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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Governor's Office, Guest Columnist, Notable Quotables on January 25, 2013| 1 Comment »

“We as Republicans have to accept that government number crunching—even conservative number crunching—is not the answer to our nation’s problems. We must not become the party of austerity.”

—Gov. Bobby Jindal, in an address in Charlotte, N.C. that served as his rebuttal to President Obama’s inaugural address. This from a governor who has slashed funding and services for higher education, medical care, disabled children, battered women, the mentally ill and hospice care patients before being forced to backtrack on the latter cutback.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Congress, Governor's Office, House, Senate, Legislature, Legislators, Notable Quotables, Taxes on January 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »

“I don’t think we have politicians with the guts to ask ’em to pay their fair share. I’ve never seen anyone stand up to the oil companies. We don’t have a congressman who’ll do it. Mary Landrieu won’t do it. David Vitter is Joined at the hip with them. He absolutely won’t do it. You haven’t heard Mr. Jindal say one word about Exxon paying its fair share and you won’t because he’s in their back pocket.”

—Louisiana Public Service Commission Chairman Foster Campbell during an interview on Jim Engster’s show on Baton Rouge public radio station WRKF on Tuesday. Campbell called Jindal’s proposed 3 cent state sales tax increase a bad idea that “won’t work,” and instead, called for a 3 percent processing fee on oil and gas, a move he said would generate $3 billion per year for the state.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Congress, Notable Quotables, Uncategorized on December 29, 2012| 1 Comment »

“It is extremely satisfying to see a politician being made the rube by just the kind of sensationalism (in this case satiric) that they seem to adept at manufacturing these days.”

—Blogger Hudson Hongo, who latched onto Congressman John Fleming’s Facebook post, remarking on the Louisiana lawmaker’s falling for a satire story on The Onion about the opening of an $8 billion abortionplex.

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Notable Quotables (in their own words)

Posted in Notable Quotables on December 20, 2012| 1 Comment »

“Never have seen an eagle successfully make off with a baby…but the idea they’d take a poke at a human is by no means off the table; I’ve seen it. This happened in Montreal.”

—MacAoidh, publisher of The Hayride blog, commenting on the video of an eagle attacking an infant, which he purports to be real (It isn’t; it’s a hoax).