Say Hello to " Stimulus 3 " Americans of every station sit cautiously perched on their chairs, watching Washington duel over the "Bush Era" tax cut extensions. Yet another incident of our elected officials waiting until the v...
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With your children, you have an opportunity to encourage them in ways you were not. You can instill them with principles to help them excel that they won't get in school or from their friend...
Rhetoric Rides Again Let's face it, politics is largely the art of deception, and political rhetoric is largely the art of misstating issues. A classic example is the current debate over whether to give money to the un...
THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Poll after poll has shown that American voters have had it with Congress. The institution polls lower than taxes at a Tea Party rally. The big egos, the posturing, the partisanship, and the action...
Holiday Safety Can you believe it’s the holiday season already? Just a few short months ago we were doing our best to keep our houses from blowing away and now we are going to decorate them in a festive ma...
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Can Republicans Talk?: Part II Guess who said the following: "It is incredible that a system of taxation which permits a man with an income of $1,000,000 a year to pay not one cent to his Government should remain unaltered...
Earth to Washington - It's All Chicken Crap! This past week we who were paying attention, watched as unemployment went up again to the level of 9.8%, The Presidents sloth-like Debt Commission finally came out with their much awaited and procr...
Can Republicans Talk? The biggest battle in the lame duck session of Congress may well be over whether or not to extend the Bush administration's tax cuts, which are scheduled to expire in January. The fact that this de...
Party switch won’t change Alario “When state Sen. John Alario talks, people listen.”
I hope the folks at the E.F. Hutton investment firm will pardon me for borrowing their most famous advertising slogan. Nothing is more appropriat...
Are The Bad Guys Winning? With each report of attack or attempted attack that comes from abroad, or from the seemingly endless barrage of new and hyper-intrusive security measures being taken here at home, it is not too far...
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor:
I would like to extend kudos to The Meridional for publishing "With Gratitude to Our Veterans," five of whom were members of the Nicaise and Anise Theriot family.
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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor:
Governor Jindal's new book, "Leadership and Crisis," describes a visit to the white House to discuss the possibility of implementing the moratorium with President Obama. Ignoring...