I thought I would pass this story of a
Libertarian candidate that's running for Governor. I haven't decided if I am going to vote for him or not. So far his main qualification is that he helped hurricane victims.
A Louisiana man who helped many evacuees from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Louisiana coast on Aug. 29, 2005, is running for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for governor.
T. Lee Horne is a resident of Franklin, La., the community to which many Libertarians sent money and relief materials after the townsfolk made it clear they would not seek or accept government assistance for hurricane refugees.
In fact, when volunteers with the Red Cross got lost on their way to New Orleans, they were sheltered by Franklin volunteers. The Red Cross workers said the town was doing a fantastic job, and that the Red Cross wouldn’t be needed there.
Still, can we get any more inept than our current leadership? Kathleen's Blanco main qualification was that she was a school teacher - for an entire year. Let's give her a standing ovation for that, most teachers don't even last a year. Then she was in public office for several years, is that even a qualification?
Let's take a look at what our office holders are doing here in Louisiana. Levee Board reform, the most needed thing in a post-Katrina Louisiana, can't even pass. Consider this, our Governor went in front of congress and whined about the levees breaking saying over and over that they "wouldn't be here if the levees never broke". This bill should be a slam dunk and our politicians can't even get it passed? And they want expect the United States Congress to give a fortune to them? What the United States Congress should do is collect cardboard boxes and blankets. Then they can send it to the legislatures in Louisiana along with Jesse Jackson's phone number and tell them to give him a call, the rest of the United States has done enough.
In fact, all these politicians around here are complaining that President Bush only said 160 words concerning Katrina in his State of the Union address, as if the rest of the United States really wants to hear him go on and on about it. How people in the other 49 states tolerate the whining and crying from Louisiana officials is beyond me. I live in this state, I can understand it to some extent, but I can barely stand it anymore. It's nearly been 6 months since Katrina and the only thing that Louisiana officials seemed to accomplish is perfecting their whining.
We have the Lt. Governor, Mitch Landrieu, running for mayor of New Orleans. Why would anybody leave a position that's just a heartbeat away from being the most powerful man in the state, to run for mayor instead? Sounds like somebody is looking to line his own personal pockets.
Those of you that gave to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, you might want to consider sending real aid down here, we'd be much better off if you gave money to a third party candidate and help change this system down here. I'm not so sure that either party will put up a quality candidate. I guess time will tell if Louisianans actually wants a change.
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