LL> 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.   
      
    LL> Louisiana has Jindal, having the advantage over them all,   
    LL> our governor's name being much easier to pronounce, given   
    LL> his Hindu heritage: JIN-doll.  Which explains why only   
    LL> Muslims (and liberal commentator Ed Shultz) hate him.   
      
    I had been pronouncing it Jin-dale. See, Snyder is easier.   
      
    LL> Note to Ed: Our governor's name is NOT pronounced jinned-AL.   
      
    He is a republican, therefore it's reasonable to equate his   
    politics with drunken behavior.   
      
   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   
    ...   
    LL> Good gosh, man.  Don't you get it?  Republicans are not out   
    LL> to screw the working people.  They are out to give the   
    LL> people what they want.  Just look at what our fine governor   
    LL> has been doing these past few years -   
      
    LL> Early retirement for tens of thousands of state workers.   
      
    Whether they want it or not?   
      
    LL> No more COLAs for retired state workers.   
      
    Well, more poor people means more low wage workers. Wallmart is   
    probably contributing to his campaign chest.   
      
    LL> New less expensive pension plans for incoming state workers.   
      
    IOW, best to die shortly after retiring.   
      
    LL> Privatization of our charity hospital system.   
      
    No more charity hospitals, making Obamacare more necessary than   
    ever.   
      
    LL> Cutting state spending on health care and education.   
      
    Ignorance breeds republicans.   
      
    LL> Shutting down mental hospitals, thus freeing the inmates.   
      
    Who can then be radicalized by Republican Taliban?   
      
    LL> Handing out medals to vetarans in appreciation of their   
    LL> service.   
      
    Medals made in China?   
      
    The guys thought of it all.   
      
    LL> Yes, my friend, Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is Ayn Rand on   
    LL> steroids. You will come to love him, and adore him, as he   
    LL> replaces our dumbass president who wants to give everything   
    LL> to the blacks (and those who have never worked a day in   
    LL> their lives), on January 20, 2017.   
      
    You really are getting into it deep.   
      
    BTW, never worked a day in their lives? Now you are back to   
    talking about Republican legislatures.   
      
    Ok, most of those in congress.   
      
    LL> President Piyush "Bobby" Jindal has a nice ring to it,   
    LL> doesn't it? Especially with Vice President Michelle Bachman   
      
    The first "Anchor Baby" president?   
      
    LL> by his side.  Even US Senator Rand Paul would approve.   
      
    No he wouldn't. He wants 'President Paul Rand.'   
      
   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.   
      
    LL> The first thing our fine governor did upon taking office   
    LL> was to pass the "gold standard" for ethics in government.   
    LL> Everything the state legislators did had to be in   
    LL> accordance with that measure. True transparency in   
    LL> government had become the law of the land, at least in   
    LL> Louisiana.  Of course, that did not apply to our governor,   
    LL> as he had his own secrets to protect.  But that was for our   
    LL> own protection, as his secrets are in our best interests.   
    LL> Or so we have been told.   
      
    Aha! Seems he and Kasich are reading the same playbook.   
      
   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.   
      
    LL> Our governor knows better than to capitulate to anything   
    LL> Obama wants. Rather than giving in, our governor defies   
    LL> him.  No expanding medicaid in Louisiana.  If that is what   
      
    IOW, keep the poor out of the medical care system. Then they   
    won't live as long. Of course, he's too dumb to realize he's   
    killing off his low wage workers. Sooner or later business will   
    catch on to that then he's in it deep.   
      
    LL> Obama wants, let Obama do it.  At his expense.  No need for   
      
    Uh... that is how the expansion works.   
      
    LL> Louisiana to spend its own money on that lost cause.   
      
    So Louisiana can spend it's money to pay for other state's   
    medicare. Hmmm...   
      
    Plus, the for profit hospitals lose a lot of money.   
      
    LL> Besides, Governor Jindal has something better to spend our   
    LL> money on - FOOTBALL.  Just a few days ago our fine governor   
    LL> gave Nicholls State University $1.8 million to fix 25   
      
    A drop in the bucket.   
      
    ...   
      
    LL> Cajuns love football (almost as much as crawfish).   
      
    From your previous posts I kinda got that impression.   
      
   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.   
      
    LL> Governor Jindal knows he has a very compliant legislature   
    LL> here that gives him everything he wants or could ever ask   
    LL> for.  I mean, the legislature loves him so much that it   
    LL> refused to hold a veto session after the governor vetoed a   
    LL> bill allocating millions of dollars to the disabled.  What   
      
    Well, after all, the disabled probably vote democratic. Of   
    course, that's because Jindal vetoed ... doesn't he think those   
    things through?   
      
    LL> did Governor Jindal decide to spend that money on?  He   
    LL> spent it on a private group putting on a country music   
    LL> concert at LSU's Tiger Stadium.  That is where our   
    LL> governor's priorities are.  First is football.  Second is   
    LL> music (if it is in a football stadium).  Last are the poor   
    LL> and disabled.   
      
    Well, he is a republican.   
      
   BK>>Some people just can't win for losing.   
      
    LL> Instead of whining, put on your football helmet and start   
    LL> competing.  But be warned.  LSU will trounce Toledo this   
    LL> coming fall in Tiger Stadium.  And it will not be just any   
    LL> trouncing. It will be a mauling (the field the game is   
    LL> played on is known as Death Valley).   
      
    I wasn't even aware they were playing.   
      
    OTOH, don't even try to challenge the "Little Sisters of the   
    Poor". The president of Ohio State tried that and it cost him.   
      
    BK>> Politics, from 'The lesser of two evils' to the 'Evil of two lessers.'   
      
    LL> "Politics is war by other means." - Anon   
      
    "Sometimes the war may be less damaging." - Me   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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