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Rayne boasted first radio station
Today, the call letters WBKB are assigned to the CBS television affiliate in the Alpena area of northern Michigan, but for a short time in 1930 they belonged to the first radio station to broadcast...
Nov 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Political judges
Results of the recent elections showed that growing numbers of Americans are fed up with “public servants” who act as if they are public masters. This went beyond the usual objections to particular...
Nov 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stimulus payments
Just in case you, like me, don’t really know what the Economic Stimulus Program is all about, I am about to enlighten you. President Obama and his Cabinet, all eight percent of them who have been i...
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Guess who?
Guess who said the following: “We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work.” Was it Sarah Palin? Rush Limbaugh? Karl Rove? Not even close....
Nov 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama and the Czars want change
President Obama and his democrat cohorts want change but the rhetorical question is change to what? They passed the Health Bill that 70% of the people don’t want. The major portions of it won’t g...
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Acadian prairies good for health, wealth
When mapmaker William Darby toured south Louisiana in 1816, he was impressed with our mild climate, rich soils, and the huge potential of the prairies of the Attakapas and Opelousas districts which...
Nov 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harry gave 'em hell in Abbeville
The political stump speech was developed into a high art form in Louisiana by folks like Huey and Earl Long in north Louisiana and Dudley LeBlanc and Cat Doucet who could deliver in both French and...
Nov 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 24 24 recommendations | email to a friend
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No happy ending at Belle Isle
When I hear of a disaster in a mine such as the one that trapped 33 workers in Chile, I think back to March 1968 and the tragedy of the Belle Isle salt mine near Calumet in St. Mary Parish. There w...
Oct 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fontenot wasn't a Cajun
Most people recognize that names like Fontenot, LaFleur, Doucet, LaGrange, Bonin, Deshotel, and Brignac are of French origin, and since they are long-settled names in south Louisiana assume them to...
Oct 17, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Neighbors trusted Lastie with their money
Lastie Dupré; was a fabulous figure in St. Landry Parish history. He lived in a simple, nondescript home out on the prairie that didn't interest anyone too much. But the little brick building next ...
Oct 10, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Swamp pop museum long overdue
The Beatles and their brethren nearly killed the music we know as swamp pop, but the museum that just opened in Ville Platte means that it not only survived but will be with us for a long, long tim...
Oct 02, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Two football stories
The beginning of football season reminds me of two Acadiana stories with national implications — sort of. Anyone who knows the least bit about football knows that Paul (Bear) Bryant became a legend...
Sep 26, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 34 34 recommendations | email to a friend
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