Category Archives: Kickin’ It From “Da Boot”

News affecting my home state of Louisiana.

Greg Allen And James Perry to Bo Jindal: You. Very. STOOOPID.

There’s been plenty of smack piled on our governor based on his flameout GOP “response” to Prez O’s “State of the Union” speech…but this open letter posted to FiveThrityEight.com as a comment to one of Nate Silver’s many posts on … Continue reading

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Stormy Daniels: “Cajun Cicciolina”??? Or “‘Da Boot’s” Mary Carey??? (Updated)

[7-30-09: Updated below -- scroll to bottom.] Politics down here in Louisiana has been kinda boring since Edwin Edwards got jailed and David Duke got has racist neo-Nazi ass booted….but that might just be about to change in a big … Continue reading

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Why Public Utilities Will Always Rule

Remember when I was talking about how Internet access could be so much less expensive?? Well, along comes Lafayette (Louisiana) Public Utilities and their “Fiber to the Home” project to wire up the city-parish with high-speed fiber-based media to prove … Continue reading

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Just Your Typical South Louisiana Snowstorm….

Weather down here in the bayous of South Louisiana can change faster than Imelda Marcos’s shoe selection. But one thing that we rarely get down here is snow. Usually, the closest we get is spotty freezing rain or sleet, but … Continue reading

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Bill Jefferson Gets “Orenthaled”* Out Of Louisiana Congressional Seat: Good Riddance…Or Bad Omen??

*Because I just had to make a reference to the original Orenthal (aka O. J. Simpson) finally getting his walking papers. Nice seeing ‘ya, OJ…now maybe you will continue your search for Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown’s “real killer”.  I’m … Continue reading

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Smackdown 2008: The Aftermath (Or, The Taste of Bittersweet)

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful of last night: The BEAUTIFUL: Obama finds and wields the political WMDs. 52% of the popular vote (first time since LBJ that a Dem hits a majority)!!! 364 EV’s (even more … Continue reading

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From Gustav’s Hammer To (Almost) Ike’s Nuke (Why Hurricane Season Really SUCKS Right About Now)

Well…we go here in South Louisiana from getting smacked by Gustav’s hammer to getting whacked by Ike’s forearm shiver in less than a week. Radar image of Hurricane Ike making landfall on Galveston Bay as a Category 2/Category 3 hurricane … Continue reading

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How To Survive A Hurricane (Or, Gruesome Gus Pays SmackDog An Uninvited Visit)

Well…I’ve advertised it for so long, and here it is. In case you have missed things, my region of the world in South Louisiana got a not so welcome but probably overdue visit from one of nature’s most awesome forces… … Continue reading

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