Editorial

When it comes to actions in state government, it doesn’t take history long to repeat itself. Years ago, fiscal reformers pushed through a constitutional amendment to create a Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF), which became popularly referred to as the “Rainy Day Fund.” The actual intent of the legislation was not so much to create a piggy bank for tough economic times as it was to prevent the budgeting of “windfall” revenues for recurring expenditures. The rapid rise and fall of volatile oil and gas revenues had led to feast-or-famine budgeting.

My Mother told me a long time ago to never argue politics or religion. She said it was a no win situation and I believed her. For a long time I didn’t argue politics until I witnessed socialistic changes in the democratic party that were not to my liking.
Thus I have argued politics in the past but never religion. I have argued politics because I was, for most of my life, a democrat but my political beliefs transcend party affiliation.

Sho' am proud o' dis group o' Amite folks. Dey is hard working people, who (if dey got any spare time) spend time making thangs better fer this town. Wal! Sir! A bunch of 'em got together wid de Catholic Diocese Group from Baton Rouge and took off fer a well earned vacation to spend a week in the Holy Land. Dey is back home now - well inspired after dat fabulous trip. Those making dis journey wuz Dr. Doug Kent and his wife, Charline; Bud Glasgow and his wife, Carroll; George Ann Smith; Theresa Lee; and Maria Cockerham.

Ask any man, "Why do you play 'the game'?" They will just about always answer with, "What game?" Ask any woman. . . she can tell you when, where, why, and how the game is played. So, what is 'the game'?

by Thomas Sowell
Abraham Lincoln once asked an audience how many legs a dog has, if you called the tail a leg? When the audience said "five," Lincoln corrected them, saying that the answer was four. "The fact that you call a tail a leg does not make it a leg."
That same principle applies today. The fact that politicians call something a "stimulus" does not make it a stimulus. The fact that they call something a "jobs bill" does not mean there will be more jobs.

by Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)
When things get overwhelming, we often seek to get back to the basics and simplify. This is a particularly good idea in the midst of the current climate change/global warming debate. For most of us, it’s been a very long time since we sat in a science class. Perhaps a refresher course is in order. Our textbook for today is “A Global Warming Primer” from the National Center for Policy Analysis.