Dear "YourVoteDoesNotCoun ​ t":   This discrimination has not just surfaced!  I applied for a Soil Conservation Program Loan in 1969 and was turned down because I am Caucasian and was making too much money  A wopping $600.00 per month.  The Soil Conservation Officer told me "Mr. Ring, you make too much in salary and...more

Pastor Russ, the Cajuns are not dumb.  They are lining up from Plaquemines Parish to Baton Rouge to cash in on the probable $ that the Us Government and BP will give for restoration, loss of livlehood, dead critters, etc.  Most will not lose a days work (fishing, crabbing and oyster gathering), as they move to other ar...more

The stock market is a lot of hype BS, always has been.  It is as far removed from the most basic economic principle of Supply and Demand as is Heaven and Hell.  I am in oil and gas production and exploration and send out revenue on a monthly basis to investors.  In contrast, some stocks have, in some rare cases, a sm...more