Posts Tagged ‘louisiana’
February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package. I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way. As such, I was interested in the numbers. However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at. In essence, [...]
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Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
December 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments
The death of the Republican Party might be a little premature. Anh “Joseph” Cao defeated William Jefferson in New Orleans. This particular district has an 11% Republican registration. If Obama was a factor at all in the general, it was his lack of an endorsement that killed any enthusiasm Jefferson might have been able to [...]
Tags: anh cao, barack obama, cao, change, congress, culture of corruption, john fleming, joseph cao, louisiana, new-orleans, paul carmouche, republican party, william jefferson
Posted in 2008 Congressional Races, Ethics | 2 Comments »
I have written a lot on Louisiana’s propensity to condone corruption in their government. From governor to mayors to congressmen, it just seemed to be an accepted part of doing business. No matter how bad things got, they just kept sending the same people back. William Jefferson’s still there, Ray Nagin’s still there, Blanco decided [...]
Tags: bobby-jindal, ernie-fletcher, greg-stumbo, kathleen-blanco, louisiana, ray-nagin, US Regional Politics, william jefferson
Posted in US Regional Politics | No Comments »
September 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments
Jesse Jackson blasted Barack Obama because Obama hasn’t brought attention to a racial incident in Jena, Louisiana. Jesse’s claim is that Barack is “acting white” by not making it the centerpiece of his campaign right now. This is so typical Jesse Jackson it’s sickening to me. Racial tensions reached a loggerhead in the 60′s, when [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Race, barack, jena, jesse-jackson, louisiana, obama, Racism
Posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Racism | 2 Comments »
December 10th, 2006 | 2 Comments
This is pathetic. New Orleans re-elected William Jefferson yesterday. From most accounts I have read, the issue came down to this: She wasn’t black enough. New Orleans used to be one of my favoritest places in the world. I have several very fond memories of Bourbon Street. However, even with trying to still love the [...]
Tags: karen-carter, louisiana, new-orleans, US Regional Politics, william jefferson
Posted in US Regional Politics | 2 Comments »
The bodies of 65 Hurricane Katrina victims, of which just half have been identified, remain unclaimed more than a year after the storm, the Orleans Parish coroner said Thursday. In all, more than 1,300 bodies were collected in Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the region last year. Of those, 33 remain unidentified as [...]
Tags: Katrina, louisiana
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