rltiger
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Metairie |
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| Occupation: | Retired |
| Number of Posts: | 1379 |
| Registered on: | 10/1/2004 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: The Pope is actually black?
Posted by rltiger on 5/13/25 at 9:35 pm
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The Creole thing is debated among some people, iIn N.O. The term came to be used for people of French, Caribbean and African ancestry. The Charbonnets and Morials are of Creole descent whether they acknowledge it or not.
1. A person of European descent born especially in the West Indies or Spanish America
2. A white person descended from early French or Spanish settlers and born in the U.S. Gulf states.
3. A person of mixed French or Spanish and Black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish
The 3rd were referred to as a quadroons or octoroons but those terms were deemed offensive so it became black Creole. That too was considered offensive, so now everyone is using the Creole moniker.
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re: Louisiana: Repeal of film credit fails again, along with income tax reduction
Posted by rltiger on 5/13/25 at 5:21 pm
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They were already reduced from 6% to 3% for anyone making over $50,000 annually. I’m not one to turn down another tax reduction, but let’s not pretend that most of us didn’t already get a 50% reduction in state income taxes.
We should have Zero state income tax. I’m not gonna thank them since now they give me a reach around.
Our annual state budget is over 44 billion. Ridiculous.
Alabama’s is 40 billion with @23% more people
Tennessee is 56 billion with @ 62% more people
I pay an obscene amount in taxes and all I see is state and federal elected officials continue to overspend and benefit financially from these expenditures.
re: Skechers Slip Ons
Posted by rltiger on 5/13/25 at 4:49 pm
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I put these on every pair of shoes that I buy
This is the way to go. Find the athletic/outdoor shoe that is best for you and your activity, and slap a pair of elastic laces on them.
re: Trumps business plan: Borrow, Build, & Merchandise
Posted by rltiger on 5/13/25 at 4:34 pm
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The commies think it's bad to borrow money to start a business, sell your products, and have success.
It’s okay as long as all profits are shared with employees.
You didn’t build that, it takes a village of idiots.
re: Trumps business plan: Borrow, Build, & Merchandise
Posted by rltiger on 5/13/25 at 3:51 pm
If it was that easy, we’d all be billionaires.
Edited to add..
The easiest to way generational wealth is become an elected Democrat Congressman and collect graft through corruption.
Edited to add..
The easiest to way generational wealth is become an elected Democrat Congressman and collect graft through corruption.
re: President Trump to receive Luxury Jet from Qatar which will be used as Air Force One
Posted by rltiger on 5/11/25 at 3:49 pm
If this is true, so what? You whining numbnutz didn’t care that Obama started the Obama Foundation in 2014 in the middle of his second term. It has raked in over 1 billion since then. Plus he and Michele got book deals, movie deals etc.
Clutch your pearls.
Clutch your pearls.
re: What were your most surprising things about retirement?
Posted by rltiger on 5/10/25 at 9:49 pm
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I was told I would miss work.
I do not.
I enjoy leisure.
I help a bit more with household stuff.
I’m not depressed or angry as much.
It’s nice to just know I don’t have to deal with nonsense at work.
I don’t miss commuting.
Pretty accurate.
I am so much more relaxed.
So happy every morning when I wake up.
I loved my job and really enjoyed going to work, but when I walked out the door for the last time, I haven’t had a single thought about the office, the people, the business.
re: If Trump Can Distance Us From Israel
Posted by rltiger on 5/10/25 at 5:19 pm
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And most 20 y/o's are dumb as shite, haven't matured yet and don't know their backsides from a hole in the ground. So pardon me if I don't take their "take" on situations into consideration. Let them grow up, work a few years, live on their own and then maybe we can have a discussion.
You discounting someone’s argument because of their age will limit you and your ability to be objective. I was like you in your beliefs about Israel, but after numerous discussions and me being presented with solid evidence to support a different narrative, I now question the depth of our support of Israel.
It seems that Trump is begining to as well.
re: If Trump Can Distance Us From Israel
Posted by rltiger on 5/10/25 at 4:02 pm
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Why the nonsensical obsession with Israel. Twenty year old Twerps don't understand Israel is keeping you from fighting a war in the Middle East. Israel does our dirty work for us, and doesn't bitch and moan about it incessantly.
I don’t think you understand what many 20 y/o’s think about Israel and the Middle East. There is a feeling we are being used and are overly engaged in that area, and it is not beneficial to the US.
re: Anyone else remember watching KNOE TV 8 under the Noe family ownership.?
Posted by rltiger on 5/9/25 at 4:20 pm
Noe’s still have a lot of $$ from oil and gas and questionable leases from Governor Noe and Allen.
Look up Win or Lose Corporation, State Lease 340. The amount of money paid, and still being paid is staggering. Total corruption that the Long and Noe families still benefit from.
Look up Win or Lose Corporation, State Lease 340. The amount of money paid, and still being paid is staggering. Total corruption that the Long and Noe families still benefit from.
re: Why is India in Brics if China is giving fighter jets to Pakistan?
Posted by rltiger on 5/9/25 at 2:23 am
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China has been playing the world and investors these past few years. THEY ARE LIARS AND FULL OF shite and they are now crumbling and NOBODY wants to do business with them anymore
Why would anyone do business with someone who would take your intellectual property, patents, etc., and make cheaper versions of it to sell in your existing markets?
re: Almost had a new pet
Posted by rltiger on 5/8/25 at 9:12 pm
No bigfoot?
re: Pope Leo is a 7th ward Creole , ya heard
Posted by rltiger on 5/8/25 at 9:01 pm
He passes the Schwegmann’s bag test.
re: House cancels votes on cutting wasteful spending uncovered by DOGE
Posted by rltiger on 5/7/25 at 2:10 pm
People tend to hate congressional reps from other states, believing their own to be better or in useful positions for their home state.
Vicious circle the never ends.
Vicious circle the never ends.
re: Thoughts on taking flouride out of water?
Posted by rltiger on 5/7/25 at 10:46 am
Reverse osmosis filter removes over 99% of contaminants including fluoride. I run filtered water through my fridge and counter water dispenser, so all ice and 90% of water we drink, including water used in coffeemaker, is filtered. Use food-grade LLDPE tubing to help lower chances of micro plastics.
As a 59 year old, I’m not worried about micro plastics because I didn't grow up with the amount of plastic used in packaging and reheating. Future generations will be the one that have to deal with that and the effects of ingesting all that plastic.
As a 59 year old, I’m not worried about micro plastics because I didn't grow up with the amount of plastic used in packaging and reheating. Future generations will be the one that have to deal with that and the effects of ingesting all that plastic.
re: New Orleans….in your opinion, when did the wheels come off?
Posted by rltiger on 5/5/25 at 8:18 pm
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12 or so hour standoff w killer barricaded in his apt. Came out w a loaded weapon
Yep, walked out and they started yelling “drop the gun! drop the gun!. He then just put it down.
Someone should have lit him up.
Ironically it happened on Freret St. a year later Bill Long was shot at his bakery a few blocks away on Freret. That started the drastic decline of that neighborhood. 40 years later, Freret St has turned back around and is thriving. Gentrification is slowly turning uptown into livable neighborhoods.
re: New Orleans….in your opinion, when did the wheels come off?
Posted by rltiger on 5/5/25 at 4:38 pm
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I am still amazed NOPD let his killer live through that standoff
In the early 70’s, that guy would never have made it out alive.
re: The Metairie Road train
Posted by rltiger on 5/5/25 at 2:43 pm
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You get what you vote for
The voters have no say about the tracks that run through Old Metairie.
They tried fining the railroads for stopping more than the 5 minutes allowed by law, but the railroads, being engaged in interstate commerce, were subject only to federal law.
Those tracks go from Huey P Long east, it goes to large staging area in upper 9th ward.and across the lake. I do not believe there is another set of tracks that cut through Metairie/New Orleans going east they can divert the train traffic.
re: New Orleans….in your opinion, when did the wheels come off?
Posted by rltiger on 5/5/25 at 10:39 am
November 22, 1984, When Mark Posey was shot and killed outside of Fat Harry’s.
Dutch Morial was the mayor, and things had been going south for NOLA since 1970 when Moon Landrieu was elected. Crime had been on the uptick, but that brazen murder let everyone know that it was unsafe in the city. It was the tipping point.
When Moon Landrieu got elected, city government began to change and the corporations started packing their bags.
Dutch Morial was the mayor, and things had been going south for NOLA since 1970 when Moon Landrieu was elected. Crime had been on the uptick, but that brazen murder let everyone know that it was unsafe in the city. It was the tipping point.
When Moon Landrieu got elected, city government began to change and the corporations started packing their bags.
re: When will the double tax on stock dividends and gains be removed such a pox.
Posted by rltiger on 5/5/25 at 9:53 am
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Are you earning money? Yes? Then STFU and pay your damn taxes. You are not paying taxes on the money you put in. You are paying it on the earnings it returned to you.
But it’s a progressive money grab that Congress uses to gain personal wealth for themselves, friends, and family.
As a retired person, why am I having to sweat out my investments fluctuations and pay more than others because I took chances /opportunities, built, saved/invested to get to this point?
You seem to be a guy who thinks it’s ok to tax some people more than others, a “pay their fair share” kinda person.
I paid an obscene amount to the government for 2024, most of which would have been better off with me putting it to use in the economy and charities.
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