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Mary Lynch
Harry, to quote the great General Honore.
Your stuck on “STUPID”
Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G –
Dear Tony-G,
I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles
Comment by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. — July 29, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Hardy Parkerson, Atty.
Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G – Dear Tony-G, I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles Comment by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. — July 29, 2007 @ 1:55 pm Mary Lynch: Harry, to quote the great General Honore. Your stuck on “STUPID” Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G – Dear Tony-G, I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: Gov. Candidate on “The New Police State Terrorism… ——————————————————————————– The New Police State Terrorism (August 19, 2005 – by Hardy Parkerson, Attorney) Take Calcasieu Parish for example. We start off with about a thousand full time deputies. Then there is the Lake Charles City Police of about three or four hundred. Then there is the Lake Charles City Marshal police force of about a hundred. Then there is the Louisiana State Police of thousands. Then there is the United States Marshal police force. Then there is the Port of Lake Charles police force, and the Sowela Tech police force, and the McNeese State University Police force. Also, now we have the Sabine River Authority police force. Am I missing any? Oh, yes! There’s even the Railroad Police, even in Lake Charles, with cop uniforms, badges and guns. Then there is the Federal Bureau of Investigation police, not to mention the I.N.S. Border Patrol police force and the U.S. Customs Service police force which perform run-of-the-mill police operations traditionally handled only by local state police forces. Our Fathers never intended for the Federal Government to conduct an intrastate-only Criminal Justice System; but that is what is happening right now, with the United States Attorney’s offices handling what has traditionally been handled only by local state prosecutors and by local state courts. What’s more is that a contingent from each of most of the above-named police forces has gotten together and formed even another giant police force that they call a “Task Force” and they are literally terrorizing the State of Louisiana. In making what is a simple arrest of a non-violent defendant, on a simple drug charge, they arrive en masse and all pull out guns and aim them at even women and children who are not even criminal suspects. Further, they depend on the United States Attorneys’ offices to prosecute the alleged cases that they “make”. Since the state District Judges refuse to allow some of these police forces and/or their leader and/or leaders to “terrorize” certain portions of Calcasieu Parish, such as North Lake Charles, and refuse to allow the police to dictate whether bond for accused defendants will even be allowed, and, if so, how much these bonds should be set at, these police forces and/or their leader and/or leaders have elected to take their cases not to the local District Attorneys for prosecution, but to take them to the United States attorneys whose offices are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. The traditional Louisiana Criminal Justice System is changing and changing fast. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Mary Lynch
Excuse me, I’ll be back later.
The F B I agency are at my front door. They have my house surrounded.
They Ben Ladin is at this address. Oh, they want to talk to me about terrorism.
Will report on this later.
Mary Lynch
Hardy, please don’t embarass the people of Lake Charles, in Monroe this week end. But I have a feeling your going to be like Bobby Jindal, a NO show.
When you go up Hwy 165 on your way to Monroe, stop by in Oakdale and tell Edwin what you plan for him are.
Mary Lynch
Hardy you did go to Monroe and make total azz of yourself.
Mary Lynch
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Hardy Parkerson drew a standing ovation when he said that if he’s elected, he wouldn’t live in the Gov.’s Mansion.
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Mary Lynch
Jindal leads comfortably in latest poll Posted by Capital bureau August 13, 2007 4:01PM
A new statewide poll in the Louisiana governor’s race shows Republican candidate Bobby Jindal with a strong lead over his competitors, including one question that listed New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the lineup of candidates.
In a telephone poll conducted Aug. 3-6, Southern Media & Opinion Research Inc. of Baton Rouge asked 600 likely voters who among the major candidates they would vote for if the election “were held today.”
Jindal, a congressman representing the 1st District, led with 63 percent, followed by state Sen. Walter Boasso, D-Arabi, with 14.3 percent, Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell with 4.4 percent and Republican Metaire businessman John Georges with 1.3 percent.
In the poll that included Nagin, Jindal had 60.3 percent followed by Nagin with 10.5 percent, Boasso with 10 percent, Campbell with 3.3 percent and Georges with 1.5 percent. Nagin, a Democrat serving his second term as mayor, has not announced his intentions for the future.
The survey has a margin or error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Mary Lynch
What kind of crap is that ?
Hardy Parkerson
Dear Jim,
Thanks for having me on your show! I’m working on that web-site and it’ll be up and running soon. Meantime, I am in Suffolk, VA, visiting with my son who has just returned for a short leave from Navy duty in Iraq and my daughter-in-law, a NorfolkSouthern in-house lawyer and our two wonderful grand children. Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Hardy P.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
We should not pull out of Iraq. For us to do so, will just turn the country back to those who supported Saddam, and it will be Saddam and Company all over again. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Sincerely,
Lt. Hardy Parkerson, Atty. – Lake Charles
Huey P. Long's Ghost
Well, I’m going down to Baton Rouge today and make the big plunge, at a cost of 1,100 cool green ones. Wish me luck! s/Huey P.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
Well, I did it. It wasn’t easy, however. Had to file financial statement with my application to the Secretary of State and get the papers notrized somewhere in Baton Rouge. Although I filed pretty late on the last day, I did get filed; and now I’m out to win. When you say your prayers, say one for me, if you will. It won’t be easy beating Jindal, but I think I can pull it off. More later. s/Huey P.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
Beware of computerized voting machines! They can’t be trusted. It’s a fact! More on this later. s/Huey P.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
I was out campaigning this past weekend and today. I am beginning to get letters from groups wanting me to come address them or to participate in forums and such. I’ll go to all of these I can. One is even going to charge the candidates an entrance fee to sppear and speak/participate. It is only $35.00, however, and I assume it is to help the club pay the expense of calling and holding the meeting. That one is in New Orleans. One is in Winfield, one in Lafayette, and then that one in New Orleans. The pace of the race is picking up. I’m gaining ground on Jindal each day. Also, I am receiving calls from media representatives wanting to sell me advertising, and some from media concerns want photos and to do interviews. I did one such interview today on the telephone. More later. s/Huey P.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
From Politicsla.com:
I was interviewed today by Associated Press. s/Huey P. P.S.: Also called Jim Carville’s office for a reference for a professional fund-raiser. His office referred me to the LA Democratic Party. Of course, I am a member of the LA Democratic Party, and I am a former elected member of the Democratic State Central Committee. I think I will give them a call and see if they know of anybody who works as a professional political fund raiser. With a little money, I will win this race. I just need to use the media to introduce myself to the whole state, to present my qualifcations and plans as governor; and then I am sure I can get the votes necessary to put me in the run-off with Jindal; and then after that, may the better man win! Frankly, I think I am the better man for governor of Louisiana. HUEY
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Huey P. Long's Ghost
The recent election rhetoric, the Times- Picayune analysis of gubernatorial candidate’s responses, and PAR’s “Election 2007” analysis of Louisiana’s issues lead to two conclusions:
1. Louisiana has rich resources and a great opportunity to improve our quality of life if we elect a strong leader who will exercise fiscal control, and develop and enforce a meaningful plan on which to build our future.
2. Louisiana can only succeed if the next governor makes Education his number one priority and begins with early childhood education.
Louisiana’s future depends on drastically improving education – moving our status from last in the country. The state has instituted significant initiatives in recent years, but none of them has moved us out of last place (some may argue we are fourth from last. No difference.) The one and only initiative that will improve education is to teach our children from birth. We can’t wait until they are 5 to begin. We must begin at birth.
It is well documented that poor children, who comprise a majority of the children who attend Louisiana’s public school system, enter first grade ill equipped to learn and are condemned to a gradual decline in their ability to succeed academically, and eventually to failure.
Many poor children are born of teen parents, who have had no prenatal care, resulting in low birth weight. Many suffer from neglect, malnutrition, abuse and infirmities and undiagnosed illnesses like asthma and diabetes. Poor children enter school with little social development, lacking skills to confront adversity, without direction and ambition, and often having only a 300 word vocabulary compared to the 1500 words of affluent children. Lacking these tools, they are incapable of succeeding in school.
Dr. Pat Cooper, is CEO of a program being developed by the Early Childhood and
Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans at the Mahalia Jackson School in Central City. Dr. Cooper has proven results from two previous school districts. He has taken performance scores from last to first, he has reduced teen pregnancy by 75%, decreased drop out rates to 2 % and increased graduation rates to 98%. Over time and with simultaneous educational, social, physical and mental health programs administered to children in this vital time period, he has prepared them to enter first grade on level with their peers and ready and able to succeed in the long term. And the program follows them through high school, assuring them the maximum opportunity for success and graduation.
This is the program that our next Governor must embrace and implement. Many educators in Louisiana have already begun to implement these programs. But it must be a state priority, adequately funded
and universally applied to all children, for it to begin to change Louisiana. And it will assure economic success. For every $1 invested in early childhood education, there is an $8 return (So. Regional Education Conf. 2007).
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No, its reposted garbage
by a Lake Charles Notary Public.
Harlan Du youh
Great debate on Thursday night.
There were none of the dirtbags on stages with the majority to distract things.
Pardy Pakerson
Hey Pauline, Do you know Dr. Molly House from up of your neck of the woods.
Dr. Molly is a friend of one the minor candidate for Governor.
Pauline we need your help, vote for Foster Campbell, he the one we low paid union people are supporting.
Thx, Harlan
Friend of PJM
My old friend the Rev. Pelham Mills has past away.
God bless you Pelham,it was great working for you, and with you at KPLC TV years ago when you ran everything.
Rest in peace.
Huey P. Long's Ghost
All is Well in Louisianiraq!
The Jena kid
Got outta jail,
When Doctor Ayers
Paid for his bail;
Now Al and Jessie
Say all is well
In Louisianiraq.
Hardy P.
Jim Brown, you are a great peson! Keep up the good work! s/Hardy P.
Hardy Parkerson
Great web-site produced by a great person! Keep up the good work, Jim Brown! s/Hardy P.
Joe Reynolds
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Continue writing in the same way.
Hardy Parkerson
Dear Jim,
Nice article about your trip out West and about your conversation with the new LSU president, as well as about university endowment foundations. When my boy was interested in University of Texas, he was told that if he chose Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas, he could write his own ticket; as their Petroleum Engineering was the highest endowed school in the U.T. System (or at least at U.T. Austin). When we got home from Senior Day there, he received a letter from the U of T which said, if you choose to major in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas, present this letter at registration and it is good for $10,000.00.
Keep up the good work!
More later!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson – Retired Lawyer
Lake Charles
Hardy Parkerson
Dear Jim,
Did you make it to the Oscars while out? Knowing you, you probably did. Continue to enjoy your trip. Tell Arnie we love him in Louisiana too.
Sincerely,
Your Friend Morrie Guttzmann
Rodney LeNouveau
Me, I don’t get no respect. Huh! My doctor told me to walk five miles a day. Now here I am a week later, stranded thirty-five miles away from home, and I don’t feel no better. I tell you, I don’t get no respect.
My golf club, held a membership drive. They drove me out! No, sir! I don’t get no respect.
When I travel, I’ve gotta stay in them old dumpy motels. They steal MY towels.
Mauri1 at Beliefnet
For a change from politics, Mauri’s prayer:
I BELIEVE THRU PRAYER WE WITH OUR DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST, CAN CHANGE THINGS AND MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.ALWAYS EXPECT A MIRACLE,LOVE GOD,OTHERS AND YOURSELF.REMEMBER YOUR FOOT ON THE FLOOR IN THE MORNING IS THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THE DAY.
Rodney LeNouveau
No, I tell you: I don’t get no respect. My wife wanted to make love in the back seat of the car. Wanted me to drive! Nah! I just don’t get no respect.
Justin in DeQuancie
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Courts say they can take your house to build a hotel, now you can’t raise your own kids. Not too far from taking your children. Not too far indeed….
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
The homeschooling movement never saw the case coming.
“At first, there was a sense of, ‘No way,’ “ said homeschool parent Loren Mavromati, a resident of Redondo Beach (Los Angeles County) who is active with a homeschool association. “Then there was a little bit of fear. I think it has moved now into indignation.â€
The ruling arose from a child welfare dispute between the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and Philip and Mary Long of Lynwood, who have been homeschooling their eight children. Mary Long is their teacher, but holds no teaching credential. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL
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A major setback – this isn’t about education. It’s about the power and influence and money of the teachers’ unions.
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I disagree. Based on the statutes described in the article, it seems the court’s ruling is logical. It’s very narrowly constructed law.
“Some homeschoolers are affiliated with private or charter schools, like the Longs, but others fly under the radar completely. Many homeschooling families avoid truancy laws by registering with the state as a private school and then enroll only their own children.
Yet the appeals court said state law has been clear since at least 1953, when another appellate court rejected a challenge by homeschooling parents to California’s compulsory education statutes. Those statutes require children ages 6 to 18 to attend a full-time day school, either public or private, or to be instructed by a tutor who holds a state credential for the child’s grade level.â€
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Look to me lack, “LA REVOLUTION EST COMMENCE.†Whacha tink, Cher! I know dey better not outta try to did dat wid us Coonasses. Matter of fak, in Kakashoe paris, dey don’t jest lat us Coonasses homskule our kids, they even brang luntch to dem each averu sluleday at
Clotile and my house. An me, I tink ime gonna mak dem start bringin dem brakefust too, and all for free. Dat what we pay dem tax for, Cher. You agree witch me, don’tcha, Cher?
s/Hardy’s duck hunt and fish guide and showfur Justin
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Coach Blanco – 11 March 2008 04:54 PM
Just out of curiousity, what would happen if Jindal becomes VP? Does Mitch become Governor or is there an election to fill the unexpired term?
Good question! My guess is that the Lt. Governor would definitely take over. Now just how long he could serve is just something that I don’t know the answer too. My understanding is that he is not interested in being governor, or he would have run this last election in October of 2007. We’ll look into that. Thanks for asking!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson
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La. CONST Art. 10§27 Filling of Vacancies
Section 27.(A) Gubernatorial Appointment; Election. If no other provision therefor is made by this constitution, by statute, by local government charter, by home rule charter or plan of government, or by ordinance, the governor may fill a vacancy occurring in any elective office. When a vacancy occurs in the office and the unexpired portion of the term exceeds one year, the vacancy shall be filled at an election, as provided by law, and the appointment shall be effective only until a successor takes office.
(B) Qualifications. Nothing in this Section shall change the qualifications for any office, and every appointee must be otherwise eligible to hold the office to which appointed.
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Louisiana Constitution
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§14. Vacancy in Office of Governor
Section 14. When a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the order of succession shall be (1) the elected lieutenant governor, (2) the elected secretary of state, (3) the elected attorney general, (4) the elected treasurer, (5) the presiding officer of the Senate, (6) the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, and then (7) as provided by law. The successor shall serve the remainder of the term for which the governor was elected.
Find it here
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Well, looks like that answers it. We might then just have to run Jim Brown for Lt. Governor, and then in 2001 for governor. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
S/Hardy Parkerson
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HAPPY A-TRYIN’ CASES
I practiced law for forty years or more.
Defended killers, rapists and once a #####.
I even represented pimps;
And I was held for four contempts.
At trying cases some said I was the best;
And with the gift of blarney I was blest.
I’d represent the Devil for a fee;
And sometimes I even represented ‘em free.
Many were the closing arguments that I made;
And some times I even took my fee in trade;
And though my practice took me many places,
I was happiest in the courtroom a-tryin’ cases.
(Humor intended!)
A TONY GENTILE SUPPORER
I think Tony could do just as good of a job as those pompus asses currently sitting in D.C. The problem is Tony evidently has no sense of reality, or is choosing not to be realistic. He does not have the money/contributions or the public recognition to run for U.S. Congress. However, if he would start off small, like State Rep., he could work his way up. He’s not that old, so he has plenty of time.
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HEADING NORTH TO CHEER UP THE TARHEELS - A TONY GENTILE SUPPORER
If McCain chooses Jindal as his running mate, he’ll win. If he does not, he can’t win. It’s that simple! Contact McCain, however you are able, and so advise him; i.e., encourage him to choose Jindal for his V.P. candidate.
And remember you heard it first on “Hardy Parkerson Live”.
s/Hardy Parkerson, Retired Lawyer (after 41 years) and Political Consultant and President and CEO of Louisiana Gonzo Publishing Company
Kilroy Was Here.
Yes, it’s true.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE GRAFFITI WALL!
Praise the Lord for this web-site and for the Graffiti Wall. Ordinarily I don’t like graffiti, especially on the sides of rail cars–although some of it it very good–but we artists and politicians need a forum, a canvas, a stump, if you please, to sound off. Thanks, Mr. Jim Brown, the great man that you are. DR. JOHN VAN CAMP – Rodessa, LA
RONALD REAGAN PARTY, by Hardy Parkerson
Please let me know what you would think about a new political party called the “Ronald Reagan Party”. No doubt he was the greatest president we have ever had, and both the Democrats and the Republicans liked him. At heart he really was a Democrat; but the California Democratic Party had become so liberal and attached to Jerry Brown, that Reagan had to change his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican to win governorship of California; and the rest is history.
I am considering forming the Ronald Reagan Party to serve the majority of United States citizens who find it hard to be consistently loyal to either the Democratic Party or to the Republican Party.
There is more to it all than this, but this is something to consider and to discuss academically.
Let’s hear it from you!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Ronald Reagan Democratic Party of Louisiana
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Lake Charles, LA 70605 hparkerson@suddenlink.net
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Donald Thump, Shreveport
Just curious, Ms. Scott, what’s the story on the little girl?
Hardy Parkerson - , Lake Charles, LA USA and Naples, Italy
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ROADS AND BRIDGES?
HEAVEN FORBID!
Everybody in New Orleans thought it was a crazy idea. The audacity of someone proposing to sell or lease the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway to a private company. Even the Times Picayune editorialized about how ridiculous it was to even consider such a plan. So who thinks it’s a good idea? Well, Jim Brown for one. Read his evaluation about how, once again, New Orleans and Louisiana is behind national and international trends. You can read his new column, now posted, at http://www.jimbrownla.com.
And take the time to take Jim’s poll on March Madness, listen to his new Podcast, read his Blog and see new videos and cartoons, all at http://www.jimbrownla.com.
-by Jim Brown
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A Loyal Democrat
Vote for Obama:
Half honkey,
All Donkey.
Tony Gentile
“All of our problems, immigration, sagging economy, high energy prices, the war in Iraq, healthcare, the trade deficit, you name it cannot be blamed on third party politicians. The Republicans and Democrats have run this country for well over a century. I’m not saying they’re incapable of doing a good job, I’m saying partisan politics has lead to the demise of our great nation. The failure to work together for the good of the people versus a party’s stature. I think the average American is recognizes this and is ready for a change. ”
Let’s face it, this election for Congress is a six month term in LA01, we’ve given these others guys over a century, give me six months to show you what I can do.
Tony Gentile
Candidate for Congress in LA01.
POLITICAL PARTIES ARE KILLING THE U.S;
Me, I plan to vote for the candidate who is non-party, like the one who has posted here as “No Party”. And I like what that one poster said about Obama: Half Honkey, All Donkey.”
HARDY PARKERSON
You have heard it said that we have too many lawyers. I say we do not have too many lawyers, but too many laws. Napoleon said that since every man is presumed to know the law and ignorance is no excuse for violating the law, that there should be no more laws than would fit in a one volume code that would fit in a man’s hip pocket or a woman’s purse. Thus 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 each time the Louisiana legislature meets it passes over a thousand new laws, not like the early years of my legal career when it passed a few laws only every other yearly session. Now instead of our having a code of laws, accessible to every man, now to find the law one must be trained in legal research and delve into literally hundreds of volumes containing literally thousands of black letter statutes. Louisiana’s citizens are inundated in an ocean of laws. Law has become a major industry in Louisiana: courthouses, courts, judges, clerks of court, court-reporters, bailiffs, lawyers, district attorneys, thousands of cops, law offices on every corner; and all of them busy as a one-armed paper hanger. There is no need for so many laws, for such a law industry. It is easy to understand why we need many doctors and hospitals, for we all need health-care; but law should not be such a big part of our daily lives. The less laws the better.
It’s time for Louisiana to return to the idea of codification: the publication of laws in plain and simply understandable principles of law contained in a one-volume code that will serve to guide the citizens and the courts as they interpret and apply the law. It’s time to tell our legislators to quit passing so many laws and to vote against those who do, to tell the governor to use her veto more, to vote against them or her if they do not, to elect to office only those public officials who will pledge in advance to quit passing so many laws and to reduce the number of laws already on the books. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Harry, to quote the great General Honore.
Your stuck on “STUPID”
OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G –
Dear Tony-G,
I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles
Comment by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. — July 29, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G – Dear Tony-G, I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles Comment by Hardy Parkerson, Atty. — July 29, 2007 @ 1:55 pm Mary Lynch: Harry, to quote the great General Honore. Your stuck on “STUPID” Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: OPEN LETTER TO TONY-G – Dear Tony-G, I’ve been so busy lately that I have not even been able to do much about the campaign. Nevertheless, I see that LA Pubic Broadcasting is planning a debate without you and me. We can’t let that happen! LPB is paid for with your and my Tax dollars, and we are candidates. We can’t let them have that debate without us. You and I are the two best speakers of the whole bunch. Frankly, Jindal is no more qualified to be governor, anymore than you nor I is; but for some reason the Republican Party likes him. I still think he can be beaten, but it is not going to be Campbell, Boasso nor that other guy…what’s his name? George. It won’t be they who beat him. If he is to be beaten, it will be you or I who beats him. By the way, I’ve lost your e-mail address. Please send it to me, if this is not the best way to contact you. Best of luck! You are a great guy! Also, thanks for the nice things you have said about me! Please pray for my boy who is a Naval officer on the ground in Iraq. Keep up the good work! You are running a great campaign, outdoing me at the present time, for sure. Yet, one of us will make it; and before it’s all over, one of us will need the other. Again, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson – Lake Charles Hardy Parkerson, Atty.: Gov. Candidate on “The New Police State Terrorism… ——————————————————————————– The New Police State Terrorism (August 19, 2005 – by Hardy Parkerson, Attorney) Take Calcasieu Parish for example. We start off with about a thousand full time deputies. Then there is the Lake Charles City Police of about three or four hundred. Then there is the Lake Charles City Marshal police force of about a hundred. Then there is the Louisiana State Police of thousands. Then there is the United States Marshal police force. Then there is the Port of Lake Charles police force, and the Sowela Tech police force, and the McNeese State University Police force. Also, now we have the Sabine River Authority police force. Am I missing any? Oh, yes! There’s even the Railroad Police, even in Lake Charles, with cop uniforms, badges and guns. Then there is the Federal Bureau of Investigation police, not to mention the I.N.S. Border Patrol police force and the U.S. Customs Service police force which perform run-of-the-mill police operations traditionally handled only by local state police forces. Our Fathers never intended for the Federal Government to conduct an intrastate-only Criminal Justice System; but that is what is happening right now, with the United States Attorney’s offices handling what has traditionally been handled only by local state prosecutors and by local state courts. What’s more is that a contingent from each of most of the above-named police forces has gotten together and formed even another giant police force that they call a “Task Force” and they are literally terrorizing the State of Louisiana. In making what is a simple arrest of a non-violent defendant, on a simple drug charge, they arrive en masse and all pull out guns and aim them at even women and children who are not even criminal suspects. Further, they depend on the United States Attorneys’ offices to prosecute the alleged cases that they “make”. Since the state District Judges refuse to allow some of these police forces and/or their leader and/or leaders to “terrorize” certain portions of Calcasieu Parish, such as North Lake Charles, and refuse to allow the police to dictate whether bond for accused defendants will even be allowed, and, if so, how much these bonds should be set at, these police forces and/or their leader and/or leaders have elected to take their cases not to the local District Attorneys for prosecution, but to take them to the United States attorneys whose offices are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. The traditional Louisiana Criminal Justice System is changing and changing fast. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
Excuse me, I’ll be back later.
The F B I agency are at my front door. They have my house surrounded.
They Ben Ladin is at this address. Oh, they want to talk to me about terrorism.
Will report on this later.
Hardy, please don’t embarass the people of Lake Charles, in Monroe this week end. But I have a feeling your going to be like Bobby Jindal, a NO show.
When you go up Hwy 165 on your way to Monroe, stop by in Oakdale and tell Edwin what you plan for him are.
Hardy you did go to Monroe and make total azz of yourself.
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Hardy Parkerson drew a standing ovation when he said that if he’s elected, he wouldn’t live in the Gov.’s Mansion.
“I’ve never held a public office,” Parkerson said. “But when I’m elected, I’ll live in an RV on the grounds because I’ll need Jim Brown and Edwin Edwards there to run the state.”
Jindal leads comfortably in latest poll Posted by Capital bureau August 13, 2007 4:01PM
A new statewide poll in the Louisiana governor’s race shows Republican candidate Bobby Jindal with a strong lead over his competitors, including one question that listed New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in the lineup of candidates.
In a telephone poll conducted Aug. 3-6, Southern Media & Opinion Research Inc. of Baton Rouge asked 600 likely voters who among the major candidates they would vote for if the election “were held today.”
Jindal, a congressman representing the 1st District, led with 63 percent, followed by state Sen. Walter Boasso, D-Arabi, with 14.3 percent, Democratic Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell with 4.4 percent and Republican Metaire businessman John Georges with 1.3 percent.
In the poll that included Nagin, Jindal had 60.3 percent followed by Nagin with 10.5 percent, Boasso with 10 percent, Campbell with 3.3 percent and Georges with 1.5 percent. Nagin, a Democrat serving his second term as mayor, has not announced his intentions for the future.
The survey has a margin or error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
What kind of crap is that ?
Dear Jim,
Thanks for having me on your show! I’m working on that web-site and it’ll be up and running soon. Meantime, I am in Suffolk, VA, visiting with my son who has just returned for a short leave from Navy duty in Iraq and my daughter-in-law, a NorfolkSouthern in-house lawyer and our two wonderful grand children. Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Hardy P.
We should not pull out of Iraq. For us to do so, will just turn the country back to those who supported Saddam, and it will be Saddam and Company all over again. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.
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Lt. Hardy Parkerson, Atty. – Lake Charles
Well, I’m going down to Baton Rouge today and make the big plunge, at a cost of 1,100 cool green ones. Wish me luck! s/Huey P.
Well, I did it. It wasn’t easy, however. Had to file financial statement with my application to the Secretary of State and get the papers notrized somewhere in Baton Rouge. Although I filed pretty late on the last day, I did get filed; and now I’m out to win. When you say your prayers, say one for me, if you will. It won’t be easy beating Jindal, but I think I can pull it off. More later. s/Huey P.
Beware of computerized voting machines! They can’t be trusted. It’s a fact! More on this later. s/Huey P.
I was out campaigning this past weekend and today. I am beginning to get letters from groups wanting me to come address them or to participate in forums and such. I’ll go to all of these I can. One is even going to charge the candidates an entrance fee to sppear and speak/participate. It is only $35.00, however, and I assume it is to help the club pay the expense of calling and holding the meeting. That one is in New Orleans. One is in Winfield, one in Lafayette, and then that one in New Orleans. The pace of the race is picking up. I’m gaining ground on Jindal each day. Also, I am receiving calls from media representatives wanting to sell me advertising, and some from media concerns want photos and to do interviews. I did one such interview today on the telephone. More later. s/Huey P.
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I was interviewed today by Associated Press. s/Huey P. P.S.: Also called Jim Carville’s office for a reference for a professional fund-raiser. His office referred me to the LA Democratic Party. Of course, I am a member of the LA Democratic Party, and I am a former elected member of the Democratic State Central Committee. I think I will give them a call and see if they know of anybody who works as a professional political fund raiser. With a little money, I will win this race. I just need to use the media to introduce myself to the whole state, to present my qualifcations and plans as governor; and then I am sure I can get the votes necessary to put me in the run-off with Jindal; and then after that, may the better man win! Frankly, I think I am the better man for governor of Louisiana. HUEY
Comment by Huey P. Long’s Ghost — September 14, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
The recent election rhetoric, the Times- Picayune analysis of gubernatorial candidate’s responses, and PAR’s “Election 2007” analysis of Louisiana’s issues lead to two conclusions:
1. Louisiana has rich resources and a great opportunity to improve our quality of life if we elect a strong leader who will exercise fiscal control, and develop and enforce a meaningful plan on which to build our future.
2. Louisiana can only succeed if the next governor makes Education his number one priority and begins with early childhood education.
Louisiana’s future depends on drastically improving education – moving our status from last in the country. The state has instituted significant initiatives in recent years, but none of them has moved us out of last place (some may argue we are fourth from last. No difference.) The one and only initiative that will improve education is to teach our children from birth. We can’t wait until they are 5 to begin. We must begin at birth.
It is well documented that poor children, who comprise a majority of the children who attend Louisiana’s public school system, enter first grade ill equipped to learn and are condemned to a gradual decline in their ability to succeed academically, and eventually to failure.
Many poor children are born of teen parents, who have had no prenatal care, resulting in low birth weight. Many suffer from neglect, malnutrition, abuse and infirmities and undiagnosed illnesses like asthma and diabetes. Poor children enter school with little social development, lacking skills to confront adversity, without direction and ambition, and often having only a 300 word vocabulary compared to the 1500 words of affluent children. Lacking these tools, they are incapable of succeeding in school.
Dr. Pat Cooper, is CEO of a program being developed by the Early Childhood and
Family Learning Foundation in New Orleans at the Mahalia Jackson School in Central City. Dr. Cooper has proven results from two previous school districts. He has taken performance scores from last to first, he has reduced teen pregnancy by 75%, decreased drop out rates to 2 % and increased graduation rates to 98%. Over time and with simultaneous educational, social, physical and mental health programs administered to children in this vital time period, he has prepared them to enter first grade on level with their peers and ready and able to succeed in the long term. And the program follows them through high school, assuring them the maximum opportunity for success and graduation.
This is the program that our next Governor must embrace and implement. Many educators in Louisiana have already begun to implement these programs. But it must be a state priority, adequately funded
and universally applied to all children, for it to begin to change Louisiana. And it will assure economic success. For every $1 invested in early childhood education, there is an $8 return (So. Regional Education Conf. 2007).
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No, its reposted garbage
by a Lake Charles Notary Public.
Great debate on Thursday night.
There were none of the dirtbags on stages with the majority to distract things.
Hey Pauline, Do you know Dr. Molly House from up of your neck of the woods.
Dr. Molly is a friend of one the minor candidate for Governor.
Pauline we need your help, vote for Foster Campbell, he the one we low paid union people are supporting.
Thx, Harlan
My old friend the Rev. Pelham Mills has past away.
God bless you Pelham,it was great working for you, and with you at KPLC TV years ago when you ran everything.
Rest in peace.
All is Well in Louisianiraq!
The Jena kid
Got outta jail,
When Doctor Ayers
Paid for his bail;
Now Al and Jessie
Say all is well
In Louisianiraq.
Jim Brown, you are a great peson! Keep up the good work! s/Hardy P.
Great web-site produced by a great person! Keep up the good work, Jim Brown! s/Hardy P.
New Orleans was a great city before the Comus parade cancelled. Since then it was down hill with crime getting worse and cleanliness dissappearing.
Then Katrina came to wash it out but it seems the mayor is letting it become more discolored.
I would love to hear more about this …
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Yes, I know how to spell “sincerely”. Sorry!
Sincerely, Hardy Parkerson
Hi, I like this article. You can write some more info but anyway. It is always good to read such interesting article. Thanks.
Continue writing in the same way.
Dear Jim,
Nice article about your trip out West and about your conversation with the new LSU president, as well as about university endowment foundations. When my boy was interested in University of Texas, he was told that if he chose Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas, he could write his own ticket; as their Petroleum Engineering was the highest endowed school in the U.T. System (or at least at U.T. Austin). When we got home from Senior Day there, he received a letter from the U of T which said, if you choose to major in Petroleum Engineering at the University of Texas, present this letter at registration and it is good for $10,000.00.
Keep up the good work!
More later!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson – Retired Lawyer
Lake Charles
Dear Jim,
Did you make it to the Oscars while out? Knowing you, you probably did. Continue to enjoy your trip. Tell Arnie we love him in Louisiana too.
Sincerely,
Your Friend Morrie Guttzmann
Me, I don’t get no respect. Huh! My doctor told me to walk five miles a day. Now here I am a week later, stranded thirty-five miles away from home, and I don’t feel no better. I tell you, I don’t get no respect.
My golf club, held a membership drive. They drove me out! No, sir! I don’t get no respect.
When I travel, I’ve gotta stay in them old dumpy motels. They steal MY towels.
For a change from politics, Mauri’s prayer:
I BELIEVE THRU PRAYER WE WITH OUR DEAR LORD JESUS CHRIST, CAN CHANGE THINGS AND MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.ALWAYS EXPECT A MIRACLE,LOVE GOD,OTHERS AND YOURSELF.REMEMBER YOUR FOOT ON THE FLOOR IN THE MORNING IS THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THE DAY.
No, I tell you: I don’t get no respect. My wife wanted to make love in the back seat of the car. Wanted me to drive! Nah! I just don’t get no respect.
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Courts say they can take your house to build a hotel, now you can’t raise your own kids. Not too far from taking your children. Not too far indeed….
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents without teaching credentials sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution.
The homeschooling movement never saw the case coming.
“At first, there was a sense of, ‘No way,’ “ said homeschool parent Loren Mavromati, a resident of Redondo Beach (Los Angeles County) who is active with a homeschool association. “Then there was a little bit of fear. I think it has moved now into indignation.â€
The ruling arose from a child welfare dispute between the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services and Philip and Mary Long of Lynwood, who have been homeschooling their eight children. Mary Long is their teacher, but holds no teaching credential.
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A major setback – this isn’t about education. It’s about the power and influence and money of the teachers’ unions.
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I disagree. Based on the statutes described in the article, it seems the court’s ruling is logical. It’s very narrowly constructed law.
“Some homeschoolers are affiliated with private or charter schools, like the Longs, but others fly under the radar completely. Many homeschooling families avoid truancy laws by registering with the state as a private school and then enroll only their own children.
Yet the appeals court said state law has been clear since at least 1953, when another appellate court rejected a challenge by homeschooling parents to California’s compulsory education statutes. Those statutes require children ages 6 to 18 to attend a full-time day school, either public or private, or to be instructed by a tutor who holds a state credential for the child’s grade level.â€
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Look to me lack, “LA REVOLUTION EST COMMENCE.†Whacha tink, Cher! I know dey better not outta try to did dat wid us Coonasses. Matter of fak, in Kakashoe paris, dey don’t jest lat us Coonasses homskule our kids, they even brang luntch to dem each averu sluleday at
Clotile and my house. An me, I tink ime gonna mak dem start bringin dem brakefust too, and all for free. Dat what we pay dem tax for, Cher. You agree witch me, don’tcha, Cher?
s/Hardy’s duck hunt and fish guide and showfur Justin
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Just out of curiousity, what would happen if Jindal becomes VP? Does Mitch become Governor or is there an election to fill the unexpired term?
Good question! My guess is that the Lt. Governor would definitely take over. Now just how long he could serve is just something that I don’t know the answer too. My understanding is that he is not interested in being governor, or he would have run this last election in October of 2007. We’ll look into that. Thanks for asking!
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La. CONST Art. 10§27 Filling of Vacancies
Section 27.(A) Gubernatorial Appointment; Election. If no other provision therefor is made by this constitution, by statute, by local government charter, by home rule charter or plan of government, or by ordinance, the governor may fill a vacancy occurring in any elective office. When a vacancy occurs in the office and the unexpired portion of the term exceeds one year, the vacancy shall be filled at an election, as provided by law, and the appointment shall be effective only until a successor takes office.
(B) Qualifications. Nothing in this Section shall change the qualifications for any office, and every appointee must be otherwise eligible to hold the office to which appointed.
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Louisiana Constitution
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§14. Vacancy in Office of Governor
Section 14. When a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the order of succession shall be (1) the elected lieutenant governor, (2) the elected secretary of state, (3) the elected attorney general, (4) the elected treasurer, (5) the presiding officer of the Senate, (6) the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, and then (7) as provided by law. The successor shall serve the remainder of the term for which the governor was elected.
Find it here
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Well, looks like that answers it. We might then just have to run Jim Brown for Lt. Governor, and then in 2001 for governor. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
S/Hardy Parkerson
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2011, that is. That’s when the next regularly scheduled state-wide elections are scheduled.
s/Hardy Parkerson
HAPPY A-TRYIN’ CASES
I practiced law for forty years or more.
Defended killers, rapists and once a #####.
I even represented pimps;
And I was held for four contempts.
At trying cases some said I was the best;
And with the gift of blarney I was blest.
I’d represent the Devil for a fee;
And sometimes I even represented ‘em free.
Many were the closing arguments that I made;
And some times I even took my fee in trade;
And though my practice took me many places,
I was happiest in the courtroom a-tryin’ cases.
(Humor intended!)
I think Tony could do just as good of a job as those pompus asses currently sitting in D.C. The problem is Tony evidently has no sense of reality, or is choosing not to be realistic. He does not have the money/contributions or the public recognition to run for U.S. Congress. However, if he would start off small, like State Rep., he could work his way up. He’s not that old, so he has plenty of time.
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Je suis sur la route encore, ce titre de fois vers la côte est. Un voyage de début de fard à joues de Bâton mercredi, fait ma manière vers le haut de la route 61 à ma vieille ville natale de Ferriday. J’ai eu le plaisir de joindre le secrétaire d’état courant le geai Dardenne, de consacrer une nouvelle salle de musique d’état, à côté du musée de musique de delta dans Ferriday. L’ancien chanteur de pays de l’année Mickey Gilly a joint les festivités, et a mis dessus un concert suivant l’attachement. Je voyage pour les jours à venir maintenant, se dirigeant vers Charlotte, Caroline du nord, pour les championnats atlantiques de basket-ball de conférence de côte. Mon mater d’alma, l’université de la Caroline du nord, est l’équipe de basket-ball rangée d’université du numéro un dans le pays. J’assisterai à quatre jours de basket-ball à Charlotte, et naturellement encourageant sur le goudron gîte. Alors il est jusqu’à la montagne première génération, nord-est d’Asheville, pour du ski, de la pêche de mouche, et de la musique de bluegrass. Êtes-vous envieux de moi ? Gardez un oeil sur mon blog, et je transmettrai quelques rapports de la route de temps en temps.
He was a great American! May he rest in peace!
If McCain chooses Jindal as his running mate, he’ll win. If he does not, he can’t win. It’s that simple! Contact McCain, however you are able, and so advise him; i.e., encourage him to choose Jindal for his V.P. candidate.
And remember you heard it first on “Hardy Parkerson Live”.
s/Hardy Parkerson, Retired Lawyer (after 41 years) and Political Consultant and President and CEO of Louisiana Gonzo Publishing Company
Yes, it’s true.
Praise the Lord for this web-site and for the Graffiti Wall. Ordinarily I don’t like graffiti, especially on the sides of rail cars–although some of it it very good–but we artists and politicians need a forum, a canvas, a stump, if you please, to sound off. Thanks, Mr. Jim Brown, the great man that you are. DR. JOHN VAN CAMP – Rodessa, LA
Please let me know what you would think about a new political party called the “Ronald Reagan Party”. No doubt he was the greatest president we have ever had, and both the Democrats and the Republicans liked him. At heart he really was a Democrat; but the California Democratic Party had become so liberal and attached to Jerry Brown, that Reagan had to change his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican to win governorship of California; and the rest is history.
I am considering forming the Ronald Reagan Party to serve the majority of United States citizens who find it hard to be consistently loyal to either the Democratic Party or to the Republican Party.
There is more to it all than this, but this is something to consider and to discuss academically.
Let’s hear it from you!
Sincerely,
Hardy Parkerson, Chairman
Ronald Reagan Democratic Party of Louisiana
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Just curious, Ms. Scott, what’s the story on the little girl?
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ROADS AND BRIDGES?
HEAVEN FORBID!
Everybody in New Orleans thought it was a crazy idea. The audacity of someone proposing to sell or lease the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway to a private company. Even the Times Picayune editorialized about how ridiculous it was to even consider such a plan. So who thinks it’s a good idea? Well, Jim Brown for one. Read his evaluation about how, once again, New Orleans and Louisiana is behind national and international trends. You can read his new column, now posted, at http://www.jimbrownla.com.
And take the time to take Jim’s poll on March Madness, listen to his new Podcast, read his Blog and see new videos and cartoons, all at http://www.jimbrownla.com.
-by Jim Brown
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Vote for Obama:
Half honkey,
All Donkey.
“All of our problems, immigration, sagging economy, high energy prices, the war in Iraq, healthcare, the trade deficit, you name it cannot be blamed on third party politicians. The Republicans and Democrats have run this country for well over a century. I’m not saying they’re incapable of doing a good job, I’m saying partisan politics has lead to the demise of our great nation. The failure to work together for the good of the people versus a party’s stature. I think the average American is recognizes this and is ready for a change. ”
Let’s face it, this election for Congress is a six month term in LA01, we’ve given these others guys over a century, give me six months to show you what I can do.
Tony Gentile
Candidate for Congress in LA01.
Me, I plan to vote for the candidate who is non-party, like the one who has posted here as “No Party”. And I like what that one poster said about Obama: Half Honkey, All Donkey.”
You have heard it said that we have too many lawyers. I say we do not have too many lawyers, but too many laws. Napoleon said that since every man is presumed to know the law and ignorance is no excuse for violating the law, that there should be no more laws than would fit in a one volume code that would fit in a man’s hip pocket or a woman’s purse. Thus 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 each time the Louisiana legislature meets it passes over a thousand new laws, not like the early years of my legal career when it passed a few laws only every other yearly session. Now instead of our having a code of laws, accessible to every man, now to find the law one must be trained in legal research and delve into literally hundreds of volumes containing literally thousands of black letter statutes. Louisiana’s citizens are inundated in an ocean of laws. Law has become a major industry in Louisiana: courthouses, courts, judges, clerks of court, court-reporters, bailiffs, lawyers, district attorneys, thousands of cops, law offices on every corner; and all of them busy as a one-armed paper hanger. There is no need for so many laws, for such a law industry. It is easy to understand why we need many doctors and hospitals, for we all need health-care; but law should not be such a big part of our daily lives. The less laws the better.
It’s time for Louisiana to return to the idea of codification: the publication of laws in plain and simply understandable principles of law contained in a one-volume code that will serve to guide the citizens and the courts as they interpret and apply the law. It’s time to tell our legislators to quit passing so many laws and to vote against those who do, to tell the governor to use her veto more, to vote against them or her if they do not, to elect to office only those public officials who will pledge in advance to quit passing so many laws and to reduce the number of laws already on the books. There is more to it all than this, but this is something to think about.