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Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ARE REPUBLICANS FLIP FLOPPING ON HEALTH INSURANCE  MANDATES? Remember the old knock on presidential candidate John Kerry back in the 2004 election?  “I was for it before I was against it.”Â Â  Today, about the single worst charge that can be made against any conservative republican presidential candidate is...Read More

ARE REPUBLICANS FLIP FLOPPERS ON HEALTH INSURANCE  MANDATES? Remember the old knock on presidential candidate John Kerry back in the 2004 election?  “I was for it before I was against it.”Â Â  Today, about the single worst charge that can be make against any conservative republican presidential candidate is that they support requiring Americans to buy...Read More

The Presidential season seems to be approaching way too soon, with the first major Republican debate having taken place this past Monday evening.  Did you watch it or even care?  We wil talk a bit about winners and losers.  Our friend Professor Gabe Feldman was sidetracked last week, so he will be with us again...Read More

It’s interesting what you can see on signs around your area, and a few of the conflicting surrounding messages.  Take a look at a few of my favorites; And my favorite below.Read More

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Cajun music is a way of life down here where I live in Louisiana, and this time of year means summer festivals, piles of crawfish, and Cajun music galore.  Cajuns are the descendants of exiles from the French colony of ACADIA (present-day Nova Scotia and adjacent areas) who left their homeland in 1755 and found...Read More

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John Edwards is a sleazy guy who has betrayed his family, his friends and his supporters.  He has certainly fallen from grace and will carry this albatross for the rest of his life.  But is he a criminal under federal law and should he go to jail?   That’s the question that needs to be asked...Read More

Thursday, June 9th, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana JOHN EDWARDS- IS IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO BE A SLEAZE? He was once the fair haired boy of the Democratic Party, and a major contender for the presidential nomination.  In December of 2006, I was working in New Orleans hosting a daily radio program on Clear Channel’s...Read More

Normally, the summertime is a slow news time of year, and radio shows like mine often scramble to book interesting topics for our listeners. Not in today’s climate. From worldwide confrontation to presidential, congressional and state politics, there is plenty of “red meat” to discuss, analyze and pontificate over. This week is no exception. John...Read More

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Malcolm Holcombe is considered a bluegrass, folk singing genius in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Asheville, North Carolina.  He’s been around for years, and has a unique personal style of playing and singing that has built quite a following in the backwoods music field.  I’ve listened to Macomb for years.  He’s had highs and real lows...Read More

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKa96P4u1J8" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Well by now, most of you have heard Sarah Palin’s explanation of why Pal Revere made his famous ride.  According to Sarah, it was to warn the British.  It was even a bit much for Chris Wallace at Fox News to swallow. All the Palin apologists immediately came...Read More

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Last week, The Congress of the United States sent a strong message to the American people that infringement on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution itself is just all part of the price we pay for “Big Government” to protect us.  Thomas Paine warned us at the birth of our nation that “it is...Read More

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana CONGRESS BETRAYS BASIC AMERICAN FREEDOMS! Since the founding of our country more than 200 hundred years ago, Americans have enjoyed core rights and liberties that made our country not just unique, but exceptional in protecting our basic freedoms. But no more.  Just last week, The Congress of the...Read More

So much to talk about in our weekend show, and way too little time.  We will take a look at the week in review, and look at the musical chairs being played by republican presidential candidates.  It’s hard to say from week to week who is in and who is out.  Sarah Palin goes to...Read More

So are you a big supporter of Sarah Palin for President? The lady is back on the campaign stump tour traveling in her “Freedom Van’ all across the country, particularly in those states that will soon have presidential primaries. And guess what? She has some strong supporters already running TV spots in her behalf. Take...Read More

You’ve probably heard of shrimp on the barbie, but what about shrimp on a treadmill? The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money researching it. It’s not entirely clear what this research hoped to establish. It’s not just shrimp on a treadmill. The foundation spent $1.5 million to create a robot...Read More

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HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the state’s electoral votes go to the top...Read More

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the...Read More

There never is a lack of challenging topics to talk about on the radio, particularly this weekend.  “˜We have a full agenda planned and we hope you will be able to join the show.  How about we start grading parents as well as the kids?  Teachers overwhelmingly agree that parental guidance and participation is a...Read More

I was over in the Pensacola, Florida area last week.  My radio program is carried over WNVY (1070 am) and WVTJ (610am) so it was ice to touch base with a number of regular listeners throughout that area.  Tourism is still down following the Gulf Oil spill, and may restaurants complain that many northerners think...Read More

Well President Obama might need to get a little protocol help on his next foreign trip.  While visiting the London last week, the President attended a dinner with Queen Elizabeth and a number of British officials. He decided to raise his glass and make a toast, all quite proper, but then he does so and...Read More

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Red states, Blue states, the country is full of a number of states that overwhelming support one party or the other.  Louisiana has become solidly Republican while states like California and New York are firmly in the democratic column.  This is certainly one of the most important elections in modern history.  But if you live...Read More

So much news to cover.  So little time.  That’s my dilemma for this Sunday’s “Common Sense” nationally syndicated radio show. We of course have to give the nation a”flood update.”Â  It’s a national story of the disruption of thousands of peoples’ live and a huge economic disruption for the entire country.  And sad to say,...Read More

Old politicians never die, but they do get together once a year for a reunion.  My first elected office was to the Louisiana state senate back in 1971.  Former senators traditionally get together each May at the Louisianan state Capitol in Baton Rouge, and it’s nice to see old faces and renew acquaintances.  Actually, since...Read More

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana IN THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS ARE IRRELEVANT The jockeying for the 2012 republican presidential nomination is rapidly picking up speed with candidates coming and going almost daily.  Arkansas’s former Gov. Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump, both the leaders in most recent polls, are out...Read More

A 13-year-old boy in Washington state faced federal interrogation by a Secret Service agent over a Facebook posting that warned President Obama of suicide bombers, q13fox.com reports. Vito LaPinta of Tacoma, Wash., said he posted a message on Facebook after Osama bin Laden’s death, saying Obama should be careful of possible retaliatory acts against him...Read More

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Flooding up and down the Mississippi River has become the paramount concern for hundreds of thousands of people as the water continues to rise. And more rain is expected in the days to come. As of right now, predictions are that water levels up and down the river will exceed those reached in the 1927...Read More

Thursday, May 12th, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTH UNDER SIEGE BY MISSISSIPPI RIVER! Randy Newman’s song, Louisiana 1927, hit home to many residents up and down the Mississippi river this week. He was singing about the 1927 flood, where more than 23,000 square miles were inundated, hundreds of people died, and hundreds...Read More

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We will be broadcasting the Common Sense Radio Program this weekend live from Pensacola, Florida.  Our audience there can listen to us over WNVY-1070 AM and also on WVJT-610 AM.   Are great audience in Pensacola, and not a bad place to hang out for a few days”¦right?  I spent many a summer on Romar Beach,...Read More

FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE JIM BROWN WEBSITE AND THE  “COMMON SENSE” RADIO PROGRAM. 1)    Follow @JimBrownla on Twitter and share (tweet or retweet, as it’s known in Twitter-speak) likes to recent articles and videos on the Jim Brown site. 2)    Become a friend of Jim Brown on Facebook. If you are...Read More

There has to be a better reason for why the chicken crossed the road than just because he wanted to get to the other side…right? So I checked out what a number of celebs thought. Take a look. Just why did the chicken cross the road? SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because gosh-darn...Read More

The following is video of a young Chinese woman playing the piano and I’ll just bet it is about to make your day.  It may cause you to examine the excuses you make not to tackle those major challenges in your own life. This young lady plays with beauty and grace. “Souvenir D’enfance” by Richard Clayderman is not an...Read More

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WILL OSAMA BIN LADEN CONTINUE TO HAUNT US? The most wanted war criminal in the world is now dead.  And it is for good reason that Americans are enthralled over his death. So do we now go back to our life before 9/11?  Or will we find that in death as in his life, bin...Read More

Thursday, May 5th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WILL OSAMA BIN LADEN CONTINUE TO HAUNT US? The most wanted war criminal in the world is now dead.  And it is for good reason that Americans are enthralled over his death. So do we now go back to our life before 9/11?  Or will we find that...Read More

We have a busy and really informative radio show lined up for this week at stations nationwide on the Genesis Communications network, and we hope you will be able to listen. Let’s first welcome several new stations to our fast growing network. Omaha, Nebraska KLNG ““ 1560am Valdosta, Georgia WTHV- 810am Ashland, Oregon KSKQ 94.9fm...Read More

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Most states throughout the country, like all gulf coast states down here were I live, have problems of both insurance affordability and availability.  But there is a big  difference between the other states and the Bayou state.  Other states are  giving the problem serious attention.  It’s a front and center concern for the governors, the...Read More

Thursday, April 28, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA– NIGHT AND DAY ON PROPERTY INSURANCE! All this week, Florida’s largest newspaper, the Miami Herald, has been writing both feature articles and editorials about the problems facing Florida property owners in finding affordable insurance.  Day after day, headlines conveyed the intensity of the struggle – ...Read More

This week’s “Common sense” radio program will cover a list of topics that should generate a lively discussion.  How about the fact that both parties in Washington are being hypocritical when it comes to getting a handle on the deficit.  And raising the debt ceiling.  When a republican president s in office, republican congressmen are...Read More

My friend Andy Borowitz has made a startling discovery. In a stunning announcement that took even political insiders by surprise, Andy has revealed that President Barack Obama ran for President of Kenya in 2005 but was disqualified when a birth certificate surfaced showing he was born in the United States. Andy was able to flush...Read More

We all like to hear really great versions of the star Spangled banner, and from time to time, a really great rendition is heard at a public event.  Here’s one of my favorites by the Cactus Cuties.  They have gone on to perform any number of songs, but this was one of their first.  Take...Read More

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Thursday, April 21, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana BARRY BONDS AND THE GREAT AMERICAN WITCH HUNT! Now let me try to understand. Bankers, investment brokers and insurance magnates , whose greed and fraud reached into every household in America, don’t even get as much as a slap on the wrist.  But home run champ Barry Bonds...Read More

BARRY BONDS AND THE GREAT AMERICAN WITCH HUNT! Now let me try to understand. Bankers, investment brokers and insurance magnets, whose greed and fraud reached into every household in America, don’t even get as much as a slap on the wrist.  But home run champ Barry Bonds will go to jail as the scapegoat for...Read More

Several new radio stations have signed up for the Common sense radio show, and I am looking forward to a lively Easter weekend show.  Is the Lenten season still important to many of my listeners?  We will talk about it.  On the national scene, what happened to any creative thinking in both political parties? Are...Read More

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Like most of you, I’m a big Clint Eastwood fan. It would be hard for me to pick just one of Clint’s movies I’d call my favorite. The list of his really first rate pictures go on and on. And he seems to get better as the years go by. I’ve watched Firefox many times....Read More

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WAS THE CIVIL WAR REALLY NECESSARY? One Hundred and Fifty years ago this week, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.  During the next four years, carnage, mayhem and death were the order of day after day.  By the time the dust settled and the South had...Read More

Thursday, April 14, 2011 Port Hudson Battlefield, Louisiana WAS THE CIVIL WAR REALLY NECESSARY? One Hundred and Fifty years ago this week, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.  During the next four years, carnage, mayhem and death were the order of day after day.  By the...Read More

Aftermath of the Civil War and Angels in your life highlight my weekend radio show this week. One hundred and fifty years have gone by and America is still fighting some of the same battles that tore our country apart in the 1850s. Invariable, extremism polarizes the debate, and the more “Common Sense” view often...Read More

Springtime brings nature alive and all of us like to get out and about”¦including some of our animal friends.  I’ve had the chance to be up in the northwest and see elk roam freely, even in small towns.  The video below shows you want many folks up north see every spring.  Quite a sight.Read More

April 14, 2011Read More

A repugnant decision was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court that casts dispersion on any sense of fairness in both the federal and state judicial system.  A New Orleans man spent 18 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.  Sometimes the prosecutors get it wrong.  But in this case, it...Read More

Thursday, April 7th, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana DEATH ROW, NEW ORLEANS, AND THE SUPREME COURT’S  BETRAYAL OF JUSTICE. There is an aura of myth that surrounds Lady Justice, who is pictured standing tall with the balanced scales of justice in her hands.  She is blindfolded to assure impartiality and fairness.  But if she read the...Read More

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Another week goes by, and we are close to a new “˜Common sense” radio program to be aired.  The regular broadcast time is live on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am until 11:00 am central time.  But a number of our affiliated network run “Common Sense” at other times throughout the week, so check your local...Read More

Several friends sent me the list below of how Japanese citizens weathered the after effects of their recent terrible, tsunami and earthquake.  There are certainly comparisons to Katrina when we heard so much of looting,violence,  price gouging, and government incompetence.  Take a look at the list below to see how the two tragedies compare, and...Read More

It seems like problems in the Middle East continue to grow by the week.  And we still have not found Bin Laden.  Ater all these years, why can’t we get the guy?  So I turned to my Italian buddy Mike Marino, who seems to have it pretty well figured out.  Take a look below at...Read More

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana MARCH MADNESS ARE ATHLETES BEING SHORT CHANGED? Millions of rabid college basketball fans have been glued to their TVs over the past month as March Madness reached its crescendo this Monday night.  My North Carolina Tar Heels came close in an effort to win its second national title...Read More

MARCH MADNESS- ARE ATHLETES BEING SHORT CHANGED? Millions of rabid college basketball fans have been glued to their TVs over the past month as March Madness reached its crescendo this Monday night.  My North Carolina Tar Heels came close in an effort to win its second national title in the past five years.  And the...Read More

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