How can prosecutors continue to convict innocent citizens, send them to jail, and yes, even put those innocent to death.  You will be surprised, if you take a little time to investigate, at how often this happens.  Look at the chilling video below of Todd Willingham from Texas, who was put to death for...Read More

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  Well it was not a good week for taxpayers as August came to an end.  A tax holiday begins? For tax cheats?  It’s appalling when there are so many other ways to get the money owed?  No high-speed rail, huge subsidies to the Saints when no other state gives any money at all, and...Read More

Is Louisiana justified in being the only state with an NFL football team in giving money to this sports franchise?  No other team gets tax dollars from their state.  So does why Louisiana?  I talk about it on the radio.  Also, how about Louisiana’s Highway department not even applying for federal dollars to build a...Read More

  Thursday, September 3, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana STATE SPENDING UP- SERVICES DOWN Louisiana taxpayers just can’t get a break.  It’s bad enough that the economy continues to languish, unemployment rates are on the rise in the Bayou State, and home foreclosures are increasing.  Even the movie business in the hottest month of the year...Read More

As you regular readers of this site know, I closely follow the political antics of a great national figure-Paris Hilton.  She is saying she just might run for president next time around.  Well, at least be a “fake” president.  Here’s a good interview of Paris getting sound advice from former “West Wing“ Prez Martin Sheen. ...Read More

Daughter Campbell is called one of the very few unbiased news commentators on the national scene today.  Should those presenting the news give it with their own personal political slat, or do you want to hear the facts then make up your own mind?  Take a listen to Campbell then see how you feel? [kml_flashembed...Read More

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Healthcare is dominating the national agenda, with the rhetoric heating up higher almost daily.  And there seems to be so many questionable charges of what will happen if major healthcare reform is put into law by the congress.  Just who’s telling the truth, who is exaggerating, who is there putting out absolute falsehoods?  And what’s...Read More

  One of the great things about this country is that often, we are given a second chance when things just do not go right.  And America is a forgiving country.  But forgiving and rewarding wrongdoing are two separate and different things.  Thus the case of football star Michael Vick.  On this date, he resumes...Read More

  Thursday, August 26, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WHAT DO WE DO IN LOUISIANA ABOUT THE COST OF HEALTHCARE?  Riots at town hall meetings, threats for an abrupt ending to congressional careers, patrician political posturing and some of the most vitriol rhetoric in recent memory.  All this and more has been churning up continuing controversy...Read More

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Well we habe Bobby hoping to run for President.  And Brad now says he might run for Governor.  So how about Britney also being President?  How would things be different?  David Letterman put the questions to her in his Top Ten nightly list this week.  You can see what her priorities would be.  And we...Read More

  Our Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is in the middle of national controversy over his administrations requests for federal funds to build a high speed rail link between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.  I personally think proposal is a good one, and the numbers should justify the expense.  The problem is that the Governor said...Read More

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  Financial scandals are the range today with Madoff and Stanford leading the culprits.  Some 1700 Louisiana families got scammed by the Stanford group.  A federal receiver has seized Stanford’s assets, while little can be done for Louisiana investors, some who have lost all their savings.  So here’s the question.  What did Louisiana financial regulators...Read More

This whole Stanford group scandal seems to get more strange and murkier.  It’s obvious the boss, Alan Stanford received special treatment from federal and state regulators, and he made major contributions to many elected officials.  And were where those who were supposed to be guarding the hen house?  I talk about Louisiana’s possible liability on...Read More

  We know how narcissistic and what big egos politicians have.  But here are two guys below that really take the cake.  Former Illinois Governor Rudy Blagojevich, presently under indictment, doesn’t seem to have a care in the world as he mounts the stage and does his Elvis imitation.  I gotta tell you Rudy, you...Read More

Thursday, August 19, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana STANFORD REGULATORY SCREW UPS MAY COST LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS Hundreds of irate Stanford investors converged on Baton Rouge this week to protest their financial losses from what they charge was a giant Ponzi scheme by this international investment firm.  Their wrath is directed both at the...Read More

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  So here’s what we know about Insurance.  All these big shots running insurance companies think they have it all figured out.  And they do when it comes to buffaloing the little guy.  They use all this fancy language like credit default swaps and other verbiage that is just a front for simple insurance.  So...Read More

Thursday, August 13, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WHY CAN’T I GET A LOUISIANA BAILOUT? At first, it was the big financial guys who were “too big to fail” that were getting all that bailout money.  Billions to banks, insurance companies, and then to auto makers.  If you are old enough to remember back to the...Read More

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  An “angry mob” is always welcome at Sen. David Vitter’s (R.-La.) town hall meetings, the conservative snare said this past weekend,  Vitter, picking up on  the “mob” rhetoric first floated by national Democrats, complimented protesters who have made their way to lawmakers’ district meetings across the country during the August recess.“please know that this...Read More

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  Introducing the Louisiana Progress Journal View and download here: http://tinyurl.com/laprogress1  FIRST “˜LOUISIANA PROGRESS JOURNAL’ LAUNCHES You might want to take a look at the first edition of the Louisiana Progress Journal which was released by the Louisiana Progress Initiative(LPI). The public policy publication includes five articles that share original thoughts, proposals, and analysis on current...Read More

     It’s been a really bad month for insurance policyholders and taxpayers in Louisiana.  You wonder if anything else traumatic can happen.  Questionable audits, misspending, major investigations, court orders make insurance documents public, troubled companies, and hands down the highest insurance rates in the country.  Can things get any worse?  Why does Louisiana have...Read More

  Thursday, August 6, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana INSURANCE DYSFUNCTION CONTINUES IN LOUISIANA Press reports, both nationally and at home, have confirmed what financial analysts and investigators have known for months.  Louisiana continues to have the most dysfunctional insurance system and the worst insurance climate in the country.  In almost every category, insurance rates are...Read More

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  What is the future of casino gambling in Louisiana?  Income is dropping in casinos throughout the country.  And what happens in the Bayou State if Texas legalizes casino gambling?  I talked about this issue on my radio show recently.  You can see the clip below. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/unyIORr4aQ4" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]Read More

Now I know the saying, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.”  But I really met a lot of interesting folks I want to share with you.  Now I’m not much of a gambler.  but I do like to hob nob with the stars.  So  take a look below.  You will surely want to come...Read More

You won’t believe this….the yellow dots in the video below are airplanes in the sky during a 24 hour period. Stay with the picture. You will see the light of the day moving from the east to the west, as the Earth spins on it’s axis. Also you will see the aircraft flow of traffic...Read More

I've been a Ray Stevens fan for many years, going back to his great rendition of "Everything is Beautiful."Â  He has a new song out that sums up the feelings of many taxpayers.  Ray was recently a guest on former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee's TV cable show, and sang his new song, " If  10%...Read More

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  The national focus is healthcare and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal last week jumped headlong into the debate.  Jindal says the President’s plan will cost trillions, and he offers his own proposal he says will cost nothing.  Burt is really just “Jindal lite?”Â  And if these ideas are so good, why hasn’t the Governor implemented...Read More

Thursday, July 230, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana OBAMA AND JINDAL ON HEALTHCARE ONE TO MUCH, ONE TOO LITTLE The President is facing an uphill fight in his quest to change the face of health care delivery in the United States.  Each day, more and more Americans are concluding that the billions being spent to shore...Read More

So I’m walkin’ into the Whole Foods in Baton Rouge over the weekend, and there sits this musician, a guy with 5 or 6 instruments, just singing and playing for all he’s worth.  He wore an Italian gondolier’s flared back hat with a feather in it, and royally entertained the crowd all afternoon.  His name...Read More

  Possible US Senate candidate in Louisiana and porn star Stormy Daniels make be getting a little apprehensive about her future political career.  Her campaign manager, political consultant Brian Welch, had his car bombed this week.  Completely destroyed.  Stormy thinks it’s no coincidence and quite suspicious.  Has Louisiana politics become that dangerous?  Take a look...Read More

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  In an op-ed this week in Politico, Gov. Bobby Jindal panned the federal stimulus funding  as “a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated.” Yet as Think Progress, Bayou Buzz and other on-line sources were quick to point out, a sizable portion of the money the governor is doling out during his “Louisiana Working” tour is...Read More

  Well it looks like the Republicans have a major Democratic opponent next year for incumbent David Vitter.  Congressman Charlie Melancon has all but announced he is running for Vitter’s seat. The mudslinging has begun early as the National Republican Senate campaign committee knows they have their hands full re electing Vitter.  The Senator actually...Read More

  The Louisiana Governor seemed to be getting all the attention this past weekend in Biloxi at the National Governors’ Conference.  But Bobby Jindal was a no show, right?  So who got all the attention?  Jim brown gives a firsthand observation that you will hear or read no place else.  He was there and saw...Read More

  Thursday, July 23, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA GOVERNOR MAKES BIG SPLASH AT NATIONAL GOVERNORS’ CONFERENCE BUT WHO? It was like old home week at the National Governors’ Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi this past weekend.  The Louisiana Governor seemed to be the center of attention, with other state governors coming up to greet, give...Read More

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Helen Gentry Brown (Died July 18, 2009) Mrs. Helen Brown passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2009, after a brief illness. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, at the First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport with Rev. Bryan McDowell officiating. A reception will follow in the church parlor. There...Read More

  There is all this new lingo in national politics.  Remember “Getting Borked” and of course the “Hanging chads?” We won’t forget “Lipstick on a pit bull.”Â  But the latest is a “wise Latina,” two words that have been repeated ad nauseam since the middle of May, when the record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia...Read More

  Thursday, July 16, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SOTOMAYOR DOES NOT PASS THE FAIRNESS TEST   “Elections have consequences.” These were the words of South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, as he questioned Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the first day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings.  “Republicans lost the November election and President Obama won.  And that...Read More

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  I had this really weird dream last night.  I mean really, really weird.  It involved me (of course), sharks, Bobby Jindal and Stormy Daniels.  Can you believe the Governor and I are in a video with Stormy?  Now where did all that come from?  So  take a look at tell me if you can...Read More

While in Italy for the G8 summit, President Barack Obama checked out the, er, sights. The Prez should know you never look back, only forward. Take a look at the video below.  I still think the Prez is “checkig out” the girl.  What do you think? [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/maV2Zg5_uz0" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]Read More

(Thoughts on the guy who called himself “The King of pop.”)  During the past two weeks, we have heard reams of commentary about Michael Jackson, the victim.  That was the tone of numerous eulogies at his funeral He was  pictured as a victim of some mysterious stew of health maladies, public persecution, and secret sad...Read More

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  Last week in my column, I pointed out the stumbling blocks encountered by La. Gov. Bobby Jindal since his less than stellar response to the President’s State of the Union speech in February.  I promised this week to set out some concrete ideas to get Jindal some national attention, and keep him in the...Read More

   I’m tryin’ my best to learn to play the fiddle, but it’s obvious I have a long, long way to go.  What progress I have made is because of a good teacher, Mitch Reed.  He plays both fiddle and bass with world renowned zydeco group, Beau Soleil.  Below is my visit with Mitch and...Read More

Over many political campaigns, a must stop on your way to Lafayette was Crawfish Town, USA, in Henderson.    I dropped in for lunch this week, and had the chance to look back and some bizarre events that took place here.  You can check it all out in the video below. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/fkB_mtw1ueA" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent"...Read More

  Thursday, July 9, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana IS BOBBY JINDAL STILL VIABLE NATIONALLY? “Whatever happened to Bobby Jindal?”Â  That is the question posed in this month’s Economist Magazine.  “At one point he was the great hope of the GOP and now we hardly hear a word about him.”Â  So is it time to begin...Read More

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 Is there national life left for Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal?  Many national columnists and political observers have written him off after was generally considered a disastrous nationwide introduction when he bombed on his response to the president’s State of the Union speech this past February.  But other Republican contenders seem to be dropping like flies. ...Read More

  Thursday, July 2, 2009 Linville, North Carolina IS BOBBY JINDAL OUT OF THE NATIONAL POLITICAL PICTURE? That’s the question posed to me by a group of political consultants meeting in Charlotte this week as they tried to ferret out what Republican is a viable contender for the 2012 presidential nomination.  The group felt that...Read More

I was in North Carolina all last week (so cold I built a fire at night) and was part of an interesting and troubling discussion of the dramatic demise of LSU.  I share a few thoughts here from the mountains about how the rest of the country views our flagship university’s financial troubles and overall...Read More

My son and I decided to get ourselves in really good (well at least much better) shape, by joining a boot camp workout program.  Three days a week, we join a small group of die hards to work up a good sweat, and develop a better overall core.  Am I making any progress?  Well you...Read More

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Hey, be sure and catch my radio show tonight, Monday, June 22nd on WJBO, 1150 am, broadcast out of Baton Rouge.  You can stream the show live at www.WJBO.com.  Just a few hours ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled that major portions of the Voting Rights Act were constitutional.  I feel the court’s decision is...Read More

  Louisiana, according to our members of congress is a second rate state, and is treated like a step child when it comes to federal control over our elections.  Although there has been no voter fraud by elections officials in over 35 years, Louisiana is still burdened by having every single voting decision approved by...Read More

Thursday, June 18, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA A SECOND RATE STATE UNDER VOTING RIGHTS ACT! Are institutionalized acts of racism interwoven in the election procedures that regularly take place in Louisiana? Is there a concentrated effort on the part of Louisiana elections officials to put up barriers so that it is more difficult for...Read More

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Every few weeks, I like to get into the car and travel into various stops in South Louisiana.  This is territory I have covered on numerous occasions over the years, but it’s always nice to re visit old friends. Last week, it was off to Breaux Bridge for lunch in Breaux Bridge at the Crazy...Read More

 What’s it like to do a daily radio show?  Take a look at the video below, and I try to give you an idea of the preparation involved and the logistics of being on the air. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/JOTsKmjn1JE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]  Read More

I have this like-dislike relationship with Glenn Beck.   I liked the old Glenn who was not quite so edgy and calculating.  He used to be more funny, and irrelevant.  He still has his moments, so I was one of the handful in Baton Rouge who went to the local United Artists theater (cost $18 bucks)...Read More

Louisiana’s senior US Senator minced no words when asked to comment of the job Bobby Jindal is doing as governor.   Landrieu and Jindal, from different parties, never have been particularly close.  But this is the first instance where Landrieu is suggesting Jindal’s frequent out of state trips.  Take a look at 5he Senator’s comments below....Read More

  Legislatures all over the Gulf South are focusing on ways to lower skyrocketing property insurance rates.  And in many states, their efforts seem to be working.  There is, unfortunately, one big exception.  And that’s Louisiana.  With the current session of the Louisiana Legislature winding down, there is little encouraging news for homeowners and small...Read More

  Thursday June 11, 2009 New Orleans, Louisiana LOUISIANA HURRICANE SEASON DO YOU FEEL LUCKY?  WELL DO YA? A dangerous hurricane season this year?  Forecasters are predicting nine to 14 named tropical storms with four to seven of them expected to be hurricanes. And three could be major.  Or as Dirty Harry would say: 44...Read More

 Everyone wants to have freedom of choice.  But what happens when your freedom gets in my face?  that was one of the topics on a recent radio show I did out out Baton Rouge last week. Take a look and tell me what you think.  Does your freedom of choice override my right not to...Read More

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 Have you been following all the fuss over former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco’s supposed “snub” of Katrina General Russel Honore?  The General has a new book out called “Survival.“Â  I have not had a chance to read it yet, though I do plan on doing so.  The general says that some three weeks after Katrina...Read More

  Did you know that I used to be quite a pool shooter?  I racked up the balls often when I was in the Army and later when I was living in Ferriday.  (Not a lot to do up there when the sun goes down.)  I’ve had a pool table most of my life.  Still...Read More

So What about Gun Control? Since the election of new Pres. Barack Obama, gun sales have skyrocketed. A lot of people are apparently worried that Obama will make a major effort to control who can own a gun. I think there’s fat chance of this happening. But the two videos below tell you a lot...Read More

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