Rogers' Rants

• Vitter Opponents Attempt to Interject Race Into Campaign

  
  
  
  President Barack Obama was soundly rejected by Louisiana in the 2008 presidential election.   And the president's prospects in the pelican state are even more bleak now than they were several months ago. According to the latest Southern Media and Opinion research poll, President Obama’s job performance ratings stand at 45 percent compared to [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:06pm EDT
  by Chad

• Ron Paul Takes Lindsey Graham to the Woodshed

  Times being what they are, it would be really easy for a conservative like myself to simply hurl grenades at Democrats (metaphorically speaking).
  
  This simply won't do.
  
  It's a given that the Democrats will not hang on to power forever. Sooner or later they will get run out of town.' [...]

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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 7:22pm EDT
  by Chad

• Anger Beyond Obama

  
  
  Many insist that the anger in the country right now is attributable to racism:  folks didn't protest this kinda stuff (taxes, big government, etc.) when G.W. Bush was running things.
  
  That's just blindness. This kind of anger isn't something  that's inspired by the results of a [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 5:17am EDT
  by Chad

• Rogers to Obama: Work With the GOP

  The headline of this article is a jab at a recent headline in THE POLITICO that reads: "Jindal to GOP: Work with Obama." The governor has some interesting comments:
  
  Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal urged his party in an interview Tuesday to shift to offering health care solutions instead of just [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 5:03am EDT
  by Chad

• Jindal and the Cap-and-Trade Question

  Several times now, I've been asked what I know about Governor Bobby Jindal supporting cap-and-trade  legislation. My friend Moon Griffon has raised the question the last few days on his statewide talk radio show. It comes down to some comments made in the Lafayette Advertiser:
  
  Louisiana, scene of one of' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 5:52am EDT
  by Chad

• Imaginary Double Standard

  
  It's no secret that there's plenty of disenchantment out there among the American people.  But there's a real question as to whether our politicians in Washington, as well as the pundit class, really understand the nature of this disenchantment.
   
   Note this piece from the Huffington Post, where [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 6:23am EDT
  by Chad

• Ron Paul: A Man Ahead of his Time?

  
  Photo: That's me, The Dead Pelican man himself, with Congressman Ron Paul in New Orleans.
  
  
  
  
  How I remember the flak I got for being a Ron Paul supporter in  2008. I supported him to the very end in fact. Paul's name was on the presidential ballot (the same [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 5:30am EDT
  by Chad

• Scalise: Sac the Czars

  Folks are catching on: Czars are unconstitutional. No, Czars  aren't new and someone should have caught on long go, but  better late than never.
  
  Congressman Scalise has some thoughts and some legislation.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:03am EDT
  by Chad

• Prescription Drug Re-Importation

  As I have said before, even if Obamacare is defeated this time, the rising costs of health care will only get worse.
  
  One problem with the cost of health care is the cost of prescription drugs. The free-market solution is drug re-importation, which is the position taken by our own U.S. [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 5:48am EDT
  by Chad

• Rogers' Rants: Rand Paul for President

  I'm actually far, far, ahead of the curve. Rand Paul (son of Ron Paul) is actually running for the U.S. Senate seat for Kentucky. I hope he wins, serves for a while, and one day  becomes president!
  
  
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 5:08am EDT
  by Chad

• Rogers Rants: Dire Need for Free Market Health Care Reform

  In the middle of a recent flight layover, I met a thirty-something year old woman. In the midst of our conversation, she volunteered that she was a physician by trade, which lead to the subject of politics and the health care debate.
  
   The woman was surprised to learn that I had [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 9:49am EDT
  by Chad

• America, Freedom to Fascism

  A tea party goer recently gave me a copy of an interesting DVD called America: From Freedom to Fascism.   I accepted it with the intention to watch it, thinking it would either be nonsense put out by conspiracy kooks, or an interesting DVD.
  
  More often times than not, it's the [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 4:50am EDT
  by Chad

• Got Something to Say About Health Care? Get Lost!

  Wow. This is pretty amazing. Anti-Obamacare protesters removed from the room. Look for the guy with the torn shirt at the end (torn by union bosses showing him the door). Hat tip: Conservatives for Change. [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 4:31am EDT
  by Chad

• Palin Supporters Should be More Skeptical After Resignation

  
  
  
  So, it's like this. Mark Sanford, my great hope for America, got caught in an affair with an Argentinian.

  This caused me to re-consider Sarah Palin.
  

  It was short-lived.
  

  What she said in her resignation, in so many words, was 'my remaining the governor would be a waste of tax [...]

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  Posted: July 05, 2009, 5:49pm EDT
  by Chad

• Dead Pelican Does Politics With a Punch- The Follow-Up

  
  
  So everyone is asking about Stormy Daniels and my participation in "Politics With a Punch."  As you know,  porn star Stormy Daniels (a potential U.S. Senate candidate) was on the panel, among others.
  
  When I first announced that I was going to be on a panel with porn star [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 3:50am EDT
  by Chad

• Commentary: Sanford Bias Against Sanford

  
  
  In an earlier post, I implied that the media was making a big deal out of Sanford's disappearance because they didn't want to see him become president.
  
  By his own admission, Sanford seems to have had his own ideas about how to ruin his chances of being commander' [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 10:02am EDT
  by Chad

• Mark Sanford Incident and Media Bias

   
  I'm always careful to hurl accusations of "media bias." Why? Because if you say it twice every hour, the accusation begins to loose its sting.
  
  So I save such accusations for the most extreme, ridiculous examples
  
  The Mark Sanford incident though takes things to unparalleled heights.
  
  
  
  The media' [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 4:01am EDT
  by Chad

• The Critics are Wrong: Jindal Practices What he Preaches by Making G.O.P. the "Party of Yes."

  
  
  ADDENDUM:  It has been brought to my attention that the money I refer to in the following is FEDERAL and not state money. I'm not entirely certain what, if anything that has to do with my original point. But in the interest of transparency (no pun intended) I' [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2009, 4:39am EDT
  by Chad

• Jim Bernhard, Selfless Crusader for the Victims of Higher Ed Cuts

  It's widely recognized that Louisiana's government is ridiculously bloated. We often hear about how cuts need to be made, but as soon as someone actually makes those cuts, certain things can always be counted upon.
  
  As if on cue and working from a script,  bureaucrats and their hack allies will [...]
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  Posted: May 24, 2009, 3:19am EDT
  by Chad

• Hating Washington, Friendless and Without a Party

  
  
  The title of this post is where I stand politically.
  
  I am scared to death of Obama's approach to energy.
  
  Instead of taking the issue of energy head on, the RNC has sank to a new low with the stuff.
  
  The leading "conservative" commentators have a new hero: [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
  by Chad

• Obama Earl Carter: Early Signs of Obama's Doom, and Our Pain

  
  
  Air force one flying close to the Statue of Liberty and Obama's bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia was red meat for die hard Republicans. But it's not the kind of thing that earns a president near-universal wrath from the public gallery.
  
  This stuff  pisses [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
  by Chad

• An Oppressive, Unresponsive Government

  
  
  The bill banning red light cameras has failed.
  
  I was at the hearing where the bill was discussed. I'd shown up to speak to the committee, and explain why the bill should be supported.
  
  However, I quickly realized that it wasn't necessary: ordinary people had come to [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2009, 10:31am EDT
  by Chad

• Tea Party Movement Must Target Big Government Republicans if They Want to be Taken Seriously

  This is bad, but very instructive. This single video ecapsulates why I no longer listen to talk radio, or watch ANY television news (FOX news network included).

  Brother Hannity recently did a segment on Janeane Garofalo, which featured footage of a snippy Garofalo standing by her comments about [...]

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  Posted: May 12, 2009, 4:48am EDT
  by Chad

• H.R. 1207 Making Progress

  If you haven't been keeping up with H.R. 1207 in the U.S. Congress, do yourself a favor and watch this.
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2009, 2:20am EDT
  by Chad

• The Dead Pelican Takes a Pass on Stormy

  
  
  No, I didn't  go to Stormy's luncheon in Baton Rouge.
  
  She's kind of irrelevant.
  
  Though I could probably use more enlightenment on politics, I don't think a porn star is the person to do it.
  
  If you really care, details are here.
  [...]
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  Posted: May 07, 2009, 4:11am EDT
  by Chad

• Does Anyone Understand Reagan?

  
  The talk radio circuit is abuzz with Jeb Bush's statement about Ronald Reagan:
  
  

  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Saturday that it's time for the Republican Party to give up its "nostalgia" for the heyday of the Reagan era and look forward, even if it means stealing the winning strategy [...]

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  Posted: May 04, 2009, 6:41am EDT
  by Chad

• EXCLUSIVE: DEAD PELICAN OBTAINS FOOTAGE OF SCHOOL KIDS' REACTION TO ARLEN SPECTER'S PARTY CHANGE.

  You saw it here folks. Kids reacting last week to the news of Arlen Specter's departure from the Republican Party.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 6:36am EDT
  by Chad

• Audit the Fed

  
  
  In my perfect world, this thing called the Federal Reserve would not exist.  In recent years, a  convincing case has been made for abolishing it.
  
  Very recently, Pat Buchanan raised he question of whether or not the Fed should be killed.
  
  That's probably a long way off, so in' [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2009, 7:13am EDT
  by Chad

• Perez Hilton Incident Makes a Joke out of Pageant

  
  
  
  At the most recent Miss America pageant, Perez Hilton asked Miss California what her opinion of gay marriage was.
  
  That's like having myself as a panelist and allowing me to ask, "Miss California, what's your opinion of the U.S. department of education?"
  
  Those of you who know my [...]
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  Posted: April 22, 2009, 9:56am EDT
  by Chad

• Will Attacking Somali Pirates do Any Good?

  The idea of attacking Somali pirate bases has come up in the wake of the recent capture of a U.S. ship captain.
  
  I'm against it.
  
  Why?
  
  I'm no expert but I know a little something about Somalia.
  
  It is my understanding  that things like piracy, contract killings, and  the drug [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 5:16pm EDT
  by Chad

• Latest News on The Death Tax

  From Dick Patten of AFBI:
  
  
  The Death Tax fight is not slowing down one bit.
   
  Congress has just returned to Washington from its Easter Recess, and already is discussing the Death Tax. 
   
  In the Congressional Daily, a newspaper for Members of Congress and their staffers, I explained our strategy to stop [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2009, 9:09am EDT
  by Chad

• Janeane is Slipping

   Janeane Garofaolo called the participants of the recent tea parties "racists" and "rednecks" in a recent interview with Keith Olbermann. The latter applies to me (I am what I am) but not the former.
  
  I'm actually surprised (disappointed?) with the way she handled herself. She managed to discuss the tea' [...]
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  Posted: April 20, 2009, 6:57am EDT
  by Chad

• Janeane is Slipping

   Janeane Garofaolo called the participants of the recent tea parties "racists" and "rednecks" in a recent interview with Keith Olbermann. The latter applies to me (I am what I am) but not the former.
  
  I'm actually surprised (disappointed?) with the way she handled herself. She managed to discuss the tea' [...]
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  Posted: April 20, 2009, 6:57am EDT
  by Chad

• MSM Coverage of Tea Parties

  Since you've asked, I'll say a quick word about the local and national media's coverage of the tea party events last week.
  
  Actually, I'm impressed.
  
  I didn't see any comparisons to Nuremberg rallies, Nazis, Hitler, blah blah blah.
  
  No, those comparisons have been over-used, and the media realizes this. To [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  by Chad

• MSM Coverage of Tea Parties

  Since you've asked, I'll say a quick word about the local and national media's coverage of the tea party events last week.
  
  Actually, I'm impressed.
  
  I didn't see any comparisons to Nuremberg rallies, Nazis, Hitler, blah blah blah.
  
  No, those comparisons have been over-used, and the media realizes this. To [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  by Chad

• My Tea Party Speech- The Reference List

  
  
  The message of my speech at the recent Baton Rouge tea party was fairly straightforward: government spending is out of control. Our children and grand children will suffer.
  
  I made no specific reference to Obama. To imply that Obama himself is the problem is to imply that replacing him with a [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 4:41pm EDT
  by Chad

• My Tea Party Speech- The Reference List

  
  
  The message of my speech at the recent Baton Rouge tea party was fairly straightforward: government spending is out of control. Our children and grand children will suffer.
  
  I made no specific reference to Obama. To imply that Obama himself is the problem is to imply that replacing him with a [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2009, 4:41pm EDT
  by Chad

• Thanks to Everyone for Making the Tea Party a Success

  
  
  The tea parties yesterday were a blast, but due to exhaustion of a full days' speaking and travel, this is the first I've been able to blog about it.
  
  Thanks to the LSU Reveille for mentioning The Dead Pelican.
  
  
  
  Jeff Blanco, Matt Kennedy, John Osterlan, Jeff Crouere, [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
  by Chad

• Thanks to Everyone for Making the Tea Party a Success

  
  
  The tea parties yesterday were a blast, but due to exhaustion of a full days' speaking and travel, this is the first I've been able to blog about it.
  
  Thanks to the LSU Reveille for mentioning The Dead Pelican.
  
  
  
  Jeff Blanco, Matt Kennedy, John Osterlan, Jeff Crouere, [...]
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  Posted: April 16, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
  by Chad

• Is Jindal Rejecting Stimulus or Not?

  Governor Bobby Jindal has made forceful proclamations suggesting that he will reject a portion of the federal stimulus offered by the Obama administration. The portion that he has sworn to reject has been the portion that expands unemployment benefits.
  
  Interesting, when you consider that Louisiana's unemployment rate is lower [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 4:04am EDT
  by Chad

• Is Jindal Rejecting Stimulus or Not?

  Governor Bobby Jindal has made forceful proclamations suggesting that he will reject a portion of the federal stimulus offered by the Obama administration. The portion that he has sworn to reject has been the portion that expands unemployment benefits.
  
  Interesting, when you consider that Louisiana's unemployment rate is lower [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2009, 4:04am EDT
  by Chad

• Jindal Gives Good Answers to "The Rush Question"

  Governor Jindal's recent speech before the NRCC gives a good answer to what (for the purposes of this post) I would call "The Rush Question." On the question of whether or not Jindal wants Obama to fail, he said:
  It depends on what he is trying to do. [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Chad

• Jindal Gives Good Answers to "The Rush Question"

  Governor Jindal's recent speech before the NRCC gives a good answer to what (for the purposes of this post) I would call "The Rush Question." On the question of whether or not Jindal wants Obama to fail, he said:
  It depends on what he is trying to do. [...]
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  Posted: March 25, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Chad

• Carville's Nonsense and an Option Better Than Obama's Failure

  James Carville is at it again:
  
  Democratic strategist James Carville avoided saying Wednesday if he had been in contact with the White House over ongoing efforts to portray talk show host Rush Limbaugh as the leader of the Republican Party.
  
  Which means of course that he has been in contact.
  
  Yeah, I've' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 5:37am EST
  by Chad

• Carville's Nonsense and an Option Better Than Obama's Failure

  James Carville is at it again:
  
  Democratic strategist James Carville avoided saying Wednesday if he had been in contact with the White House over ongoing efforts to portray talk show host Rush Limbaugh as the leader of the Republican Party.
  
  Which means of course that he has been in contact.
  
  Yeah, I've' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 5:37am EST
  by Chad

• Samford's The Man

  
  
  If the G.O.P. elects someone like Mark Sanford in 2012, their cries against socialism and wanting it to fail will have credibility. I can't say the same about the current list of presidential hopefuls.  The American Conservative has a great article about him:
  
  But unlike many other Republican politicians of his' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 4:44am EST
  by Chad

• Sanford's The Man

  
  
  If the G.O.P. elects someone like Mark Sanford in 2012, their cries against socialism and wanting it to fail will have credibility. I can't say the same about the current list of presidential hopefuls.  The American Conservative has a great article about him:
  
  But unlike many other Republican politicians of his' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 4:44am EST
  by Chad

• Sanford's The Man

  
  
  If the G.O.P. elects someone like Mark Sanford in 2012, their cries against socialism and wanting it to fail will have credibility. I can't say the same about the current list of presidential hopefuls.  The American Conservative has a great article about him:
  
  But unlike many other Republican politicians of his' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 4:44am EST
  by Chad

• What Obama's Failure Will Look Like- Part II

   Thomas E. Woods Jr. observes that "Barack Obama is already making the Clinton and Bush years seem like the good old days."
  
  People have told me they're going to stop reading my site because I questioned Limbaugh's choice of words when he said he wanted Obama to fail.' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 2:37am EST
  by Chad

• What Obama's Failure Will Look Like- Part II

   Thomas E. Woods Jr. observes that "Barack Obama is already making the Clinton and Bush years seem like the good old days."
  
  People have told me they're going to stop reading my site because I questioned Limbaugh's choice of words when he said he wanted Obama to fail.' [...]
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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 2:37am EST
  by Chad