Comments for Rep. Landry least hypocritical among Tea Party frosh at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.theind.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:11:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/10579-rep-landry-least-hypocritical-among-tea-party-frosh#comment-26764 How many financial institutions were forced to take the bail out? You might want to investigate the answer to that question before calling out the Tea Party. - Matthew Rowzee Fri, 25 May 2012 17:32:32 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/10579-rep-landry-least-hypocritical-among-tea-party-frosh#comment-26746 By the way, Walter, would one of your paper's investigative journalists like to investigate, or should I say, bring attention to, the following: I was awakened at approximately 1:00 a.m. recently to a text message informing me of an opportunity to purchse a subscription to the 'Joke of the Day,' I now know I am supposed to respond to this message with a return text of the word, STOP, or I can call my wireless provider and ask them to block these kinds of communications. Unfortunately, what I initially replied with was a different phrase, which is better left unspoken in this family-friendly forum (did I mention it was 1:00 a.m.). I did reply with, STOP, on my third response to those creeps that morning, but guess what, I received my bill yesterday, and had been charged $9.99 by these scumbags. This is when I called my service provider and was instructed to have this stuff blocked if I liked. I liked, but that business practice is just plain low down and dirty, modern day thievery, and everyone should complain about it! - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 24 May 2012 14:17:55 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/10579-rep-landry-least-hypocritical-among-tea-party-frosh#comment-26744 Hey Walter, both parties take money from the 'dragons they've promised to slay.' Crudely put, they all 'suck'....money from wherever they can get it. Regulators attempting to protect the public interest is a joke. You've heard of Bernie Madoff? This is one example of an individual who could have been busted many years ago by regulators, but they did not do their jobs. They didn't need more money to hire more people in order to regulate. They didn't need more regulatory authority. They just needed to verify what they were being told. Now, the fees I pay to regulatory agencies have doubled and tripled in some cases and new ones have been invented to pay for more lazy bastards that need a paycheck, therefore reducing my profit margins, unless, of course, I pass it on to my clients, which is exactly what happens most of the time. I haven't done that to my clients, yet. The answer for me is to get more clients and learn to accept tighter margins, but I don't have shareholders to answer to. The real problem is that the morality of our society is deteriorating IMHO. The bubble economy we live in today has been in the making for many years during the tenure of both political parties. We all want instant gratification, with no consequences. Anyway, books can and have been written about all of these topics, and I am no writer, just venting a little. ;( - Dudley E. LaBauve, III Thu, 24 May 2012 12:49:53 +0100