Subj : Republicans in the MidWest. To : BOB KLAHN From : Lee Lofaso Date : Wed Jul 17 2013 19:40:00 Hello Bob, BK>Michigan and Ohio are both run by the republican party. Michigan BK>has Synder, Ohio has Kasich. Michigan has the advantage, their BK>governor's name is easier to pronounce. Louisiana has Jindal, having the advantage over them all, our governor's name being much easier to pronounce, given his Hindu heritage: JIN-doll. Which explains why only Muslims (and liberal commentator Ed Shultz) hate him. Note to Ed: Our governor's name is NOT pronounced jinned-AL. BK>Both governors have done their best to stick it to the working BK>people, both have shunted off money to their buddies. Ohio now BK>has it's business development money being handled by a private BK>firm, with no reporting to the state, no auditing by the state, BK>and no open meeting requirements. This is the republican party BK>that gave 50 million to Tom Noe and didn't bother to check on BK>him until the papers revealed how he was ripping off the state. Good gosh, man. Don't you get it? Republicans are not out to screw the working people. They are out to give the people what they want. Just look at what our fine governor has been doing these past few years - Early retirement for tens of thousands of state workers. No more COLAs for retired state workers. New less expensive pension plans for incoming state workers. Privatization of our charity hospital system. Cutting state spending on health care and education. Shutting down mental hospitals, thus freeing the inmates. Handing out medals to vetarans in appreciation of their service. Yes, my friend, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is Ayn Rand on steroids. You will come to love him, and adore him, as he replaces our dumbass president who wants to give everything to the blacks (and those who have never worked a day in their lives), on January 20, 2017. President Piyush "Bobby" Jindal has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? Especially with Vice President Michelle Bachman by his side. Even US Senator Rand Paul would approve. BK>They fixed that, though, this new agency has much better BK>secrecy, so you can't tell when they are ripping off the state. The first thing our fine governor did upon taking office was to pass the "gold standard" for ethics in government. Everything the state legislators did had to be in accordance with that measure. True transparency in government had become the law of the land, at least in Louisiana. Of course, that did not apply to our governor, as he had his own secrets to protect. But that was for our own protection, as his secrets are in our best interests. Or so we have been told. BK>Yet, dispite both governors doing their best to push down the BK>working class, the right wing is still not satisfied. See, both BK>governors understand that expanding medicaid will pay off big BK>time for the state, yet the republican legislatures are so far BK>right, they can't even get behind their governor when he is BK>trying to do something that will pay off so well for the state. Our governor knows better than to capitulate to anything Obama wants. Rather than giving in, our governor defies him. No expanding medicaid in Louisiana. If that is what Obama wants, let Obama do it. At his expense. No need for Louisiana to spend its own money on that lost cause. Besides, Governor Jindal has something better to spend our money on - FOOTBALL. Just a few days ago our fine governor gave Nicholls State University $1.8 million to fix 25 football fields. That way, our governor secured a promise from Archie Manning and his two sons (Peyton Manning and Eli Manning) to keep their summer quarterback football camp open in Louisiana for years to come. And you know how us Cajuns love football (almost as much as crawfish). BK>Oh, and Snyder understands that a new bridge to Canada is a BK>great idea, esp since it's both the major crossover point for BK>Canadian trade, and a national security issue. Yet the state BK>legislature is so cheaply bought they won't approve the new BK>bridge, even though it won't cost the state a penny. Governor Jindal knows he has a very compliant legislature here that gives him everything he wants or could ever ask for. I mean, the legislature loves him so much that it refused to hold a veto session after the governor vetoed a bill allocating millions of dollars to the disabled. What did Governor Jindal decide to spend that money on? He spent it on a private group putting on a country music concert at LSU's Tiger Stadium. That is where our governor's priorities are. First is football. Second is music (if it is in a football stadium). Last are the poor and disabled. BK>Some people just can't win for losing. Instead of whining, put on your football helmet and start competing. But be warned. LSU will trounce Toledo this coming fall in Tiger Stadium. And it will not be just any trouncing. It will be a mauling (the field the game is played on is known as Death Valley). BK> Politics, from 'The lesser of two evils' to the 'Evil of two lessers.' "Politics is war by other means." - Anon --Lee --- MesNews/1.06.00.00-gb * Origin: news://felten.yi.org (2:203/2) .