Big Sole Blog (BSB)

Today I saw an article at the Huffington Post with the headline, "Bobby Jindal: GOP Should 'Stop Being The Stupid Party'." The article includes the following statement: Jindal told Politico Republicans should “stop being the stupid party” by working to embrace a larger group of constituents rather than becoming the party of "big anything." As I read this statement and more of Jindal's rhetoric

At this link you'll find a round-up of articles, press releases, and FAQs about cuts to the State of Louisiana budget. The focus of the list is education, and I compiled it mainly as a resource for myself as I try to understand how the money flows. Visit here.

Bobby Jindal does his imitation of Mosesat an oil clean-up photo op. Photo by Spencer Platt of Getty ImagesI've been posting a little less as I try to concentrate on literature and how to be still/silent, but I must stop and tell you, friends, that our governor, Bobby Jindal, believes you will get closer to the Lord if you take your gun to church. Well, guns have indeed sent a lot of people to

A Republican, Lawrence Wilkerson, connects former vice president Dick Cheney's active restructuring of government to favor deregulation of the oil industry and other commercial enterprises to our current disaster, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Wilkerson says we should expect more disasters made worse due to deregulation. This video references Shirley Anne Warshaw's

Bobby Jindal does his imitation of Mosesat an oil clean-up photo op. Photo by Spencer Platt of Getty ImagesAs I wrote late last night in reference to a CBS report that our La. Gov. Bobby Jindal has not deployed fully the National Guard that President Barack Obama approved, "Finally, a major news outlet is not so impressed by Jindal's hot-faced 'passion' on camera that it won't scrutinize what he

At last some folks in the mainstream media seems willing to question how Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is handling response to the oil spill. Finally, a major news outlet is not so impressed by Jindal's hot-faced "passion" on camera that it won't scrutinize what he actually is doing or not doing. For instance, Jindal is not using all the National Guards troops the federal government has approved

BP is not only bleeding oil but also gushing damning documents about its carelessness in the DeepwaterHorizon oil spill case. To me, it feels as though each day we see some new hint of madness.A BP estimate made before the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon noted that as much as 100,000 barrels per day could leak into the ocean if the blowout preventer and wellhead were removed, a higher