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louisiana's rino governor, piyush "bobby" jindal, ever the unashamed, opportunist has used his recent "family vacation" trip to disney world, orlando, florida as a cover-story to attend yet another out-of-state fund raising event.
the official [cover] story put out about piyush's orlando trip was that he and family were on vacation because he "rarely gets to spend a lot of time with his three children."
however, todays [download .pdf] baton rouge morning advocate piece by michelle millhollon, reveals that ol' piyush the deceiver, in reality will sacrifice his family time; throw his kids under the bus, or even use them as an excuse to get away -- when there is some quick campaign cash to be had.
all while refusing to talk to some in the news media.
looking at the invitation you can see that this fund raising event was planned well before he left for orlando, as the rsvp date is 20 february 2009.
another interesting curiosity is that the invitation directs attendees to rsvp to david browning or meredith o’rourke at email addresses associated with the domain browningorourke.com
a whois search of the browningorourke.com domain shows that it is registered through bob parsons shady godaddy.com and it is actually a parked domain on a godaddy.com server located in calgary, canada.
further, the administrative contact for the browningorourke.com domain is listed as one meredith o'rourke of tallahassee, florida, whose given email address is meredith-at-charliecrist.com -- charlie crist is the republican governor of florida who has long been the subject of florida media and blogosphere speculation of secretly being a homosexual or bisexual.
www.video.google.comreporter: "on drugs policy, right after the inauguration there was some raids on california medical marijuana dispenciaries, was that a deliberate decision by you, by the justice department - the prediction of policy going forward, do you expect those sorts of raids to continue..."while we wish that a.g. holder would have went further and said that the obama administration will honor states rights and all state law not just with respect to medical marijuana, we suppose that they have to start somewhere.
attorney general holder: "no..." interrupted by reporter
reporter: "...despite what the president said during the campaign?"
attorney general holder: "well, what the president said during the campaign, you will be surprised to know will be consistent with what we will be doing here in law enforcement. he was my boss during the campaign. he is formally and technically and by law my boss now and so what he said during the campaign will and is now american policy."
click here to download forty-one page .pdf [267 kb]groundbreaking legislation that would tax and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol. The Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education act (AB 390) would create a regulatory structure similar to that used for beer, wine and liquor, permitting taxed sales to adults while barring sales to or possession by those under 21.
"I support this legislation because I feel this issue should be the subject of legislative and public debate," said current San Francisco Sheriff Mike Hennessey. Orange County Superior Court Judge (retired) James P. Gray added, "Assemblymember Ammiano is to be applauded in addressing this critical issue honestly and directly."
"Marijuana already plays a huge role in the California economy. It’s a revenue opportunity we quite simply can’t afford to ignore any longer," said Stephen Gutwillig, California state director for the Drug Policy Alliance. "It’s time to end the charade of marijuana prohibition, regulate the $14 billion market, and redirect law enforcement resources to more important matters. Assemblymember Ammiano has done the state an enormous service by breaking the silence on this commonsense solution."
"It is simply nonsensical that California's largest agricultural industry is completely unregulated and untaxed," said Marijuana Policy Project California policy director Aaron Smith. "With our state in an ongoing fiscal crisis -- and no one believes the new budget is the end of California's financial woes -- it's time to bring this major piece of our economy into the light of day." source
although mr. ford, as usual, writes a thought provoking column for his latest posting to the cenla light blog, it would have been helpful if he instead of vaguely writing "with two new alexandria city council members taking office..." actually named the names of who exactly it is that he is on about.
excerpt:Instead of trying to work together and move this city forward, Mayor Roy and several of the black council members have been at odds with one another about several issues that have led to some verbal exchanges or battles between them during the last few council meetings.
In my opinion, it was not Roy who initiated these verbal exchanges, but rather it was the black council members who incited them.
Again, I’m only speaking of several of the black council members, not all of them. And believe me, I’m not the only one who sees it that way. ~ read more
in the 2008 louisiana regular legislative session, the newspaper.com covered state senator joe mcpherson and his successful effort to have his sb799 -- which made it illegal for any state agency to have a plan -- even an informal plan -- that evaluates police officers based on the number of arrests made or citations issued, enacted into law.
however, if the part in the report about police agencies issuing tickets outside their respective jurisdictions is accurate, it would seem that a more needful law making that scam a felony would be appropriate.
in the 2007 louisiana regular legislative session, state representative billy chandler, offered his hb195 which would have revoked the citizens of pollock, louisiana right to elect their own choice for a police chief and placed it in the hands of the town council.
this would of course made it even easier for the criminal network to operate pollock as a speed trap since the police chief would only answer to the council instead of the citizenry. thankfully, hb195 never became law, it was involuntarily deferred by the house municipal parochial committee.
click here to download thirty-one page .pdf [214 kb]In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States today issued a landmark First Amendment ruling clearing the way for governments to accept permanent monuments of their choosing in public parks.
The decision comes in the case of Pleasant Grove City v. Summum, a critical First Amendment case in which the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) represented the Utah city in a challenge to a display of the Ten Commandments in a city park.
This decision represents a resounding victory for government speech. The decision gives government the right to speak for itself and the ability to communicate on behalf of its citizens. It's a significant decision that clears the way for government to express its views and its history through the selection of monuments - including religious monuments and displays. This decision also puts a bookend on the litigation surrounding the display of the Ten Commandments that's been taking place for years across the country.
The critical question before the Court was, ''Can a city decide which permanent, unattended monuments, if any, to install on city property?'' Without dissent, the Court said ''Yes.'' We're delighted that the Court upheld the important distinction between government speech and private speech.
The ACLJ asked the high court to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit that ordered Pleasant Grove City, UT, to accept and display a monument from a self-described church called Summum because the city displays a Ten Commandments monument donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
In a 9-0 decision announced by Justice Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court concluded: ''In sum, we hold that the City's decision to accept certain privately donated monuments while rejecting respondent's is best viewed as a form of government speech. As a result, the City's decision is not subject to the Free Speech Clause, and the Court of Appeals erred in holding otherwise. We therefore reverse.''
The high court concluded that the government has the right to speak for itself without violating the Constitution. ''The Free Speech Clause restricts government regulation of private speech; it does not regulate government speech ... A government entity has the right to 'speak for itself'.... it is not easy to imagine how government could function if it lacked this freedom ... A government entity may exercise this same freedom to express its views when it receives assistance from private sources for the purpose of delivering a government-controlled message.''
The ACLJ contended that the Tenth Circuit made a serious error confusing government speech with private speech. In its briefs, the ACLJ argues that ''a city's selection of which items to display in a park - like its selection of decorations for government buildings - is government speech, and no private entity can claim a 'Me too!' right of access for its own preferred displays.''
learn more about this rino; freak called piyush "bobby" jindal at c.b. forgotston's blog: www.forgotston.com/index.php?s=jindal&submit=Search
an associated press news article by matthew lee, "clinton urges china to keep buying treasury bonds," recounts sec'y of state hillary clinton's recent visit to red china.
the purpose of sec'y clinton's meeting with the red chinese was to beg them to continue to finance united states debt. sec'y clinton's new policy doesnt seem to jibe with her 27 august 2008, speech to the democratic convention where she appeared to criticize the bush regime's borrowing from the chinese. she stated: "the biggest deficit in our nations history, money borrowed from the chinese to buy oil from the saudis."
of course that was then and this is now. the bible says that the borrower is servant to the lender. you dont even have to be religious to understand this concept. what the american government has done is that they have made us all slaves to the chinese.
its not a matter of if but when (probably when the debt exceeds the value of every tract of land in america together with the buildings and improvements thereon) the united states defaults on its debt -- then the chinese will own america outright.
this is one reason why there really is no such thing as a constitution or bill of rights anymore. they have been replaced with a promissory note and a mortgage.
to paraphrase t.s. eliot, this is how america was conquered -- not with the bang of guns, bombs and a foreign troop occupation but through the whimper of finances and economics.
heres a screen grab from off of kalb.com weekend news bites for saturday 21 february 2009, which shows la-05 congressman rodney alexander all duded up about like a san francisco homosexual at the alexandria, la. zoo's annual king cake party.
you might recall that congressman alexander voted for H.R. 1424 the massive wall street fraud bail-out bill, which, as predicted, has proven to be disastrous.
the very next day after congressman alexander voted for H.R. 1424, fifth congressional rethugs rewarded him for his helping to further loot the treasury and bankrupt the united states by reelecting him with a 90% margin.
Top: Rice, McFaul, Kagan, Slaughter, and Wolin"Spirit of Alexandria"Anyway, I am thrilled to see the two beautiful trolley cars that the City purchased. Of course it causes my nostalgia all over again but I am hoping, in time, it will make the pangs of longing for my hometown subside. Maybe the City will come up with a tour through the Garden District? Thrilling! I am so glad to see some charm rattling down the streets of Alexandria. What would be even better, is...read more
. . . what do you think you would ask Gov. Jindal? ~ link
in what could be considered a bold political move, (but not such a good move for transparency or honesty) city of alexandria, mayor jacques roy, announced at the end of his administrative briefing today, his intent to turn over his $96 million sparc program to clifford moeller and gaeda.
mayor roy also announced that the new name of sparc will be sparc / stimulus measures. this is at least the third name change that it has undergone since it was originally announced.
the silk stocking gang to take over sparc: some gaeda board members: roy o. martin, iii, st. francis cabrini ceo, stephen wright, martin masden and legal counsel greg upton with the notorious gold, weems, bruser, sues and rundell law firm.
back on 23 april 2008 this blog opined: what the alexandria mayor wants to do is set up this "corporation" under La. R.S. 33:9034. we can just imagine how this "corporation's" board of directors would look.
this is exactly what is happening.
so if you dont want to see the same old gang of people like roy o. martin, charlie weems, wayne denley, billy barron, martin johnson, buddy tudor and bridgett brown running the "economic engine" of this "region" and them and their cronies reaping all the benefits from it -- then you need to be against the sparc.
UPDATE: the budweiser clydesdales were in the 2009 alexandria, louisiana mardi gras parade held sunday, 22 february 2009. see the third video in the above playlist or click here for direct link.
Only the finest Clydesdales become part of the Budweiser teams. The physical requirements are strict. The ideal Budweiser Clydesdale should possess the following characteristics:The full-grown Clydesdale should stand 18 hands (about 6 feet/1.2 meter) at the shoulder and weigh between 2,000 [907 kg] and 2,300 [1,043 kg] pounds.
The ideal horse is bay in color, has a blaze of white on its face, a black mane and black tail.
Most important, the Clydesdale will have white feathering on all four legs and feet.
All hitch horses are geldings, characterized by their even temperament and stronger, more natural draft horse appearance.
~ grants farm, st. louis, missouri, clydesdale stables
"what if i told you -- that right now -- someone was choosing if you were gonna live or die? what if i told you that this choice wasnt based on what you could or couldnt do, what you've done in the past or what you would do in the future? and what if i told you, you could do nothing about it?"
The Great Comet and the Death of Kingsexcerpt:
The profound fears of royalty at the appearance of the comet continued well into the present era.
The third century Christian theologian Origen cites the comet as heralding a change in dynasties.
It was a common "belief that the comet of AD 336 had announced the death of the great emperor Constantine." In connection with the assassination of Julius Caesar, it was said, a comet had appeared in the sky.
On learning of a comet Nero was seized with fear, and chroniclers assure us that a comet preceded the death of the Emperor Macrinus in A.D. 218, and of Attila in A.D. 451.
According to Synesius, writing in the fourth century A.D., a comet means great disaster: "And whenever these comets appear, they are an evil portent, which the diviners and soothsayers appease.
They assuredly foretell public disasters, enslavements of nations, desolations of cities, deaths of kings." ~ read more
excerpt:Hobo's
It's a new restaurant in Pineville, on Highway 107 just out of town. I got off work today at a reasonable hour and Milady and I decided to try it on.
Most of Pineville is dry, but Hobo's has sandwiched itself into the one semi-wet ward on this side of the river. They serve beer in frosted mugs and wine by the glass, and that's okay for a sit-down restaurant. Civilized.
I had a fish plate and Milady tried the babyback ribs... ~ read more
State law doesn't provide for recall of Congressman Cao
Louisiana Congressman "Joseph" Cao can rest easy. The LA Recall Law does not apply to Congressmen.
Article X, Section 26 of the Louisiana Constitution authorizes the lege to provide for the recall of only state and local officials except for judges of court of record.
The statutes setting up the LA recall process adheres to the constitutional authority. See LA R.S. 18:1300.1.
End of story.
C.B.
www.thedeadpelican.com
this is a strange interview. it was recorded from the live broadcast of the rachel maddow show, yet former army specialist brandon neely's interview was pre-recorded and edited in places.
mr. neely doesnt seem to reveal anything that shocking or anything that under the circumstances you wouldnt expect to have taken place - despite ms. maddow's attempts to sex it up.
the point of the interview seems to be to promote uc davis and their guantanamo testimonials project.
this could be a zionist trick to get the names of former; current servicemen who might be looking to talk about what happened as well as to allow the z's to get control of the message.
gannett/town talk reporter, david dinsmore, posted what gannett and he must consider his fabulous story about the mpaa "r" rated homosexual lifestyle, propaganda and recruitment film, "tru loved," that was recently screened to area youth in the coughlin-saunders performing arts center. a facility financed to the tune of some $8.2 million with private and public money and owned by the city of alexandria, la.
if adults wish to engage in homosexual activity thats their business; no one has the right to promote (especially using taxpayer funded facilities) an unhealthy lifestyle to area youth. see a systematic review of mental disorder, suicide, and deliberate self harm in lesbian, gay and bisexual people.[download .pdf 611 kb] bmc psychiatry, 2008. which concluded that lesbian, gay and bisexual people: are at higher risk of mental disorder, suicidal ideation, substance misuse, and deliberate self harm than heterosexual people.
in a recent interview with russia today television, gerald celente, with the trends research institute, rhinebeck, ny, foresees a grim future for america.
history shows that the most high god has used the persian people at least once to take down babylon; then he sent his prophet daniel to witness and minister to their king and people.the words of and judgment by god to the babylonian king and his people, apply to today's americans:
who can deny that the united states and its parasite israel are a modern day form of babylon?
americans and american christians (read christians not christian zionists who worship jews and israel and not jesus christ) should leave the modern day persians alone.
click here to download the twenty-six page .pdf [198 kb] Don't underestimate the significance of his remark!
Congressman Kanjorski, a member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee, released some information that everybody else was keeping secret; namely, that a group of people were trying to cause worldwide economic chaos.
However, their attack failed because people in the banking system and the Bush administration stopped it.
Which day was the economic attack?
Kanjorski describes the attack occurring on Thursday at 11 AM in the morning, but which Thursday?
We could interpret his remarks this way: since September 15 was the day he and and other members of Congress were told of the attack, the attack occurred on the previous Thursday, which was September 11.~ read more
UPDATED: numerology and the economic attack on the usa
now heres something you dont see everyday.
early this morning we noticed a couple of cattle egrets around the neighborhood. we're sure that all the cattle are pleased to see the return of their spring and summer time tick and fly removal pals.
growing up we had always heard them referred to as cow birds. once when we were in the navy our ship was doing ops down in the caribbean and one clear day we were on watch up in the pilot house, when one flew in from out of nowhere and lit on the foc'sle.
we did a double take and in astonishment blurted out to no one in particular and mostly to ourselves "look, thats a cow bird, whats a cow bird doing out here?" the old man turned around and replied with a grin "boats...thats a cattle egret." so we learned something new that day.
david bissonette, emergency coordinator, clarence center, new york and steve chealander a national transportation safety board member, conduct the first press conference about the 12 february 2009 crash of continental connection flight 3407 at clarence center, new york.
Continental Connection Flight 3407 Operated by Colgan Air Involved in Accident
MANASSAS, VA, Feb 13, 2009 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Continental Connection flight number 3407, operated by Colgan Air, was involved in an accident at about 10:20 p.m. Eastern time today while the aircraft, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400, was operating between Newark Liberty International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport.
Colgan Air is in the process of collecting information and will schedule a preliminary news briefing to be held in Buffalo. Information concerning the time and location of the briefing will be distributed to the news media as soon as it is available.
Corporate Communications
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SOURCE: Pinnacle Airlines
louisiana's rino governor piyush "bobby" jindal has been chosen to deliver the rethugs response to president barack obama's upcoming joint address to the congress. in this clip some news organization asked him about it and true to form piyush recites his same old tired worn out lines lies.
"cut taxes six times" - this is technically true but its actually a lie because piyush behind the scenes, fought one of those six tax cuts [SB 87] tooth and nail. then when the citizenry found out about the proposed tax cut before the legislature and rallied for it; piyush sensing the political winds swooped in and claimed credit for it and has been ever since.
"reformed ethics laws" - this is another lie piyush likes to continuously recite. the real truth - which is common knowledge in louisiana - is that he totally screwed up the states ethic's laws as well as the ethics board.
"adding jobs" - this is a newer lie in the piyush repertoire. c.b. forgotston shows that the only jobs that piyush has added has been state worker jobs.
what we would like to know is when are you main stream media news hawks going to call this twerp out on all this? just say "hey piyush, why do you recite the same nonsense over and over?" c'mon we dare ya, it'd be great...oh wait, thats right - you tumble-turds were part of the piyush scam from the beginning.
on tuesday 10 february 2009, around 500 miles [805 km] above siberia, a satellite owned by american satellite phone company, iridium satellite llc [press release on crash .pdf], collided with a non-functional russian military satellite.
each satellite weighed more than a thousand pounds [454 kg] and was traveling at 20,000 mph [32,186 kph] which is 6 miles [10 km] a second.
charles vick with globalsecurity.org says that the collision "would have created thousands of pieces of debris, that would have scattered in many different directions."
the debris poses an "elevated risk" to the international space station which carries two americans and a russian.
according to a u.s. military official who cnn didnt identify: "a piece of debris the size of a paint chip could significantly damage a space shuttle because of the speeds involved."
