WILL DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR WIN RE-ELECTION IN THIS DEEPLY CONSERVATIVE STATE? by JeffCrouere, ©2019 (Aug. 17, 2019) — In 2016, President Donald Trump carried Louisiana with 58% of the vote. Every Louisiana statewide elected official, except one, is a Republican. The Louisiana Legislature has a strong Republican majority and the state’s six-member congressional delegation has only […]
MAKES SECOND TRIP TO STORM-RAVAGED AREAS ON SATURDAY by Jeff Crouere, ©2017 (Sep. 1, 2017) — On August 29, 2005, monster Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi. In the catastrophe that resulted, over 80% of New Orleans was flooded and 1,836 people in Louisiana and Mississippi died. The storm caused over $150 billion in […]
“ACTING PRESIDENTIAL” by Jeff Crouere, ©2016 (Aug. 19, 2016) — The Great Flood of 2016 has devastated 40,000 homes across the state of Louisiana. Sadly, 13 people have lost their lives in this historic storm, which produced up to 31 inches of rainfall in some areas over the course of four days. This is more rainfall […]
WHAT DO “CONSERVATIVES” STAND FOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2016) — On Sunday morning, Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) organizer Matt Schlapp tweeted that “someone from Texas got a big cpac bounce” in an obvious reference to presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s win of the Kansas and Maine caucuses on Saturday. Donald Trump won the […]
CRUZ WINS MAINE AND KANSAS CAUCUSES; TRUMP WINS LOUISIANA PRIMARY AND KENTUCKY CAUCUS by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2016) — In a speech given on Saturday night in Florida following the day’s Republican caucuses in four states, presidential candidate Donald Trump thanked Kentucky and Louisiana for his victories there and congratulated his closest primary contender, […]
ARE THEY IN THEIR OWN WORLD? by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2015) — Following a request for an external audit of Tennessee’s prison system by Department of Corrections Commissioner Derrick Schofield, the American Correctional Assocation (ACA) reportedly found that while a new system to figure overtime pay for corrections officers was troublesome and assaults could […]
NO DEFENSE OR SELF-DEFENSE? by New York State Grassroots Groups (Jun. 19, 2015) — Opening Note: Louisiana has learned a lesson. Instead of stripping people of self-defense, they now realize enabling the people for self-defense is the best way to fight crime, save lives and make the community safer. The New York SAFE Act – […]
WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PRESIDENT by Jeff Crouere, ©2014, blogging at Ringside Politics (Dec. 8, 2014) — On the eve of her election defeat, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) appeared as a guest on my radio program, Ringside Politics, on WGSO 990 AM in New Orleans. Over the past 16 years as host […]
2014 ELECTION ANTICIPATION by Jeff Crouere, “Politics with a Punch” Host, ©2014 (Oct. 22, 2014) — Join us THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 for our Louisiana version of “Politically Incorrect.” It is a fast-paced, free-wheeling, no-holds-barred discussion of what is happening in our city, state and nation. We place a premium on having a good time and […]
“LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER” by Jeff Crouere, ©2012, blogging at Ringside Politics (Aug. 31, 2012) — On the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the people of Louisiana were struck again by Hurricane Isaac. This storm was not as powerful or deadly as Katrina, but it was a monster nonetheless. It might have been the […]
IMPEACHMENT OR QUO WARRANTO? by Devvy Kidd, ©2011, blogging at www.devvy.com (May 17, 2011) — My column Wednesday May 11 has brought a ton of email with questions about a legal process known as Quo Warranto. I must repeat that I am not an attorney nor have I had any legal training. However, I can […]
BUT WILL THE JUDGE HAVE THE COURAGE TO ADDRESS IT? by Sharon Rondeau (May 12, 2011) — A document which has become part of a lawsuit filed by offshore oil-drilling companies states unequivocally that the image released by the White House on April 27, 2011 purported to be a certified copy of Obama’s Hawaiian birth […]
FUNDRAISING LETTER FROM THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR’S ASSOCIATION SEEKS DONATIONS TO FIGHT “BIRTHER BILLS” from the Terry Lakin Action Fund (Apr. 24, 2011) — It’s a new low. No matter how many times it’s disproven, Republicans still embrace the dangerous conspiracy theory that President Obama wasn’t born in this country and is not eligible to hold […]
IS THERE ANY OTHER EXPLANATION? by Sher Zieve, ©2010 (Jun. 28, 2010) — Although Barack Hussein Obama may not have pulled the trigger on the BP Gulf oil rig explosion, his abrogation of sand berms and virtually all other means to minimize the damage from the toxins and protect this US coastal region places him […]