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Rise and fall of Earl Long
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:01 pm
Louisiana folks, what's your opinion of Uncle Earl?
I saw the LPB documentary on YT last night and it was interesting. I think a lot of people would have looked at it like Earl was just part of Huey's machine and it's not so at all. I would have thought so, myself. Earl didn't even like politics like Huey did but created such a brand name for himself that he got a knack for it and eventually became electable.
I saw the LPB documentary on YT last night and it was interesting. I think a lot of people would have looked at it like Earl was just part of Huey's machine and it's not so at all. I would have thought so, myself. Earl didn't even like politics like Huey did but created such a brand name for himself that he got a knack for it and eventually became electable.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:03 pm to The Cool No 9
He literally insane.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:03 pm to The Cool No 9
He was a continuation of Huey. Huey was the problem and a hundred years later, our state still pays for his control.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 4:12 pm to The Cool No 9
I knew an old fella who worked in maintenance at Southeast Hospital in the 50's and 60's. He remembered vividly when Earl was there. There were always about ten state troopers around anywhere Earl went on hospital grounds.
I know that the movie Blaze was a bunch of crap, but I always laugh at the scene where Blaze is being interviewed and ol' Earl is in the background trying in vain to get the lawn mower started, and finally ends up blasting it with a shotgun. I think we've all been there with our testy lawn equipment.
I know that the movie Blaze was a bunch of crap, but I always laugh at the scene where Blaze is being interviewed and ol' Earl is in the background trying in vain to get the lawn mower started, and finally ends up blasting it with a shotgun. I think we've all been there with our testy lawn equipment.
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:13 pm to TheFonz
I love the crossed pistols decoration built into the side railings of the earl k long bridge in lake charles. I think he built that bridge.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:14 pm to The Cool No 9
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Earl Long
Use the damn K, put some respect on his name. Heathen.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:14 pm to The Cool No 9
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Rise
Being a long
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fall
Being a fricking long
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:36 pm to The Cool No 9
Makes one wonder what kind of political environment must have existed in Winn Parish and Winnfield back in those days, the tiny town in the literal middle of nowhere produced 3 governors, my how that parish and town have declined over the years.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 5:39 pm to HighlyFavoredTiger
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Makes one wonder what kind of political environment must have existed in Winn Parish and Winnfield back in those days, the tiny town in the literal middle of nowhere produced 3 governors, my how that parish and town have declined over the years.
Read T Harry Williams. It was a rather oddly large hotbed of an early 20th century populist/progressive movement.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 6:37 pm to TheFonz
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finally ends up blasting it with a shotgun. I think we've all been there with our testy lawn equipment.
My son takes great pleasure in bringing up my destruction of a lawn mower back in the late 60's - it was not too long after my lecture on not getting mad at inanimate objects.
But - I swear that lawn mower deserved it !!
- used a sledge hammer -
This post was edited on 9/25/26 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 9/25/26 at 7:41 pm to ChineseBandit58
The brothers Long didn't seem to be as chummy as someone would expect either.
How did the charity hospital in Baton Rouge end up having Earl K Long's name on it?
How did the charity hospital in Baton Rouge end up having Earl K Long's name on it?
Posted on 9/25/26 at 7:47 pm to The Cool No 9
There was a State Police Colonel named Wiley.
When he was a Sergeant, he was assigned to Uncle Earl. One day, some man in a crowd was yelling and cussing at Earl by the capitol. Earl said "hit him, Sergeant." The cop did so. He said "Thank you, Lieutenant"
When he was a Sergeant, he was assigned to Uncle Earl. One day, some man in a crowd was yelling and cussing at Earl by the capitol. Earl said "hit him, Sergeant." The cop did so. He said "Thank you, Lieutenant"
Posted on 9/25/26 at 8:10 pm to HighlyFavoredTiger
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Makes one wonder what kind of political environment must have existed in Winn Parish and Winnfield back in those days, the tiny town in the literal middle of nowhere produced 3 governors, my how that parish and town have declined over the years.
It's the poorest region of the state in terms of natural resources. Unsuitable for large scale agriculture and little in the way of oil and gas. Whereas other parts of the state were well settled by 1800, Winn Parish was still wild frontier until after the Civil War. There was not as much racial division as elsewhere. There are 19th century church records of blacks and whites being members of the same churches. There was a brief timber boom around the turn of the 20th century. Large scale sawmill employment meant there was more organized labor influence than in most of the state (this was also true of Bogalusa, BTW). Winnfield elected a socialist mayor in the early 1900s, at one time had a socialist majority on the school board, and Winn Parish sent a socialist representative to Congress. He voted against American entry into WWI and was charged with sedition. Huey successfully defended him, which brought him his first public notoriety.
It has steeply declined. Tale as old as time. Middle class kids grow up and leave for better opportunity, leaving a few wealthy people and a large underclass.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 8:13 pm to The Cool No 9
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The brothers Long didn't seem to be as chummy as someone would expect either.
Huey didn't think Earl was particularly intelligent and often said so. But the real animosity was between Huey and his older brother Julius. Julius paid for Huey's education but as adults their relationship was contentious and often volatile.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 8:14 pm to Northshoretiger87
Huey P. Long and his family have gotten incredibly wealthy from royalties that should have gone to the State of Louisiana. The old "Win or Lose Corporation" is quite the tale.
Posted on 9/25/26 at 8:34 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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T Harry Williams
Grew up next door to him. Used to go sit in his study while he puffed on his pipe and we would talk (mostly) Civil War history. Fascinating man.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 6:12 am to Icansee4miles
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Grew up next door to him. Used to go sit in his study while he puffed on his pipe and we would talk (mostly) Civil War history. Fascinating man.
Csb. Seriously.
Posted on 9/26/26 at 7:52 am to Icansee4miles
Huey's lifelong friend Harley Bozeman was a major source for Williams' book. When I was in 8th grade he spoke to our Louisiana History class. He was quite elderly and died not long after. I don't remember much except the story he told about Huey leading a cow upstairs to the third floor of the high school.
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