Oh Louisiana! The Highs and the Lows.

Bygone thinking and ridiculous power tripping may be the bane of progress in Louisiana but at least for the editors of The Times-Picayune it makes for good copy. At 75 cents daily, the Picayune is well worth it, consistently rewarding that trifling investment with ludicrously bizarre headlines that could only be born below sea-level. Last weeks Naked Burglar is only one great example. More often than one would like the headlines fall into the "laugh to keep from crying category" (see: rep. William Jefferson) if not the straight-up tragic (see: streak comes to an end)

Irony abounds down here as is clear from today's headlines, the day after the President dropped by to shake some hands and instill the faith back in few folks. Like any welcome guest, we wish he could've visited a little longer with us but so it goes when you're a busy man trying to get a few things done before the end of the day.

True enough, his time probably would've been well spent visiting any number of places along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Mississippi too. But for some reason, Tangipahoa, LA was never considered on that list. Maybe the President could've helped placate the concerns of Keith Bradwell about the children of interracial couples. Click to enlarge and read