And here we go, live-blogging the debate in the Senate today about whether to debate. Yes, this all-day rare Saturday session is for the vote tonight at 8 on whether or not to bring Obamacare up for formal debate.
I remember very distinctly the first day I set foot in the Benton Courthouse.
From my inbox, a message from Kenny Koonce of The Highland Jazz and Blues Festival:
I don't even know why I'm going to watch the Senate shenanigans today because in my heart I feel like it's already a done deal, as they say, but I'm going to watch anyway. Once again I find myself embarrassed to be from Louisiana. Joseph Cao' [...] 
Yesterday afternoon I went to one of the statewide protests outside Mary Landrieu's offices. In Shreveport, under drizzling skies, about sixty people showed up in front of the Federal building where Landrieu's office is. Additionally, there were counter protesters, in support of Obamacare, also there; I'd' [...] 164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. These events are commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact. “Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith…”
1877 – [...]
It turns out ManBearPig is bullshit after all. Apparently academics knew it, and tried to hide that from the public. (More here.)The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.
Q: Have you heard about McDonalds new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay [...]
Erick Eriskson at Red State has a must read post this morning. I'm going to copy more of it than I usually like to do because I want to be sure everyone knows how important Saturday's vote on HarryCare is:Lots of good stuff to talk about this week – DO NOT MISS!
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The Kiss my Gumbo radio show [...]
1620 – Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. The present administration would like to retract a few of them now.
1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling [...]
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes [...]
In a previous post I wrote about the use of turpentine as a folk remedy. Here’s an example:
Young Boudreuax as sitting on the curb by the church when de priest come out an’ saw him playin’ wit’ a bottle of turpentine. Boudreaux, him, he was shakin’ de bottle an’ [...]
The guitar player is my just barely younger sister’s son. The guy on the accordion (A Cajun diatonic accordion) is his friend. The song is a Cajun classic by a legendary Cajun musician, D.L. Menard. It’s called “La Porte en Arriere” (The Back Door). Just a couple of youngsters [...]
Via The Dead Pelican, this is probably Mary's payoff. Harry Reid needs her vote to proceed on his ridiculous health care bill and this might be what tips her scales:On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid [...]
I found it on “Third World County”
Dear Mr. Grim Reaper,
So far this year you have taken away my favorite dancer and entertainer Michael Jackson, favorite actor Patrick Swayze, and favorite actress Farrah Fawcett.
Just so you know, my favorite politician is Barack Obama.
Thank you.
(I just added him [...]
1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1928 – 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover. Thirteen years later, they’d regret it. Today any America-hating bigmouth is fair game.
1959 – Ford cancels Edsel. [...]
Barack HUSSEIN Obama cautions us about a “double-dip” recession. From Reuters:
Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession
Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:14am EST
BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on [...]
I've recently been critical of the secrecy surrounding Gov. Jindal's fundraisers and fundraising hosts, asking in my last post, "why the secrecy, Gov?" Now we know:
Scott Rothstein, who is accused of running a Ponzi scheme and was recently disbarred by the Florida Bar, contributed $10,000 to Jindal's 2011 re-election campaign' [...]
I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. I’m going to address a commenter’s remarks in a blog post.
Here is the comment:
Funny Jim - I have not seen you focus on anything positive in Bossier since the blog started - you have determined the entire leadership of the school [...]
The Bossier City Council met yesterday and presented their version of the 2010 budget. The council has heard a lot from constituents about the proposed layoffs, and not very much of it was favorable. They have stepped up and worked out a compromise plan which basically [...] 
...Which do you think will happen first? Gold topping $1,500 an ounce, or Obama finally deciding what to do in Afghanistan?
The Crist/Rubio match up in Florida is heating up with the arrival of new campaign manager Eric Eikenberg in the Crist camp.1307 – According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off of his son’s head. My brother the bowhunter could have done that with a stinkin’ walnut.
1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of [...]
Staff Sgt. Dennisur Thompson
Staff Sgt. Dennisur Thompson, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, overcompensates a left turn while on a driving simulator as a part of the Save a Life Tour in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army
These brave men and [...]
Last night I took a look at my bedside table which is where I stack books waiting to be read. I counted twelve. That's not counting the one I had in my hand. In fact, my space for books was all maxed out so I have [...] It’s apparently quite the rage in active foreign policy for many nations these days.
For those who slept through English Lit. in bygone days, here’s the reference from the inestimable Rudyard Kipling, poet of REAL men:
IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation,
To call upon a neighbour [...]
A reminder:Alexander (Tennessee)
Bennett (Utah)
Bond (Missouri)
Chambliss (Georgia)
Collins (Maine)
Corker (Tennessee)
Graham (South Carolina)
Grassley (Iowa)
Gregg (New Hampshire)
Hatch (Utah)
Isakson (Georgia)
Kyl (Arizona)
Lugar (Indiana)
McCain (Arizona)
Mukowski (Arkansas)
Sessions (Alabama)
Snowe (Maine)
Voinovich (Ohio)
[Guest post contributed by JMC]
Note: Numbers represent percent that voted "yes."
A final note on tax issues in East Baton Rouge Parish -- by looking at a sample of parishwide tax votes since 2002, some patterns clearly emerge that any politician would be wise to note:
Central is anti-tax. Period. [...]
OJ Simpson killed two people. The media turned his trial into a circus. Michael Jackson diddled a few kids. The media turned his trial into a circus. Do you honestly THINK that this will be anything less? Any lefty lawyer with an agenda is pulling every [...]
