Today in Louisiana Folks

[Spicoli]

The guys a loon,a living breathing relic of bad days gone by.The story,the couple and nut job have been all over the local and national media.Crazy thing is that Bardwell is confined to a wheel chair...surely he himself has encountered some off mannerisms and lack of pleasantries pointed his way.Immportant to say that this is not metro New orleans their talking of.Lafiyette,St Bernard,Chalmette all have had recent examples of subtle and in your face rasicm.Ecspecially after Katrina.During which the color of one another was the last thing you worried about, it seemed lower lying areas and the city saw a nice unity during those desperate days.Much has come to the surface in the aftermath.The closing and armed blockade of the danziger and Gretna bridges were two.

Unfortunately its still present,racism, in certain parishes (we dont have counties) down here.Your talking about the State in which David Duke ran for Governor in the early 90's.Was a former grand wizard of the Klu klux klan and had a sizable though ignorant following.That was one of the first elections I took part in and there was a famous saying/bumper sticker...."Vote for the crook".That Crook was Edwin Edwards who was running against Duke.He won.Well,Edwards is now serving time in State prison...boy we know how to pick them ehh .