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With the sound defeat of the McCain-Palin ticket and the election of Barack Obama as president, the Republican party will be looking to 2012 to stage a comeback. A lot of people and pundits are touting the name of Bobby Jindal. A few are suggesting a Palin-Jindal ticket. In my opinion, this will never happen. I think that by 2012 Palin fever will have cooled dramatically, while Jindal will have been working the rubber chicken circuit, fundraising and making lots of new friends. Jindal says, of course, that running for president is the furthrest thing from his mind. Right. That's why he will be in Iowa later this month for a fundraising appearance.
KTBS reports that some voters in the Arklatex hit the polls early this morning! Voters in Bossier City started lining up outside Airline Baptist Church 30 minutes before polls opened at 6:00 this morning. Many were there early to avoid the anticipated long lines. Video
The voters of Dixville Notch, a small unincorporated town in New Hampshire, are known for being the first to report in each presidential election since 1960. The voters gather at midnight in the ballroom of The Balsams resort and cast their ballots. The polls are closed one minutes later, and the results are generally broadcast around the country. This year, for the second time in history, Dixville Notch voted for the Democrat. In 1968 they supported Hubert Humphrey. Thanks to We Saw That for the video.
After having problems with the reporting system set up by the Secretary of State in the October 4th election, Cindy Johnston said that she anticipates no problems Tuesday evening. She will, however, be posting results on the clerk’s website so if you have a problem getting Bossier results, you can go there for the latest. Also please note that the clerk's office is closed to the public November 4th for the election.
Yes, I know Bossier and St. Tammany are the only parishes in Louisiana that have more Republicans registered than Democrats. That's why I love to do this to you. So here goes, stolen from Grandmère Mimi who stole it from Fran who stole it from God knows where.
We reported earlier this year about Jackson Kennedy, the 7 year old son of Bossier City Police officer Jeremy Kennedy. Jackson had surgery for a brain tumor, and needs your help.
KTAL reported on the blood drive yesterday, in which a number of Bossier City police officers gave blood for Jackson. You can watch the video of that story here.
In the story on their website, Jackson's dad says ""If it was me I couldn't do it. I don't know how he does it" Kennedy says he can't believe his son's strength. "He's still playing baseball," said Kennedy. "He's still going to school doing everything that normal 7-year-old's do. As a matter-of-fact, he was athlete of the week." But even with Jackson Kennedy's can-do spirit there are some things he can't do without. Yet, after a recent hospital visit he was forced to do just that. "We went last time and they told us there was no platelets and sent us home," said Kennedy.
"I knew when they started sending out emails through the department about the blood drive that I'd be coming down here to give," said Murray Wells, Bossier City police officer.
If you didn't see Saturday Night Live last night, this stuff is really funny. I don't know that he did himself any favors, it seemed to me that they were almost conceding the election, but maybe that's just me.
The City of Shreveport has reached a $400,000 out-of-court settlement with a Mooringsport woman who claims she was injured while being booked on a DWI charge in November 2007.
The city also agreed Friday to drop all charges against Angela Garbarino, city attorney Terri Scott said. In turn, she said, Garbarino and her attorney Gary Bowers have agreed not to pursue any legal action against the city or the former officer involved, Wiley Willis. Talks began about 9 a.m. Friday and resulted in an agreement by midafternoon. The settlement is not an admission of guilt by either the city or Garbarino, Scott said. Click on title above for full story in The Times
If you don’t know Justice Ginsberg from Judge Judy, please don’t vote. If you don’t know who the candidates are and what their beliefs are, please don’t vote. If you have never read the constitution and don’t understand the powers of each branch, and if you can’t grasp the importance of the separation of powers, then stay home. If you don’t believe that the protections of the constitution are inviolable, please don’t vote. Why do we think it is wise to hold massive voter registration drives to enlist ignorant people to vote? They know they have the right, and if they don’t have enough sense to get themselves registered, then why do we think that they will be informed voters? It’s such a fuzzy, feel-good thing. Every TV anchor in town will be telling you to be sure and get out to vote. If your reason for voting is that the guy on the tube said you should do it, by all means please don’t vote. I know people will tell you ‘if you don’t vote, you can’t complain!’. Ignore them, of course you can gripe. That is one of those rights spelled out in that constitution that you don’t understand. By the way, if you believe that neither candidate is fit to serve, and if you believe that neither will fulfill the duties incumbent upon the office, then don’t feel that you have to cast a vote. If the powers of government are indeed derived from the consent of the governed, and if you don’t want either of these people to have that power, then why consent? Just food for thought. Watch the videos below, they are enlightening.
