http://forgotston.com It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. -Voltaire Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rep. Neil Abramson, an otherwise intelligent attorney, has proposed a House Rule allegedly to prevent intimidation of leges. See HR 46 here. What Abramson proposes is really an effort to intimidate the public and overrule our First Amendment Rights. Here’s the abstract from the proposed rule: Provides procedures ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/22/rep-abramson-attempts-to-intimidate-public/ At least he was being honest "Please don't ask me any questions; I don't know what this bill does." Sen. Danny Martiny, an attorney, presenting a House Bill on the Senate Floor. There were no questions and the bill passed without a vote against it. It's how our laws ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/21/quote-of-the-day-from-the-senate-floor/ He's right; they're wrong Today, the Baton Rouge Advocate takes State Treasurer John Kennedy to task for pushing for fiscal responsibility and fiscal sanity in Louisiana. ( See editorial here.) Reducing vacant positions Kennedy wants to eliminate 5,000 vacant positions each year for 3 years. These are not warm ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/21/editorial-is-off-base/ He doesn't have to lie Dr. Loren Scott, not known as a critic of the "Huey P" Jindal administration, raises questions about some recent jobs figures put out by the state. ( Read story here.) Many of us who live and work in Louisiana have been questioning the rosy employment ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/20/is-jindal-padding-jobs-number/ Moving day in Louisiana One would think that Bobby Jindal and Stephen Moret would have figured out how to keep this existing IP plant in Minden from closing by making Louisiana more business-friendly.  Details of plant closing here. But where's the headlines in that. Better to bribe a company ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/19/ip-to-close-minden-plant-60-jobs-lost/ House Fiscal Hawks It is no secret that the House Fiscal Hawks don’t have 53 votes to pass or kill legislation in the House of Representatives. Thus, like all underdogs they must make up for their lack of numbers by skill and cunning. The Hawks have a solid 36 ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/18/fiscal-hawks-are-skilled-hunters/ Paul Rainwater Yesterday the House Fiscal Hawks released a statement about their efforts to support the constitution and be fiscally responsible.  See release here. The facts cut the legs out from under Bobby Jindal's lackey, Paul Rainwater. The budget problems couldn't be too bad because Jindal left for an out-of-state ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/17/fiscal-hawks-not-backing-down/ R.I.P. June 30, 2012 Killed by Bobby Jindal Bobby Jindal has stood by quietly while his henchmen in the lege have terminated the office of State Inspector General (“IG”). The IG was created in 1988 and made permanent by Jindal in 2008. The purpose of the office is to ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/16/taxpayers%e2%80%99-watchdog-snuffed-by-jindal/ The bully This past Friday the fiscal conservatives in the House passed a common sense amendment to remove from the state budget all the one-time funds.  After the vote, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Jim Fannin, had what can only be described as an emotional breakdown. I've ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/15/fannin%e2%80%99s-breakdown-self-inflicted/ "Huey P" Jindal It’s not too early to begin writing the legacy of Bobby Jindal. A lot of conservatives in the national media are touting Jindal for Vice President of the United States. Either these conservatives are not fiscal conservatives or they are ignorant of who Jindal ... http://forgotston.com/2012/05/14/legacy-of-%e2%80%9chuey-p%e2%80%9d-jindal/