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A hoodie and saggin jeans make you a target? Travon Martin to Mike Brown?
A year ago we spoke with a few high school students and ask them about their thoughts about dress and image. How Black youths are perceived by others within the community and outside. A year after Trayvon Martin the nation is discussingMichael Brown & Eric Gardener again we see various media sources attempt to paint a different image of the unarmed young man the same as we saw during the Zimmerman trial.
Check out our past show where young people shared their ideas about images of Black youths and how sometimes perceptions of their language, dress and social media images can be misinterpreted. (Link is at the bottom of page).
How is an unrelated incident of robbery become relevant in discovering if the shooting of an unarmed person (Michael Brown) was justified?
What is it that the various policing agencies want the public to think about Mike Brown after releasing the video?
A) The nation should not be spending this amount of social capital on a criminal
B) He was not close to being the gentle giant as friends and family have claimed
C) The officer was responding to a dangerous individual that posed a real threat to the officer
D) The shooting was justified the state did not execute a saint but rather a thug
Any thoughts?
There is a major push to destroy the minds, body, and spirits of melanated young people across the country. In the media you see police and vigilantes shooting black teens and children with little- to- no recourse or repercussion. How exactly do impressionable minds react when they see someone in there own likeness unjustly gunned down like a dog repeatedly on tv? They say you can be whatever you want to be- well as long as you don't listen to rap, wear a hoodie, don't jaywalk, and never get perceived as threatening by someone with a gun and willingness to shoot it, then if you survive that, you can be somebody- maybe. Why do we accept this? Why do we blankly stare at the stories headlining the news with no reaction? Why do responsible adults have nothing else to offer the youth but a sad song and a picket sign? When is enough enough? There is emerging resistance to these actions. Some people refuse to be used as law enforcement target practice. Some people are willing to fight by any means necessary to defeat this sort of legalized evil. Some people will not back down. NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER! 2RAW4TV talks to radio host and revolutionary, King Dominic, and lays out a plan of action against the powers that be.
Election Day is Coming! Infighting at the White House! No-Hoodies Allowed!
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As-Salaam-Alaikum & God's Peace be upon You,
This Saturday on Critical Discourse, there's much to go over, and we'll try to cover it all:
1) Update on the Muslim Women's Shelter, run by Sister Khadijah Dawa
2) Election Day, November 2014 - Issues, predictions, directions?
3) The Harlem "No-Hoodie-Rule"
4) Infighting at the White House over Syria
5) Update on Ferguson, Missouri
Walking In Silence DV Solidarity Walk, Talking to Marvin "Alex" Harris
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"And Noone Cried For NeeNee"
In 2001, he got his gun, he drew it back and then the attack, and noone cried for NeeNee.
Went through her heart, it ended her start; she layed there dying, while they stood there lying,
Getting their stories straight, till it was too late, and noone cried for NeeNee.
She laid on the floor, they closed the door. She tried to breathe, she took her last heave. It was an accident, and that's how it went. And noone cried for NeeNee.
Each day l think, given my every blink, my baby girl, she was my world.
No hands in the air, no hoodie was worn, and noone is crying for NeeNee.
I know how it goes, black on black crime still flows. Noone marches for her still, as l am held hostage against my will. It ain't OK, there has got to be a better way.
And noone cried for NeeNee.
I am getting it out. I cry, I shout. But noone hears, they don't see my tears. She is still my baby girl, still my world. And noone cried for NeeNee.
(Written by Loretta Green-Williams)
Join me and Marvin "Alex" Harris, Campus Director for Strayer University. He will talk about his personal experience to domestic violence and why he will be Walking in Silence for the Silenced, Domestic Violence Solidarity Walk, November 1, 2014, at 7 am.
Windows to Your Spirit ~ All Hallows Eve
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It's that time of year again! already!!! Pull up your hoodie, snuggle in by the fire and join your hostess, psychic Kathleen Avino for a paranormal exploration of spirit contact, what it really means and what it really could be. As always your questions will be answered as time allows. Please be respectful and limit yourself to one specific question so that as many people can connect in as possible. To schedule a full reading visit www.kathleenavino.com
Can a hoodie and saggin jeans make you a target?
Should young people be singled out and viewed as threating due to their style of dress and language or should this expression be seen simply as youth culture?
GetAtMe3PcSnack ft TPain, Sysqo and HoodieAllen
On tonight's GetAtMe3PcSnack HotNewHits, we spotlight the new T-Pain "DrankinPartna" (once again T-Pain delivers a solid song), A new Sisqo ft Waka Flocka "AList"(Sisqo is back with a smoker) and a new and up and coming artist Hoodie Allen "Movie" ( great new song from a great new artist). That's tonight on blogtalk radio at 11PM. Join us as we give you a taste of the next big song in music. No doubt all 3 of these songs are contenders. Call in at (347) 826-7743
Michael Baisden Live, The Hoodie Awards & Gabby Douglas
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Join Angela Thomas & Rodney Smith for an episode of Our Own Voices Live!
Today's show: "Michael Baisden Live, The Hoodie Awards & Gabby Douglas!"
Michael Baisden Live aired in Las Vegas and he had a Town hall right in the community at the Santa-Fe Hotel & Casino
The town hall was almost packed with many thanking the popular radio talk show host and author of The Maintenance Man, for not forgetting where he came from.
The Hoodie Awards with Steve Harvey is also in town.
The popular author who is retiring from standup comedy this year brought a weekend of recognition for locals and plenty of partying. Angela & I have attended the weekend events and will broadcast live from one of the venues.
Gabby Douglas!
Gabby as she is called by friends and teammates wasn't really known until she was invited to the Olympic trials where she stunned the crowd and beat the reigning champ, Jordyn Wieber. She didn't stop there, she went on to help Team USA Gymnastics win the Olympic Gold Medal and later to win the individual all around Gold!
As her back story has unfolded there was a slight Tweet stir about her hair but we want to talk about the first African American to win the Olympic All Around Gold Medal. We have seen her mom and siblings in the stands but many have asked about her dad. What a great American story! Click here, here & here to read more.
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IE ~ EP8: Jon Hood, former UK basketball player
starting with this episode - Friday nights are for my #BBN #BBNFAM to talk University of Kentucky sports. we may sprinkle in some conversation about the other local teams/players.
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Vinny Hardy @VinnyHardy and Michele Brown @ForeverBigBlue will join me to chat UK sports and take calls from the #BBN #BBNFAM
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- Band Name: Broken Bells
- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Mar 9, 2010
- Summary: This is the debut album for The Shins James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (aka as Danger Mouse).
- Record Label: Sony
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 20 out of 31
Mixed: 11 out of 31
Negative: 0 out of 31
What makes Broken Bells such a compelling body of work is undeniably the result of the broad range of sounds that fill its palette. Although there are instances whereby each of the two conspirators come to the forefront, at no point does this sound like a Shins record with beats or a hip hop record with guitars.
Mercer's knack for twisting and turning melodies is impeccably served by Burton, who tempers and fulfills those melodies with laid-back but elaborate scores of synth, piano, organ and sometimes a full string section, the only instruments not played by Burton or Mercer.
Mercer's gently off-beam pop songs are lit up colourfully by the duo's choice of arrangements.
The album's dominant themes spread themselves thin in places, such as the bland, punchless stretch around the record's middle mark. When Mercer and Burton are on point though, it works, and works well.
Despite the scrappy rhythm guitar of album closer "The Mall & Misery," this project rarely resembles a rock band. It does, however, really feel like a group.
"high Road" is melodic enough, for sure, and Mercer is a clear-voiced singer, but the album's interest palls when Mouse's answer to life, the universe and everything proves to be "pedestrian breakbeat." [Apr 2010, p.83]
Individually, both men are astounding talents, but beyond a few solid tracks, the alchemy's just not there.
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Positive: 10 out of 11
Mixed: 0 out of 11
Negative: 1 out of 11
Feb 9, 2014Beautifully varied music. The combination of the Danger Mouse groove and Mercer's voice makes for a perfect album. Some songs are chilling and others are amazingly catchy. It's perfect.… Expand
MichaelMar 9, 2010Absolutely brilliant! Danger Mouse and James Mercer have created something unique and fantastic. This is the year's best album so far.
MDBMar 11, 2010Best album of the year so far. Sounds like a cross between Shins & Gorillaz, if that makes any sense. Critics like experimental music over anything with melody? That is unfortunate, this is an excellent listen with a cool vibe.… Expand
RichardMMar 17, 2010This album is a fantastic mix of chilled pop melodies with brilliantly addictive lyrics. The songs are simple, but it is this simplicity that gives the album such a great all round feel. Danger Mouse's genius is heard more and more every time you listen. The album barely gets boring and becomes lovingly addictive.… Expand
Jul 25, 2011From the first thirty seconds of the premier track, High Road you know that you're in for a treat. Mercer's twisted vocals against the backdrop that is Burton's excellent production, takes you by the hand and guides you on a humble journey through 21st century alternative indie. The steady rhythm mimics a racing heart that punctuates every line with a smile. Perhaps the synths are too heavy, but not enough to deter from repeat listens.
Each track flows well into one another, maintaining Mercer and Burtonâ… Expand
MattMMar 9, 2010Move along. Nothing to see/hear. The record has good production and some nice, 60's sounds here and there, but nothing memorable or interesting. The Shins' lyrics have never been more than a vehicle for great hooks, but unfortunately the hooks are absent on this record. So, you end up with dull lyrics, dull music and a dull record. It only gets good reviews from some based upon the two members involved in this project. If the Broken Bells were actually Joe Indy and John Pop, you wouldn't be reading this.… Expand
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Ninety-eight percent of libraries now provide free public access to Wi-Fi, up from 89 percent in 2012. But digital differences among states still exists -- as does an urban/rural divide, according to the new 2014 Digital Inclusion Survey released by the American Library Association (ALA).
Joplin Library Director Jacque Gage says county libraries will be the hardest hit. Those are the ones that depend on the state funds to keep their doors open. She encourages everyone to contact the governor's office to get the funds restored.
Facing declining visitors and uncertainty about what to do about it, library administrators in the new town of Almere in the Netherlands did something extraordinary. They redesigned their libraries based on the changing needs and desires of library users and, in 2010, opened the Nieuwe Bibliotheek (New Library), a thriving community hub that looks more like a bookstore than a library.
Guided by patron surveys, administrators tossed out traditional methods of library organization, turning to retail design and merchandising for inspiration. They now group books by areas of interest, combining fiction and nonfiction; they display books face-out to catch the eye of browsers; and they train staff members in marketing and customer service techniques.
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Elvis Presley's earliest known signature – on a library card he signed as a 13-year-old student in Tupelo, Miss. – is one of the main draws in an auction of Elvis memorabilia to be held at Graceland, the singer's palatial headquarters, in Memphis on Aug. 14.
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"I'll use the numbers from my native UK here simply because I have a better grasp of them. As a country we spend some £1 billion a year (currently around $1.7 billion) on supporting the library system. There's some 60 million citizens meaning that we can, from that sum, afford to pay perhaps £20 (as with most numbers I use, there's a lot of rounding here, the numbers are not meant to be accurate, just informative as to magnitude and so on) for each subscription. That's a lot less than Amazon is currently demanding but I would bet a very large sum of money that an adequate bulk discount could be arranged for such a slug of customers."
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The two books are And Tango Makes Three, inspired by two real male penguins who hatched an egg together, and The White Swan Express, about four couples — one of which is a lesbian couple — who travel to China to adopt baby girls. The books will be pulped, according to Time Magazine.
A suburban Detroit library system will keep copies of a free weekly newspaper behind the counter following complaints that it carries sexually explicit advertisements. The Grosse Pointe Library Board voted 7-0 on Thursday to stack the Metro Times out of sight, the Detroit Free Press reported. Some complained that the advertisements promoted human trafficking.
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Dell revealed its first quad-core notebook yesterday, a 17in monster that'll appear as part of its Precision mobile workstation line once Intel gets its four-core laptop chips out the door. You'll have to wait until the autumn, the chip giant admitted, but it's likely to find a fair few folk will given the tantalising glimpses …
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Will it run Crysis and Vista?
/Mines the one with "Enough is Enough" on the back
amfM Calling Michael Dell re Colouring IT with Shells of Orange Apps.
Hmmmm? That could make the Future Brighter if they have anyone Gaming for them with IT.
Do Dell do Virtualisation Sponsorship and Championing with Future Players. Or would that be akin to Gaming the Markets and available from any Machine. ........... Plugged in, Turned On and Tuned in to the Virtual Vibes.
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Quad-core laptop
This is hardly the Asus Eee competitor we were expecting!
Paris, because she can tell the difference between 9 inches and 17.
So it's...
...Not very portable, will have crap battery life, and will cost vastly more than it would cost to build the same machine as a desktop?
Sorry, but I've bought "monster" laptops before and they've turned out to be heavy, cumbersome, over-powered, over-heated and low on battery life. If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop.
Looks like a tossup between one of these and an Aspire One, then...
Whaddya mean: I've got no use for it?
I still want one.
I want one of those. When's my remortgage coming through?!?!
Does it come with a free Charles Atlas course or wheels?
It's a dual purpouse machine...
Once the heatsink gets a bit warm, you can fry sausages and bacon on it...
wrong name....
.....should be George Foreman
Hmmm smell that melted cheese
I was looking for a new toasted sandwich maker :D
Fire because this is gonna burn... who's got the marshmellows?
Well if they offer it in 20. . .
I'm tempted.
Will it run Crysis and Vista?
No, it will run Crysis or Vista, but not both.
It aint heavy...it's my desktop....
Dell rhymes with Hell.. which this beast is bound to be as hot as, once running..
Heavy it will be too, but I guess "h@rdk0r3 g4m3rz" don't mind lugging 5Kgs of foldable desktop around with them, plus another half kilo of Power Supply!
A small price to pay when it comes to fragging your foes at 5FPS faster than the average gaming desktop...
In conlcusion Dell learned something from the squints they inherited from Alienware.. if it aint hot and heavy, it aint l33t!
Finally a laptop for ME!
Can't wait. I need portability and I need power.
This'll do me fine. Never understood people liking the eePCs. I can do email and web browsing on my phone I can't imagine carrying a computer just for that tripe.
I need a computer to edit HD video and debug code as well as run DBs and servers for testing. This'll do me fine and instead of being a desktop, it's portable. If it has a FireWire 800 port so I can stream from my Red Scarlet then sign me up!
it aint a gaming laptop
"If you're serious about gaming, get a ruddy desktop."
It's a workstation, it's part of Dell's corporate range, it's not aimed at gamers.
So, which came first, the Dell or the Lenovo?
Sounds a lot like the recently announced Lenovo W700.
If they really want to beat Lenovo at their own game, all they need to do is make the display a Wacom Cintiq. Hint, hint.
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Lenovo have one too
ThinkPad W700 with quad core, 17" high gamut display, built in wacom pen pad, option for 2x 200gb HD (can be RAID, and/or one can be flash I think), Quadro FX graphics (up to 1gb), Blu-Ray option, etc.
For photographers supposedly.
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I havent tanked alot lately and I feel a little rusty, I seem to be having trouble keeping threat on the Oozes in the Rotface fight.I am a Prot Warrior and I have VERY limited ranged threat gen and if i get close enough for a Shieldslam or something I take too much damage.
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Thanks for the reply, After watching a few vids I had worked out something similar to you advice so thanks for confirming it, I will give it a try this week
Make sure your holy pallies have RF turned off too, that caused some problems the first time we tried it. But ya, what he said ^
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WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the killing of Trayvon Martin a "tragic, unnecessary shooting," and said the Justice Department will follow "the facts and the law" as it reviews evidence to see whether federal criminal charges are warranted.
In his first comments since the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Martin case, the attorney general said the 17-year-old's death provides an opportunity for the nation to speak honestly about complicated and emotionally charged issues.
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"Independent of the legal determination that will be made, I believe that this tragedy provides yet another opportunity for our nation to speak honestly about the complicated and emotionally charged issues that this case has raised," Holder said.
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"I hope that we will approach this necessarily difficult dialogue with the same dignity that those who have lost the most, Trayvon's parents, have demonstrated throughout the last year — and especially over the past few days," said Holder. "They suffered a pain that no parent should have to endure — and one that I, as a father, cannot begin to conceive."
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Like most young people who grow up in or around Louisiana politics, Cravins was bit by the bug. As a student at Teurlings Catholic High School he gravitated to programs like Louisiana Youth Seminar, a training ground for the overly ambitious. He became involved in student government at LSU and eventually went on to serve as president of the Southern University Law Center. During most of this time, his father wasn't an elected official, but rather a vocal activist and organizer in Acadiana's African-American communities. The fact that his father had similar ambitions, however, created not only a sense of competition, but also a dire need to be independent.
Crowley native Jim Nickel, a well-respected lobbyist in Baton Rouge, remembers hiring Cravins to work for the Louisiana Democratic Party. Nickel was executive director and chairman of the party at the time, and Cravins was fresh out of LSU. His father, meanwhile, was a new face in the Senate. Nickel says Cravins pursued the job without name-dropping and shied away from any sort of influence peddling. "Unlike most young persons from political families coming up in politics, he didn't have a sense of entitlement," Nickel says. "He was willing to work hard to prove himself."
Once Cravins was in the House of Representatives, with his father across the rotunda in the Senate, he didn't have to work as hard to differentiate himself. Although they were both Democrats, the two Cravins had differing styles — even facing off on a number of issues and voting against each others' bills. The elder Cravins was a wild card of sorts who often rebelled against the administration, regardless of party, just for the hell of it. He lashed out at industry and Big Business from the floor, serving as a voice for the Little Man. Junior, meanwhile, was decidedly calculated, relishing being a compromiser who kept an open mind when the business lobby came knocking.
Regardless of how far Cravins has come, in many respects he's about to begin anew. He's already convinced a local state Senate district that he's more than just "Junior," able to carry his own load, but he'll have to prove himself further as he leans toward facing off against Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany this fall for Lafayette's congressional seat. Cravins says he is "99.9 percent sure" he is jumping into the fray and is taking meetings with national Democratic interests. In a region that leans increasingly to the right, it appears to be a difficult task on paper, although the political history of the 7th Congressional District and Cravins' own ideology reveal some cracks in that preconception.
When former U.S. Sen. John Breaux speaks, most people listen. Despite his ill-advised flirtation with last year's gubernatorial race, he represents the gold standard for the proverbial Southern Democrat, or the Blue Dog Democrat, or the Conservative Democrat. And these days, that seems to be the only kind of Democrat winning races below the Mason-Dixon Line. So Cravins dutifully listened when Breaux advised Cravins to be "pro-hunter's rights," rather than "pro-gun." Cravins, however, isn't taking the advice. "I am [pro-hunter] and I'm a big fishermen and I believe in those rights," he says. "But I'm simply pro-gun. I am what I am."
|Before his dad became mayor of Opelousas, Don Cravins Jr. and his father were the only father-son duo in the Louisiana Legislature.
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If Cravins decides to run and rolls out his campaign commercials for the 7th Congressional District, voters will learn they're not dealing with the usual African-American Democrat. Cravins is a blue-collar philosopher, a former altar boy who's conservative on social issues. As for guns, he can sit around talking arms and ammo all day — he is, after all, the commander of the reserve unit in Opelousas, recently promoted to the rank of captain. "Some people play golf," he says. "I strap on a vest and a gun for fun. That's what I do. It takes my mind off of things and puts me in the community. I've already worked 19 hours this month and can't wait to get back out."
That's the kind of talk that has the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee licking its lips. Blue Dog Democrats in the conservative, Breaux mold have been on a notable winning streak in south Louisiana. Most recently, it was Don Cazayoux of New Roads, promising to be a "Breaux Democrat," who captured Baton Rouge's 6th Congressional Districts after decades of Republican control. With a similar pitch in 2004, Congressman Charlie Melancon of Napoleonville took the 3rd Congressional District, which stretches into Acadiana, following a long run of GOP representation.
By all accounts, it'll be the same line delivered by Cravins in coming months. He's the only game in town in the 7th District, as far as Democrats. Former state Rep. Gil Pinac of Crowley has decided against running, as has Lake Charles Mayor Randy Roach. Kyra Jennings, the Southern regional press secretary for the DCCC, confirms that the national party is courting Cravins and willing to pump resources into his bid. "We have reached out to him, and we think he would be a strong candidate," she says. "Voters want someone who is connected to their communities, and I think Congressman Boustany has shown time and time again that he is out of step with the district."
If a diehard Democrat wanted to question Cravins' loyalty, they could. In recent months he has threatened to run against Boustany as a non-party candidate. And he wasn't alone; state Sen. Lydia Jackson of Shreveport and state Rep. Michael Jackson of Baton Rouge have floated the idea of dropping the Dem from their names to run for Congress as well. For now, Cravins says his own ponderings are done, and he will run as a Democrat. He rejects the notion that it all might have been just a game to get the attention of the DCCC. "When a black candidate runs in a majority-white district, it seems that the state party always backs away," Cravins says. "They say they don't want to waste their resources. That's the perception, and it was all about strategy for me. I wasn't going to get beat up."
Dr. Pearson Cross, an assistant professor of political science at UL Lafayette, believes Cravins has a chance of unseating the incumbent Boustany. Despite Boustany's recent stronghold, the 7th Congressional District was a Democratic seat for years, held by Chris John, Jimmy Hayes (who was a Democrat before switching parties), Breaux and former Gov. Edwin Edwards. "I think there is a possibility that the right kind of Democrat can jump into this race and shake things up," Cross says. "It depends on where the Democrat is on the conservative-liberal continuum, though. The district has a history of Democratic representation, but it's more indicative of the new strength that state (Republican) Party has shown in recent years in capturing seats around the state."
The Republican wave, however, may have crested, as evidenced by the recent Melancon and Cazayoux wins in Louisiana and the victory of Mississippi Democrat Travis W. Childers earlier this month. The Mississippi Republican Party sought to link Childers to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who sit atop the liberal totem pole. The Louisiana GOP attempted to do the same to Cazayoux. But Childers ran as a conservative Democrat willing to compromise, which is the same message Cravins is likely to carry. As for black voters, they comprise 25 percent of Childers' Mississippi district — roughly the same breakdown seen in Louisiana's 7th Congressional District.
The parallels aren't being missed on Bayou State politicos, which is among the reasons why Cravins' stock is rising by the hour. Black voters in Louisiana's 7th Congressional District haven't been as active or vocal as those in Cazayoux's Baton Rouge district, but they haven't had someone like Cravins to truly test the base — nor a candidate of color like Obama atop a national ticket to energize supporters.
Despite the favorable set-up, Republican consultants aren't taking Cravins seriously — yet. Some even believe another Democratic candidate will eventually emerge. They contend his name recognition, while enviable, drops off in areas south and to the west of St. Landry Parish. More importantly, Cravins hasn't started raising money yet and only has a few months to get his operation in gear. Boustany, meanwhile, has more than $460,000 in the bank. But that's a smaller number than other incumbents in the delegation, and he's never had to tap his Beltway sources in a real way.
As far as what you might hear from Republicans, what Cravins has going for him in momentum, he lacks in experience. He was first elected to the state House in 2004 and after only two years — half of a full term — he ran for his father's seat in the Senate. All together, he has only four years of elected experience. Yet Boustany can't claim much more, having been elected four years ago to Congress, after holding no other elected office.
A matchup between the two candidates would be a heated race. "People are not happy with the economy," Cravins says. "Who would be when you're paying $4 or more for gas? But in this district, I think people know there's a bit of Rita Amnesia going on around the country. While southeast Louisiana has started to rebound, having been on the nation's radar due to Katrina, it's been just the opposite over here. There should have been someone fighting for us, but, thank God, we're the kind of people who can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. How can Congressman Boustany not believe in earmarks for a district that has been devastated by a hurricane? We need the money, and that's a lack of leadership."
As for "Rita Amnesia," that's an ill-advised phrase for Cravins to use, as Boustany coined it. In the weeks and months following Rita's landfall, Boustany issued a series of press releases warning of "Rita Amnesia" and for some time was seemingly the lone voice in D.C. looking out southwest Louisiana as New Orleans grabbed all the headlines.
Boustany has played a critical role in working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in preparing a proposal for a hurricane-protection levee system that could stretch more than 100 miles from Vermilion Bay to the Texas border. He helped secure local dollars from the federal Water Resources Development Act and was also among the first advocates for an additional Acadiana seat on the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. "Congressman Boustany has a proud record following the hurricanes to help rebuild southwest Louisiana," says Rick Curtsinger, Boustany's press secretary.
Hurricane protection, though, isn't the only arrow in Cravins' quiver. The quasi-candidate adds that he'll also be pointing out Boustany's votes on health care, the war in Iraq and the economy in coming weeks, all in hopes that voters will ask themselves a singular question. "Are we better off today than we were four years ago?" he asks. "I think everyone is the district has to agree that the answer is no."
As a member of the Legislature and chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee, Cravins has his own votes and bills to defend. For instance, his Senate Bill 160, being debated this session, has divided lawmakers along regional lines — and it could come back to haunt him if it turns sour. The legislation would allow insurance companies to set different storm-named deductibles for homeowner policies based on nothing more but location. Coastal lawmakers are concerned that the regional cutoff would be Interstate 10, with those living below the line shouldering the cost for the rest of the state. Cravins says the bill is needed because Louisiana is the only state that requires insurers set a statewide, blanket deductible, meaning properties near the Arkansas state line must have the same deductible as those along the Gulf of Mexico, where catastrophic damage from hurricanes is far more likely.
Rep. Juan LaFonta, a New Orleans Democrat, says Cravins' bill flies in the face of fairness. Under the measure, you could pay a 4 percent deductible if you live in a low-lying area like Mouton Cove or Houma, or a minimum of 1 percent if you live farther north like Shreveport. "I think this is going in the wrong direction," says LaFonta. "At the end of the day, the consumer in my district and in south Louisiana is going to be left to burden a cost for minimal damage for minimal storms."
"It's not a north-south thing," counters Cravins. "This loosens the market and allows the consumer to shop around," Cravins says. "We're the only state in the nation that allows that (blanket deductible)."
And then there are bills that Cravins is praised for — like Senate Bill 749, another measure from the ongoing session that would shutter Jetson Youth Center in Baker, Louisiana's largest juvenile prison. The facility has garnered a nefarious reputation in recent years, plagued by accreditation problems and outbreaks of violence. Dana Kaplan, executive director of the Juvenile Justice Project, a New Orleans-based nonprofit, contends Jetson has been plagued with "ongoing problems," but no one has had the political courage to step up. Inmate escapes, instances of fights and accusations of sexual contact involving guards are among the offenses that have grabbed headlines as of late. Cravins' bill would close down Jetson by December 2009 and transfer its inmates to smaller facilities better equipped to handle each violator's special needs. "Our young people who have made mistakes and need to be rehabilitated should be rehabilitated closer to home," he says.
Closer to home, Cravins is pushing legislation to create the North Lafayette and Downtown Redevelopment Authority, a bill meant to address blighted properties while providing protections for landowners. In other parts of the state, redevelopment authorities are used to tear down or foreclose on properties so a new economy or look can be created. Cravins' bill was originally meant to cover only north Lafayette, but other interests came to the table — chiefly from downtown and the southern part of the parish, including Republican City-Parish President Joey Durel. Cravins worked out a compromise, including south Lafayette in revised legislation while maintaining a sub-district for northern Lafayette.
Rather than tap dancing around the underlying issues of race that too often plague north side/south side divisions, Cravins addresses them head-on. He originally filed the bill because he didn't want "people to have the perception that we're waiting around to see if the south side folks are going to develop us, and then we decide what to do. I was being proactive."
Several sources, speaking off the record, say the bill is an indication that Cravins is making inroads to become both a uniter and a top-tier leader in Lafayette's black community — which Cravins doesn't deny. "Yes, I'm from St. Landry, but Lafayette is my home," he says. "I went to Teurlings Catholic, my Mom is from Lafayette and my first home was in Lafayette. It's very much my home, and it feels right to me."
If anything, Cravins is comfortable in his own skin. He isn't overly worried about being attacked as a "Daddy's boy or Donnie, Jr."; he welcomes that salvo with open arms. "I have my own records and, believe me, I won't be running from my father's record," he says. "If the opposition wants to compare me to my Dad, I would be very honored. I'm not going to run away from that comparison.
By now, the story of how longtime LSU coach Dale Brown discovered Shaquille O'Neal has been told many times: Brown happened upon a massive 13-year-old at an army base in Germany, stayed in touch with him and eventually became like a second father.
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Thinking himself the "son of God," the man charged with the 2013 killing of an officer of the Chitimacha Tribal Police will not stand trial following a ruling Thursday on his mental competency.
Four hours after inviting supporters to a rally with Sen. Marco Rubio, Bill Cassidy claimed that Mary Landrieu "voted against stopping executive amnesty."
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Money from the first and only settlement so far in a Louisiana flood board's lawsuit against dozens of energy companies will be placed in a special account dedicated to coastal restoration.
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NOV 24 Blogger Tom Aswell tells us about Bruce Greenstein's grand jury testimony in this post. The former state health secretary testified in an investigation into the lucrative contract Louisiana awarded to his former employer. Apparently, Mr. Greenstein has a bit of the C.R.S. disease.
NOV 24 Last week, an SUV carrying a blended Texas family overturned on the Interstate near Shreveport, killing the parents and three of their kids, and seriously injuring two other kids. According to this story in the Dallas Morning News, the DA has exercised some compassion and dismissed the ticket given to the teen who was driving.
NOV 21 One (possible) positive from Hurricane Katrina is a comprehensive zoning ordinance for New Orleans. Nine years later, we're getting closer to that being finalized, but the current version has some problems. Here's the latest in a series of posts on The Lens in which residents give their views of the draft; this one is more amusing than most.
NOV 21 The end of the term has come for the grand jury investigating a lucrative Medicaid contract and a former state health official's ties to the company that won it, the Advocate reports here, but that doesn't mean the investigation into this stinkiness is over. There are still some things to look into, the lead prosecutor says.
NOV 21 Bobby Jindal is headed to Iowa again, the Des Moines Register reports here. The paper outlines what's going on with Bobby's non-campaign for president, and there's a lot of stuff here -- too bad none of it sounds like somebody running Louisiana. Hey, wasn't that the job he wanted?