we saw that...

2nd drilling rig overturns in louisiana

deepwater horizon $350 million state of the art oil rig special report on oil rig disaster - photos

via: rense.com

Deepwater Horizon $350 Million State Of The Art Rig Special Report On Oil Rig Disaster - Photos

SB 1070: pima county arizona sheriff clarence dupnik refuses to enforce new illegal immigration law

excerpt:

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Pima County's top lawman says he has no intention of enforcing Arizona's controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik calls SB 1070 "racist," "disgusting," and "unnecessary."

Speaking Tuesday morning with KGUN9's Steve Nunez, Dupnik made it clear that while he will not comply with the provisions of the new law, nor will he let illegal immigrants go free. "We're going to keep doing what we've been doing all along," Dupnik said. "We're going to stop and detain these people for the Border Patrol."

The sheriff acknowledged that this course of action could get him hauled into court. SB 1070 allows citizens to sue any law enforcement official who doesn't comply with the law. But Dupnik told Nunez that SB 1070 would force his deputies to adopt racial profiling as an enforcement tactic, which Dupnik says could also get him sued. "So we're kind of in a damned if we do, damned if we don't situation. It's just a stupid law." ~ read more

new candidate for alexandria, la. mayor to announce

via email:

guess who hopes to replace alexandria, la. mayor jacques roy? ... the answer is here via here

live blogging today's alexandria city council meeting

Using new technology, The Light and EverythingCenla will blog live from the Alexandria City Council's budget hearing today at 1 p.m.

Go to www.everythingcenla.com, look to the left for "CoveritLive."

eskendereya scratched from 136th run for the roses

eskendereya
winner of the fountain of youth stakes
gulfstream park, florida
20 february 2010
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another louisiana bull rider down ... but not out

some scenes from the louisiana high school rodeo association event held at the sug arena, acadiana fairgrounds, new iberia, louisiana, friday 23 april 2010:

the color of the uploaded videos seems darker than in the the original file.


link to video watch/download page

in case there are any shysters lurking around the arenas always post this warning.
La. R.S. 9:2795.1

anti-constitution creep senator lindsey graham is gay

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new orleans saints 2010 schedule

New Orleans Saints 2010 Schedule

senator david vitter to hold town hall meeting at alexandria, la. 29 april 2010

click picture to enlargemap to 915 third street, alexandria, la.

the columbine massacre: eric hufschmid interview of donna taylor

The Columbine Massacre

From Donna Taylor's perspective
The mother of Mark Taylor

churchill downs preps for 136th run for the roses

www.kentuckyderby.com

interesting radar snap of the eyjafjallajokull iceland volcano crater

Face of the volcano: A radar image shows the crater of Eyjafjallajokull in southeast Iceland which has caused the cloud of volcanic ash to spread over Europe ~ daily mail

cleco rings nyse closing bell

UPDATE

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updated with sound

cleco 75th anniversary
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cleco: cnl

UPDATE
the dow settled lower than it opened today. thats not a bad sign on cleco though because the day will be far more remembered as the day the sec filed a civil fraud complaint against goldman sachs and that news drove the market down plus the volcano overseas...

Revelation 9

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

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click picture for hi-resCredits: European Space Agency

production halted on seagal "lawman" series

www.thedeadpelican.com
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sullivan versus usa transcript

Sullivan V USA via: what really happened

This is a transcript from a court case, Sullivan Versus United States, in which Judge James C. Fox openly admits in the court record (page 23 of this PDF) that the 16th Amendment on which the personal income tax is based was never actually ratified.

He then goes on to admit that the government and courts will treat it as if it were ratified, simply because they have gotten away with it for so long! ~ mike rivero

state supremes nail marksville, la. attorney john t bennett harshly

wow! this seems a bit excessive even by wst... standards:

In Re John T. Bennett 09 April 2010

r.i.p. dixie carter

like a lot of people back in the day we didnt mind sitting through a "designing women" episode from time-to-time. if memory serves it aired on monday nights from cbs right after "newhart." newhart is another show that we always found entertaining.

somewhere along the way "murphy brown" was added to the cbs lineup that night and since it co-starred pineville, la., native faith ford we always tried to watch when we could.

our favorite dw character was julia sugarbaker played by ms. carter. our second favorite character was anthony bouvier played by meshach taylor. bouvier's tales of his "unfortunate incarceration" and his cell mate "t. tommy reed" were always a hoot.

we also liked dw because they had one of our favorite writers, lewis grizzard, on a couple of times to play one of julia and suzanne's crazy southern relatives.

as you can imagine julia sugarbaker was our fave due to the exquisiteness in ms. carter's delivery of her very well written lines when giving someone a much deserved dressing down.

a blog called popwatch on the entertainment weekly website assembled five video clips of what the blogger tim stack believes to be ms. carter's "five best 'designing women' moments."

bull rider down ... but not out

scenes from the louisiana high school rodeo association event at leesville, la., friday 09 april 2010.


link to video watch page

the third bull rider was stomped twice into six minutes of fright


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8 seconds!

pineville city court judge phillip terrell issues fraudulent judgement on behalf of his close personal friend/alleged former law partner greg aymond

"right now" van halen

just because mr. aymond didnt include the "defendant's" name in the above letter still doesnt change the fact that mr. aymond had the "defendant's" name and address all along -- so why was a phony "curator" appointed? and why hasnt she withdrew?

by the way, the proper spelling of ms. marks' first name is tami and not tammy.

so the "defendant" left the pineville city court clerk's office that december day satisfied that he had fulfilled his obligation to notify the clerk about the null and void order.

next, the "defendant" went out of his way to make himself available for service of process for a signed, legal court order.

but the days stretched into weeks then over a month passed and no order was ever served.

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so on thursday 18 february 2010 the "defendant" noticed on the caller id a call from the pineville clerk of court office. he missed the call because he was out.

assuming that the pineville clerk of court was an honest, respectable person and was calling, for instance, to say that since the order was unsigned and couldnt be fixed or cured in time, the "hearing" scheduled for the next day was canceled or postponed or as they say in the biz continued, he immediately returned her call.


link to audio page

the "defendant" was more than a bit surprised and insulted to learn that the pineville clerk of court is not interested in running an honest, respectable office. instead, his deputy is a liar who tried to trick the "defendant" into coming into court -- probably because the appeals court would have simply ruled that since the "defendant" came into court anyway he effectively waived his rights.

the clerk also lied about the judge signing the order. when she knew that he had not.

the louisiana supreme court in in re jerome w. dixon teaches us that it is a felony under the louisiana public records law to alter court records:

In Re: Jerome W. Dixon

http://www.centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/2010/02/hooper-case-continued.html

alexandria, la. attorney susan ford fiser louisiana bar roll 22,366
needs to pay a little bit better attention to her legal papers

pineville city court judge phillip terrell on 01 february 2010
playing defense attorney for
winnfield, la. taser thug scott nugent
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http://www.centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/2007/07/interview-with-hon-j-phillip-terrell-jr.html

on 16 july 2007 judge terrell apparently lent the prestige of his judicial office to advance the private interest another. namely, his pal greg aymond. is this possibly a violation of canon 2 b of the code of judicial conduct?

notice how mr. aymond didnt disclose that he and the judge were working at least one case together at the time of the interview either.

link to audio page

garland v garland
click here to download eight page .pdf [66 lb]

some anonymous person sent us this. in this case phillip terrell and greg aymond were working a divorce case together. reading between the lines of the 3rd circuit's ruling it probably wouldnt be too far fetched to describe what they were up to, as attempting to get some shady contract entered as evidence and then enforced.

both the trial judge and the 3rd circuit told them to take a hike.

according to the rapides parish clerk of court records judge terrell and his friend greg aymond didnt file a motion to withdraw until 30 april 2008.


interesting call to the rapides parish clerk of court office about this case: garland v garland #198,771.
link to audio page

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http://centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/2009/12/st-bernard-courthouse-closes-for-mold.html

on 14 december 2009 and during the pendency of mr. aymond's so called "defamation" suit against the "defendant," he made the above post where he pointed out (possibly to further terrify and intimidate the "defendant"?} another one of his and his friend judge terrell's exploits.

mr. aymond bragged:

"all it took was for judge terrell and myself to threaten court action and publicity on the issue."

in this case mr. aymond is certainly doing his part to garner publicity:

greg aymond posts of 08 april 2010
http://centrallapolitics.blogspot.com/search?q=hooper
click here to download twenty-three page .pdf [6.85 mb]

these are just a few of the blog posts mr. aymond has posted about the "defendant" and his "lawsuit" just during the course of the suit.

now we ask you, would any honest, respectable, professional attorney who holds himself out to be not only a person of the highest ethics himself but some sort of ethical watch dog constantly post such garbage?

would any decent human being?

especially when mr. aymond could know or must know or should know about the aforementioned louisiana code of civil procedure article 371 which states:

Art. 371. Attorney

An attorney at law is an officer of the court. He shall conduct himself at all times with decorum, and in a manner consistent with the dignity and authority of the court and the role which he himself should play in the administration of justice.

He shall treat the court, its officers, jurors, witnesses, opposing party, and opposing counsel with due respect; shall not interrupt opposing counsel, or otherwise interfere with or impede the orderly dispatch of judicial business by the court; shall not knowingly encourage or produce false evidence; and shall not knowingly make any misrepresentation, or otherwise impose upon or deceive the court.

For a violation of any of the provisions of this article, the attorney at law subjects himself to punishment for contempt of court, and such further disciplinary action as is otherwise provided by law. ~ emphasis added

notice it says "an attorney at law" not the plaintiff's attorney or the defense attorney but all attorneys. whats more La. R.S. 14:40.3 concerning cyberstalking states in part:

B. Cyberstalking is action of any person to accomplish any of the following:

(1) Use in electronic mail or electronic communication of any words or language threatening to inflict bodily harm to any person or to such person's child, sibling, spouse, or dependent, or physical injury to the property of any person, or for the purpose of extorting money or other things of value from any person.

(2) Electronically mail or electronically communicate to another repeatedly, whether or not conversation ensues, for the purpose of threatening, terrifying, or harassing any person. ~ emphasis added

couldnt it be interpreted that since mr. aymond is suing someone while repeatedly making extremely derogatory blog posts about him and the suit, that he could be terrifying, etc. the "defendant" for the purposes of extorting him into settling the suit for something of value?

considering the above, how could mr. aymond seriously look someone in the face and tell them that he is an ethical person? much less that he has somehow been "defamed."

so for all we know, in their minds, mr. aymond and judge terrell are merely teaming up again -- this time to shut down a blog that has in the past exposed mr. aymond for what he is.

is this another classic louisiana style good 'ol boy network shakedown?

why didnt they just serve the freaking order? thats a very good question. the answer could be because it's the nature of criminals is not to obey the law in the first place. they're gonna do whatever they want to do and the hell with the law.

as far as the pineville city court goes, if you look on the city of pineville, louisiana's official website at the section devoted to the pineville city court, here and here {click here to download nine page .pdf [1.74 mb]) for instance, you cant help but notice that its written in such a way as to encourage people to represent themselves without an attorney.

is the reason for that so that they can just tell you whatever they wish and most people would take them at their word and believe it?

you should wonder if anything coming out of there whether its an order or judgment etc is even legal.

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in this recent news report federal bureau of investigation, corruption unit assistant special agent-in-charge, howard schwarz says that louisiana is no longer the most corrupt state in the united states. agent schwarz is probably like everyone else and thinks that new orleans is louisiana. while we congratulate the bureau for making headway in stopping some nola corruption, agent schwarz needs to realize that there are other places in louisiana besides new orleans needing their attention.

we have no faith in either the rapides parish district attorney or the state attorney general doing anything. as louisiana attorney, governmental watch cat and blogger c.b. forgotston who is certainly someone who is qualified to know, recently said on the state wide moon griffon radio program:

"district attorneys in the state dont have a good track record of prosecuting politicians for wrong-doing and they just dont do it and so the feds have to do it -- thank goodness we have somebody -- but the district attorneys have jurisdiction over all of this.

the district attorney could have prosecuted the jefferson's for ripping off the state. they dont. thats one of the reasons that this (corruption) is so prolific around the state is the fact that there is no scrutiny by the state and there is no prosecution by the local district attorneys." ~ louisiana political blogger and attorney ~ c.b. forgotston 26 february 2010 on the moon griffon show

so the best we can hope for is someone from the fbi or department of justice happening by here. of course you can help them out by clicking here: https://tips.fbi.gov and sending director mueller the link to this post.

“I am sick and tired of double-talking, double-dealing, back-stabbing, corrupt politicians and lawyers,” ~ eunice, louisiana mayor bob morris, 08 april 2010

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