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According to the Daily Monopoly (see story), early Sunday morning, a man was intentionally run-down by a car at an intersection in New Orleans.

Previously, vehicles, especially SUVs, were accidentally killing people in the United States. Now, these deadly weapons are intentionally killing people.

Some anti-vehicle activists are now saying it is time to outlaw the use of vehicles by civilians.

NOPD Superintendent Warren Riley was asked about this latest homicide by vehicle. Riley said he is not yet ready to go as far as outlawing all vehicles in the city. However, he will ask the Louisiana Legislature during the 2009 Regular Session to pass legislation to make it illegal to have an automatic transmission in vehicles driven in the city of New Orleans.

When New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was asked about the latest death by vehicle he said: “Vehicles are out of control and it’s all President Bush’s fault because he won’t give us any money.” When asked if that meant he supported Chief Riley’s call for a ban on automatic transmissions in the city, Nagin said: “I’m getting sick of all these ignorant questions by the media.”

More as it happens.

C.B.

1 CB 7:41 am

The story in today’s Baton Rouge newspaper is just another symptom of a failed state economic development plan. Seventy more souls lost their jobs.

Victims of the economic “downturn”?

Perhaps, but once again, why is it that LA always is the state to suffer when there are manufacturing consolidations? Mississippi and Texas are the beneficiaries of the plant closure in Baton Rouge.

Since LA has failed at all recent attempts to lure major manufacturers to LA, the rhetoric has changed to one of business retention. How does that rhetoric jive with not only the above cited losses, but the recently announced loss of 800 more manufacturing jobs in Shreveport?

We were told that once we changed the state’s ethics laws, businesses would be attracted to LA. Where are they? What about the existing businesses?

Where is the special session to address real economic issues in LA, like taxation, government red tape, high insurance costs, lack of affordable health care, bloated government, etc.? You know, the issues that we mullets who actually live here must deal with every day.

Bobby Jindal has been very busy appearing on national tv shows and holding town hall meetings around the state.

Ernest Hemingway said it best: “Never mistake motion for action.”

Where’s the action, Bobby?

C.B.

1 CB 12:40 pm