tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20794947.post4944026755752320455..comments2023-06-14T10:38:45.174-05:00Comments on A Nerd's Country Journal: Louisiana Crooks -- er, PoliticiansJeff Heberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13732306951663286466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20794947.post-61416766112641441342006-10-30T22:14:00.000-06:002006-10-30T22:14:00.000-06:00Oh yes, definitely, like I said I think the effort...Oh yes, definitely, like I said I think the efforts of John, Joey, Johnny, and others like them over the last 20 years have made a really big difference in Louisiana. My point was just that it frustrates me when people like that Hill guy cooperate in their own downfall, it makes the work of good people who want to make the state better all the more difficult.<br /><br />And I remember thinking the same thing when I moved to Texas, the same year it was Ann Richards vs. Clayton Williams. Talk about a circus! Texas certainly isn't pure as the driven snow by any stretch when it comes to politics. I remember the "Death Penalty Fry-Off" during that year's Republican primary. One candidate after another was running ads bragging about how many people they'd electrocuted while in office ... it reminded me of those "How many bowls of YOUR cereal would it take to equal ONE bowl of ..." ads. Disgusting.Jeff Heberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732306951663286466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20794947.post-55949589196269181532006-10-30T21:08:00.000-06:002006-10-30T21:08:00.000-06:00I thought when we moved to Texas, we'd miss all th...I thought when we moved to Texas, we'd miss all the carnival antics of Louisiana politics. I was wrong. Here in Texas, just like in every other state, precinct and voting bloc, there are crooks, honest people, low-down politics and dishonesty. But the people have to finally come to grips that by winking and turning a deaf ear to dirty politics, they are enslaving themselves and then, and only then, can change come. I think my brother, Johnny, will know this history better then I do, but in the middle ages, there was quite a bit of corruption in the Catholic Church. The bishops and cardinals looked around to find a group that was living the life closest to purity, and the only group they found were the monks who took vows of poverty and chastity, preserved the books of wisdom and practiced charity to the poor and homeless. That's where the modern methodology of priesthood began. Now, I could be really wrong on this, but I think I'm in the ballpark. Can it ever be fixed? I don't know. But I have a wonderfully honest, straight-shooting and decent man as my brother-in-law who is also a judge in Louisiana. Let's just say, I think that's step one on that yellow brick road. John gives me hope for Louisiana. -- DeniseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com