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GlenTen
07/10/09

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Jindal must have been wasted on Hillbilly juice when he signed that act.
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Voyou_Charmant
07/10/09

@GlenTen: He thought he was vetoing funding for volcano monitoring and evolution.
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Voyou_Charmant
07/10/09

@Voyou_Charmant: OMG OMG OMG EDIT BUTTON!!!!
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Demonbird
07/10/09

@GlenTen:
Jindal didn't sign the Thompson law, he was not elected into the governorship until 2007.

You have the same people to thank for terrible Katrina efforts to thank for the passed Thompson bill.
Jindal is doing a pretty good job.
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Kobun
07/10/09

@Demonbird: Yep, Jindal's an idiot whenever he opens his mouth in public and spends too much time in his governorship campaigning for president, but, on the whole, he's been decent for the state. I loathe the education cuts he's made, but, given other states' budgets during this recession, he's hardly alone in making poor choices due to budget restraints. I just hope he has the wherewithal to reverse that course as soon as possible.

@Tye-The-Czar: Hey, it's been a long time since The Adventures of Bayou Billy. :p
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Krigo's EDGE
07/10/09

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Never heard of this state? Free money? I can see this now:
HIDDEN GAMES LOUISIANA

No wait, that sounds retarded.
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ShoopDaBoofs
07/10/09

@Krigo: Sandbag Entertainment?
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-Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
07/10/09

@ShoopDaBoofs: I chuckled at that one. +1
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ShoopDaBoofs
07/10/09

@Skyline7284: There's a relief, I half expected 30 replies of "-1, ass."
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Kobun
07/10/09

@ShoopDaBoofs: After the Christmas immediately following Katrina, Lakeside shopping mall decorated its Christmas village display to include little blue tarps to cover the roofs which got blown off from the hurricane. A few complained, but I from my experience most found it poignant and amusing. I don't think many would have a hostile attitude toward your comment just the same. :^)

There's been some reporting locally about how the tax incentives for the film industry have been underperforming, and I heard on NPR that Massachusetts actually lost roughly 80 million on such incentives. Given that video game studios don't employ nearly as many people directly or indirectly as a movie studio in general, I don't think this will pay off. One of the state's problems is that the population just isn't educated enough to handle white collar work. This is a step in the right direction, but, at best, this may help with the "brain drain" afflicting the state by letting it retain a few people who would have left the state in search of employment.
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ShoopDaBoofs
07/10/09

@Kobun: And I thought that whole "uneducated" thing was just a stereotype..

Also, the story about the Christmas display having tarps on the roofs is brilliant ahah
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outlawauron
07/10/09

@Krigo: EA already has a studio on LSU's campus. This has been long in the making.
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Krigo's EDGE
07/10/09

@outlawauron:
Damn, we thought of the idea first! -- I'm so tired, the fact I written "free money" makes me sound so dumb.
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Kobun
07/10/09

@outlawauron: It's a testing facility overloaded with part-time jobs to feed off the students. Again, a step in the right direction, but nothing that will make a significant dent in the local economy nor something that will provide good and long lasting jobs to the state's citizens.
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outlawauron
07/10/09

@Kobun: It has around 40 full time Tiburon staff and 200 part time student testers, but they have said that they built it there to later expand into a full game development studio.
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(zombie) PeteyCoco
07/10/09

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Wow, this is a sure sign of progr.... wait, Louisianna?
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outlawauron
07/10/09

@PeteyCoco: I'm not a fan of this Louisiana down talk. I live here and I love it here.
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Mardoch
07/10/09

@outlawauron: Word. I'm not sure what's up with the hate on the flag either. I always thought the sentiment being expressed was strong and noble. I mean, come on, she's wounding herself so that her kids can live.

Whatever though. People can think what they will of us. I'm a database programmer for a company widely respected across the SE region in our industry, and I'm proud we're based in Louisiana.
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Kobun
07/10/09

@Mardoch: It's not the sentiment behind the flag but rather it's appearance that's easy to laugh at. It's a silly looking flag and looks like a kid drew it, same as the Westwego flag.
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