ChewyDante

re: Lane Kiffin blames Colonel Rebel, Conf Flag and name Ole Miss as reasons he left

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/11/26 at 2:36 pm to ApexTiger

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name a major city that doesnt stuggle with this issue?

Point out to me where I suggested otherwise. I lived in Baton Rouge. I am an LSU fan. I hope we get all the best recruits. But Lane is a fricking idiot to raise this issue.

re: Lane Kiffin blames Colonel Rebel, Conf Flag and name Ole Miss as reasons he left

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/11/26 at 1:57 pm to OU Guy

I'm all about dumping on Ole Miss in good fun, but Lane just needs to STFU about things that aren't football.

If I was a black recruits grandparents, I'd be more concerned about my son's safety from other young blacks than "racist" whites, because the statistics bear that out beyond any doubt. Not sure about Oxford but I know Baton Rouge has quite a bit of violent black crime.

re: Fleming and Letlow Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 2:53 pm to Novastar

My assessment is that Fleming is winning the Poli Board vote. Not sure how much that translates to the standard LA voter but hopefully a good sign.

re: Fleming and Letlow Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 12:33 pm to Norbert

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Fleming is 74.

He will fit in perfectly with the other geezers.

Not saying I like the other choices better but goddamn we just keep sending in the retirees to run the country.

It’s laughable.

They need to be bouncing grandchildren on knees, telling overlong stories that they get lost in the middle of, and going to doctor’s appointments - not running America.

How old is Trump? Hell, I guess based on everything you just said, we should have elected Nikki Haley instead of Trump. That's exactly how stupid that argument was.

Maybe Fleming will serve one term and then we can find a better younger candidate than Julia fricking Letlow.

re: Fleming and Letlow Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 11:06 am to GetmorewithLes

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Letlow has a small sample size because of how she got into politics.

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As for the DEI shite, She was a finalist in 2020 for the LaTech President position. Nobody in academic admin prior to 2025 could survive without some support for DEI at colleges and universities. Since she left academia she has not uttered a word about DEI to my knowledge.

So we don't know a lot about her, and she's only now debating because the polls show she is in big trouble with Fleming's polling numbers, but the little we do know is that when left wing ideas are proposed to her, she will go with them instead of stand up against them if it benefits her in some way, or if the left has enough leverage on public narrative. Wow, amazing selling point! She also says that when DEI was first presented, it wasn't leftist and Marxist, it just got hijacked somewhere down the road. I'd love for her to go into a little more detail on that...so really, she kind of still defends it. So depending on which narrative you want to go with, she either has no convictions and spine to fight leftist ideas or she has no ability to recognize Marxist ideas when they are presented and forced upon us. Either sound appealing?

re: I think DeSantis to SCOTUS is the only move

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 10:37 am to WhiteMandingo

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He is now behind
Vance
Rubio
And I will say Rubio has been the best pick of any Trump administration he has been an absolute rock and the dude has a pit bull mentality .

I wouldn't say he's behind them at all. But it is fair to say those are the top 3. And all I can say is that we have a great top 3 which is not something I can remember ever saying. :lol:

re: I think DeSantis to SCOTUS is the only move

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 10:02 am to Fun Bunch

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There is truth to this, but it just depends on what we have no way of knowing: what he does next.

If the negativity towards him is just too much, and he never makes it to higher office and is just a pundit or back to private life...obviously we would all prefer he had made it on to the Court.

He's going to run for president again.

re: I think DeSantis to SCOTUS is the only move

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 9:57 am to Yaboylsu63

Totally disagree. That would be a complete waste of DeSantis. He is executive material. Lots of conservative legal minds that can excel in Supreme Court role. Not a deep bench for ruling and pressing our political leverage to get meaningful legislation and institutional changes. DeSantis is willing to use his executive authority, as Trump has been.

There are not a lot that have the attributes necessary to effectively carry out the executive role. DeSantis is one of our best options for future presidential runs. I know those that think by running in the primaries he committed some sacrilege against Trump have a hard time getting over their offense, but DeSantis has fortitude and is a very intelligent communicator. He would be a great follow up to Trump. We needs boots on the neck of the left to consolidate the transformation Trump has started.

re: Fleming and Letlow Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/5/26 at 9:45 am to 2024GoTigas

Any link to this debate?

***Just found it. About to watch. See link below:

LINK

re: talking points coming that the spike in gas is the same or worse under Trump

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/4/26 at 1:53 pm to BigAL Golesh

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Trump voter here. The price of gas is Trumps fault. Full stop.

Dont be a hypocrite

The situations aren't remotely comparable. The prices are not up as a result of economic policies or energy policies, they are up as a result of an international conflict in which one faction deliberately closed an essential route for oil with the specific intent of raising prices as a war strategy.

You can argue, yeah, but we didn't HAVE to start hostilities with Iran, but then you might as well just say we have let Iran do whatever they want if they threaten to violate international law and close the straight, including procuring nuclear weapons for their own purposes.

So really, for all intents and purposes, the comparison between gas prices under Biden vs Trump are not remotely the same.

re: Cassidy shifted his attacks from Letlow to Fleming.

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/3/26 at 10:03 am to LSUballs

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Good lord man, get a hold of yourself. I'm voting Fleming, and not a fan of Julia as a politician, but what do you expect her to do?

So expecting her to debate so we can figure out who she even is and not outright lie and smear a fellow Republican running is just too ridiculous? Her campaign snipped a video of Fleming saying he supported bussing illegal immigrants into LA cities. He literally misspoke and corrected his language in the seconds immediately after which were clipped out. Then they used AI imagery to show Fleming driving a bus full of illegals to disperse in our state. This is being texted to phones of voters to deceive them and scare them into voting for her instead. It makes a lot of sense why she doesn't want to have a public debate where she can be called to account for this type of claim.

I think she's a phony and an opportunist. She was enthusiastically pro-DEI when it was convenient and when she was in a position of power to resist it. She didn't. She has no convictions and apparently no scruples. She isn't entitled to shite from me and I don't care for her.

She feels entitled to this seat and is willing to blatantly lie to Republican voters to deceive them into voting for her. Louisiana voters fall for these charlatans all the time and its why we have Cassidy in the first place. I have no patience or sympathy for con artists like Letlow who show contempt for her own Republican voters with her behavior.

IMO, it's time for conservative voters to get more pissed at the establishment bullshite and Republican corruption, not less. Vote Letlow, she's not Cassidy! Pathetic. This is why nothing changes when Republicans are in power, because we are electing phonies. WTF up. The voters are at fault for putting up with it and going along with it. I can't tell you how much I cringe at hearing "anyone but Cassidy!" Man, the party elites love to hear that message resonate.

re: Cassidy shifted his attacks from Letlow to Fleming.

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/2/26 at 3:02 pm to LSUAlum2001

Letlow's campaign apparatus also sending smear texts about Fleming. Whatever chance there was of me having any respect for Letlow as a candidate has been pretty much extinguished. If it comes down to her and Cassidy I honestly can't say I would rally to her.

Fleming is the only candidate I can support in this race. I won't support Letlow in any statewide positions after what I've seen from her campaign.

re: Refinishing tile around fireplace

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/1/26 at 3:17 pm to diat150

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It doesnt ook bad in the picture to be honest. also keep in mind that just because you know something is there doesnt mean everyone else will notice. haha

This is the truth. Lol. I’ll probably just leave it. Repainting the mantle alone will make a world of difference. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t overlooking a simple fix on the tiles.

Appreciate all the input!

re: Refinishing tile around fireplace

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/1/26 at 9:12 am to LSUDad

Slidell

re: Vivek: Jesus is A son of god but not THE son of god. A way to heaven but not THE way

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/1/26 at 7:11 am to ole man

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I knew he was a plant the 1st time I heard his name, he came from outta the woodwork

He's a snake oil salesman. He will say things he knows appeal to certain conservative sensibilities as a means to win you over to trust him. We need less opportunistic, arrogant manipulators in power, not more.

re: Refinishing tile around fireplace

Posted by ChewyDante on 5/1/26 at 6:57 am to diat150

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you cant scrub them all to match?

I suppose I could but the way they look with the finish removed is definitely not as nice IMO. So not something I would want to do.

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I dont think you will find any product that will make it all match.

That's the crux of my issue. Can I restore or better restore the scrubbed tiles to their original condition for a better match/look. If not, what are my options outside of replacing the tiles, which I'd only like to resort to as a last ditch option. I have so many other projects prioritized that spending money and time on retiling the fireplace is simply not on my radar.

I have no experience with tile work so I figured there could be a simple solution that I just don't know about.

re: Refinishing tile around fireplace

Posted by ChewyDante on 4/30/26 at 9:50 am to rpg37

My OCD is extra on this one since I know how it looked before. Lol. The tiles don’t bother my wife but they bug me.

It’s basically the center portion of the tiles where all the soot deposited. I had to scrub with a magic eraser and it removed the finish, so they look glossier and brighter in tone than the outer tiles. It shows a little more in certain lighting.

Refinishing tile around fireplace

Posted by ChewyDante on 4/30/26 at 9:13 am

Long story short, my fireplace mantle and tile had heavy soot staining from the damper being left closed on the fireplace. In my removal of the soot staining, I stripped the finish from the tiles that were heavily soot stained and it has diminished the look of the tiling. Is there something I can do to effectively restore a uniform finish across the tiles or will I need to take more drastic measures?

Will have to repaint the mantle as well obviously, but not sure what is the best approach for the tiles.

re: LA Senate Primary Race- Republican Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 4/29/26 at 1:11 pm to Alt26

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You're arguing from a biased POV in favor of a particular candidate, which is fine.

By arguing that there should be a debate amongst candidates so that voters can better determine which candidate supports their positions? By supporting the kind of thing that has long tradition in our elections and which I've not heard any voters opposed to? How is my view biased and yours not? Because I openly tell you who I support and you remain coy?

re: LA Senate Primary Race- Republican Debate

Posted by ChewyDante on 4/29/26 at 12:50 pm to Alt26

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You, me, and others on the board can not like the fact that a not so insignificant number of uninformed, or only lightly informed, voters can decide an election. But that is the reality, and I don't think a public debate would do much, if anything, to change that because those who are uniformed/lightly informed CHOOSE to be so despite having a vast amount of readily available information to access. A debate is not going to change that lack of desire.

Well it's reality by design is the point. The Letlow campaign is banking on these voters being uninformed and intends to keep them that way. And I actually don't agree at all with your claims regarding a debate or voters "choosing" to be ignorant. I don't think voters CHOOSE to be ignorant of Julia Letlow or any other person running for office that they simply aren't familiar with for good reason. And I think the attitude should be that those vying for elected office should be bending over backwards to allow voters access to fully understand what they will go on record claiming to believe and how they will vote once in office. And you don't get informed by listening to their campaign ads or reading their canned online write ups. The campaigns KNOW this and want the voters to know less. That's by design.

There is no reason to flat out REFUSE to debate, other than they don't want voters to learn things that they might not want them to learn or contrast with other candidates. Letlow is obviously riding the Trump endorsement and is content for voters to know very little. Like you admitted earlier, she is riding a strategy that helps her get elected, not that helps the people know what they are voting for.

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40-50 years ago when we still had just a few TV channels and limited media outlets people were almost forced to watch a debate. Now, with unlimited media/entertainment options debates, even televised, can be easily ignored.

It sounds like you are just trying to convince us all of something that you want to sell. It could be broadcast on TV, Facebook, Youtube, etc all live at the same time. To pretend like it would reach no one is being extremely disingenuous. And the replays would get shared across all types of media, including print which apparently you think reigns supreme today. Thus far, the candidates have not had to face critique and answer questions outside of contrived ads and campaign responses. To imply that this is anything other than by design is playing people for fools. The only thing that has changed is that there is MORE appetite for dialogue, discourse, and critical debate, not less.