we saw that...

rep billy montgomery rethinking stelly

www.thedeadpelican.com

HB36 || HB37 || HB38 || HB56

"REPEAL the state sales and use tax exemption provided for in the constitution for food for home consumption and consumer purchases of natural gas, electricity, water, and prescription drugs."

"Section 4.(A) Income Tax. Equal and uniform taxes may be levied on net incomes, and these taxes may be graduated according to the amount of net income."

gop women outraged!

www.thedeadpelican.com

we salute these courageous republican women for standing up for traditional republican party values and for opposing every bit of flotsam and jetsam who switches over to the republican party knowing full well that so many of louisiana's dimwitted and deceived voters like good automatons will pull the lever for anyone with an (R) beside their name.

dont expect any help from louisiana republican party chairman roger villere though. hes useless. in fact we suspect that he is really a RINO.

click the link to read chad's story.

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related posts:

fake republican watch: billy montgomery

fake republican watch: julie quinn

fake republican watch: mike michot

roger villere

fake republican watch: billy montgomery

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billy montgomery switches to the cyber-sex party

this morning chad over at the dp brings us even more news about how current la state representitive billy "coach" montgomery has switched from the democratic party to the republican party. now the reason our louisiana politicians pull such bull and get away with it is because people in this state are basically stupid. switching from democrat to republican doesnt magically make mr. montgomery (or anyone else for that matter) a better person or legislator in fact if he was a good person at all then he would be hanging in there fighting for and changing the democratic party into something that voters can be proud of instead. not ol "coach" though he takes what he sees as the easy way out "coach" will do whatever it takes to make it easier for him to stay in power, to get elected because, a majority of people that live in his district (who have already demonstrated their stupidity for voting for him in the first place) have allowed themselves into being deceived into believing that being a republican automatically makes one a better person.

anyway, enough of our drivel - c b forgotston says it so much better than we ever could in his short piece titled:

A new Legislature; not a new constitution!

forgotston snip:

The problem with our current constitution is not the document itself, but the leges who constantly dodge their responsibility on politically-difficult issues. Instead of addressing the matters by statute, the leges buck the issues to the people in the form of constitutional amendments. That only serves to create the need for more constitutional amendments to correct the errors in the previous amendments.

click here to read more.

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related posts:
fake republican watch series:

sen julie quinn all style no substance

another pro-tax fake republican sen mike michot

dardenne ding-a-ling

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goofy gop chairman weighs in

forgotston is getting it!

www.forgotston.com

I really don’t understand what is the point of electing Republicans to the lege if they are going to do what they are told by the Democrats.
C.B.

another pro-tax fake republican sen mike michot sb245

La. State Senator Michael "Mike" Michot (R) Lafayette

la gop chairman roger villere: assclown

www.thedeadpelican.com

dardenne ding-a-ling

we had already made up our minds a few days ago that we were not voting for this turkey for secretary of state - it was his vote in support of state senator and fellow fake republican julie quinn's sb 564 that we blogged about here that did it for us. dardenne's rather lame excuse for his vote yesterday against an abortion ban adds insult to injury:

Louisiana Political News Service:
Although abortion has been a controversial and divisive issue at the State Capitol in past years, the tone of Wednesday’s debate was calm and professional as the pro-life position has apparently gained great support over the past decade.

Only seven senators voted against the ban: Diana Bajoie, Jay Dardenne, Cleo Fields, Ken Hollis, Lydia Jackson, CD Jones and Ed Murray.

The target of immediate and intense criticism for his vote, Senator Jay Dardenne issued a statement at the end of the day claiming that he had accidentally pushed the wrong button on the voting machine on his desk. Pro-life leaders, who have fought Dardenne on a host of issues, ridiculed Dardenne’s claim, insisting that no veteran senator would make such a monumental mistake on a highly visible bill such as SB 33.

Adding to Dardenne’s credibility gap on the issue is his past support of a bill that allowed taxpayer funds to be used to finance abortions.

Republican leaders plan to meet with Dardenne to ask him to exit the race for Secretary of State and run for another statewide office at a later date so the senator can have time to recover some of the credibility he has lost overnight.

“The problem is simple: No one believes Jay Dardenne is telling the truth…that he pushed the red button instead of the green button by mistake,” one GOP leader insisted.

gov. blanco vetoes RINO mike michot's sb223

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link to one page .pdf

RINO watch: walter boasso

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more quinn family nonsense

yesterday, in "your mail" the town talk published a spam captioned: 'State needs Jindal's leadership.' by james quinn. (btw heres some real "jindal leadership" for you other than this jindal garbage mr. quinn would have us believe) one reason its spam is because at least as of the time of this posting the town talk left out the usual disclaimer that mr. quinn is executive director of the louisiana republican party. its spam because mr. quinn's mother louisiana state senator julie quinn has been outted in our fake republican watch series, its spam because the louisiana republican party chairman -- RINO -- roger villere is not doing his job according to the republican party platform, policy or ideals. its spam because the louisiana republican party is FUBAR and its spam because we shouldnt listen to these people they dont know what the hell they are doing...or do they? :-|

dont get the wrong idea, we've had it with both parties, we dont support a governor blanco reelection either.

instead we will vote third party candidates: the libertarian party, constitution party, INDEPENDENTS!...and you should too. ;-)

rodney alexander + knoe-tv & will moses= full of crap

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when we first clicked over on the dead pelican tonight and saw this headline we thought oh boy we get to do another fake republican watch post similar to the ones we posted here and here. you know fake republicans the ones who always introduce or are voting on anti-republican legislation because republicans are supposed to stand for less government regulation and lower taxes blah, blah, blah.

we thought we were onto something good when we clicked over and read knoe's very deceptive story that is until we actually researched this bill which isnt even a bill its a house concurrent resolution but we are getting ahead of ourselves.

knoe snip:

Alexander's bill would require oil companies to use at least a portion of their earnings to expand refining capacity. It's one of several moves Alexander believes would increase supply and bring down the price of gasoline.

alexander's bill which isnt a bill does nothing of the same. its a worthless house concurrent resolution that merely expresses the "sense of congress" ('sense of congress' what an oxymoron) "...that american oil companies SHOULD (emphasis ours) reinvest their profits into building additional refining capacity..."

now you have to understand rodney alexander. for one thing he is a turncoat a backstabber and a deceiver. he was elected back in 2002 because he was a democrat then he switches parties to republican because mean ol nancy pelosi scared him LOL. what a clown. now alexander is back on the deception train aided by knoe-tv and "reporter" will moses.

which brings us to another thing - all you news hawks that stop by here would it kill you to put the bill numbers in your stories? or do you bother to research anything that you report on? it looks to us like you took some press release you received from alexander's office then didnt bother to check it before rushing out to file a story about it. it took us about two minutes to find this bill which isnt a bill but a concurrent resolution on the house.gov website. we might add that we dont have a staff or a bank of computers or any fact checkers - heck on this table we dont even have a pencil or a pad of paper, so whats your excuse???

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109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. CON. RES. 460

Expressing the sense of Congress that American oil companies should build additional refining capacity on existing refinery campuses.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 28, 2006

Mr. ALEXANDER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of Congress that American oil companies should build additional refining capacity on existing refinery campuses.

Whereas gasoline prices are currently on average over $3 per gallon in the United States;

Whereas there is a known shortage of refinery capacity in the United States and we are unable to process enough supply of gasoline to meet the Nation's demand;

Whereas the United States is forced to import approximately 1,000,000 barrels of crude oil each day;

Whereas crude oil prices are currently at $75 per barrel with no drop in that price in the foreseeable future;

Whereas the profits of American oil companies are reaching record highs;

Whereas a stable, steady oil supply and United States refining capacity is a national security issue; and

Whereas current refinery capacity is stretched to its limits: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that American oil companies should reinvest their profits into building additional refining capacity on existing refinery campuses so that the United States will become independent of foreign refineries and, in effect, help to reduce the current high price of gasoline.

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dump rodney alexander

ater v alexander?

u.s. house patriot act vote

goofy gop chairman weighs in

sen julie quinn all style no substance

la. state senator julie quinn (r) metairie

jeff crouere column linked from rense.com

congrats to louisiana talk radio host jeff crouere on his recent bayou buzz column being linked from the high traffic and hugely popular rense.com. mr. crouere's column is captioned: "Gingrich - GOP Poster Child For Hypocrisy, Adultery." (see link).

while a useful idiot like newt "the hoot" gingrich is an easy target for a political writer we feel that mr. crouere is wasting his talent. mr. crouere should be writing to expose louisiana's own worthless, RINO infested carpetbagger party or as they like to style themselves the louisiana gop.

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the longest days of the year

screen grab from legis house chamber video feed
house speaker joe salter deferring sb14 on representative dorsey's motion.
9:42 am cdt monday 25 june 2007.
moments earlier speaker salter remarked that all senate bills must be finished by 6:00 pm this evening.

4:36 pm cdt sunday 24 june 2007 the house just moved to defer sb14 for today.

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**updated at 4:19 pm cdt sunday 24 june 2007

the louisiana state house of representatives comes into session
sunday 24 june 2007 4:00 pm cdt

screen grab from legis video feed
speaker joe salter gavels the louisiana house of representatives to order
4:13 pm cdt sunday 24 june 2007
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click here for legis.state.la.us live video and/or audio feed

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1:29 pm cdt sunday 24 june 2007

message from JOHN KENNEDY
SB14 will sit on the calendar until the end of the session, so it could come up at any time...
--END--

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only about 100 hours remain in what is one of the worst legislatures in louisiana's history...then its onward to the fall elections...louisiana's jungle primary is on saturday 20 october 2007 and the runoff will be on saturday 17 november 2007.

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new orleans times-picayune sunday 24 june 2007 editorial on sb14:

EDITORIAL: Revenge isn't sweet

House members should reject a bill that would water down the authority of the state treasurer over the State Bond Commission, thereby making it easier for lawmakers to push boondoggles and pet projects.

Senate Bill 14 would create an executive committee of the Bond Commission, consisting of the Senate president, House speaker and state treasurer. That panel would set the agenda for the commission, a power that the treasurer, as chairman, now enjoys. It would also allow a majority of the full commission to put items on the agenda via written requests.

Senate President Donald Hines, sponsor of the bill, has reason to be unhappy with Mr. Kennedy. The treasurer fought efforts to use state bonds to build a syrup mill in Sen. Hines' district -- a mill that would have benefited the senator's son-in-law, who is a sugar cane farmer.

Sen. Hines has insisted that this bill has nothing to do with the syrup mill and is simply a matter of good public policy. But no one should be fooled. This is a political maneuver, and Mr. Kennedy shouldn't be punished for defeating an ill-conceived project. Moreover, his hands shouldn't be tied so that he can't fight the next one.

There was talk of amending this bill to require a unanimous vote of the executive committee -- an effort to prevent the two legislative members of the executive committee from ganging up on the treasurer. But it would be far better to kill this measure than try to make it slightly less deplorable.

If the House doesn't have the good sense to reject it, Gov. Kathleen Blanco should veto it.
link

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louisiana house of representatives convenes at 4:00 pm cdt sunday 24 june 2007 bills to watch are in the house order of the day

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**updated saturday 23 june 2007**

saturday latest on sb14

2:29 pm cdt saturday 23 june 2007

message from JOHN KENNEDY
Its been passed over on the house calendar, meaning the votes weren’t there. But its not over till its over.
--END--

wst... note: the louisiana house of representatives convemes at

4:00 pm sunday 24 june 2007

see: house of representatives order of the day for sunday 24 june 2007

on sunday, sb14 is still subject to house action

6. Senate Bills on Third Reading and Final Passage
Regular
SB14 HINES BONDS - Provides for the chairmanship and an executive committee of the State Bond Commission. (1/14/08)

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2:26 pm cdt friday 22 june 2007

message from JOHN KENNEDY
SB 14 HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TODAY
But it is still technically alive and on the calendar...
…still can be brought up at any time.
--END--

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updated at 2:10 pm without objection representative salter deferred sb 14.

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1:19 pm cdt 22 june 2007

sb14

will central louisiana's delegation stand with treasurer kennedy?

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1. according to the senate vote, senator joe mcpherson did not

click here to view from legis.state.la.us
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www.legis.state.la.us
house in session
floor action prior to sb14 reading

representative shirley bowler explains to rep. jack smith why she opposes an amendment to sb223.
added 3:58 pm cdt 22 june 2007: there is a news report on the town talk online about sb223 a bill by pro-tax and fake republican RINO mike michot see "House agrees to raise minimum car insurance rates"

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more commentary on sb223 at louisiana legislature log see "Floor action, Jun. 22: SB 1, SB 223."

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when in session click here to watch the louisiana state house of representatives
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house.louisiana.gov video on demand: chamber and committees archived video

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1:06 pm cdt friday 22 june 2007

message from JOHN KENNEDY
SB 14, (the Hines Bond Commission bill) may be voted on by the House within the next few hours.
--END--

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**update** senate bill 14 is set for house final passage vote today friday 22 june 2007. please contact your state representative and ask him or her to vote "nay" to sb 14

central louisiana state representatives include:

billy chandler - constituent office 318.992.0887 - telephone
israel curtis - 318.487.5417 - telephone
charlie dewitt - 318.484.2216 - macarthur drive office
rick farrar - 318.484.2210 - telephone

see also legislative alert!!! by treasury sec'y john kennedy
and also central la politics blog: state treasurer asks for your help

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originally posted thursday 21 june 2007 11:44pm cdt

----ORIGINAL POST----

tom konvicka tells us on his weather blog (see link) that tomorrow - friday 22 june 2007 will be a day just like today sunny with low humidity...great.

nearest we can tell, today at 106pm cdt the summer solstice occurred here. for a little while, the days will have just over twelve hours of sunlight. by the first of december the day time will have diminished to a little over ten hours. we used the june and december charts for new orleans at timeanddate.com because we went on to the la department of wildlife & fisheries website to get tomorrows sunrise and sunset times to link to, but we cant see the data for june, may, july and august. its probably there but we arent looking at it right...or something.

this could be embarrassing, but if we're that blind we want to know -- below is the screen grab of the of the sunset-sunset table as it appears to us right now.

click picture to enlarge

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we looked on the news releases page for a random email address to someone that we could ask and found one there in a news release by mr. martin bourgeois "shrimp season to close in portions of zone 2". so we wrote mr. bourgeois and asked him to pass on our question ("sunrise-sunset table page problem?") about how to read the sunrise-sunset table or if four months were indeed missing. so we hope to hear something back. the page is here.

also tomorrow the louisiana house of representatives order of the day says that sb14 is set for its third reading and final passage vote.

senate bill no 14

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this is the syrup mill retribution bill in which state agricultural commissioner bob odom and his gang (led by doc hines and joe salter) promised to "whip your ass" with.

here is sec'y kennedy's side of it.

please contact your representer (heres the list of representatives by parish) and urge him or her to vote "nay" to sb14 final passage. you can also help to get the word out by calling talk radio.

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john kennedy: truth teller

treasury sec'y john kennedy video blogged!

sec'y kennedy takes dotd to task

draft kennedy!

gov. blanco not to run

sb14 treasury sec'y kennedy needs your help!

sec'y john kennedy on lra & the road home

unanswered

cutting the budget kennedy puts pressure on blanco

more on la state treasurer john kennedy

state treasurer 'in shock' by the budget

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president barack obama's 'special olympics' remark brouhaha much ado about nothing

on saturday 30 march 2008, then democratic presidential nominee candidate, barack obama, along with senator robert casey went bowling during a campaign stop at the pleasant valley recreation center at altoona, pennsylvania.

obama bowled a 37. a perfect score is 300 and to put his score in perspective -- the bowlers who use this message board seem to agree that a respectable average is around 180. so you see his acumen for bowling really sucked.

at the time there was even speculation that this incident could hurt him politically as he might be seen as a sissy. joe scarborough said that "he bowls like my four-and-a-half-year-old daughter." see barack obama's bowling disaster and barack bowl.

on thursday 19 march 2009, president barack obama, made a nationwide television appearance from burbank, california via nbc; the tonight show with jay leno program.

president obama's appearance is some twenty-five minutes in length. as these things go, it was a great appearance as well; he should do these types of unique appearances often. his special olympics remark didnt even occur until around 21:50 -- long after he had discussed such important topics as aig, executive bonuses, the economy (stupid).

mr. leno made a great point about the congress setting a precedent with their "frightening" 90% tax.

this was all that made the news:


we meant to stay up to watch the presidents appearance in its entirety. looks like we fell asleep around 2:21 in. good thing we recorded it.

early friday morning when we looked at drudge we noticed that he was promoting obama's special olympics "wise crack." then soon it was "obama apologizes for calling bad bowling 'like the special olympics.'' we didnt have time or interest to read either story.

a little while later we got to listen to moon griffon for about 15 minutes and he was moonin' and coonin' over it...he said about his daughter maddie, that if she was ever in the olympics, that it would be the special olympics. so his feelings were hurt.

we're still waiting for mr. griffon's apology for all the lies he told in 2007 on behalf of piyush "bobby" jindal only to have us believe now that he was svengalied by (what was perceivable even then to anyone paying attention) the biggest nothing, the biggest liar, fraud, con-artist and freak that has ever been foisted on a willingly ignorant louisiana electorate.

something that mr. griffon could have easily avoided now, if only back then he would have simply questioned piyush and called him out to justify his conservative and republican bona fides in light of his very liberal, unrepublican and anti-american congressional voting record. so moon griffon needs to apologize for either being a liar and a shill who's angry at piyush now for being double-crossed or for being a complete dumbass, before he can legitimately criticize what anyone else, including barack obama, has to say.

the buzz about president obama's remark is all nonsense. what the president really was conveying was "hes [leno] is saying my bowling is like the special olympics or something." the president's hand gesture tells us that. his comment was his verbalization understanding of jay leno's expressions to be in keeping with those expressions familiar to him, being made by some who wish to imply that another is addled instead of clear-headed:

we've all done it. usually as a joke and no one means anything disparaging about the mentally or physically disabled. nearly everyone has someone physically or mentally disabled or both in their family.

at least the special olympics is getting plenty of publicity. they dont mind mining it either. see their statement and the official statement from their chairman, timothy shriver, both seem pretty retarded err special. the president doesnt look any better either. his apology gave that liar jonathan martin with politico.com the opportunity to drag up presumably to energize and enrage "the base" a 2008 quip he made about nancy reagan of which obama was correct in making light of ms. reagan.

america under the reagan presidency was ran by familiar spirits through astrologers and the only people that the spell seemed to work on then as well as now are the fake christians and others still today who proclaim ronald reagan a paragon of republican and conservative virtue when his memory should be tossed into the dust bin of history.