Posts Tagged ‘louisiana’

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

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, [...]

Death of the Republican Party?

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 [...]

Louisiana elects a young Republican governor?

October 23rd, 2007 | No 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 [...]

Jesse Jackson wants Obama to be blacker

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 [...]

William Jefferson wins

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 [...]

33 Katrina Victims still unidentified

October 12th, 2006 | No 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 [...]