Republican Party of Louisiana has clearly hit a nerve. I’ve received numerous calls from SCC members, donors, activists and elected officials thanking... (Continue reading)
BOUSTANY VIDEO: Stonewalling And Evasion At The IRS
Rep. Charles Boustany has been screaming about the IRS audits and harassment of conservative groups for two years now, and he’s not impressed with the disclosures he’s seen so far out of the revenue agency. And he said so in... (Continue reading)
SARGE: More Wise-Guys Than Wise Men
“A pundit (or talking head) is someone who offers to mass media his or her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the social sciences or sport) on which they are usually knowledgeable (or can at least appear to be knowledgeable). The term has been... (Continue reading)
Quote of the day
Quote Of The Day, May 20, 2013
“Throughout his presidency, Obama has set a very clear tone.“He’s made it clear that people who disagree with him are fevered, illegitimate, weird, creepy, dangerous, stupid, confused, ignorant, or some other adjective you might assign to a revamped version of the Seven Dwarfs. He’s explained that he doesn’t mind ‘cleaning up after’ Republicans but he doesn’t want to hear ‘a lot of talking’ from them. The time for democratic debate is always behind us with an administration that began with the mission not to let a crisis go to waste, for as Obama said in his second inaugural address, ‘Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time.’”
- Jonah Goldberg, on Obama