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• Bill Jefferson wants change of venue in corruption trial to D.C.

  Published: September 8, 2007, 1:11 am

  Tags: Louisiana Politics, Corporate Whore, Black Politics, Federal Indictment, Black Political Corruption, Power Games, William Jefferson, Race, Washington Dc, U S House Of Representatives, New Orleans Katrina, Congressional Black Caucus, Politics

  Jefferson family company in Louisiana. In more than 100 pages of motions, Jefferson’s attorney said the congressman did not bribe the Nigerian vice president, did nothing illegal by getting involved in private business ventures, and declared that the government concocted a flimsy conspiracy charge because the statute of limitations was set

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• Nawlins update

  Published: September 13, 2007, 11:34 pm

  Tags: Political Expediency, Bobby Jindal, Black Politics, Black Political Corruption, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Mose Jefferson, Cheryl Gray, Jalila Jefferson Bullock, Louisiana Politics, Black Voters, William Jefferson, Ray Nagin, New Orleans Katrina, Religious Bigotry, Karen Car

  Louisiana has a Gubernatorial election this year and the massively incompetent Governor, Kathleen Blanco-D Louisiana, will not be running. Speculation centered on chocolate city Mayor Ray Nagin to run in her stead, but, he recently announced, after flirting with a run on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” that he would not be a

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• Charges against Mychal Bell overturned in Jena 6 case

  Published: September 14, 2007, 11:16 pm

  Tags: Racist Prosecution, Racially Insensitive Remarks, Mychal Bell, Jena 6, Jena Louisiana, Police Prosecutorial Misconduct, Louisiana Politics, Racism, Race, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, White Supremacy, Politics

  in the racially tense north Louisiana town of Jena. Mychal Bell, 17, should not have been tried as an adult, the state 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal said in tossing his conviction on aggravated battery, for which he was to have been sentenced Thursday. He could have gotten 15 years in prison. His conspiracy conviction in the December beating of

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• To the Jena 6: Just hold on, change is coming

  Published: September 20, 2007, 10:10 pm

  Tags: Al Sharpton, Black Politics, Criminal Injustice System, Jena 6, Jesse Jackson, Louisiana Politics, Politics, Power Games, Race, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, New Orleans Katrina, Political Expediency, Punitive Punishment, Racial Profiling, Racism, Racist Prosecution

  indifference and Jena, Louisiana has provided the nation with another. There is nothing particularly unique about the disproportionate felony charges meted out to these six teenage boys, this happens everyday to black children somewhere in America, as Al Sharpton has pointed out. What is unique is the black reaction the racially

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• Jena 6 DA yields to pressure from Governor

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:20 pm

  Tags: Al Sharpton, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Jena 6, Louisiana Politics, Martin Luther King Iii, Politics, Power Games, Race, Jena Louisiana, Racism, Racist Prosecution

  Simpson, Associated Press Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Wednesday that the prosecutor in one of the so-called “Jena 6″ cases has decided not to challenge an appellate ruling that sends the case to juvenile court. LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters had earlier said he would appeal the state appeals court’s

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• Mychal Bell is freed on bail

  Published: September 27, 2007, 7:07 pm

  Tags: Jena 6, Louisiana Politics, Politics, Power Games, Race, Reed Walters, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, Political Expediency, Punitive Punishment, Racism, Racist Prosecution

  people in this small central Louisiana town with averting a “disaster” when tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the town. Some critics of Walters considered that a slap against the peaceful marchers.

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• Mychal Bell’s bail set at $45,000

  Published: September 27, 2007, 5:59 pm

  Tags: Al Sharpton, Gov Kathleen Blanco, Jena 6, Louisiana Politics, Martin Luther King Iii, Politics, Power Games, Race, Reed Walters, Jena Louisiana, Mychal Bell, Punitive Punishment, Racist Prosecution

  of Appeal in Lake Charles, Louisiana, did the same with Bell’s battery conviction in mid-September. Prosecutors originally charged all six black students accused of being involved in beating Barker with second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy. Walters reduced charges against at least four of them — Bell, Robert Bailey Jr.,

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• Jindal Wins One for the Good Guys

  Published: October 21, 2007, 11:36 am

  Tags: Political, Bobby Jindal, Corrupt Politics, Corruption, Governor Of Louisiana, Katrina, Louisiana Politics, Mismanagement, Nepotism, State Senator

  was elected as Governor of Louisiana and will succeed Kathleen Blanco who decided not to seek reelection after she was widely blamed for the state’s slow response to Katrina. Jindal is 36 years old and becomes the nation’s youngest governor as well as the first non-white... Visit Big Dog's Weblog for the rest of the story...

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• Dollar Bill loses change of venue motion in federal corruption trial

  Published: November 30, 2007, 11:05 pm

  Tags: Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Black Endorsements, Cheryl Gray, Jalila Jefferson Bullock, Karen Carter, Louisiana Politics, Politics, Power Games, Race, Black Voters, New Orleans Katrina, Potential Congressional Vacancy, William Jefferson

  Surprise, y’all. Corrupt “Dollar” Bill Jefferson lost his change of venue motion to the District of Columbia in his federal corruption trial. Now, he’ll hafta face the white folk in Northern Virginia and explain how all dat payola ended up in his damn freezer. Give the Lord a hand clap, y’all. According to the

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• Louisiana Catholic Blogger Update For January the 11th

  Published: January 11, 2008, 6:10 pm

  Tags: Louisiana, Louisiana Politics, Abortion Pro Life, Catholic, Louisiana Catholic

  reminds us that a Louisiana Catholic Blogger is on the airwaves and to be sure to listen. They give the details at Joshua LeBlanc Live on the Radio and on the Internet TonightFrom The Recamier has another great update with things we should know at Daily Update: January 10, 2008. She also informs us that the Louisiana town she is from

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• Want To Vote In the Louisiana Republican Primary?

  Published: January 11, 2008, 4:04 pm

  Tags: Louisiana, Louisiana Politics, Catholics For Huckabee, Huckabee, Gop

  of this event by the Louisiana Republican Party?My frustrations continues!!!Who does this benefit? I don't know. I get the feeling that the party establishment will back McCain. Can Huckabee get the local evangelical politicos to get his vote out? We shall see. I would very much like to see how Huckabee does with the Catholic vote in

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• Louisiana Catholic Blogger Update for Jan 10

  Published: January 10, 2008, 1:08 pm

  Tags: Louisiana, Louisiana Politics, Louisiana Catholic

  rush to Shreveport so this Louisiana Catholic Blogger update with be largely without my witty commentary. Sort of barebones here are the links type of thing. I have not even had time to check my emailFr. Victor Brown's Catholic Daily Message has updated with his post Feast of Saint Adrian (9 Jan 2008).For the Greater Glory has this Hilarious

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• Congressman Jefferson’s kin Indicted

  Published: June 4, 2008, 9:16 pm

  Tags: Angela Coleman, Betty Jefferson, Black Political Corruption, Black Politics, Congressional Black Caucus, Corporate Whore, Federal Indictment, Federal Investigation, Louisiana Politics, Mose Jefferson, Politics, New Orleans Katrina, William Jefferson, Dollar Bill, New O

  Jefferson, 61, a nine-term Louisiana Democrat, was indicted last year on bribery charges. He is awaiting a trial in Virginia and has denied wrongdoing. The congressman wasn’t named in Wednesday’s indictment, and faces a re-election campaign this fall. Mose Jefferson, 66, pleaded not guilty in April to separate charges that he paid

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