Thursday, September 30, 2010 Linville, North Carolina EDUCATIONAL REFORM-ESSENTIAL TO OUR FUTURE BUT IGNORED IN LOUISIANA AND OTHER STATE ELECTIONS With a major national election just a month away, the stakes continue to get higher.  Will the republicans regain control of congress, and will the President have his hands tied on major policy decisions for...Read More

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The new rising political star in the Republican Party “has dabbled in witchcraft.” So maybe tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell has cast a spell over her coverts.  That’s about the only logical reason to explain the “off the wall” pinball effect of the GOP embracing a quagmire of diversionary issues that keep a responsible political...Read More

Thursday, September 22, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana IT MUST BE WITCHCRAFT- WHY ELSE ARE REPUBLICANS ALL OVER THE MAP? The new rising political star in the Republican Party “has dabbled in witchcraft.” So maybe tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell has cast a spell over her coverts.  That’s about the only logical reason to explain the...Read More

Well now we know.  It’s voodoo.  That’s what’s happened to many Republican candidates.  A spell has been cast, I guess.  Instead of focusing on spending and the economy, many Republicans are all over the wall on social issues.  a message to all the candidates.  Most of us want the outrageous spending to stop…then just leave us alone.  Christine...Read More

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SO REGGIE BUSH GIVES THE HEISMAN BACK? BIG DEAL! Reggie Bush gave up his Heisman trophy this week.  If you don’t know anything about him, Bush is the star running back for the NFL’s Superbowl Champion New Orleans Saints.  Someone needs to tell Reggie he is doing us no favors.  He repeatedly broke the rules. ...Read More

Thursday, September 16th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SO REGGIE BUSH GIVES THE HEISMAN BACK? BIG DEAL! Reggie Bush gave up his Heisman trophy this week.  If you don’t know anything about him, Bush is the star running back for the NFL’s Superbowl Champion New Orleans Saints.  His press release, obviously written by the PR folks...Read More

Eat your heart out fellas.  That’s Kathleen Turner “hangin’ out” with me a few years back.  Who can forget her sizzling performance in “Body Heat?”Â  If you missed it, take a look at one of her tamer scenes below.  Actually, she is a real basic down to earth gal from central Missouri.  I was born...Read More

One of the most energetic and talented fellows I have ever met also happens to be the basketball coach with the most wins in LSU’s history.  Coach Dale Brown is an icon in the basketball world having honed his playing and coaching skills in his native North Dakota.  Thanks to Coach Brown, I’m a die hard...Read More

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When Bill Clinton was on the defensive, back in his first presidential run in 1992, the Democratic message was all over the map. At a time when the country was stuck with staggering economic woes, Louisiana’s own national political commentator James Carville stated the obvious:   “It’s the Economy stupid!”The Ragin’ Cajun got the nation on...Read More

September 9th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LISTEN TO THE RAGIN’ CAJUN! Don’t be stupid! When Bill Clinton was on the defensive, back in his first presidential run in 1992, the Democratic message was all over the map. At a time when the country was stuck with staggering economic woes, Louisiana’s own national political commentator James...Read More

The political pyromaniacs are on the loose in the nation’s capitol, with both parties pandering to their respective bases.  Little concern for a large pile of national problems-the economy, healthcare, Afghanistan, Iraq, job creation. .  All the rhetoric from both parties seems to be exclusively focused on the “ground Zero mosque.”Â  Is the controversy really...Read More

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 New York City, New York PANDERING AND HYPOCRISY OVER A MOSQUE The political pyromaniacs are on the loose in the nation’s capitol, with both parties pandering to their respective bases.  Neither democrats nor republicans could be accused of being “bathed in courage” on a litany of important national issues. Political demography...Read More

A downtown Manhattan blogger with a camera strolled around the Ground Zero two block periphery and snapped some photos of the “hallowed ground” many political leaders  say the proposed Cordoba community center and mosque will defile. It may not be a matter of the law, or Constitutional rights to free expression, some  lawmakers  are saying. ....Read More

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Well sad to say, my candidate for Tennessee Governor, Basil Marceaux, did not make the cut.  Sad, because what a governor he would have made.  Basil is the guy I talked about on several occasions.  He referred to himself as “BasilMarceaux.com” when not referring to himself as “an international Internet celebrity and an international superstar...Read More

August 11. 2010Read More

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Former Senator Ted Stevens was able to weather a number of difficult challenges in his life, but the clock finally ran out on the 86 year old Alaskan. He had survived as the federal government did its best (or maybe it’s worst) in trying to destroy his political career in a most unsavory way. But...Read More

I’ve always had a lot of respect for Steve Wynn, who single handedly revitalized Las Vegas, and is building casinos in Asia now.  I happened to run into him when he opened the Wynn hotel a few years back.  When heard I was from Louisiana, he told me frankly how the state had really missed...Read More

Thursday, August 11th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SEAN O’KEEFE, SEN. TED STEVENS AND PERVERTED JUSTICE Former Senator Ted Stevens was able to weather a number of difficult challenges in his life, but the clock finally ran out on the 86 year old Alaskan.   He had survived an earlier plane crash in his home state that...Read More

Have you ever soared up in the sky in a hot air balloon? It’s amazing how quite it becomes, and how much more vibrant all the colors appear. I had the chance with my son to take a balloon ride last weekend at the Baton Rouge Balloon Festival. In spite of the heat, it was...Read More

         Remember the 50s rock group, The Cowsills?  Hair, Rain and many other mega hits.  Then they disappeared.  Well the youngest member, Susan, has a solo act that was in Baton Rouge at the Red Dragon Listening Room last week.   I was in the number, and that’s Susan pictured with me above.  She...Read More

     (photo above, Lake Charles Councilman Stewart Weatherford, club Prez Hardy Parkinson and Jim) Jim Brown: Insurance Louisiana’s No. 1 problem BY MIKE JONES AMERICAN PRESS (August 9th, 2010) The high cost of insurance is Louisiana’s No. 1 problem, Jim Brown, former state insurance commissioner and secretary of state, told the South Lake Charles...Read More

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     It’s time that everyone in America speaks English.  No exceptions. That’s the buzz phrase in many political campaigns this fall.  In Alabama, the leading candidate for governor looks into the camera and says:  “We speak English so if you cannot speak English or refuse to speak English, get out of Alabama and our country.”...Read More

    Thursday, August 5th, 2010 Redneck Country, Louisiana DON’T TELL ME TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR LEAVE! I was at a book fair recently hawking some of my Lisburn Press publications, and was asked to comment on the nation’s immigration problem. One fellow apparently didn’t like my response. “Oh, I know all about you writers...Read More

LSU Football Coach Les Miles may know a lot about football (though he needs a darn good season this year to prove it), but he probably should not be the Louisiana spokesman for explaining all the damage caused by the current Gulf Oil spill.  Here is an interview with Miles by a national radio show. ...Read More

August 5, 2010Read More

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It may just be August, but there’s already been plenty of crazy out there this year when it comes to campaign ads. From the repugnant morgues of Louisiana to the surreal valleys of California, we’re counting down the top  most bizarre political ads of 2010 (so far): Pamela Gorman, Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District. Pamela Gorman...Read More

July 29, 2010Read More

  The “Rally for Economic Survival,” organized and orchestrated by the oil industry drew thousands to the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana last week.  “No Moratorium” and “Drill baby Drill” were the T-shirt slogans of the day.  State officials made no bones about their willingness to have an open slugfest with the federal government.   All well...Read More

  Thursday, July 29th, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana   THE SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING IN LOUISIANA AFTER OIL SPILL! The “Rally for Economic Survival,” organized and orchestrated by the oil industry drew thousands to the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana last week.  “No Moratorium” and “Drill baby Drill” were the T-shirt slogans of...Read More

Daughter Campbell Brown  says goodbye to CNN viewers after several years hosting her nightly show.  I’m glad she is moving on to new projects, but you can understand that as a Dad, it was nice to tune in each evening and check up on my kid to be sure she is eating well and taking care...Read More

So you live in Tennessee and you have to make you choice as to who to vote for in the coming governor’s race”¦right?  Well you certainly need to take a look at the people’s choice, Basil Marceaux.  I have a friend who lives in Tennessee and say that Marceaux is a cinch to win.  Take...Read More

Louisiana has produced one of the top tennis coaches in the nation.  He is called Coach Red by the hundreds of great athletes he has coached over the years. Coach David “Red” Ayme, starred as a top player himself at Nichols State University, then went on to join legendary coach Nick Bollettieri where you find...Read More

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The present financial disaster in Louisiana has cost the Louisiana economy almost three billion dollars. Check this figure again.  Not three million, or 300 million, but three billion dollars.  No, it’s not because of the oil spill.  The loss is worse for it’s been going on for years and there is no end to the...Read More

Thursday, July 22, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A LOUISIANA DISASTER MORE COSTLY THAN THE GULF OIL SPILL!  The present financial disaster in Louisiana has cost the Louisiana economy almost three billion dollars. Check this figure again.  Not three million, or 300 million, but three billion dollars. And the timing could not be worse.  The Bayou...Read More

I was in North Carolina last week taking in the 60 degree weather as I try to do every few months.  I’m a Chapel Hill grad, and have always had a special affinity up in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  And, of course, I had to go check up on my mountain”¦right?  I mean, everybody ought...Read More

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July 22. 2010Read More

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A Louisiana fisherman went to the President’s Commission to investigate the Gulf oil spill last week.  His name is Drew Landry and he gave the panel a message through a song he wrote while playing his guitar.  He represents the strong feelings of thousands of Louisianans who have been directly affected by this disaster that is...Read More

  Jim’s Common Sense has a lot to consider this Sunday. So many “off the wall” stories to discuss and review. Let’s start with Mel Gibson.  What’s up with this guy?  An international superstar that goes nuts in his private life.  Is he really trying to self destruct?  What a fall from grace for a...Read More

  NO NEW COLUMN THIS WEEK JIM’S ON VACATION. About the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, particularly in my home state of Louisiana, is whether or not Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.  It’s pretty much a “done deal,” right?  Whoever the President wants, the president gets,...Read More

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Thursday, July 8th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: WHO CARES? About the last thing on anyone’s mind right now, particularly in my home state of Louisiana, is whether or not Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.  It’s pretty much a “done deal,” right?  Whoever the...Read More

There is amazing video of a gun battle in Afghanistan that serves as a stark reminder that freedom isn’t free. A 23 year old Brit soldier, Lance Corporal Adam Smith, was on his very first foot patrol in Afghanistan when he was struck in the head by enemy fire. He miraculously survived, and his video...Read More

I’ll tell you what. It’s hard to beat politics in Alabama when it comes to gun totin’ God fearin’, patriotic candidates for congress who continually invoke the founding fathers as a way to solve all the nation’s problems. Check out the latest below from Congressional candidate Rick Barber. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/6iQ7ZDUutU4" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]Read More

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So your life is a bit dull now, and you really don’t have any interesting friends to hang out with?  You want a new pal to share your moods, keep you company and help you pass your free time?  Simple.  The internet today solves all your problems”¦right?  Now all you have to do is just...Read More

July 1, 2010Read More

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When the deep water Horizon well first began spurring thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf, sympathy from around the nation poured into Louisiana.  The country and the world watched in horror as the Bayou State once again wrestled with the elements of nature and the manmade disaster that followed. But as more states...Read More

July 4th has been an important holiday but today, more and more people do not know why we actually celebrate this day. If you are not up to date on your history of the United States, July 4th, 1776 is the day that the colonies decided to declare themselves independent of Britain. Today, we celebrate...Read More

CBS news raised questions about Louisiana demanding federal help, but then not putting it to use. Gov. Bobby Jindal has been demanding more federal help for weeks. “We will only be winning this war when we’re actually deploying every resource,” “They (the federal government) can provide more resources” and “It’s clear the resources needed to...Read More

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana LOUISIANA TAKES MEDIA HITS OVER OIL SPILL ISSUES! When the deep water Horizon well first began spurring thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf, sympathy from around the nation poured into Louisiana.  The country and the world watched in horror as the Bayou State once again wrestled...Read More

Now look folks.  Enough is enough!  A lot of us are getting really tired of the average American being called stupid.  Welllll.  At least that applies to all my listeners here in Louisiana.  What about you?   Can you pass the test?  Take a look below. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/fJuNgBkloFE" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]Read More

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  HELL YES!  Roseanne Roseannadanna summed it up pretty well in trying to make sense out of the trials and tribulations of Louisiana.  “Well, it just goes to show you, it’s always something.” Now we are hearing cry’s that Louisiana is unable to take care of all its problems, and should be treated differently than...Read More

     Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SHOULD THE FEDS MAKE LOUISIANA A PROTECTORATE? HELL YES!  Roseanne Roseannadanna summed it up pretty well in trying to make sense out of the trials and tribulations of Louisiana.  “Well, it just goes to show you, it’s always something.” Now we are hearing cries that Louisiana...Read More

As the massive oil flow continues to spill into the Gulf, many who are affected have a blunt opinion of what needs to be done.  From the President to the average guy living and working off the Louisiana coast. Take a look and some of the thoughts being expressed below. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Oe3sFVQBY7s" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true"...Read More

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