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re: Huey Long's influence on LSU football
Posted on 5/5/15 at 2:55 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Posted on 5/5/15 at 2:55 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Whether it was virtuous or not prior to Long is not the point. For whatever political corruption there was prior, he compounded it and that legacy lives on. A simple and brief review of the last 90 years of political history in your state makes that very apparent if you bother to read it and to care. It seems that you are all in on defending this piece of shite, simply because he built a few roads and bridges. The other fact that you don't realize is that he did not support or provide states funds to any type of relief program. In fact, 98% of all social relief programs in the state were runs by churches and private organizations. That would have been fine with me, but the money ran out and Long would do nothing to support, except to continue is massive taxing of oil interests in order continue his infrastructure program which, at most, only decreased the unemployment in the state by about 4%. If you want to call that progress...then I question your definition of progress.
Oh, and yes, he was evil. He hurt a lot of families in that state out of greed and deceit.
Oh, and yes, he was evil. He hurt a lot of families in that state out of greed and deceit.
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Posted on 5/5/15 at 3:09 pm to mswiggins
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I cross the Huey P Long bridge a few times a month. I will have to look for your writing
You won't see it unless you climb up to the top chord or under the railroad tracks. Anything visible from the road was sand blasted and painted. It was mainly there as party of a lot of back and forth smack talk between fans working out there.
And yes, my boss at the time wore an all LSU hard hat.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 3:56 pm to DocHoliday11
its all on Edwin Edwards and Curly Hallman
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:00 pm to CCTider
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You won't see it unless you climb up to the top chord or under the railroad tracks. Anything visible from the road was sand blasted and painted. It was mainly there as party of a lot of back and forth smack talk between fans working out there.
It does look weird on the bridge. The new outer sections are freshly painted and the old inner sections look poor. Over 1 billion dollars was spent on the upgrade. They could have put a new coat of paint on the old section.
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:24 pm to AgsNguyening
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Whether it was virtuous or not prior to Long is not the point.
Yes it is.
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For whatever political corruption there was prior, he compounded it and that legacy lives on.
No, he broke the machine, and that's the legacy that lives on. It doesn't matter where you are from in Louisiana, you can be elected governor now.
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It seems that you are all in on defending this piece of shite, simply because he built a few roads and bridges.
I'm not defending him, I'm merely trying to put him in an historical perspective. And he built more than just a few roads and bridges (and buildings). And many of which we still use to this day. they are vital to our infrastructure.
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The other fact that you don't realize is that he did not support or provide states funds to any type of relief program. In fact, 98% of all social relief programs in the state were runs by churches and private organizations.
No different than before.
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Oh, and yes, he was evil. He hurt a lot of families in that state out of greed and deceit.
No different than before.
But this is bordering on poli board shite.
Huey leading the band downtown:
Huey by the train he 'hired' to bring LSU students to the Vandy game in Nashville in 1934 (LSU won 29-0):
His pool, which is Olympic size + 1 foot:
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:25 pm to AgsNguyening
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Incredibly false re-writing of history. During his tenure as government, he did increase state revenues through a change on the tax structure, that he was able to pass by continuing to make Standard Oil a villain in the State (even though they were the states biggest employer). However, much of that increased revenue was stuck in the pockets of political cronies and their families. Long took quite a bit himself. Not much of it made its' way to the people who actually needed in. Except for some parts of Southern Louisiana and Northwest Louisiana (particularly Caddo, Desoto and Bossier Parish's) and Long's home of Winn Parish, the rest of the state suffered in misery, poverty and unemployment. Also, any political opposition was snuffed out in a cruel and brutal way.
Wow, talk about a rewriting of history!
Do you have any clue how much money he spent on infrastructure and benefits to the people of Louisiana? The amount he and/or his cronies might have skimmed was a drop in the bucket compared to what was spent for the public good.
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Both sides of my family are from northern Louisiana. One of them had a last name of Morgan. If you know anything about the failed attempt to impeach, you probably know the name. My great grandfather lost re-election because his opponent had massive amounts of money to spend, most of it from Long and his subjects. He also had a road built right through the middle of his 120 acres of land, which he was forced to give up for pennies on the dollar. It just so happened that the road had to be built through the area were one of his barns and houses sat. Fortunately not the main house.
Ah, and now the real reason for your post comes out. Yes, I can believe Huey would contribute money to the opponent of someone who tried to impeach him, and even that he would see a need for a highway right through the guy's property. So what? That outweighs the millions of people who benefitted from his policies?
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:36 pm to Nuts4LSU
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You're right except for the north end zone part. It was the east and/or west sides. The north end zone wasn't enclosed until the 1940s ('47?), well after Huey had been killed.
FYI, the preliminary drawings for the N dorms were done in the 30's but they aren't dated.
This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 4:42 pm
Posted on 5/5/15 at 5:28 pm to AgsNguyening
I guess we will have to wait on the book to come out to find out which small families your grandfather screwed over who opposed his local influences
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:55 pm to tigerbait2010
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The state needs a Huey Long to shut down the multitude of worthless degrees and universities in the state. I'm looking at you, southern, SUNOLA, SUSLA, Nicholls, Mcneese, Northwestern, Grambling, LSU-E, LSU-A, and ULM.
Yeah, lets get rid of over half of our universities. That is a ridiculously elitist list of schools that you somehow claim are worthless. McNeese for example educates most of the engineers that work in the plants around Lake Charles. Considering the rapid expansion of industries ($80 billion) in the Lake Charles area it would serve the state to maintain a decent pipeline of well educated citizens for that area. I guess if it were up to you they would just close every university down and ship everyone to Baton Rouge and triple the attendance there in just a few years? Where is all of the money for the new infrastructure going to come from? Your supposed savings have just turned into a major source of debt as you now have to construct buildings and roads that you already have spread out across the state.
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