Monthly Archives: March 2007

Current events - national, General, Politics

Don’t look at me, listen to what I’m saying…

John Travolta, Scientologist moonbat actor, joins Al Gore noted dimmocrat loser in the battle against manmade global warming.

What really becomes the hoot in this bit of news is the following perspective:

Travolta's house..

You will note that in the picture, there are two airplanes sparked… These are Travolta’s. He owns five. He’s an avid aviation enthusiast and pilot. The big plane is a Boeing 707. That’s 20-odd THOUSAND gallons of fuel, fully loaded… And about 3000 gallons of fuel per hour… He burns more fuel on a jaunt with that thing than you’ll burn in YEARS.

But he’s an important ACTOR, so when he indicates that WE need to do something about global warming, he means you and I, unimportant schmucks that we are, we should be riding bicycles and turning off our air conditioners or all those baby polar bears are gonna drown. But him, well, he’s AN IMPORTANT ACTOR and we should cut back even harder so it won’t damage the environment when he tools around in private jets.

I have a word: Hypocrite

Call him what he is, another moonbat Hollyweird limousine liberal, wh is quite willing to tell you how to live your life…

Remember reading “Animal Farm” by George Orwell? towards the end of the book, the statement is made that all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others. That’s the operative statement… You’re just not as important as, say, All Gore, who can preach lifestyle change and conservation from his mansion which consumes as much energy as 20 regular homes, and Travolta can preach us into walking and taking the bus while he tools over to IMPORTANT things in his private jet, burning a family’s equivalent of a year’s fuel in a 500-mile hop.

General

Another Movie Meme

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Watching The Flickery FlickerFlicks.

Let’s steal this one from Baboon Pirates…

The Weird 24 movie meme…

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.

‘Star Wars’ maybe…

2. Name a movie that you’ve seen multiple times in the theater.

I can say that I don’t think I ever saw a movie at a theater twice. I’m too darned cheap… Well, I did see “Working Girl” twice. Two different dates…

3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie. Uh, gee, I really can’t say. I just don’t do that sort of thing. I mean, since John Wayne passed away, just WHO is there? There a few good actors out there, but every time I think I’m really liking one, he opens his mouth (or here mouth) and out comes all this moonbat lefty drivel and I get so disgusted that I swear off ’em. Oh, okay… Mel Brooks…

4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie.

Easy. Hanoi Jane Fonda. With one exception: I’d pay to see a movie of her towed on a chain behind a pickup truck across the Mojave Desert, then have several gallons of gasoline dumped on her still sentient carcass, and then see her set afire. But only if the cost of the ticket went to a veteran’s organization.

5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from.

‘Cool Hand Luke’: “Whut we have heah, is a fail-yuh to kee-myooneecate.”

6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs.

I once actually started watching a musical, and my stomach churned for days… Now, Warner Brothers cartoons, that’s different: “I’m looking over, a four leaf clover, that I overlooked before…” Well actually, the only time I heard the words, Bugs Bunny was singing, “I’m looking over, a three-leafed clover, that I overlooked be-three…”

7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with.

Nope. Can’t think of any…

8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see.

“The Gods Must be Crazy.”

9. Name a movie that you own.

I own a bunch, even though I lost my collection in the fire. But one of the first ones I went out and bought again was “Zulu”.

10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops.

Let’s just do that one bass-ackwards: Ronald Reagan, actor, of not a lot of stature, who went on to be the best president in my personal memory…

11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what?

I was born in 1950. I saw “Ben Hur” at the drive-in. Plus dozens of others. The drive-in would let a car-load in for a dollar, and Mom & Dad would load us up and off we’d go… Later I was old enough to drive on my own…

12. Ever made out in a movie?

Uh, yeah… The movie was only of secondary (or no) importance… Besides, how could you see with the windows all fogged up???

13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven’t yet gotten around to it.

‘300’

14. Ever walked out of a movie?

Nope, and I’ve seen some real dogs. In the army the post theater was one of a few limited options for entertainment, and for a quarter or later fifty cents, you had air conditioning AND “entertainment”. I sat through one of those “Blaxploitation” films that, had it NOT been July in Baumholder, Germany and the theater the only air conditioning, I would have left…

15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater.

No, I’m NOT crying… I got popcorn salt in my eye. No. Really!

16. Popcorn?

Oh, yeah. With double butter.

17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)?

Every couple of months. It’s getting more difficult. I used to could get the kids to go with me as an excuse to see the latest animation, but now a 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy can’t agree on diddly…

18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater?

Can’t remember. It was THAT good…

19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie?

Animation. space opera. War. etc. I’m pretty eclectic…

20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater?

“Elephant Walk“. Looking over the back of Mom & Dad’s seat in the car at the drive-in…

21. What movie do you wish you had never seen?

“The Subject Was Roses“. At the main post theater in Fort Knox, Kentucky in the winter of 1969. What a load of crap…

22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed?

Most likely Monty Python something or another.

23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen?

The original “Dracula” with Bela Lugosi. Those guys were brilliant to be able to get such suspense with the technology of the time, as opposed to today, where computer generated graphics and special effects are a crutch to make up for poor writing and worse acting…

24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen?

“The Gods Must be Crazy.” On the recommendation of a friend who had an ever so slight propensity toward weirdness. I laughed so hard I was literally, for real, rolling on the floor. My ribs hurt. I couldn’t catch my breath. Thank goodness I had it on VHS and was in my own home, or I could have severely injured myself.

General, Wheels of Industry

Competition

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Okay, if you’ve been reading this blog very long, around here the natural gas industry,is a big business. I work for a gas pipeline company, and we get gas from a lot of sources, onshore and offshore gas deposits, and of late, LNG terminals. I have one right out the back of my office, and it belongs to a sister company. In the last two years they completed a big expansion, and they’re in the beginning stages of yet another big upgrade.

Two more plants are under construction here in southwest Louisiana, with more in the planning stages.

The concept is simple: natural gas is produced in a lot of places around the world, but there are only two ways to get it from those remote production areas to places where it can be used: pipeline and LNG. Since there are no trans-oceanic pipelines, to get natural gas from, say, Algeria on the north end of Africa, or Sakhalin on the east end of Russia, you have no choice but to do the LNG thing.

So over there, where they have a lot of natural gas, they compress and cool it and turn it into a liquid at -260 degrees F., and then they pump it into a specially designed ship and send it overseas. We get some here. The ship comes in, connects to our pipes, and we suck the liquid out into big storage tanks where it stays liquid until we need to get it into the pipeline. Then the liquid is vaporized and put into the pipeline and sent north.

As I sit in my chair writing this, I can get to any of the three plants in less than an hour. The most distant is being built on the Louisiana side at the mouth of the Sabine River which separates Louisiana from Texas. That’s Cheniere Energy. A little bit closer is Sempra Energy, about ten miles south of here on the west bank of the Calcasieu River ship channel. And just across the river is Trunkline LNG.

Like I said, a growing industry… Jobs? Yes, bunkie, they are offering jobs. And we’re not talking those minimum-wage burger-slinging McJobs, either. These are quite desirable jobs with salaries starting in the $50-60K area and ranging upward.

What’s it take to get in? Skills like electrician, instrument technician, machinist, millwright, pipefitter… Yeah, those knuckle-dragging titles will get you good pay and full benefits. Of course, nowadays some of those trades require a two-year associate degree , and they want to see a real work history, but I’m telling you that it’s not a bad living at all.

They also have process operator positions, the fine people who operate the equipment and monitor the process as millions of gallons of sub-zero liquid is turned into gas and sent out into the world. Operator slots USED TO be a high school grad arena, but now most companies require an associate degree in “process technology” which is offered by colleges and universities all along the Gulf Coast.

Other jobs are the arena of the engineering degree, ChemE, EE, MechE, and they also have the standard spread of administrative positions.

Also worthy of mention is that it’s gonna take a couple of thousand construction workers to build these facilities, and the contractors are literally screaming for people to fill those positions. Construction work doesn’t make you look like a set of “Friends”, but it also is good money. Daddies working construction have built many a nice home and put kids through college down here. Since it’s not unusual for construction schedules to run six days a week, ten hours a day, construction workers can easily see six-figure incomes. How do you get into that? Apprenticeships? Trade schools? Sound familiar?

These are things that don’t get the headlines. Time magazine isn’t going to do a special issue on the top 100 trade schools. They’d rather talk about ivied halls punching out cookie-cutter hordes of lawyers or MBA’s, but it takes hands-on folks actually MAKING things like these new plants to really make the country work. It’s one of the injustices of the universe that fast talkers and paper pushers get the press, yet the country is built and kept running by guys (and ladies) who show up on a jobsite wearing hard hats and steel-toe shoes and BUILD the nation.

So I leave you with an invitation: There’s work aplenty… Come get you some…

General, Humor

The speeder and the cop

A police officer pulls over a speeding car. The officer says, ” I clocked you at 80 miles per hour, sir.” The driver says, “Gee, officer I had it on cruise control at 60. Perhaps your radar gun needs calibrating.”

Not looking up from her knitting the wife says: “Now don’t be silly dear, you know that this car doesn’t have cruise control.”

As the officer writes out the ticket, the driver looks over at his wife and growls, “Can’t you please keep your mouth shut for once?”

The wife smiles demurely and says, “You should be thankful your radar detector went off when it did.”

As the officer makes out the second ticket for the illegal radar detector unit, the man glowers at his wife and says through clenched teeth, “Damn it, woman, can’t you keep your mouth shut?”

The officer frowns and says, “And I notice that you’re not wearing your seat belt, sir. That’s an automatic $75 fine.”

The driver says, “Yeah, well, you see officer, I had it on, but took it off when you pulled me over so that I could get my license out of my back pocket.”

The wife says, “Now, dear, you know very well that you didn’t have your seat belt on. You never wear your seat belt when you’re driving.”

And as the police officer is writing out the third ticket the driver turns to his wife and barks, “WHY DON’T YOU PLEASE SHUT UP??”

The officer looks over at the woman and asks, “Does your husband always talk to you this way, Ma’am?”

I love this part….

“Only when he’s been drinking.”

From a post by “Bob – The Beagle Master” at CSP Gun Talk

Blogging, General

How many JOB titles have you had?

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From KeesKennis, who tagged his whole stinkin’ blogroll:

Rules of the road (Can be ignored- ED)

You should have had some fiscal or payment in kind, income from a title that you list.
Be proactive – ‘Whorehouse Manager’ can go under Guidance Councilor.

A: Airplane washer: I once parlayed a deal: wash and wax a Cessna 150 in exchange for five hours flight time. That was one cruddy little airplane, and even a SMALL airplane like a C-150 has a HUGE amount of surface area…

B: Bagboy, stocker, and every other bottom tier job at a country grocery store.

C: Collector of live snakes and other indigenous creatures of southwest Louisiana, which I sold to the owner of a traveling zoo exhibit.

D: Drill sergeant: that warm and caring individual charged with taking momma’s baby boy and turning him into a SOLDIER.

E: Editor, of a union newsletter. Hey, even from THAT side of the fence it was fun to poke at people.

F: Fixer of the electrical side of automatic pinsetting machines at a bowling alley.

G: Gunner, tank, one each, OD in color, as they used to say back during my mis-spent youth. I was commander of the the #2-scoring tank in my company in Korea, and then as a favor to my company commander, I gunned his tank and we fired the #3 score.

H: Healer of cats and dogs and small children and other pets

I: Identifier of the works of idiots. You have no earthly idea how many new installations I tested that would not have worked as they were installed by “competent” contractors. Instructor of military subjects as well as a lot of different areas of the field of industrial electricity

J: Junk collector. Scrap metal brings bucks.

K: Keeper of goats, the most intelligent barnyard animals.

L: Lightbulb changer, or “bulb-snatcher”. An honorable subset of industrial electrical work, wherein one goes around changing lightbulbs

M: Millwright: All those spinny things like motors and pumps and fans need to aligned to tolerances measured in thousandths of an inch. Our mechanics at the carbon black plant couldn’t read the instruments needed to do that. So we electricians performed this function, earning that archaic title which hearkens back to the days when a traveling craftsman could show up and build an entire working mill with knowledge found inside his head.

N: Nice guy. At least that’s how I show up at my current job, when compared with my predecessor.

O: Orchestrator. I can stand in the middle of chaos and from it bring forth an operating electrical power system. Hey, it amazes some people.

P: Practical joker who brought happiness to many by the careful application of misery to a few

Q: Quick answers to technical questions

R: Rifleman. Put on a steel helmet, web gear, grab an M-14 and some ammo, and go walk along the DMZ… I preferred being a tanker.

S: Sensei. Errectoriku-kamisama: Electrical spirit-god, a name I received on my first big project with my present employer.

T; Tank commander. M48A2C. M60A1. Those were Pattons With a very brief stint with the M551 Sheridan, which wasn’t really a tank, but followed the general form of one.

U: Underpaid and overstressed.

V: Villain to the overbearing, rescuer of the oppressed

W: Wearer o’ the green. US Army 1968-1977

X: X-ring shooter at random occasions at the rifle range.

Y: Yanker of chains that needed yanking

Z: Zealous pursuer of sanity and balance and beauty in life.

Current events - global, General

You know it’s gotta be pretty bad…

I mean, like, how BAD could a place bee when you try to get yourself smuggled into YEMEN?

Apparently, Ethiopia and Somalia are THAT bad. Worse is that some group of human-appearing refuse would take on a load of refugees like this and then run them off the boat into the sea to drawn…

Smugglers ‘drown’ scores in Yemen

At least 29 migrants have died after smugglers forced them at knife-point to jump into the sea off the coast of Yemen, the UN refugee agency has said.

The UNHCR said another 71 people – from Somalia and Ethiopia – were missing after Thursday’s incident.

Blogging, Current events - national, General

A binary truth…

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In a given system, something always rises to the top. The question then becomes, then, is this a septic tank or a bucket of fresh milk?

And something settles to the bottom, too, as evidenced by this post from Parallax Adjustment.

I have to give you the punch line, because it’s just too fine a piece of prose to NOT have on my blog:

The catchall phrase, “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help!” should read: “We’re from the government, and we don’t know the difference between sh*& and shinola.”

I second that motion, as I have had several experiences with TSA, and not a single one of them has been tempered with an instance wherein the gamma-minus (read “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley for THAT reference…) with the badge did anything but act like a jerk with authority…

General, The Name Game

The Name Game – whatever…

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One of these days I have to straighten out the numbers on this “Name Game” series…

So it’s one of those lush-feeling spring mornings here in southwest Louisiana. When I climbed out of bed at 7:30, the temperature outside was in the mid-sixties and the humidity was near 100%, producing a feeling like cool velvet, a not unpleasant feeling at all. I built a breakfast of biscuits and gravy and bacon for breakfast for me an Corey, and then relaxed to read the paper.

This morning we have a couple of the bigger hospitals reporting birth announcements from February 16 to March 19. There’s a total of 84 new babies, and 32 of them are what would have been referred to a generation or so ago as “illegitimate”. Five new mommies didn’t report a daddy’s name. “”…I do not know the identity of my baby’s father. After all, when you eat a can of beans you can’t be sure which one made you fart…”

Getting on with the proceedings, we’ll look at those fine folk who seem to be able to trawl the depths of twisted minds to come up with names.

Kevin and KeAnna H. gave their baby girl a head start to the center pole at the local “gentleman’s club” by naming here Stormie Gayle.

Of course, this kid’ll likely be waiting for her in his pickup truck in the parking lot: Bryan Y. & Jamie M. have a new son, Bowdy Lane.

Set for a lifetime of manning the lingerie racks as the local Wal-Mart, Jubal M. & Simone H, have a new daughter, little Chadeigh Nikole. Note the classy use of a “k” in “Nikole”.

Miss Natasha B. was obviously tired from her birthing experience, because when the nurse came in to fill ou tthe birth record and asked “what do you want to name your baby girl?”, Miss Natasha said “Name her Nicole”, but the nurse copied that down as “Naima Nicole”. Hey, it could happen….

Jarrod D & Quin’Neshia G. have a new son, little Javian Jaquez.

Miss Latrice C. reached deep inside the recesses of her imagination and came up with a unique name, Marlonia Uniquie. Now that’s unique!

Madeline G. & Tommy C. have a new daughter, too, little London Samaii.

Mr. & Mrs. Michael C. have a new daughter, Dekeria LaShay. Mr. & Mrs. Robbie L. have a new son, Jaxon Dean. “Jaxon”? Keeps him from having to conquer that tricky “c-k-s” sequence he’d have to deal with if they spelled it “Jackson”.

We have a couple of triples this week, folks who had to do an extra middle name:

Steven & Blanche C. tripled up on their son, little David Alan Dwayne.

Miss Rudi K. has a new son, little Landon Brady Markel. The extra middle name balances out all that white space where the baby daddy’s name ISN’T!

Lastly, we have the group who isn’t limited by the alphabet alone. Let’s see some punctuation!

Denise S. & Vincent R. bring us their new baby girl, little Dejah K’Rionna. Note the obvious sophistication as they use TWO capital consonants separated by an apostrophe.

Daphne J. & Spencer G. present their new daughter, Sha’Vannah Lee. They weren’t daring enough to do like the last folks and just spell that “Sh’Vannah”, which would have been much more daring…

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Y. present their new son, little Braylen Ja’myric.

So if I have to come up with a “Name of the Week” this week, I am going with the “unique” name, so this week’s “Name of the Week” goes to Miss Latrice C. and her new baby girl, little Marlonia Uniquie.

General, Wheels of Industry

5-Minute Management Course

Lesson 1:
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.” After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, “Who was that?” “It was Bob the next door neighbor,” she replies. “Great!” the husband says, “did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Moral of the story: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Lesson 2:
A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun said, “Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, “Father, remember Psalm 129?” The priest apologized “Sorry sister but the flesh is weak” Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129 It said, “Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.”

Moral of the story: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Lesson 3:
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, “I’ll give each of you just one wish.” “Me first! Me first!” says the admin clerk. “I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.” Puff! She’s gone. “Me next! Me next!” says the sales rep. “I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.” Puff! He’s gone. “OK, you’re up,” the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, “I want those two back in the office after lunch.”

Moral of the story: Always let your boss have the first say.

Lesson 4:
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, “Can I also sit like you and do nothing?” The eagle answered: “Sure, why not.” So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

Lesson 5:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.” “Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull. They’re packed with nutrients.” The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He as promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story: Bull shit might get you to the top, but it won’t keep you there.

Lesson 6:
A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story: (1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. (2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend. (3) And when you’re in deep shit, it’s best to keep your mouth shut!

THIS ENDS THE 5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE

Yeah, I know I’ve done some of these before, but they still tickle me, and they bear repeating…

Current events - national, General, Local politics

We need us a dimmocrat to rescue us….

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In case you’re wondering, this is a gubernatorial election year here in Louisiana. Our governess, Mizz Blank-oh, heroine of Hurricane Katrina, has decided not to run for her second term, a move I happily applaud. Most of the whole freakin’ state is applauding with me, including her own party, who figured she had as much chance of re-election as a snowball had bouncing down the main street of Hell.

But fear not! We have a Knight in shining armor riding to the rescue of Louisiana in general and the state dimmocrat party in specific, one John Breaux, former US senator, elected here in Louisiana, now retired, after spending a couple of terms licking Bill’n’Hillary’s heinie.

Breaux plans to run

Residency question put to attorney general

By MICHELLE MILLHOLLON
Advocate Capitol News Bureau
Published: Mar 24, 2007

Former U.S. Sen. John Breaux said Friday he plans to become a candidate for governor if the state’s chief legal officer says he is eligible.

At issue is whether Breaux, a Democrat, is a “citizen� of Louisiana, as the state constitution requires of candidates for statewide office.

“I know I’m a citizen of Louisiana. … My family probably got there in the 1700s,� he said in a telephone interview.

Yeah, that’s a little technicality. You see, after Breaux finished milking the Senate job, he figured he could really rake in the bucks as a lobbyist, and he moved to Maryland, registered to vote there, and that’s where he’s been for the last several years. That little fact has now inconvenienced him.

Legal opinions from the attorney general do not carry the weight of a court ruling, and Republicans say they might take the “citizen� issue to court.

But such opinions are the official position of state government’s chief lawyer.

The Louisiana Republican Party contends Breaux is not eligible because he lives and works in the Washington, D.C., area. Breaux, 63, is a lobbyist with the Patton Boggs law firm.

Breaux dismissed the party’s stance as old-style, destructive politics.

Sure, it’s “destructive politics”… the dimmocrat party in Louisiana is in disarray. Every major voice in the state is either acknowledged incompetent (like Blank-Oh), a notorious crook who’s dodging indictments through lawyer-induced sophistry, like Bob Odom, or has turned into a nationally-recognized buffoon, like Ray Nagin. So naturally they turn to ol’ “inside the Beltway”, “Arkansas’ third senator” John Breaux.

The election is Oct. 20.

Louisiana House Democratic caucus chairman Eric LaFleur of Ville Platte said he will ask Attorney General Charles Foti next week to write a legal opinion on the issue.

LaFleur said he wants to clear the way for Breaux to be able to run because he would bring a national stature to the job.

Yeah, we need some national stature, all right, but just maybe that national stature should be somebody who didn’t parlay his senate career into a job as an big-time lobbyist…

“The most amazing thing is he would forgo what he does now and the financial gain to come back and be governor,� he said.

Gee, you don’t know exactly how humorous I find that statement, dimmocrat governors in Louisiana DO NOT have a history of forgoing any kind of financial gain while in office. One of them is serving a federal prison term because he didn’t forgo financial gain.

Many Democrats are talking about Breaux as their candidate of choice now that Gov. Kathleen Blanco is no longer running for re-election.

Breaux also is perceived as being a formidable opponent against Republican U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal of Kenner.

Yeah, a recent poll shows Jindal a 3 to 2 favorite over Breaux if the election were held today. That’s the most “formidable” of anybody with a “D” tag that’s showed up so far…

Breaux said he is considering running because he wants to help the state, which is still dealing with the devastation of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

“I’m not coming back to save the Democratic Party or destroy the Republican Party,� he said. “I’m coming back to save Louisiana.�

Yes, this is just what we need, folks, to be saved by yet another big-government dimmocrat. I don’t know if my wallet can take much more “saving” from these folks…

Only government entities or public officials can request an opinion from the attorney general. Breaux no longer holds public office.

Breaux has been flirting with a bid for governor for some time.

The Louisiana Republican Party contends that Breaux is not eligible to run for governor because he lists homes in Maryland and Washington, D.C., as his principal residences. The party also notes that Breaux changed his voter registration to Maryland.

Oh, that’s an easy one, though. All he has to do is say he was displaced there by Hurricane Katrina, and he gets to vote in BOTH places. Who’s gonna check?

LaFleur, an attorney, said Breaux is a citizen because he was born and raised in the state.

Oh, THAT convinces me! I mean, it’s not like a lawyer will take a dishonest stand for his client, for a nominal fee, of course…

…

In the end, Breaux said, it is the voters’ decision whether he is a citizen of Louisiana.

In the end, it DOES fall on the voters. And I’ll tell you something: Mizz Blank-O would not be governess today if it were not for a massive effort on the part of the dimmocrat machine in New Orleans for get out the vote. Those buses that Ray Nagin couldn’t find to evacuate his citizens for Hurricane Katrina, well, the dimmocrat machine found ’em to haul voters to the polls where they voted 98% dimmocrat to elect Mizz Blanco. And that machine is broken. Every dimmo in the state knows it, and they are fearful, and they’re hoping that John Breaux can overcome that big deficit and flimflam enough people across the state to pull together a gubernatorial victory for them.

I don’t think he can…