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Hardy Parkerson
Oops! Computers play strange tricks on me. Of course, I was not commenting on Louisiana legalized gambling in my most recent post, just prior to this one. Sorry! s/Hardy Parkerson
Hardy Parkerson
Meet You at the Piccadilly for Lunch
by
Hardy Parkerson
Can’t get over that old Christian flag/
Standin’ there in the corner./
Suppose some people see it;/
Know I do.
It’s red, white and blue,/
Like the American flag standin’ by it./
They stand togehter in the chruch:/
Both red, white and blue.
There are some who care./
Most have lost their sense of altruism;/
But there are some who do:/
They try to make the world better./
The White nurse came to church;/
Asked for prayer for her Black patient,/
And for her son, who’ll have no one,/
When his mother dies of A.I.D.S.
She’d called the patient’s preacher, Who said,/
“It’s her own fault she has A.I.D.S.!/
No need for God when times were good!/
Now she needs God! Huh!”
Bet if she had money to give him, honey,/
He’d be there in a hurry;/
But she has none, only a son;/
Let the nurse worry!
She sees more of God/
In the nurse’s face/
And in her laid-on hands/
Than in the chruch.
Wear your best white dress!/
Meet me at the church!/
Halley Loo Yuh! Praise the Lord!/
Meet you at the Piccadilly for lunch!
Hardy Parkerson
I WON’T QUIT!
Give it up!/
Give it up!/
My mind keeps sayin’,/
“Just give it up!”
But I’m a fighter/
And I won’t quit;/
I’ll fight right down/
To the end of it;
And when I go out,/
You’ll hear me shout,/
“I’ll make it yet,/
For I won’t quit!”
Mr. Willie
If you people on this board are smart, why hasn’t Barack appointed you to an advisory positions.
You seem to have all the answers.
Hardy Parkerson
Once again: The Louisiana National Guard should quit
acting as city policemen and should also quit running a high school. Those state services are to be run by the various city police and parish sheriff departments, and by the Louisiana State Department of Education. These two areas of mis-
management of the state government are just more examples of too much government and too much duplication of governmental services. NO WONDER TAXES ARE SO HIGH IN LOUISIANA!
There is more to it all than this, but this is something
to think about.
Sincerely,
Lt. Hardy Parkerson
HHC, 3d BN, 156Inf, LAARNG, 1966-74
CC: Governor Bobby Jindal, Commander-in-Chief LANG
Lake Charles
Hardy Parkerson
From what I have been able to learn,
there is a financial conflict-of-interest in the state of
Louisiana, whereby medical doctors carry on their
“private†medical pactices inside the walls of so-called
“not-for-profit†hospitals. We all know that lawyers legally can’t
have financial conflicts-of-interest, but apparently medical
doctors can. The present practice of medical doctors’
having their “private†medical practices inside the walls of
these so-called “not-for-profit†hospitals makes me very
leery of using a medical doctor who has his “privateâ€
medical practice inside the walls of such hospitals, lest I
be put through unnecessary surgery, or surgeries, just so
the doctor can “pay back†the hospital for what
it is doing for him: free office space and free
advertising, among other things. There is a lot more
than I am prepared at this moment to reveal and
broach, but there is a great scandal–I do fear–
lying here to be uncovered; and the enormity
of this great “scandal†will be made known when it is
publicly revealed just how many millions of dollars
these doctors–those having their “private†practices
inside the walls of these “not-for-profit†hospitals–
generate for their “landlordsâ€, as the QUID PRO QUO,
consideration and/or or tit-for-tat, in return for the “freeâ€
office space, advertising and/or and other economic
benefits that these “non-profits†“give†to these “in-houseâ€
medical-doctor “private†medical practices; and all,
of course, paid for by the patients’ insurance companies
and/or by the U.S. Government under the Medicare
program. As I am wont to say, there is more
to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Tulane Law School, Class of 1966
Lake Charles, LA
Hardy Parkerson
FROM POLITICSLA.COM, Q.V.: What if we all refused to pay the IRS? Un-subscribe from this thread
charlielake Posted: 04 March 2009 03:13 PM [ Report ] [ Ignore ]
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Joined 2008-07-02 What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
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White Guy Posted: 04 March 2009 05:18 PM [ Report ] [ Ignore ] [ # 1 ]
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Joined 2009-02-28 charlielake – 04 March 2009 03:13 PM
What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
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Joined 2006-05-23 White Guy – 04 March 2009 05:18 PM
The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
Yeah, right. Only those people without OB connections will be hunted down like dogs and prosecuted and the key thrown away. Now if we were friends with OB and were in a position he appointed us to be in, then we can owe taxes for the rest of our lives and all would be good.
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fred Posted: 04 March 2009 05:22 PM [ Report ] [ Ignore ] [ # 3 ]
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Joined 2004-10-21 Geithner didn’t pay his.. So obama made him head of the treasury dpt.!!
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The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
Sorry, though you seem to desire it, failing to pay your federal income taxes if not a capital offence.
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Hardy Parkerson Posted: 05 March 2009 02:32 AM [ # 5 ]
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Joined 2005-04-09 charlielake – 04 March 2009 03:13 PM
What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
Dear Charlie,
I know I am not your favorite guy; but be careful,
lest we do what you recommend and you be
charged with leading the “rebellionâ€. What
you are “recommending†here sounds like
somethihg the radical Hardy Parkerson would
say. And you know, one “Hardy Parkerson†is
enough, if not one too many. You are now reminding
me of the late, great patriot John “The Little Bit Manâ€
Runte, whom I used to represent in Federal Court
for refusing to even file a Form 1040; with the
exception he would write “NUTS†across the face of
it, sign it, and send it to the IRS. The great Federal
Judge Edwin F. Hunteer, once called me aside and said,
“Hardy, I really like your client John Runte…like his spirit.
However, the word’s getting back to me that he’s
threatening to have me arrested by POSSE COMITATUS
and place me on trial for, of all things, “Treasonâ€. I
just do not know what I ought do to in light of
those defelopments. Could you have a talk
with him?†Well, I did; and it all worked out. Of
course, there is more to it all than this; but this
is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Mr. Willie
Mr. Parkerson, why done you became the first person to not pay his taxes?
Then let us how many years you will be away from this board.
HARDY PARKERSON REPLIES TO CHARLIE LAKE'S POST N POLITICSLA.COM: Hardy Parkerson
Dear Charlie,
I know I am not your favorite guy; but be careful,
lest we do what you recommend and you be
charged with leading the “rebellionâ€. What
you are “recommending†here sounds like
somethihg the radical Hardy Parkerson would
say. And you know, one “Hardy Parkerson†is
enough, if not one too many. You are now reminding
me of the late, great patriot John “The Little Bit Manâ€
Runte, whom I used to represent in Federal Court
for refusing to even file a Form 1040; with the
exception he would write “NUTS†across the face of
it, sign it, and send it to the IRS. The great Federal
Judge Edwin F. Hunteer, once called me aside and said,
“Hardy, I really like your client John Runte…like his spirit.
However, the word’s getting back to me that he’s
threatening to have me arrested by POSSE COMITATUS
and place me on trial for, of all things, “Treasonâ€. I
just do not know what I ought do to in light of
those defelopments. Could you have a talk
with him?†Well, I did; and it all worked out. Of
course, there is more to it all than this; but this
is something to think about.
LATEST NEWS ON ROBERT WOOLEY, FROM POLITICSLA.COM:
from the daily report:
Former insurance commissioner rescues five in Vermilion Bay
Robert Wooley, former commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, helped pull five people from chilly water Saturday morning in Vermilion Bay near Cypremort Point Yacht Club, the club reported on its Web site. Wooley and his crew of three were in a sailboat race when Wooley says he looked off to the port side and saw a life jacket in the distance, which turned out to be a man and a boy. The crew took down the sails, turned on the engine (disqualifying Wooley’s boat from the race) and went back to pick up the two people, who said their boat had been swamped and three more people were in the water. Wooley picked up the other three, two adults and a child, and brought the crew of five back to where they had launched.
“I don’t think the children could have stayed in the water a whole lot longer because it was pretty cold,†Wooley says. “The adults would have lasted a little bit longer, but they were five miles from shore.†Wooley says the five people were extremely lucky that he happened to look in their direction. Wooley, who was insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006, is a member of the Special Business Service Group at the Adams and Reese law firm.—David Jacobs
Hardy Parkerson
Ode to a Simple Louisiana National Guardsman
He was gettin’ old and paunchy,/
And his hair was fallin’ fast;/
And he sat aroun’ the Legion/
Tellin’ stories the past./
Of a war that he had fought in/
And the deeds that he had done;/
In his exploits with his buddies,/
They were heroes every one./
And ‘though sometimes to his neighbors/
His tales became a joke;/
All his buddies listened closely,/
For the knew whereof he spoke./
But we’ll hear his tales no longer,/
For ole’ Carl has passed away;/
And the world’s a little poorer,/
For a Louisiana National Guardsman died today./
He won’t be mourned by many,/
Just his children and his wife;/
For he lived a very ordinary//
Quite and simple kind of life./
He held a job and reared a family,/
Quitely goin’ on his way;/
And the world won’t note his passin’,/
‘Though a Louisiana National Guardsman died today./
Just an ordinary soldier,/
One who offered up his all;/
Was paid off with just some medals/
And perhaps a pension small./
It’s so easy to forget him,/
For t’was so long ago/
He ‘listed in the Louisiana Army National Guard/
And off to battle he did go./
Yes, he was just a common Louisiana National Guardsman/
From the ranks a-growin’ thin;/
But his passin’ should remind us/
We may need his type again./
Since we did not do him honor,/
While he was here at home to praise,/
Then at least let’s give him homage/
At the endin’ of his days./
Perhaps just a little headline/
In the paper that might say:/
OUR COUNTRY IS A-MOURNIN’/
FOR A LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARDSMAN DIED TODAY!
Hardy Parkerson
“They Cash In”
The women work; the men just play,/
Both at the poker machines./
Some win, some lose;/
But there’s another day.
The machines smile and say,/
“Feed me your money and win today!”/
And the people sit and pump it in and win/
And lose again, and go away./
(But there’s another day.)
The doctor sits and then he hits,/
And then he loses all./
“Get your money ready, young man!/
I’ll see you now in the back of the hall.”
“But, Doc, twenty’s all I’ve got!”/
“That’s all right,/
I understand!/
I’ll see you now, young man.”
“Here, get this filled!/
Take it before you sleep!/
You don’t need a receipt./
Thanks! Come see at my office!/
(Now it’s back to that machine.”)
Baseball caps turned front-side back;/
Bearded old man in sneakers/
Playin’ the machines and winnin’,/
Beside the sweatered girl who loses all.
She says, “I know a better game/
That we can play, if you can pay.”/
The old man says, “It’s a shame, but I’m game./
Here, take this and go cash in!”
VITTER VS. GENTILE. ----------
I wonder what the outcome wold be if
the election were only between Senator
Vitter and Mr. Gentile, and it were held
say, next week. Right now Vitter is very
much down, due to the Senator Edwards,
Jimmy Swaggart, Monica Lewinsky and
whatever that other guy’s name was…
you-name-him-type matter. America is a hypo-
ritical country: everybody’s doing it–well
almost everygody; that’s what Hollywood and
National T.V. are all about: “Sex in the Cityâ€,
Suddenlink Cable t.v., ET AL..– but don’t get
your name in the paper about it; that is, unless
you are a movie star, in which case it makes
all the more popular and famous. Well, all that
said, Mr. Gentile may very well defeat Senator
Vitter. I think the Ronald Reagan Democratic
Party should meet with Mr. Gentile and get
him to come over to our party, insead of
his being an Independent. Really, I do not
think, there is no such thing as an “Independent
Partyâ€. “Independent†is just a word to say
“no partyâ€. Personally, although I like Vitter,
I would cast my vote for Mr. Gentile, even
thought he is an independent, in that election.
What do you think about this? Let’s hear it from
you!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Chairman, Ronald Reagan Democratic Caucus of Louisiana
Lake Charles, LA
Mr. Willie
Vitter would get 99% of the votes.
Mary Lynch
Who is s Gentile? What has he ever done for people of Louisiana to deserve my vote.
Will he vote to help President Obama ?
I’ll just wait to see who the Democrat candidates are it before decide.
Bill Boudreaux
On the subject of Vitter Vs Gentile.
I met this gentile person in the last Governor’s race, I think he came in last in the race. He is a dirty fingernail oil refinery worker from the New Orleans area.
He’s an inexperience, uneducated and has not money and can’t raise any. He has no idea of what he’s talking about and resorts to personal attacks. You can see that he’s even uncomfortable in his best Wal Mart suit of cloth, as he tries look debonaire.
Oh yeah, David Vitter has a to worry about with this character.
On the subject of Vitter vs Gentile. I met this gentile person in the last Governor’s race, I think he came in last in the race. He is a dirty fingernail oil refinery worker from the New Orleans area. He’s an inexperience, uneducated and has not money and can’t raise any. He has no idea of what he’s talking about and resorts to personal attacks. You can see that he’s even uncomfortable in his best Wal Mart suit of cloth, as he tries look debonair. Oh yeah, David Vitter really has a to worry about with this character.
Hardy Parkerson
The Government of Louisiana should not be footing the bill for a professional football team any more than it should for a professional band. Private business is a private matter and the government should stay out of it, merely regulate it where it needs regulating. The State of Louisiana needs to do away with sales taxes, especially on food and medicine and to sell some of the assets it has–such as Angola Plantation–to private industry and thus lover the tax burden of its citizens.
Bill Boudreaux
Mr Parkerson aren’t 40 years late to complaint about the State of Louisiana going into the Football business. The Superdome hould have been built with the tax dollars from the people of Orleans and Jefferson parishes
instead of the entire population of the state. How does the people of Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles and Lafayette benefit from the Superdome anyway ? It only benefits the New Orleans area.
Every other city with large sport venues are paid and maintain with local tax dollars.
Bill Boudreaux
Mr Parkerson aren’t 40 years late to complain about the State of Louisiana going into the Football business. The Superdome should have been built with the tax dollars from the people of Orleans and Jefferson parishes instead of the entire population of the state. How does the people of Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles and Lafayette benefit from the Superdome anyway ? It only benefits the businesses of the New Orleans area. Every other city with large sport venues are paid and maintain with local tax dollars.
I read your little expose’ on me. I did not know that we met. That is certainly news to me. I tell you what all kidding aside you can write all you like about me. I appreciate the attention. I cannot help the fact that I am not rich like yourself. I am a hardworking invidual like you I suppose. You made fun of my clothes, you know I am wearing an LSU shirt right now that I purchased from KMart and a pair of pants from JC Penney. I am quite comfortable. If we ever have the opportunity to meet please identify yourself we can compare threads. I’ll even buy to a Coca-Cola.
Tony G
Hardy Parkerson
HOW TO SAVE MONEY: When you go to buy something, first
ask yourself if the price is reasonable.
If not, don’t buy it. Secondly, if the
price is reasonable, ask youself if you
are willing to pay the 9-percent sales
tax that you must pay for the privilege
of buying the article or item. If not,
then don’t buy it. Then you have
saved both the price of the item and the
9% sales tax too.
Or, if when you go to a restaurant, be willing
to pay the price of the meal; but leave the
waiter or waitress a note thanking them for
the good service; but apologize for not being
able and/nor willing to leave a “tip†or “gratuityâ€,
since you will have to pay at the cash register
a 9% sales tax on the price of the food; and
stating that there should not even be a sales
tax on food.
If you are a “giver”–as we all should be–and just
can’t bring yourself to do that, then skip the restaurant
meal and eat at home; or at least scale down
the price of the meal, by eating less, or eating
at Burger King, etc. Once the merchants begin
to learn that there is a protest against such
exorbitant sales taxes and that it is costing them
sales, the word will get back to the government
to quit extorting so much money from its
citizens. REMEMBER, SALES TAXES ARE A TAX
ON YOUR DISPOSABLE INCOME, AFTER IT
HAS ALREADY BEEN TAXED BY BOTH THE FEDERAL
AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.
There is more to it all than this, but this is something
to think about!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Founder, Proposition 14 Anti-Tax Movement
Lake Charles, LA
Bill Boudreaux
Barack Obama should make Mr. Parkerson his top economist on his staff. Don’t you think?
With what Obama is doing and what Mr Parkerson is suggesting, this country will go broke way before its time.
Bill Boudreaux
Barack Obama should make Mr. Parkerson the top economist advisior on his staff. Don’t you think?
With what Obama is doing and what Mr Parkerson is suggesting, this country will go broke way before its time.
Hardy Parkerson
Ode to Lynda Lee
Ode to Lynda Lee (On I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES, by Glenn Clark; Harper and Bros. 1937)
by Hardy Parkerson –
This old book is tattered;/
This old book it torn;/
This old book is yellow;/
This old book is worn./
The one who wrote it now is dead./
Oh, how he wanted this old book read!/
This old book grew old;/
It looked a terrible sight;/
And so the librarian threw it away one night;/
But a scholar, digging in the trash for books,/
Rescued it from the bin./
Now this old book is read again./
The author of this old book is dead and forgotten,/
But his words speak on on pages now rotten./
The worm and roach have done their deeds/
Upon its spine and edges;/
But just as much today as ever/
The author speaks from its pages./
Within these pages are diamonds and pearls/
For scholars and saints to discover;/
But the librarian threw it away,/
Regarding only its yellowed cover./
Oh, read with care and turn with ease/
The pages of this old book:/
The one the scholar rescued from the trash bin,/
The one the librarian forsook!
Bill Boudreaux
Yep, there gones that Hardy Parkerson making up phony names to post on this phony forum.
Bill Boudreaux
Yep, there goes that Hardy Parkerson making up phony names to post on this phony forum.
Hardy Parkerson
Protest too high taxation by refusing to
pay sales taxes. If you go to buy a large
item, if you are satisfied with the price, offer
the merchant exactly that amount over the
counter. If he take it, the sales tax is between
him and the state. If not, you just saved both
the amount of the item, as well as nine-percent
or more sales taxes.
Before you go to purchase a small item,
ask yourself if you are willing to pay a “penaltyâ€
of the amount of the sales tax, just for the
“privilege†of purchasing it. If not, you have
saved both the price of the item, as well as
the amount of the sales taxes. You will
begin to realize soon how much money you
are saving.
Then take that money and buy Johnson Control
stocks. or ONEOK, or BP-PLC…or ChevronTexaco.
It won’t be long until you see that you are
becoming “richâ€, or getting richer.
Join the Tax Protest! Vote and campaign against
any politician who promotes a sales tax, or has
promoted one, or who even proposes a sales
tax renewal!
There is more to it all than this, but this is a
start in the right direction to straighten out
this messed up state.
And by so doing, among other things we can PROTEST
UNELECTED PARISH OFFICIALS’ MAKING $225-tHOUSAND
A YEAR, PLUS PLUSH RETIREMENT AND OTHER TAX-
PAYER PAID FOR BENEFITS.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Bill Boudreaux
This Parkerson is a real genius, its no wonder he is no longer a lawyer.
Robust Parkerson
I tink we ought have one dem alligator process
plant. Nuttin better dan dat great alligator
SAUCE PICANCE! I tink I gonna open one up
here in LAC CHARLES and see if I can git me one
dem grant from de guberment, or at lease
one dem SBA lone. Whatcha tink bout dat?
Sincerely,
Robust Parkerson
Lake Charles
Hardy Parkerson
The Louisiana Law Explosion
Napoleon said that since every citizen is presumed to know the law and that ignorance of the law is no excuse for violating the law (Ignorantia non excusit leges.), then all laws should be written by the legislature and there should be no more laws that would fit in a one volume tome that would fit in a man’s hip pocket or a woman’s purse. Thus his law givers game him the Code Napoleon, which Louisiana adopted as its own and which served us well for over two hundred years, until the Louisiana Law Explosion of recent years. Now every time the Louisiana legislature meets in regular session, it passes over a thousand new laws, many of them many pages long, double spaced in type even a termite would need a magnifying glass to read. Our famous Louisiana Civil Code, based on the Code Napoleon, in the early 1960s was just that, a small one volume tome, setting forth principals of Louisiana’s unique Civil Law. Of recent years, with the recent Louisiana Law Explosion, the is now two large volumes about four (4) to six (6) inches thick, double spaced and weighing over ten pounds. Further, instead of maintaining Louisiana’s proud tradition of Roman-French Civil Law, Louisiana now operates under its own version of the Louisiana Common Law, so much so that now for one to access the applicable law of Louisiana in any given situation, he or she must almost be trained in computerized research of electronic virtual law libraries costing thousands and thousands of dollars. The Law of Louisiana law is no longer accessible to the man on the street.
As governor of Louisiana, following my election in 2011, I intend to lead the Louisiana Law Reform Movement and rewrite and reform the Louisiana Civil Code and take steps to do away with the practice by the Louisiana Courts of the Louisiana Common Law. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkersoniana, Reduce the Size of State Government and Lower Taxes!”
Hardy Parkerson
Thanks, Bill! You are right. I’m now in the banking business. As much as I loved the law, the money’s much better in the banking business.
HOORAY FOR GOVERNOR JINDAL!
SHOW THEM, GOVERNOR JINDAL! YOU’RE THE HOSS!
WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY LAWS AND TOO MUCH
GOVERNMENT. WE ARE PAYING TOO MUCH TAXES!
WE HAVE TOO MUCH DUPLICATION IN GOVERNMENT,
ESPECIALLY IN LAW “ENFORCEMENTâ€. YOU’RE DOING
A GREAT JOB FOR THE PEOPLE! DON’T LET UP! CUT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE BONE! MAKE
THEM QUIT “KIDNAPPING†BABIES AND CHILDREN TO “SELLâ€
THEM TO PROFESSIONAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS, SO AS
TO GET A MONETARY “BONUS†FOR ADOPTING AWAY
CHILDREN FROM THEIRPARENT OR PARENTS. IT’S A
FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IS THE THE
SCANDAL OF THE NATION! YOU REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS,
NOT THE ONES WHO “OWN†THE GOVERNMENT. AGAIN,
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
“Jindal is like Reagan: he’s really a Democrat at heart!â€
Hardy Parkerson
Refuse to pay sales taxes, when you can.
If the price is high on an item, but you
would like it anyway; think of how much
more you will have to pay because of
the 9% sales tax added to the price. Then,
revolt and don’t buy it. This way you
save not only the high price of the item,
but amount of the higher sales tax too.
Sometimes you just absolutely MUST buy
an item. Well, there is not much you can
do about the sales tax there; you just have
to pay it. However, as part of the anti-sales-
tax revolt, don’t buy anything that you do
not have to have. Just consider how much
money you are saving: the price of item,
plus the sales tax.
Study ways legally to avoid paying sales
taxes. Keep a record of how much money
you are saving by your “tax revoltâ€, and
brag about it to your friends and relatives.
Encourage them to become a part of the
sales tax revolt with you. Also, learn to
bargain with the merchant by telling him
or her that you have only X number of
dollars that you are able or willing to
pay for the item. See if the merchant will
cut the price to include the sales tax. In
other words, he takes the loss. This will
help the “anti sales tax revoltâ€, for it will
show the merchant how sales taxes are
hurting his business.
Yesterday evening I was at Wal Mart. I
was temped to buy an audio verion of a
book by Joel Osteen, a set of five CDs
read by the author. The price was $24.95,
too much in my opinion; but I thought
about all the good it would do me to get
it and listen to it, so I started to buy it.
Then I thought of the sales tax in excess
of $2.00, so I made a hard choice and
said “No!†Not only did I save the $24.95,
but I also saved over $2.00, in sales taxes.
Hey, I’ll go back to Wal Mart soon and get
the book off the shelf and go to Subway
and have a Coke and read it; all for the
price of the Coke, plus…of course…about
a dime sales tax. Sometimes you just have
to pay sales taxes; but make those times
as few as possible.
There is more to it all than this, but this is
something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D., Chm.
Anti-Sales Tax Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
Hardy Parkerson
PARKERSON’S WISDOM OF THE DAY – Recall petitions are very effective political
tools, especially if the one(s) circulating
the petition(s) keep(s) the news media
apprised of what is going on and how many
signatures have been obtained, etc. As I recall,
the petitioners have up to six months to get
the required number of signatures for the
recall; and all that time they can, if they
handle it right, obtain free negative news
exposuire to damage the object of the recall’s
chance of getting re-elected. There is
more to it all than this, of course; but this
is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Lake Charles
Hardy Parkerson
Re Voting Rights Act, that is.
LIBERTARIAN ANNOUNCES FOR U.S. SENATE
Louisiana Libertarian Senatorial Candidate Speaks Out
Mon, 22 Jun 2009, 12:18:50 EDT
Edited by Carly Zander
MANDEVILLE, La. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Louisiana’s Libertarian Party Senatorial Candidate Anthony “Tony G” Gentile told supporters on Sunday not to fret about the lack of attention from the press. Jokingly he told friends and supporters, “If I take my shirt off to win votes I’ll actually lose votes, my belly’s too big! I also have no need to seek out a madam.”
Gentile’s Web site has more than 9,200 hits in a little more than one month. “The word is getting out and the offers of help are rolling in, it’s very inspiring,” Gentile added.
“On my website, to my knowledge, I am the first and only candidate to have a written guarantee, if I do not perform in a positive fashion, fire me. I will resign. Every November we’ll look at the feedback from you the voters and my voting record. If I cannot reconcile my actions with your concerns, I will resign.”
He continued, “We all know when we’re doing a bad job. If I can look at myself in the mirror regardless of the image I see and can say I did my best yesterday keeping my principles and values intact with a goal of striving to do better today, then I am doing well. If I can’t do that and it becomes a habit it’s time to find another line of work. I would have to believe that if the current candidates who are in office gave the same offer when they were elected they wouldn’t be there now.”
In his closing statements Gentile reminded his supporters of some of the candidate’s promises from prior elections. “They come with big money and big promises. The results aren’t there. In every life ranking Louisiana is nestled in the bottom. That’s not the result I am looking for and I do not believe that is acceptable to you.”
You think so Morris? I’m not saying you’re wrong Morris, we all have opinions. Personally the other three candidates tickle me. Thanks for reading the article.
Morris Gutman
It sounds like in addition to knowing nothing, your also ticklish.
Hardy Parkerson
Hooray for Governor Bobby Jindal for Cutting the
Budget and Lowering Taxes! Taxes are too high in
Louisiana, and we have too much duplication of
“services†by state government. That’s real
conservatism! Government can’t be all things to
all people, and the government which governs least
governs best. Further, hooray for Governor Jindal
for vetoing the laws that he vetoed. Laws should
be stable and not changed at the whim of any legis-
lator. Changes in the law should come abuot in an
evolutionary manneer, not a revolutionary one. There
is more to it all than this, but this is something to praise
Governor Bobby Jindal for.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
Lake Charles
Ana Riblette
I recently mean a candidate running for the U S Senate next year and he had the worst body odor of anyone I have every encountered.
Bill Boudreaux
Ms. Riblett was he from Mandville by any chance? It probably that toilet cleaner at Exxon-Mobil refinery in Chalmette.
FROM POLITICSLA.COM by Hardy Parkerson
Trollfessor – 20 July 2009 10:52 AM
Thoughts and prayers for the Brown family.
Yes, the same from me. I had had the
pleasure of meeting both her and her
husband over the years, as I followed
the brilliant poltical career of their very
talented and gifted son James “Jim†Brown,
as well as Jim’s brother. What a gifted
and talented family, including even
the grandchildren of Jim’s mother and
father!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Hardy Parkerson
Meet You at the Piccadilly for Lunch
by Hardy Parkerson
Can’t get over that old Christian flag/
Standin’ there in the corner./
S’pose some people see it;/
Know I do.
It’s red, white and blue,/
Like the American flag standin’ by it./
They stand together in the church:/
Both red, white and blue.
There are some who care./
Most have lost their sense of altruism;/
But there are some who do:/
They try to make the world better.
The White nurse came to church;/
Asked for prayer for her Black patient,/
And for her son who’ll have no one/
When his mother dies of A.I.D.S.
She’d called the patient’s preacher,/
Who said, “It’s her own fault she has A.I.D.S.!/
No need for God when times were good!/
Now she needs God! Huh!”
Bet if she had money to give him, honey,/
He’d be there in a hurry;/
But she has none, only a son;/
Let the nurse worry!
She sees more of God/
In the nurse’s face/
And in her laid-on hands/
Than in the church.
Wear your best white dress!/
Meet me at the church!/
Halley Loo Yuh! Praise the Lord!/
Meet you at the Piccadilly for lunch!
Minnie Heyes
The Louisiana Democratic Party is no where to be found in any of this. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not pointing out Jindal’s budgetary hypocrisy (fueled by his apparently incurable case of Blind Ambition). Not working with legislators and local government leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail.
Minnie Heyes
All is not well at the Louisiana Democratic Party. And is no where to be found. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not working with legislators and local govern-
ment leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail.
Minnie Heyes
The Louisiana Democratic Party is no where to be found in any of this. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not pointing out Jindal’s budgetary hypocrisy (fueled by his apparently incurable case of Blind Ambition). Not working with legislators and local government leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail..
Oops! Computers play strange tricks on me. Of course, I was not commenting on Louisiana legalized gambling in my most recent post, just prior to this one. Sorry! s/Hardy Parkerson
Meet You at the Piccadilly for Lunch
by
Hardy Parkerson
Can’t get over that old Christian flag/
Standin’ there in the corner./
Suppose some people see it;/
Know I do.
It’s red, white and blue,/
Like the American flag standin’ by it./
They stand togehter in the chruch:/
Both red, white and blue.
There are some who care./
Most have lost their sense of altruism;/
But there are some who do:/
They try to make the world better./
The White nurse came to church;/
Asked for prayer for her Black patient,/
And for her son, who’ll have no one,/
When his mother dies of A.I.D.S.
She’d called the patient’s preacher, Who said,/
“It’s her own fault she has A.I.D.S.!/
No need for God when times were good!/
Now she needs God! Huh!”
Bet if she had money to give him, honey,/
He’d be there in a hurry;/
But she has none, only a son;/
Let the nurse worry!
She sees more of God/
In the nurse’s face/
And in her laid-on hands/
Than in the chruch.
Wear your best white dress!/
Meet me at the church!/
Halley Loo Yuh! Praise the Lord!/
Meet you at the Piccadilly for lunch!
I WON’T QUIT!
Give it up!/
Give it up!/
My mind keeps sayin’,/
“Just give it up!”
But I’m a fighter/
And I won’t quit;/
I’ll fight right down/
To the end of it;
And when I go out,/
You’ll hear me shout,/
“I’ll make it yet,/
For I won’t quit!”
If you people on this board are smart, why hasn’t Barack appointed you to an advisory positions.
You seem to have all the answers.
Once again: The Louisiana National Guard should quit
acting as city policemen and should also quit running a high school. Those state services are to be run by the various city police and parish sheriff departments, and by the Louisiana State Department of Education. These two areas of mis-
management of the state government are just more examples of too much government and too much duplication of governmental services. NO WONDER TAXES ARE SO HIGH IN LOUISIANA!
There is more to it all than this, but this is something
to think about.
Sincerely,
Lt. Hardy Parkerson
HHC, 3d BN, 156Inf, LAARNG, 1966-74
CC: Governor Bobby Jindal, Commander-in-Chief LANG
Lake Charles
From what I have been able to learn,
there is a financial conflict-of-interest in the state of
Louisiana, whereby medical doctors carry on their
“private†medical pactices inside the walls of so-called
“not-for-profit†hospitals. We all know that lawyers legally can’t
have financial conflicts-of-interest, but apparently medical
doctors can. The present practice of medical doctors’
having their “private†medical practices inside the walls of
these so-called “not-for-profit†hospitals makes me very
leery of using a medical doctor who has his “privateâ€
medical practice inside the walls of such hospitals, lest I
be put through unnecessary surgery, or surgeries, just so
the doctor can “pay back†the hospital for what
it is doing for him: free office space and free
advertising, among other things. There is a lot more
than I am prepared at this moment to reveal and
broach, but there is a great scandal–I do fear–
lying here to be uncovered; and the enormity
of this great “scandal†will be made known when it is
publicly revealed just how many millions of dollars
these doctors–those having their “private†practices
inside the walls of these “not-for-profit†hospitals–
generate for their “landlordsâ€, as the QUID PRO QUO,
consideration and/or or tit-for-tat, in return for the “freeâ€
office space, advertising and/or and other economic
benefits that these “non-profits†“give†to these “in-houseâ€
medical-doctor “private†medical practices; and all,
of course, paid for by the patients’ insurance companies
and/or by the U.S. Government under the Medicare
program. As I am wont to say, there is more
to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Tulane Law School, Class of 1966
Lake Charles, LA
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Joined 2008-07-02 What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
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What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
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The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
Yeah, right. Only those people without OB connections will be hunted down like dogs and prosecuted and the key thrown away. Now if we were friends with OB and were in a position he appointed us to be in, then we can owe taxes for the rest of our lives and all would be good.
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Joined 2004-10-21 Geithner didn’t pay his.. So obama made him head of the treasury dpt.!!
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The criminals who didn’t pay their taxes would be charged, tried and, depending on the jury, convicted or acquited of the crime. Pure as that.
Sorry, though you seem to desire it, failing to pay your federal income taxes if not a capital offence.
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What do you think would happen if a really substantial number of taxpayers (not the Obama definition of “taxpayerâ€, but people that actually pay taxes) refused to pay the IRS on April 15? By substantial, I mean several million. There are not enough IRS agents to pursue the scofflaws and keeping all that money to either save or spend would do a lot for the economy. Do you think Washington would begin to get the message?
Frankly, I am to the point that I am prepared to do something really radical, short of armed resistance. I think the future of our nation is in serious jeopardy.
Dear Charlie,
I know I am not your favorite guy; but be careful,
lest we do what you recommend and you be
charged with leading the “rebellionâ€. What
you are “recommending†here sounds like
somethihg the radical Hardy Parkerson would
say. And you know, one “Hardy Parkerson†is
enough, if not one too many. You are now reminding
me of the late, great patriot John “The Little Bit Manâ€
Runte, whom I used to represent in Federal Court
for refusing to even file a Form 1040; with the
exception he would write “NUTS†across the face of
it, sign it, and send it to the IRS. The great Federal
Judge Edwin F. Hunteer, once called me aside and said,
“Hardy, I really like your client John Runte…like his spirit.
However, the word’s getting back to me that he’s
threatening to have me arrested by POSSE COMITATUS
and place me on trial for, of all things, “Treasonâ€. I
just do not know what I ought do to in light of
those defelopments. Could you have a talk
with him?†Well, I did; and it all worked out. Of
course, there is more to it all than this; but this
is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Mr. Parkerson, why done you became the first person to not pay his taxes?
Then let us how many years you will be away from this board.
Dear Charlie,
I know I am not your favorite guy; but be careful,
lest we do what you recommend and you be
charged with leading the “rebellionâ€. What
you are “recommending†here sounds like
somethihg the radical Hardy Parkerson would
say. And you know, one “Hardy Parkerson†is
enough, if not one too many. You are now reminding
me of the late, great patriot John “The Little Bit Manâ€
Runte, whom I used to represent in Federal Court
for refusing to even file a Form 1040; with the
exception he would write “NUTS†across the face of
it, sign it, and send it to the IRS. The great Federal
Judge Edwin F. Hunteer, once called me aside and said,
“Hardy, I really like your client John Runte…like his spirit.
However, the word’s getting back to me that he’s
threatening to have me arrested by POSSE COMITATUS
and place me on trial for, of all things, “Treasonâ€. I
just do not know what I ought do to in light of
those defelopments. Could you have a talk
with him?†Well, I did; and it all worked out. Of
course, there is more to it all than this; but this
is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Comment by Hardy Parkerson — March 5, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9btFMzilwMg
LATEST NEWS ON ROBERT WOOLEY, FROM POLITICSLA.COM:
from the daily report:
Former insurance commissioner rescues five in Vermilion Bay
Robert Wooley, former commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance, helped pull five people from chilly water Saturday morning in Vermilion Bay near Cypremort Point Yacht Club, the club reported on its Web site. Wooley and his crew of three were in a sailboat race when Wooley says he looked off to the port side and saw a life jacket in the distance, which turned out to be a man and a boy. The crew took down the sails, turned on the engine (disqualifying Wooley’s boat from the race) and went back to pick up the two people, who said their boat had been swamped and three more people were in the water. Wooley picked up the other three, two adults and a child, and brought the crew of five back to where they had launched.
“I don’t think the children could have stayed in the water a whole lot longer because it was pretty cold,†Wooley says. “The adults would have lasted a little bit longer, but they were five miles from shore.†Wooley says the five people were extremely lucky that he happened to look in their direction. Wooley, who was insurance commissioner from 2000 to 2006, is a member of the Special Business Service Group at the Adams and Reese law firm.—David Jacobs
Ode to a Simple Louisiana National Guardsman
He was gettin’ old and paunchy,/
And his hair was fallin’ fast;/
And he sat aroun’ the Legion/
Tellin’ stories the past./
Of a war that he had fought in/
And the deeds that he had done;/
In his exploits with his buddies,/
They were heroes every one./
And ‘though sometimes to his neighbors/
His tales became a joke;/
All his buddies listened closely,/
For the knew whereof he spoke./
But we’ll hear his tales no longer,/
For ole’ Carl has passed away;/
And the world’s a little poorer,/
For a Louisiana National Guardsman died today./
He won’t be mourned by many,/
Just his children and his wife;/
For he lived a very ordinary//
Quite and simple kind of life./
He held a job and reared a family,/
Quitely goin’ on his way;/
And the world won’t note his passin’,/
‘Though a Louisiana National Guardsman died today./
Just an ordinary soldier,/
One who offered up his all;/
Was paid off with just some medals/
And perhaps a pension small./
It’s so easy to forget him,/
For t’was so long ago/
He ‘listed in the Louisiana Army National Guard/
And off to battle he did go./
Yes, he was just a common Louisiana National Guardsman/
From the ranks a-growin’ thin;/
But his passin’ should remind us/
We may need his type again./
Since we did not do him honor,/
While he was here at home to praise,/
Then at least let’s give him homage/
At the endin’ of his days./
Perhaps just a little headline/
In the paper that might say:/
OUR COUNTRY IS A-MOURNIN’/
FOR A LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARDSMAN DIED TODAY!
“They Cash In”
The women work; the men just play,/
Both at the poker machines./
Some win, some lose;/
But there’s another day.
The machines smile and say,/
“Feed me your money and win today!”/
And the people sit and pump it in and win/
And lose again, and go away./
(But there’s another day.)
The doctor sits and then he hits,/
And then he loses all./
“Get your money ready, young man!/
I’ll see you now in the back of the hall.”
“But, Doc, twenty’s all I’ve got!”/
“That’s all right,/
I understand!/
I’ll see you now, young man.”
“Here, get this filled!/
Take it before you sleep!/
You don’t need a receipt./
Thanks! Come see at my office!/
(Now it’s back to that machine.”)
Baseball caps turned front-side back;/
Bearded old man in sneakers/
Playin’ the machines and winnin’,/
Beside the sweatered girl who loses all.
She says, “I know a better game/
That we can play, if you can pay.”/
The old man says, “It’s a shame, but I’m game./
Here, take this and go cash in!”
I wonder what the outcome wold be if
the election were only between Senator
Vitter and Mr. Gentile, and it were held
say, next week. Right now Vitter is very
much down, due to the Senator Edwards,
Jimmy Swaggart, Monica Lewinsky and
whatever that other guy’s name was…
you-name-him-type matter. America is a hypo-
ritical country: everybody’s doing it–well
almost everygody; that’s what Hollywood and
National T.V. are all about: “Sex in the Cityâ€,
Suddenlink Cable t.v., ET AL..– but don’t get
your name in the paper about it; that is, unless
you are a movie star, in which case it makes
all the more popular and famous. Well, all that
said, Mr. Gentile may very well defeat Senator
Vitter. I think the Ronald Reagan Democratic
Party should meet with Mr. Gentile and get
him to come over to our party, insead of
his being an Independent. Really, I do not
think, there is no such thing as an “Independent
Partyâ€. “Independent†is just a word to say
“no partyâ€. Personally, although I like Vitter,
I would cast my vote for Mr. Gentile, even
thought he is an independent, in that election.
What do you think about this? Let’s hear it from
you!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D.
Chairman, Ronald Reagan Democratic Caucus of Louisiana
Lake Charles, LA
Vitter would get 99% of the votes.
Who is s Gentile? What has he ever done for people of Louisiana to deserve my vote.
Will he vote to help President Obama ?
I’ll just wait to see who the Democrat candidates are it before decide.
On the subject of Vitter Vs Gentile.
I met this gentile person in the last Governor’s race, I think he came in last in the race. He is a dirty fingernail oil refinery worker from the New Orleans area.
He’s an inexperience, uneducated and has not money and can’t raise any. He has no idea of what he’s talking about and resorts to personal attacks. You can see that he’s even uncomfortable in his best Wal Mart suit of cloth, as he tries look debonaire.
Oh yeah, David Vitter has a to worry about with this character.
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=rAqPMJFaEdY
On the subject of Vitter vs Gentile. I met this gentile person in the last Governor’s race, I think he came in last in the race. He is a dirty fingernail oil refinery worker from the New Orleans area. He’s an inexperience, uneducated and has not money and can’t raise any. He has no idea of what he’s talking about and resorts to personal attacks. You can see that he’s even uncomfortable in his best Wal Mart suit of cloth, as he tries look debonair. Oh yeah, David Vitter really has a to worry about with this character.
The Government of Louisiana should not be footing the bill for a professional football team any more than it should for a professional band. Private business is a private matter and the government should stay out of it, merely regulate it where it needs regulating. The State of Louisiana needs to do away with sales taxes, especially on food and medicine and to sell some of the assets it has–such as Angola Plantation–to private industry and thus lover the tax burden of its citizens.
Mr Parkerson aren’t 40 years late to complaint about the State of Louisiana going into the Football business. The Superdome hould have been built with the tax dollars from the people of Orleans and Jefferson parishes
instead of the entire population of the state. How does the people of Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles and Lafayette benefit from the Superdome anyway ? It only benefits the New Orleans area.
Every other city with large sport venues are paid and maintain with local tax dollars.
Mr Parkerson aren’t 40 years late to complain about the State of Louisiana going into the Football business. The Superdome should have been built with the tax dollars from the people of Orleans and Jefferson parishes instead of the entire population of the state. How does the people of Shreveport, Monroe, Lake Charles and Lafayette benefit from the Superdome anyway ? It only benefits the businesses of the New Orleans area. Every other city with large sport venues are paid and maintain with local tax dollars.
Mr. Bill Boudreaux,
I read your little expose’ on me. I did not know that we met. That is certainly news to me. I tell you what all kidding aside you can write all you like about me. I appreciate the attention. I cannot help the fact that I am not rich like yourself. I am a hardworking invidual like you I suppose. You made fun of my clothes, you know I am wearing an LSU shirt right now that I purchased from KMart and a pair of pants from JC Penney. I am quite comfortable. If we ever have the opportunity to meet please identify yourself we can compare threads. I’ll even buy to a Coca-Cola.
Tony G
HOW TO SAVE MONEY: When you go to buy something, first
ask yourself if the price is reasonable.
If not, don’t buy it. Secondly, if the
price is reasonable, ask youself if you
are willing to pay the 9-percent sales
tax that you must pay for the privilege
of buying the article or item. If not,
then don’t buy it. Then you have
saved both the price of the item and the
9% sales tax too.
Or, if when you go to a restaurant, be willing
to pay the price of the meal; but leave the
waiter or waitress a note thanking them for
the good service; but apologize for not being
able and/nor willing to leave a “tip†or “gratuityâ€,
since you will have to pay at the cash register
a 9% sales tax on the price of the food; and
stating that there should not even be a sales
tax on food.
If you are a “giver”–as we all should be–and just
can’t bring yourself to do that, then skip the restaurant
meal and eat at home; or at least scale down
the price of the meal, by eating less, or eating
at Burger King, etc. Once the merchants begin
to learn that there is a protest against such
exorbitant sales taxes and that it is costing them
sales, the word will get back to the government
to quit extorting so much money from its
citizens. REMEMBER, SALES TAXES ARE A TAX
ON YOUR DISPOSABLE INCOME, AFTER IT
HAS ALREADY BEEN TAXED BY BOTH THE FEDERAL
AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.
There is more to it all than this, but this is something
to think about!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Founder, Proposition 14 Anti-Tax Movement
Lake Charles, LA
Barack Obama should make Mr. Parkerson his top economist on his staff. Don’t you think?
With what Obama is doing and what Mr Parkerson is suggesting, this country will go broke way before its time.
Barack Obama should make Mr. Parkerson the top economist advisior on his staff. Don’t you think?
With what Obama is doing and what Mr Parkerson is suggesting, this country will go broke way before its time.
Ode to Lynda Lee
Ode to Lynda Lee (On I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES, by Glenn Clark; Harper and Bros. 1937)
by Hardy Parkerson –
This old book is tattered;/
This old book it torn;/
This old book is yellow;/
This old book is worn./
The one who wrote it now is dead./
Oh, how he wanted this old book read!/
This old book grew old;/
It looked a terrible sight;/
And so the librarian threw it away one night;/
But a scholar, digging in the trash for books,/
Rescued it from the bin./
Now this old book is read again./
The author of this old book is dead and forgotten,/
But his words speak on on pages now rotten./
The worm and roach have done their deeds/
Upon its spine and edges;/
But just as much today as ever/
The author speaks from its pages./
Within these pages are diamonds and pearls/
For scholars and saints to discover;/
But the librarian threw it away,/
Regarding only its yellowed cover./
Oh, read with care and turn with ease/
The pages of this old book:/
The one the scholar rescued from the trash bin,/
The one the librarian forsook!
Yep, there gones that Hardy Parkerson making up phony names to post on this phony forum.
Yep, there goes that Hardy Parkerson making up phony names to post on this phony forum.
Protest too high taxation by refusing to
pay sales taxes. If you go to buy a large
item, if you are satisfied with the price, offer
the merchant exactly that amount over the
counter. If he take it, the sales tax is between
him and the state. If not, you just saved both
the amount of the item, as well as nine-percent
or more sales taxes.
Before you go to purchase a small item,
ask yourself if you are willing to pay a “penaltyâ€
of the amount of the sales tax, just for the
“privilege†of purchasing it. If not, you have
saved both the price of the item, as well as
the amount of the sales taxes. You will
begin to realize soon how much money you
are saving.
Then take that money and buy Johnson Control
stocks. or ONEOK, or BP-PLC…or ChevronTexaco.
It won’t be long until you see that you are
becoming “richâ€, or getting richer.
Join the Tax Protest! Vote and campaign against
any politician who promotes a sales tax, or has
promoted one, or who even proposes a sales
tax renewal!
There is more to it all than this, but this is a
start in the right direction to straighten out
this messed up state.
And by so doing, among other things we can PROTEST
UNELECTED PARISH OFFICIALS’ MAKING $225-tHOUSAND
A YEAR, PLUS PLUSH RETIREMENT AND OTHER TAX-
PAYER PAID FOR BENEFITS.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
This Parkerson is a real genius, its no wonder he is no longer a lawyer.
I tink we ought have one dem alligator process
plant. Nuttin better dan dat great alligator
SAUCE PICANCE! I tink I gonna open one up
here in LAC CHARLES and see if I can git me one
dem grant from de guberment, or at lease
one dem SBA lone. Whatcha tink bout dat?
Sincerely,
Robust Parkerson
Lake Charles
The Louisiana Law Explosion
Napoleon said that since every citizen is presumed to know the law and that ignorance of the law is no excuse for violating the law (Ignorantia non excusit leges.), then all laws should be written by the legislature and there should be no more laws that would fit in a one volume tome that would fit in a man’s hip pocket or a woman’s purse. Thus his law givers game him the Code Napoleon, which Louisiana adopted as its own and which served us well for over two hundred years, until the Louisiana Law Explosion of recent years. Now every time the Louisiana legislature meets in regular session, it passes over a thousand new laws, many of them many pages long, double spaced in type even a termite would need a magnifying glass to read. Our famous Louisiana Civil Code, based on the Code Napoleon, in the early 1960s was just that, a small one volume tome, setting forth principals of Louisiana’s unique Civil Law. Of recent years, with the recent Louisiana Law Explosion, the is now two large volumes about four (4) to six (6) inches thick, double spaced and weighing over ten pounds. Further, instead of maintaining Louisiana’s proud tradition of Roman-French Civil Law, Louisiana now operates under its own version of the Louisiana Common Law, so much so that now for one to access the applicable law of Louisiana in any given situation, he or she must almost be trained in computerized research of electronic virtual law libraries costing thousands and thousands of dollars. The Law of Louisiana law is no longer accessible to the man on the street.
As governor of Louisiana, following my election in 2011, I intend to lead the Louisiana Law Reform Movement and rewrite and reform the Louisiana Civil Code and take steps to do away with the practice by the Louisiana Courts of the Louisiana Common Law. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkersoniana, Reduce the Size of State Government and Lower Taxes!”
Thanks, Bill! You are right. I’m now in the banking business. As much as I loved the law, the money’s much better in the banking business.
SHOW THEM, GOVERNOR JINDAL! YOU’RE THE HOSS!
WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY LAWS AND TOO MUCH
GOVERNMENT. WE ARE PAYING TOO MUCH TAXES!
WE HAVE TOO MUCH DUPLICATION IN GOVERNMENT,
ESPECIALLY IN LAW “ENFORCEMENTâ€. YOU’RE DOING
A GREAT JOB FOR THE PEOPLE! DON’T LET UP! CUT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE BONE! MAKE
THEM QUIT “KIDNAPPING†BABIES AND CHILDREN TO “SELLâ€
THEM TO PROFESSIONAL ADOPTIVE PARENTS, SO AS
TO GET A MONETARY “BONUS†FOR ADOPTING AWAY
CHILDREN FROM THEIRPARENT OR PARENTS. IT’S A
FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IS THE THE
SCANDAL OF THE NATION! YOU REPRESENT THE TAXPAYERS,
NOT THE ONES WHO “OWN†THE GOVERNMENT. AGAIN,
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
“Jindal is like Reagan: he’s really a Democrat at heart!â€
Refuse to pay sales taxes, when you can.
If the price is high on an item, but you
would like it anyway; think of how much
more you will have to pay because of
the 9% sales tax added to the price. Then,
revolt and don’t buy it. This way you
save not only the high price of the item,
but amount of the higher sales tax too.
Sometimes you just absolutely MUST buy
an item. Well, there is not much you can
do about the sales tax there; you just have
to pay it. However, as part of the anti-sales-
tax revolt, don’t buy anything that you do
not have to have. Just consider how much
money you are saving: the price of item,
plus the sales tax.
Study ways legally to avoid paying sales
taxes. Keep a record of how much money
you are saving by your “tax revoltâ€, and
brag about it to your friends and relatives.
Encourage them to become a part of the
sales tax revolt with you. Also, learn to
bargain with the merchant by telling him
or her that you have only X number of
dollars that you are able or willing to
pay for the item. See if the merchant will
cut the price to include the sales tax. In
other words, he takes the loss. This will
help the “anti sales tax revoltâ€, for it will
show the merchant how sales taxes are
hurting his business.
Yesterday evening I was at Wal Mart. I
was temped to buy an audio verion of a
book by Joel Osteen, a set of five CDs
read by the author. The price was $24.95,
too much in my opinion; but I thought
about all the good it would do me to get
it and listen to it, so I started to buy it.
Then I thought of the sales tax in excess
of $2.00, so I made a hard choice and
said “No!†Not only did I save the $24.95,
but I also saved over $2.00, in sales taxes.
Hey, I’ll go back to Wal Mart soon and get
the book off the shelf and go to Subway
and have a Coke and read it; all for the
price of the Coke, plus…of course…about
a dime sales tax. Sometimes you just have
to pay sales taxes; but make those times
as few as possible.
There is more to it all than this, but this is
something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, J.D., Chm.
Anti-Sales Tax Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
PARKERSON’S WISDOM OF THE DAY – Recall petitions are very effective political
tools, especially if the one(s) circulating
the petition(s) keep(s) the news media
apprised of what is going on and how many
signatures have been obtained, etc. As I recall,
the petitioners have up to six months to get
the required number of signatures for the
recall; and all that time they can, if they
handle it right, obtain free negative news
exposuire to damage the object of the recall’s
chance of getting re-elected. There is
more to it all than this, of course; but this
is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Lake Charles
Re Voting Rights Act, that is.
Louisiana Libertarian Senatorial Candidate Speaks Out
Mon, 22 Jun 2009, 12:18:50 EDT
Edited by Carly Zander
MANDEVILLE, La. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Louisiana’s Libertarian Party Senatorial Candidate Anthony “Tony G” Gentile told supporters on Sunday not to fret about the lack of attention from the press. Jokingly he told friends and supporters, “If I take my shirt off to win votes I’ll actually lose votes, my belly’s too big! I also have no need to seek out a madam.”
Gentile’s Web site has more than 9,200 hits in a little more than one month. “The word is getting out and the offers of help are rolling in, it’s very inspiring,” Gentile added.
“On my website, to my knowledge, I am the first and only candidate to have a written guarantee, if I do not perform in a positive fashion, fire me. I will resign. Every November we’ll look at the feedback from you the voters and my voting record. If I cannot reconcile my actions with your concerns, I will resign.”
He continued, “We all know when we’re doing a bad job. If I can look at myself in the mirror regardless of the image I see and can say I did my best yesterday keeping my principles and values intact with a goal of striving to do better today, then I am doing well. If I can’t do that and it becomes a habit it’s time to find another line of work. I would have to believe that if the current candidates who are in office gave the same offer when they were elected they wouldn’t be there now.”
In his closing statements Gentile reminded his supporters of some of the candidate’s promises from prior elections. “They come with big money and big promises. The results aren’t there. In every life ranking Louisiana is nestled in the bottom. That’s not the result I am looking for and I do not believe that is acceptable to you.”
To learn more about Gentile you can go to his website at http://www.gentileforsenator.com.
LIBERTARIAN ANNOUNCES FOR U.S. SENATE/////This is a joke right?
If this story is not a joke, then this so-call candidate is.
You think so Morris? I’m not saying you’re wrong Morris, we all have opinions. Personally the other three candidates tickle me. Thanks for reading the article.
It sounds like in addition to knowing nothing, your also ticklish.
Hooray for Governor Bobby Jindal for Cutting the
Budget and Lowering Taxes! Taxes are too high in
Louisiana, and we have too much duplication of
“services†by state government. That’s real
conservatism! Government can’t be all things to
all people, and the government which governs least
governs best. Further, hooray for Governor Jindal
for vetoing the laws that he vetoed. Laws should
be stable and not changed at the whim of any legis-
lator. Changes in the law should come abuot in an
evolutionary manneer, not a revolutionary one. There
is more to it all than this, but this is something to praise
Governor Bobby Jindal for.
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Louisiana Democrats for Jindal
Lake Charles
I recently mean a candidate running for the U S Senate next year and he had the worst body odor of anyone I have every encountered.
Ms. Riblett was he from Mandville by any chance? It probably that toilet cleaner at Exxon-Mobil refinery in Chalmette.
Trollfessor – 20 July 2009 10:52 AM
Thoughts and prayers for the Brown family.
Yes, the same from me. I had had the
pleasure of meeting both her and her
husband over the years, as I followed
the brilliant poltical career of their very
talented and gifted son James “Jim†Brown,
as well as Jim’s brother. What a gifted
and talented family, including even
the grandchildren of Jim’s mother and
father!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
Lake Charles
Meet You at the Piccadilly for Lunch
by Hardy Parkerson
Can’t get over that old Christian flag/
Standin’ there in the corner./
S’pose some people see it;/
Know I do.
It’s red, white and blue,/
Like the American flag standin’ by it./
They stand together in the church:/
Both red, white and blue.
There are some who care./
Most have lost their sense of altruism;/
But there are some who do:/
They try to make the world better.
The White nurse came to church;/
Asked for prayer for her Black patient,/
And for her son who’ll have no one/
When his mother dies of A.I.D.S.
She’d called the patient’s preacher,/
Who said, “It’s her own fault she has A.I.D.S.!/
No need for God when times were good!/
Now she needs God! Huh!”
Bet if she had money to give him, honey,/
He’d be there in a hurry;/
But she has none, only a son;/
Let the nurse worry!
She sees more of God/
In the nurse’s face/
And in her laid-on hands/
Than in the church.
Wear your best white dress!/
Meet me at the church!/
Halley Loo Yuh! Praise the Lord!/
Meet you at the Piccadilly for lunch!
The Louisiana Democratic Party is no where to be found in any of this. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not pointing out Jindal’s budgetary hypocrisy (fueled by his apparently incurable case of Blind Ambition). Not working with legislators and local government leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail.
All is not well at the Louisiana Democratic Party. And is no where to be found. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not working with legislators and local govern-
ment leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail.
The Louisiana Democratic Party is no where to be found in any of this. Not standing up for our President. Not working with candidates to develop a strategy to take Vitter’s seat. Not pointing out Jindal’s budgetary hypocrisy (fueled by his apparently incurable case of Blind Ambition). Not working with legislators and local government leaders to deal with the upcoming reapportionment of political districts after the 2010 Census.
The party’s absence is directly attributable to the person who sits as chairman, Christopher Whittington. The actions of the executive director Whittington hired as part of his re-election bid has made the party the target of at least two lawsuits.
The highly regarded communications director left shortly after the executive director did.
The entire staff of the party consists of two people, neither of which has any executive power. They are merely at the party’s Government Street headquarters in Baton Rouge to turn the lights on and off, answer the phone and get the mail..