Comments for The Hayride http://thehayride.com News And Commentary On Louisiana And National Politics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on A Rambling Post About Babbling Gay Democrats, The Alamo, New Bands You Probably Never Heard Of…And How Badass Dr. John Is by Clint Eastwood Ain’t Unforgiven, But This Was The Best Super Bowl Ad http://thehayride.com/2012/01/a-rambling-post-about-babbling-gay-democrats-the-alamo-new-bands-you-probably-never-heard-of-and-how-badass-dr-john-is/comment-page-1/#comment-22769 Clint Eastwood Ain’t Unforgiven, But This Was The Best Super Bowl Ad Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:50 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=31543#comment-22769 [...] trade of carpentry if nothin’ else). And I still like him even though that Chrysler ad was bunkum and bosh. There was some good stuff in there, but generally speakin’ it’s kinda ridiculous for [...] [...] trade of carpentry if nothin’ else). And I still like him even though that Chrysler ad was bunkum and bosh. There was some good stuff in there, but generally speakin’ it’s kinda ridiculous for [...]

]]> Comment on The Hidden Victims Of Obama’s Offshore Drilling Permit Slowdown by Jjmnav http://thehayride.com/2012/01/the-hidden-victims-of-obamas-offshore-drilling-permit-slowdown/comment-page-1/#comment-22767 Jjmnav Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:58:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32347#comment-22767  We, or at least half of us, realize who the Destroyer is. But with reference to the Times article, I'm still trying to figure out where the 85% of acreage is that the POSER wants to open for petroleum development. Certainly not East Coast, West Coast, Alaska or Eastern GOM. Is it the properties no one wanted to bid on before? Brazil? Cuba? China? Where? SHOW ME..............  We, or at least half of us, realize who the Destroyer is. But with reference to the Times article, I’m still trying to figure out where the 85% of acreage is that the POSER wants to open for petroleum development. Certainly not East Coast, West Coast, Alaska or Eastern GOM. Is it the properties no one wanted to bid on before? Brazil? Cuba? China? Where? SHOW ME…………..

]]> Comment on Jarvis DeBerry Vouches For The Educational Status Quo by Anonymous http://thehayride.com/2012/02/jarvis-deberry-vouches-for-the-educational-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-22766 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32767#comment-22766 DeBerry is diplaying an almost criminal lack of common sense. No one in Louisiana (besides DeBerry and hard-headed educrats) believes Private schools need to prove they are better. It's simply a rear-guard effort to slow the process. They have lost, and are burning bridges while they retreat. The sheer stupidity of opposing reform for opposition sake proves one thing; this whole arguement is about who will weild power. Jindal and his supporters won't be around in power very long. The educrats (mostly not elected) can't stomach that after Jindal is long gone, the legacy of all this will be empowred parents. As I have said before, it is a reflection of the power struggle in Washington and it's going to get very ugly before it's over. DeBerry is diplaying an almost criminal lack of common sense. No one in Louisiana (besides DeBerry and hard-headed educrats) believes Private schools need to prove they are better. It’s simply a rear-guard effort to slow the process. They have lost, and are burning bridges while they retreat. The sheer stupidity of opposing reform for opposition sake proves one thing; this whole arguement is about who will weild power. Jindal and his supporters won’t be around in power very long. The educrats (mostly not elected) can’t stomach that after Jindal is long gone, the legacy of all this will be empowred parents. As I have said before, it is a reflection of the power struggle in Washington and it’s going to get very ugly before it’s over.

]]> Comment on Joe Alleva’s Story-Shifting Duke Lacrosse Problem by Cetemac http://thehayride.com/2012/02/joe-allevas-story-shifting-duke-lacrosse-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-22765 Cetemac Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32736#comment-22765 For some reason; I don't trust this guy. I've felt this way since he was first hired as AD at LSU. Hope my "gut-feeling" is wrong. For some reason; I don’t trust this guy. I’ve felt this way since he was first hired as AD at LSU.
Hope my “gut-feeling” is wrong.

]]> Comment on Jarvis DeBerry Vouches For The Educational Status Quo by Mike Cazayoux http://thehayride.com/2012/02/jarvis-deberry-vouches-for-the-educational-status-quo/comment-page-1/#comment-22764 Mike Cazayoux Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:11:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32767#comment-22764 I don't think "better arguments" from the defenders of the status quo exist.  It has never really been about who has the better argument.  The status quo lives because politicians are afraid of the all powerful educrats.  Jindal is not afraid.  Game on. I don’t think ”better arguments” from the defenders of the status quo exist.  It has never really been about who has the better argument.  The status quo lives because politicians are afraid of the all powerful educrats.  Jindal is not afraid.  Game on.

]]> Comment on MICHAEL BARONE: Obama’s Insulated From Everybody But The Hard Left, And That’s Why His Policies Are So Divisive And Nonsensical by Anonymous http://thehayride.com/2012/02/michael-barone-obamas-insulated-from-everybody-but-the-hard-left-and-thats-why-his-policies-are-so-divisive-and-nonsensical/comment-page-1/#comment-22763 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:05:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32754#comment-22763 I can't remember the author, but someone recently opined that Obama is nothing more than a hood ornament. Evidently, Ryan Lizza has provided sufficient proof of that - what many of us already suspected - to Michael Barone. I can’t remember the author, but someone recently opined that Obama is nothing more than a hood ornament. Evidently, Ryan Lizza has provided sufficient proof of that – what many of us already suspected – to Michael Barone.

]]> Comment on The Nashville TSA’s Amazingly Idiotic Rand Paul Gaffe by Average Joe http://thehayride.com/2012/01/the-nashville-tsas-amazingly-idiotic-rand-paul-gaffe/comment-page-1/#comment-22762 Average Joe Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:49:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=31887#comment-22762 So Rand Paul is above the law now. Congratulations! That's the first step in becoming a US president, putting yourself above everyone else. So Rand Paul is above the law now. Congratulations! That’s the first step in becoming a US president, putting yourself above everyone else.

]]> Comment on Beck’s Panel Discussion On The Islamic Threat by Anonymous http://thehayride.com/2012/02/becks-panel-discussion-on-the-islamic-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-22761 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:59:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32696#comment-22761  FYI, the cat cracker explosion at Norco in the late 1980's proved one thing, hardened controls systematically worked extremely well and exactly as designed.  FYI, the cat cracker explosion at Norco in the late 1980′s proved one thing, hardened controls systematically worked extremely well and exactly as designed.

]]> Comment on Beck’s Panel Discussion On The Islamic Threat by Anonymous http://thehayride.com/2012/02/becks-panel-discussion-on-the-islamic-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-22760 Anonymous Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:56:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32696#comment-22760  OK, I read the declassified docs two years ago, and got only part of the name correct. Fact is that for safety reasons due to mishaps, all the manufacturing particularly those with potential for explosion, controls are hardened.  Back during the time of  1962 controls were manual or pneumatic.  The telephone system was due microwave transmission being out.  OK, I read the declassified docs two years ago, and got only part of the name correct.

Fact is that for safety reasons due to mishaps, all the manufacturing particularly those with potential for explosion, controls are hardened.  Back during the time of  1962 controls were manual or pneumatic.  The telephone system was due microwave transmission being out.

]]> Comment on Beck’s Panel Discussion On The Islamic Threat by TerrorTrends http://thehayride.com/2012/02/becks-panel-discussion-on-the-islamic-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-22759 TerrorTrends Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:14:00 +0000 http://thehayride.com/?p=32696#comment-22759 This is not entirely accurate. First of all, it wasn't Operation Starfish. It was Operation Starfish Prime. This was a high altitude atmospheric nuclear test in July 1962. The US infrastructure is quite different today than it was a half century ago. And no, it is not more hardened against the effects of EMP. Secondly, even back then, the explosion, 900 miles from Hawaii, knocked out phone service to Kauai, knocked out 300 traffic signals, knocked out 3 satellites immediately and another 4 soon after. It also set off numerous burglar alarms. This is not entirely accurate. First of all, it wasn’t Operation Starfish. It was Operation Starfish Prime. This was a high altitude atmospheric nuclear test in July 1962. The US infrastructure is quite different today than it was a half century ago. And no, it is not more hardened against the effects of EMP. Secondly, even back then, the explosion, 900 miles from Hawaii, knocked out phone service to Kauai, knocked out 300 traffic signals, knocked out 3 satellites immediately and another 4 soon after. It also set off numerous burglar alarms.

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