Louisiana GOP votes to override Jindal’s stimulus rejection
posted at 6:53 pm on May 19, 2009 by Laura Curtis
An epic fail, courtesy of the Louisiana GOP, and a helpful illustration of what’s wrong with the GOP at the national level as well.
Bobby Jindal – who, in spite of some serious flaws, is still the best governor we’ve had in my lifetime – refused part of the Federal “stimulus” package. His reasons for doing so were well-publicized; he didn’t want to commit Louisiana to an unemployment benefit extension that will obligate Louisiana taxpayers to pay up after Federal funding runs out.
Rather than debate this decision on the merits, Democratic Rep. Avon Honey sneaked a provision into an unrelated worker’s compensation bill at the last minute which overrides Jindal’s decision. The House GOP voted for it unanimously.
Rep. Cameron Henry, R-Jefferson, said he would have spoken against the amendment if he had known what it did.
Republican House members are now indulging in outraged rhetoric, but haven’t offered any explanation why they voted for something they had not read. Probably because they don’t want to admit that voting for bills they have not read and don’t understand is standard operating procedure at both the federal and local levels.
A lot of the outrage people I spoke to at the New Orleans tea party was over just this sort of game-playing, and while it was largely directed at Democrats, the GOP certainly wasn’t exempt. The GOP could pick up a lot of votes just by enacting common sense, good government measures like requiring a bill only include provisions about what the bill claims to be about, and requiring that bills be read before they are passed. Those are measures voters would enthusiastically support. I can’t think of a simpler concept to market; the ads practically write themselves. It’s painfully obvious that government of the people, by the people, for the people, should not be hidden from the people by obfuscation. But instead of reforming the system, the GOP publicly whines about Democrats being sneaks and liars and privately reserves the right to slip things like the Merida initiative into a war funding bill. A pox on both their houses.
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Gotta love Word.
But with that aside.. Laura, the LA Legislture is just doing what the Alaska Legislature did to Palin.
upinak on May 19, 2009 at 6:55 PM
I wish no one could vote on a damn bill until they’ve read it thoroughly.
Ryan Gandy on May 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on May 19, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Becoming waaaay to common these days…
Branch Rickey on May 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Reading is fundamental.
myrenovations on May 19, 2009 at 6:58 PM
I really want to like him but he is a putz.
Firebird on May 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Hilarious.
Do politicians have an IQ limit? In other words, if you are over an IQ of say, 100, is there a rule that says you can not serve?
I’m beginning to think so.
ORconservative on May 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
With the Governors up front (Jindal/Palin/Sanford) the state legislatures behind them know where to aim…right in the back.
portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM
But will the “understand” it?
right2bright on May 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Michael Steele said today that Republicans no longer spend like drunken sailors. I guess he hasn’t sailed on the S.S. Louisiana.
bw222 on May 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
It might seriously be time to start completely from scratch with a new party; one where there has to be an intelligence test to join
Defector01 on May 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
well, if you want to look at the big picture (& you are one of those who think rejecting the stim. $ is a good thing), then bobby jindal is not at fault here. he can take no heat.
and i think the stim. $ will backfire on all the states.
kelley in virginia on May 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
The federal and state governments spend money on reading programs.
Has anyone stopped to think that perhaps these politicans cannot read? They may need some sort of tutoring?
They may be like those star atheletes who get college scholarships even though they are unable to read.
Perhaps these are the kinds of questions we should focus on in debates.
myrenovations on May 19, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Good for the Louisiana residents.
Monkei on May 19, 2009 at 7:02 PM
right2bright on May 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM
I have no idea!
Ryan Gandy on May 19, 2009 at 7:02 PM
The law of unintended consequences………..
……… has just been put into motion.
Seven Percent Solution on May 19, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I noted this in another thread, with a link to the Baton Rouge Advocate’s article.
A Dem legislator slipped in an amendment containing language accepting the money into an unrelated bill at the last second and everyone else just went along with it because they didn’t know what it did. Stupidity in action, IMHO.
There was even a quote by the Speaker, a Republican, asking an aide “What does this amendment do?” and still voting for it even after getting no answer.
teke184 on May 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Fool me once shame on you…fool me hundreds of times and I am a Republican politician…
right2bright on May 19, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Win-win for Jindal.
He gets to oppose the stimulus package, and bring home some money for his constituents.
YYZ on May 19, 2009 at 7:06 PM
They wonder why we as Louisiana voters were angry over legislature pay raises! Show us why you ****ing deserve it!
Shameful!
Lay-Z on May 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Am I wrong when I say that a bunch of landscapers, waitresses, fork lift drivers and panhandlers could do an infinitely better job running this country than the collection of rapscallions doing it now?
turfmann on May 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I can’t IMAGINE how dumb some Louisiana local legislators must be. Dumb and crooked.
jimmy the notable on May 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
So it would appear you really don’t want to like him. Who wants to like a putz?
Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 7:09 PM
It’s not win-win.
He doesn’t want to have the state’s budget in the toilet in 2011, when he’s running for re-election. And if they accept the money, it will be in the toilet by then because the stimulus money will be exhausted and the state is stuck paying the higher rate mandated by accepting the funds.
teke184 on May 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM
You better have your tetnus shots & some anti-bacterial sanitizer, Louisiana is the armpit of the south.
Big
EasySleazy.portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Ignorant people are not smart enough to want freedom.
tarpon on May 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Unless he was actually opposed to this for reasons he was willing to risk his approval ratings on…
Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 7:11 PM
I was listening to the Moon Griffon show this morning and he was saying the legislature doesn’t read bills before voting, they got too many parties and cookouts to attend.
Moon says there ain’t a dimes worth of difference between Repubs and Dims. its the Ins and Outs.(of power)
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/05/house_member_slips_unemploymen.html
la.rt.wngr on May 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Screw it! Jindal should veto and foce a showdown between his state and D.C. Force the GOP to back him, if they really are that pissed that the Dems fooled them. Can Jindal still do that? I don’t mean can he do it in light of the federal bill, but I mean in terms of normal LA law? I’ll take this opportunity to encourage all Texas Hot Air-ians to contact your state reps and push a Texans first agenda, and to stand up against D.C. This has to stop.
Weight of Glory on May 19, 2009 at 7:13 PM
I am an outsider living here in LaLa land….the state got addicted to the hurricane money….
federal funding=s crack for politicos
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM
How dare you call those poor
peoplevictims crack addicts. If it wasn’t for Bush, they’d never need that money/s
Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Weight of Glory on May 19, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Jindal’s said he’s going to veto the bill if it passes through the LA Senate.
If Obama tries to override him on that, I’m sure Jindal will take it to the court system.
teke184 on May 19, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Epic fail indeed. You gotta read to lead.
CP on May 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Why would this change that?
YYZ on May 19, 2009 at 7:17 PM
You’re a putz. Who cares if his response to Obama wasn’t that charismatic. I’ve met him personally and he’s 10x the speaker Obama is.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Stim cash is a bear trap. A one time deal and a burden for generations yet unborn. Whoops. The Aborted will never pay taxes. Looks like Bobby called it right.
Get back to work you slackers. Most of You voted for Comrade Obama. Pay up Suckers!
old trooper2 on May 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
I’m a conservative in Louisiana, have met moon griffon, and I will say he is in fact a doofus.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Well, if he was opposed to this, I don’t see how he’s going to view this as a victory. But, hey, maybe he’ll go take the family out to eat tonight.
Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Expand please.
Cindy Munford on May 19, 2009 at 7:22 PM
He can’t expand. He’s repeating what someone else told him.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Laura, your “serious flaws” point is weak at best. Yes, he has serious flaws to liberals. The GOP keeps getting their arse kicked and they keep trying to move to the left. If they want to be liberals, switch parties. At least that would be honest.
I’m sure that Laura would find serious flaws in every politician since 1776.
orlandocajun on May 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
And you mean expound.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Moon is an entertaining doofus, but yeah he is too wrapped up in “calling it down the middle” at times.
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 7:24 PM
I say he’s a doofus most recently because he joins the chorus of doofuses like jeff croure that can’t stop whining about jindal going outside of the state.
HOLY COW, THE LEGISLATURE IS OUT OF SESSION!(when he does that).
He accomplished more in his first session than any previous governor. I could care less if he travels to the moon as long as he gets stuff done.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
THanks, teke184. Good for Jindal. Let’s see these, “oh my gosh, those dems tricked us and we’re pissed” GOP members stand with Jindal. State leaders, governors, mayors, council members, anyone out there, please stand up against the Federal Government!
Weight of Glory on May 19, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Oh, well since you say so…..
Let’s not destroy each other here. Remember who we are fighting…..Obama. These little side skirmishes keep us from the prize!! TAKING AMERICA BACK FROM THE BRINK!
portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 7:26 PM
I don’t say so, I know so. Watch him speak after he won the election.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Moon has this fantasy that Bobby is Hercules and will move the Mississippi river to clean out the rot from the 9th ward’s influence in BR…..
you are correct Bobby smokes Her One Term Majesty at a minimum….
the only flaw is he lacks the muscle to force compliance from the state GOP(such as it is)on the low and mid levels
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 7:27 PM
I’ve seen Jindal give great speeches, and seen him flop.
I’ve seen Palin give great speeches, and seen her flop.
I’ve seen _____ give great speeches, and seen ___ flop.
Talk is cheap. This is where he walks the walk or flops.
portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Maybe Jindal needs to make a speech so that the LA Senate wakes up and votes NOT to override.
Steve Z on May 19, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Seriously, every other profession I know has state or national boards and accreditation exams in addition to entrance exams. Except for politicians.
There should be some kind of GRE/GMAT exam for politicians and their scores should be made public for the voters.
I really can’t stand dumb politicians Republican or Democrat, but especially the Republican ones because I am Republican.
haner on May 19, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Portland, as the sith lord would say, “your arrogance(and ignorance) blinds you”.
Jindal wasn’t elected yesterday. You may have just started paying attention to what he’s doing here, but the people living here have been paying attention to him since he first came on the scene in 2003. You don’t determine anything other than your opinion. To think this is his first “test” is ignorant and silly.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM
He smoked more than her.
Mike Foster was largely seen as a “do-nothing” governor whose biggest accomplishments seem to be “discovering” Jindal to be the head of Dept. of Health and Hospitals and passing a law allowing motorcyclists not to wear a helmet.
Buddy Roemer was such a disaster that he couldn’t even get into the runoff in 1991, coming in 3rd behind previously-indicted Edwin Edwards and former KKK klansman David Duke.
I’m less sure about how to rank Dave Treen here since he was pretty much a placeholder for 4 years while Edwards was term-limited out. (Edwards had won 2 consecutive terms and had to sit out the election Treen won.)
teke184 on May 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM
I meant I wanted him to expand on his statement but expound might work also. I like Gov. Jindal but felt that Firebird gave enough info other than putz. Almost everyone we vote for on either side of the aisle is a putz to a degree, I need more information.
Cindy Munford on May 19, 2009 at 7:34 PM
OT, but �������? Are these paragraph markers?
Back on topic: If they don’t take it, would Cali get it?
This is good experience for Jindal, for when he becomes president and has to deal with a dhimmicrat congress and senate.
What is Bobby’s next move, or doesn’t he have one?
Timothy S. Carlson on May 19, 2009 at 7:37 PM
How about a new law that states that politicians, national and state, have to prove a knowledge of a bill before being allowed to vote on it. A simple multiple choice quiz about the specifics of the bill that they have to pass before they can vote. If they can’t pass the quiz they are counted as an automatic “Present,” President Obama could not possibly object to an automatic Present. How nice if they had had this for the Porkulus Bill.
Mr A on May 19, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Jindal has some character flaws, many of which he knows how to adjust in order to win elections. He lost in 2003 because the northern louisianians thought
1.he was black
2.he was a muslim
3.something like that
He got elected to congress in SOUTH louisiana, spent the next several years traveling around NORTH louisiana in his spare time, and easily carried the state in 2007.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:38 PM
BTW portlandon,
Jindal didn’t start existing the day before you started being interested in him.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:39 PM
I say we give it a shot. Pick a lightly populated state (Wyoming for example. Hopefully I don’t offend anyone from that state, but I apologize in advance.) and right now, hold a poll on how the constituents feel government is doing. Note the results.
Now replace the state legislature with people randomly chosen from the phone book in that state. Let them run it for a year while the elected officials take a break from their terms (they’ll get that year back later). At the beginning of the year and the end of the year, ask the people of Wyoming if this random group of common people did a better job. The elected officials return to office. At the end of term, hold a poll.
If the elected officials do worse, they’re fired. We then simply pick random people from the phone book from now on.
Chaz706 on May 19, 2009 at 7:40 PM
The sad thing is that you know 80% of our legislators, Democrat and Republican, would fail such a quiz.
I’ve seriously come to the realization over the last couple of years that the reason we are in our current situation is mostly because we have morons running our government. And that the Republicans are just as guilty as the Democrats in the intelligence deficiency.
haner on May 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Perhaps not as bad as first seems? Gets Jindal off the hook and puts the LA GOP on it instead. Not so bad when you think that he MAY run for Prez. His record will be pure on this issue.
jeanie on May 19, 2009 at 7:41 PM
It’s bad in a local sense, to a degree. I’m good friends with a local state senator and know a lot of peeps in the repub party in the state. I really hate that they did this, of course, I’m assuming the democrats did too.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM
(fill in Star wars quote for me, I’m tired)-star wars character
Jindal is AWESOME. I have always liked him, and he has done nothing to change my opinion of him. He is a young man that is desperately needed amongst conservatives. His first shot out the gate on the National stage was a flop, and does not do him justice as he is normally 1000% better than that.
He has done great things as Governor and don’t expect him to stop now. If he is going to run in 2012, tests like this will come and go. I would vote for Bobby if he wins the nomination, as I would any CONSERVATIVE candidate. If you live in Louisiana TTheologan you should be proud of your Gov. I’m stuck with a liberal Shitbag Governor. I can only admire yours….
portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
i really wish one of these non-reading electotards would come here and buy a car without reading the contract….oh wait a minute,they already own a coupla companies with their business patner,the UAW
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on May 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM
Dude, that wasn’t his first shot on the national stage. He’s been on the national stage for years. That was his first shot to reply to Obama.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:47 PM
I will give you this warning, and I’ve already heard it from liberals I’ve met from CA(one in particular).
They are going to use the exorcism thing like you would not believe.
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:48 PM
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Yes,I guess you would know living there. And I would agree if it’s going to cause problems for the State in the future. I do not know this as I have not been following it. Probably bad for Jindal for the moment locally, but down the line? Who knows? He may be vindicated. Either way it seems to me that personally he’s free of any onus that may be attached now or in the future should any occur.
jeanie on May 19, 2009 at 7:49 PM
then we run pics of Ogabe dolled up in his Jihadi Jim gear….
if the donks think the next candidate will be as “honorable” as Juan Queeg they’re in for a shock.
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 7:52 PM
You betcha. Anything they can do they are going to use to infinite. Is it uncomfortable to talk about? yes. Is it deadly to a candidate? Who knows. America just overlooked about 25 really disturbing facts about Obama. Maybe there is hope.
portlandon on May 19, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Hehe…
And we show Obama bowing down to Camel King.
Upstater85 on May 19, 2009 at 7:55 PM
My response to the CA guy was, “right, because it matters more what jindal did 20 years ago when he was 18 or 19 when everyone was getting high and doing other stupid things as opposed to obama going to a church for 20 years where the guy said the U.S. created the AIDS virus for black people”. He didn’t get it, and started saying how obama didn’t really know about that, etc.
What annoys me is this attitude of
“Let’s not acknowledge the things he’s done for the last nearly 20 years as a health care manager, congressman, or governor, let’s judge him by some experience he wrote about when he was 18.”
TTheoLogan on May 19, 2009 at 7:56 PM
it’s the magic (d) in action….when TotUS has odd experiences, flaws, or ideas it is “growth, indiscretion, or bigotry to question” any such by a (r) is a disqualifier
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Throw all the rascals out.
Randy
williars on May 19, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Laura
What was the unemployment again in New Orleans?
Jindal is right but people struggling for their very lives could give a rats ass about fiscal policy when their only bread money is cut off
Jindal is about the only Gov that can claim that they need the money and he’s not truely committed – he can at any time enact legislation getting rid of the program or substantially changing the requirements – true its a tougher road be in his state the main city is DYING
EricPWJohnson on May 19, 2009 at 8:10 PM
The storm was years ago….
City meet crutch
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Just a bunch of LAZY politicians!!
build the wall on May 19, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Can’t BJ simply veto the bill?
edshepp on May 19, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Actually, its the lowest in the nation.
Lay-Z on May 19, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Correct the city wants the money for the usual reasons….
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Maybe they don’t know how to read, but do know how to sign an ‘X’ for their name. Idiots.
redfoxbluestate on May 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM
“…Rep. Avon Honey…”
*grin*
KS Rex on May 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
The GOP is corrupt and utterly worthless. They can handle their own careers from now on.
spmat on May 19, 2009 at 9:05 PM
You know, I can’t even install the most basic of computer software without having to click “I agree” to the terms of service. Shouldn’t there be some way to make sure that a bill has been actually READ before it’s voted on? Like the bill is on computers and it can’t be voted on until the computer registers that the entire thing has been scrolled through? With a timer so it can’t just be scrolled through in 3 seconds and click “I agree?” IDK, just venting.
Frankly, the biggest problem the GOP has is that it has little to offer in place of Obama and NOTHING to offer in place of the current congressmen and women. If we didn’t learn with Clinton vs Dole that you can’t beat somebody with nobody, and we’re not taking all the golden opportunities where the Dems are shooting themselves in their feet so fast their gun barrells are overheating, then maybe we deserve to lose.
DrAllecon on May 19, 2009 at 9:06 PM
If this an “amendment” to some legislation, then Bobby can veto it if it doesn’t get fixed in conference.
The Monster on May 19, 2009 at 9:44 PM
sven10077
You are an idiot….. sorry but the city was Destroyed! Has never been rebuilt
EricPWJohnson on May 19, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Lay-Z
You are an even bigger idiot
EricPWJohnson on May 19, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Allowing a state’s candidates at all levels to receive donations from donors from out of state comes to mind.
Someone from the now bankrupt state of California should not be able to influence elections in Texas.
BowHuntingTexas on May 19, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Lay-Z on May 19, 2009 at 7:08 PM
YES, I know what you mean. I started LegeWatch and within twenty four hours my inbox was full of enraged missives – I think we’ve all had about enough. At the Tea Party in New Orleans people were STILL furious about the pay raises even though they didn’t go through.
Jindals ethics reform left us worse off than when he started because now it’s nigh well impossible to convict anybody. And still, he brags about it. That’s a serious flaw, IMO. Which is not to say I won’t continue to vote for him. But I’m not suffering any illusions, either. He’s not the Great Hope of the GOP. He’s just another pol.
Laura on May 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM
if you say so….N’walins was NEVER all that and is less so now….
How my hometown handled a worse disaster
a few points:
1) we shot looters
2) we were told it’d take two years to clean up it took 9.5 months for 90% of the region
3) we did not attempt to “outsmart nature” a second and third time whole towns were removed to clear out a flood control zone….
4) we planned better communities to replace the old….
even adjusted for inflation N’walins has gotten FAR FAR more help and made less forward motion….
“choco city” and all Nagin’s pap
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 10:53 PM
if you look up and see container ships overhead you MAY want to fear a rainy day…
//me
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 10:56 PM
No, a glitch in the function that promotes posts from the Greenroom. Doubtless it’ll be fixed soon.
Eric, I LIVE here. Some neighborhoods have not been rebuilt, but the city is ticking along pretty well, actually. Population is lower, crime is up, but business is still being done here every day. We even got the Superbowl in 2013.
Laura on May 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM
the potential to be a really special place is there, but status quo ante seems to be the watchword….
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM
Sven. You’re killing me, brah. Seriously. I’m afraid you’ve been fed a lot of misinformation about NOLA. There’s a lot bad to say, particularly about the Democrat-run city of New Orleans’ response, I agree, but things aren’t quite so dire as either the right or left claim for reasons of their own.
And by the way – that money (most people are under the impression that NOLA got $110 billion just for ourselves) included federal responses to Katrina, Wilma, and Rita, and it was spread out to the entire Gulf Coast. Furthermore, $20 billion of it was private flood insurance payouts. More little known facts on Katrina/NOLA here.
Laura on May 19, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Sven, we cross-commented… Yes, I agree, status quo ante is a problem.
But there’s something about this place; the music, the food, the history, I’m not sure what… it’s still special, in spite of it all.
Laura on May 19, 2009 at 11:12 PM
I’m in Vernon Parish, I go to NOLA a lot just to keep an eye out. NOLA got a disproportionate amount of Katrina aid just as Katrina got a lot more aid than Rita. Buddy delivered relief trailers to NOLA I am not the “expert” you are(no sarcasm) but then again sometimes distance adds perspective. NOLA’s “crisis” in the evacuation was voluntary I will die smiling at the memory of the Sugar Ray Nagin Aquatic Bus Park. Gulfport looked like an A-bomb had gone off but the Times-Picayune claims NOLA took three times the damage of all Mississippi which is a lie.
Florida copes with storms without the theatrics, Texas, the rest of Louisiana, MS, and Alabalma as well as Georgia the Carolinas and even the Mid Atlantic states cope….
but NOLA poor NOLA stands alone….
sorry but the little raw maximum sympathy I had for NOLA expired with the one two punch of reelecting Sugar Ray and DollarBill….
glad you made it, hope the recovery happens sooner rather than later but the donks want the 9th ward JUST as it was for a reason.
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 11:22 PM
I’d rather own the whole state of Ohio thanks…
NOLA had a really special corridor, but it has ingrained rot that goes back a century or more.
Not holding Ohio up as a shining icon either our Cleveland problem goes back at least 65 years and in essence the state has just decided that electing enough donks will set the time machine back 40 years….
Remember Rita*
*the other twisted sister
sven10077 on May 19, 2009 at 11:25 PM
None of the GOP governors explained the issue in terms that had credibility. It wasn’t until the strings were snapped with CA that this issue had even a shred of credibility. Now, you know. You take the stimulus bill, and you’ll be on the phone with SIEU over $11.25 employees.
I think the reason, looking back, is that GOP governors did know about the strings, but they couldn’t articulate the problems.
It would have been viewed, and was, as fear-mongering.
CA now offers proof.
AnninCA on May 19, 2009 at 11:51 PM
What happens when Jindal vetoes the bill?
unclesmrgol on May 20, 2009 at 12:00 AM
I think he won’t veto. He’ll just lose.
AnninCA on May 20, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I guess the New Orleans City Business paper has morons writing for them.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission are a bunch of idiots too.
So I’m an idiot for claming that unemployment in New Orleans is better compared to the rest of the nation with proof to back it up. Do you even live in Louisiana much less New Orleans?
The federal government has already thrown billions at the city for Katrina recovery. You claim it hasn’t been rebuilt so your answer is more money.
If New Orleans was “dying”, why are people coming here for jobs.
If anything is killing NOLA, it’s the idiot box known as City Hall that’s doing it. They’re screaming about emails rather than trying to do something constructive. The city is still using money from hurricane relief and even that has been tied up in red tape or defauded. Yet your answer is more money.
Businesses have been leaving the state for years before Katrina because of high taxes from Democrats that ran the state for decades. Your answer is to get that sweet sweet stimulus pork for unemployment, when unemployment is down compared to the rest of the nation, only to raise business taxes again and driving more jobs out of the state. Brilliant!
I only live here and really see whats going in New Orleans, yet I’m the idiot.
Quit getting your talking points about New Orleans from Anderson Cooper. There’s a lot more to New Orleans than the Superdome, Bourbon Street, and the 9th Ward.
I live in Lakeview (for two more weeks at least) and its coming along nicely. Lakeview was flooded badly just like the 9th ward but the media will never tell you that.
My inlaws bought a house here a year ago, moving from Algiers, and my brother-in-law is renovating a gutted house as well. Harrison Ave has boomed in the two years I lived here and will probably continue to do so. There are still gutted houses but there’s a lot of new construction going on.
Ah, good old
SleezevilleLeesville.I kid, I kid. I was stationed at Polk for nearly 3 years. Fun place.
Lay-Z on May 20, 2009 at 12:13 AM
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