tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post6788207811616877015..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Interesting IntersectionSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-76857383084027182372007-11-01T10:06:00.000-07:002007-11-01T10:06:00.000-07:00Yesterday's NY Times ran a profile of interesting ...Yesterday's NY Times ran a profile of interesting New Orleans chef Josh Besh - I don't watch the tv shows he's been featured on and missed stories about his Katrina work and other stuff, so this was an introduction for me. I like especially how he is locally grown himself AND serves what he raises on his farm.<BR/><BR/>Good luck to your new Governor.<BR/>-margoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-18012756695895920452007-10-31T16:35:00.000-07:002007-10-31T16:35:00.000-07:00Jindal's published platform doesn't seem to addres...Jindal's published platform doesn't seem to address wildlife or natural areas issues directly. I'm not sure if he hunts but can find out. My guess on the SAOVA endorsement is that he follows the GOP on property rights and gun issues, and that he would have answered in kind on the sportsmen's alliance forms.<BR/><BR/>Jindal's big issues are ethics reform, education and economic development. This last part I suspect will put him at odds with the needs of woodlots, fallow pastures and weeds, a few of my favorite things.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-9787233464285102132007-10-31T16:33:00.000-07:002007-10-31T16:33:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-26427490998365724712007-10-31T15:17:00.000-07:002007-10-31T15:17:00.000-07:00SAOVA endorsement is good. Is he better than avera...SAOVA endorsement is good. Is he better than average Republicans on green issues? I know Dreher is & likes him.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-70213230459068554022007-10-31T14:51:00.000-07:002007-10-31T14:51:00.000-07:00OK then. And make sure Jindal doesn't co-opt Maso...OK then. And make sure Jindal doesn't co-opt Mason's moniker of "The Boy Governor" either. 8)<BR/><BR/>Hey.. we'll be passing through LA next week! We should try again to hook up. I think I still have your number somewhere.Daniel Gausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862194783976404674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-75880658177791536992007-10-31T14:37:00.000-07:002007-10-31T14:37:00.000-07:00Youngest for La. :-)mattYoungest for La. :-)<BR/><BR/>mattAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-31659276305104394812007-10-31T14:16:00.000-07:002007-10-31T14:16:00.000-07:00"youngest governor ever"? Maybe in Louisiana, but..."youngest governor ever"? Maybe in Louisiana, but he's a veritable geezer compared to Michigan's first governor, Stevens T Mason, elected at age 24.Daniel Gausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01862194783976404674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-89744498789677187772007-10-31T12:26:00.000-07:002007-10-31T12:26:00.000-07:00As an Army Brat I can hardly claim a home state. ...As an Army Brat I can hardly claim a home state. My mother is from Georgia, and father from Texas and New Mexico, depending on which half of his childhood you're talking about. <BR/><BR/>They both live in Georgia now, which I could call home except that there is so little left of that state between cataclysmic Atlanta and the monoculture pine forests southward. Plus, I've now lived in Louisiana longer than anyplace else by several years. <BR/><BR/>I like Texas and could live there. Ditto New Mexico. But the funny thing is that so much of what Louisiana is derided for elsewhere stems from the very fact that makes it worth staying here: It's still a local place.<BR/><BR/>This exactly is what I fear is on the auction block in Louisiana. And the more we shine in the national spotlight, the higher we rise in the national rankings---in fact, the more that savvy, worldly, big city ex-pats look approvingly in this direction---the more I know we've lost.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure where Jindal will take us, but despite his nativity, he is very much a national figure. He will shine on the world stage at some point; lots of folks are counting on it. But all that world interest can do to a local place is devastate it.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-30970669625690355512007-10-31T11:55:00.000-07:002007-10-31T11:55:00.000-07:00I certainly understand that homeward tug. Jane and...I certainly understand that homeward tug. Jane and I left Kentucky for Texas in 1983. As much as I love Texas, I suspect I'll always think of myself as a Kentuckian first and a Texan second. <BR/><BR/>I've now lived over half my life in Texas, so maybe I'm just having trouble letting go of boyhood. Yet even though both of my parents have passed on, and my childhood home has been sold, I feel more at home in Kentucky than anywhere else. But we've put down so many roots here, I doubt we'll ever move back. <BR/><BR/>Still, whenever I tell someone I live in Texas, and they smile and say something like, "I thought so the instant I heard that accent," I'm always quick to say, "That's a Kentucky accent."Henry Chappellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18013645114503780931noreply@blogger.com