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Why We Couldn't Save Louisiana...


In the late 1990s, the state's school systems ranked
dead last in the nation in the number of computers
per student (1 per 88), and Louisiana has the nation's
second-highest percentage of adults who never finished
high school. By the state's own measure, 47% of the
public schools in New Orleans rank as "academically
unacceptable."

These government failures are not merely a matter
of incompetence. Louisiana and New Orleans have
a long, well-known reputation for corruption:
as former congressman Billy Tauzin once put it,
"half of Louisiana is under water and the other half
is under indictment."

That's putting it mildly. Adjusted for population size,
the state ranks third in the number of elected officials
convicted of crimes (Mississippi is No. 1). Recent
scandals include the conviction of 14 state judges and
an FBI raid on the business and personal files of
a Louisiana congressman.

In 1991, a notoriously corrupt Democrat named Edwin
Edwards ran for governor aga inst Republican David Duke,
a former head of the Ku Klux Klan. Edwards, whose winning
campaign included bumper stickers saying "Elect the Crook,"
is currently serving a 10-year prison sentence for taking
bribes from casino owners. Duke recently completed his
own prison term for tax fraud.

The rot included the New Orleans Police Department,
which in the 1990s had the dubious distinction of being
the nation's most corrupt police force and the least
effective: the city had the highest murder rate in America.
More than 50 officers were eventually convicted of crimes
including murder, rape and robbery; two are currently
on Death Row.

Ten billion dollars are about to pass into the sticky hands
of politicians in the No. 1 and No. 3 most corrupt states
in America.

Worried about looting? You ain't seen nothing yet!

"New Orleans has a Democrat Mayor, a Democrat City
Council, and a Democrat Chief of Police. Louisiana has
a Democrat Governor, a Democrat Lt. Governor,
a Democrat Attorney General; 24 of 39 Louisiana State
Senators are Democrat, 67 of 105 Louisiana State House
Representatives are Democrat, there's a Democrat
Representative in the House from New Orleans, and one
of two U. S. Senators is a Democrat."

SO YOU CAN SEE WHY IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT