COMMON SENSE IN LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT?

COME ON MAN!

 There is no shortage of controversial and often puzzling happenings in Louisiana to write and comment about.  One of the more challenging things about writing only a weekly column is how to pick and choose.  No problem in Iowa or Oklahoma.  But the Bayou State just bleeds with bountiful topics involving Louisiana personalities (I guess including yours truly) that cry out for commentary and, often, ridicule.  So where to begin?  Take a look at this week’s column on the lack of common sense in make public decisions with taxpayer money.  You can read it now by Clicking Here.

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JIM BROWN BUSY WEEKLY SCHEDULEJim Brown has a busy schedule over the next week, and we hope you will tune in and keep an eye on many things that might be of interest to you. This morning (Friday, February 26, 2010), Jim is a guest on WRKF radio, Baton Rouge, with host Jim Engster.   The two Jims will have some fun with the “Come on Man” approach to many of the weird things happening in Louisiana state government.  Then tune in today from 5:00 in the afternoon until 7:00 pm to listen to Jim brown as he hosts his own show on WJBO in Baton Rouge.   You can also listen over the World Wide Web at www.WJBO.com.And all next week, Jim will be broadcasting from Tampa, Florida as baseball’s spring training kicks off.  You can see photo updates and video straight from a number of major league ballparks on Jim’s website.  Jim will also be posting video interviews from world famous tennis coach Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Institute (http://www.nickbollettieri.com/), where many of the world’s best tennis players train.    So look for email updates and keep an eye on Jim’s website at http://www.jimbrownla.com.

“The Authorized Biography of Edwin Edwards” is quickly becoming the largest selling Louisiana book by a Louisiana author in the state’s history.  Our publishing company, The Lisburn Press, is the book’s publisher.  The story of the state’s most controversial governor is in its third printing with some 50,000 copies now in circulation. To view other Lisburn Press publications, hit The Lisburn Press link in the box on the left side of this page.  Below is an interview with the book’s author, Leo Honeycutt, and his reaction to the book’s tremendous success.

Ever feel a bit sorry for yourself?  Wish that you could overcome a few problems you have been dealing with?  Need a bit of a lift up?  Well take the time to watch the video below, and you might quickly put your life in a more favorable perspective.  It’s worth a few minutes.

Want to see a dramatic portrait of how unemployment has crept across Louisiana and the whole country over the past two years?  Take a look at the map below.  You will see in startling slow motion just how, month after month, more and more people were put out of work.  It’s a chilling reminder that getting us out of this mess will take some time, and some real cooperation in Washington where gridlock seems to be taking place.  And so many of our friends are the losers.

A number two guy in Louisiana?  Lieutenant Governor! What Lieutenant Governor?  If Gov. Bobby Jindal has his way, the number two spot in the state hierarchy is a gone pecan.  But hey Governor, why stop there?  Do we really need more elected public officials than any state in the country?  And what about all the local elected offices and boards and commissions?  Take a look at my column now posted to share my thoughts on what the Louisiana Legislature and Governor Bobby Jindal should do.  You can read it now by Clicking Here. 

As I have well documented in numerous columns, I am skeptical of certain “slam dunk” criminal cases that law enforcement officers often say are air tight, but later prove to be full of holes.  That is often the case with so called “eye witness” testimony.  Just how reliable is your first impression of what you see?’

Take a look at the photo below to see what I mean.  You will need to look at it on a PC, and not a Blackberry or I Phone.  You need to look first at the photo, then get out of your seat and walk away from your computer.  Don’t worry about what anyone around you might think.

When you look at the picture up close, it’s of course Albert Einstein.  But what happens when you walk 15 away.  That’s right.  It becomes Marilyn Monroe.  So much for eye witness testimony.