Tinker:
When we all stand before
god hoping to get past the pearly gates I truly don't think that St.
Peter is going to let us get past that check point because we told him
that we never knew about the sinful ways of our actions.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
WASHINGTON — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in
June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party
groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a
Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama
administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the
presidential campaign.
J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified alongside ousted IRS head Steven Miller, who did little to subdue Republican outrage during hours of intense congressional questioning. Both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but he insisted that agents broke no laws and that there was no effort to cover up their actions.
Miller only stoked the criticism of many Republicans, who are assailing the administration on a sudden spate of other controversies, as well, even as some Democrats tried to contain the political damage.
"I don't know that I got any answers from you today," Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., told Miller. "I am more concerned today than I was before." Read more...http://www.
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The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 05/17/2013
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward had a somewhat contradictory set of responses on Friday's "Morning Joe" about whether or not President Obama is the new Richard Nixon.
The Obama-Nixon comparisons have been extensive enough that Obama himself was asked about them on Thursday. (He said they were faulty.)
Joe Scarborough asked Woodward what he thought of the panoply of scandals currently facing the Obama administration.
"Well it's a big mess, obviously," he said. "I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate. I would say not yet, Joe. You've made the point which I think is absolutely correct that you've got to investigate all of these things."
Some minutes later, though, he raised the issue of Benghazi.
"If you read through all these emails, you see that everyone in the government is saying, 'Oh, let's not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al Qaeda. Let's not tell the public that there were warnings,'" he said. "And I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts to the conversations, and he personally went through them and said, 'Oh, let's not tell this, let's not show this.' I would not dismiss Benghazi. It's a very serious issue."
Back in November, Woodward did seem to dismiss Benghazi, saying it did not "rate very high" on his list of Watergate-like problems.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Treasury Officials Told Of IRS Probe In June 2012
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
05/17/13 06:40 PM ET EDT 
(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified alongside ousted IRS head Steven Miller, who did little to subdue Republican outrage during hours of intense congressional questioning. Both defiant and apologetic, Miller acknowledged agency mistakes in targeting tea party groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, but he insisted that agents broke no laws and that there was no effort to cover up their actions.
Miller only stoked the criticism of many Republicans, who are assailing the administration on a sudden spate of other controversies, as well, even as some Democrats tried to contain the political damage.
"I don't know that I got any answers from you today," Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., told Miller. "I am more concerned today than I was before." Read more...http://www.
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Bob Woodward: Obama Scandals Are Not Watergate, But Benghazi Kind Of Is (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 05/17/2013
The Washington Post's Bob Woodward had a somewhat contradictory set of responses on Friday's "Morning Joe" about whether or not President Obama is the new Richard Nixon.
The Obama-Nixon comparisons have been extensive enough that Obama himself was asked about them on Thursday. (He said they were faulty.)
Joe Scarborough asked Woodward what he thought of the panoply of scandals currently facing the Obama administration.
"Well it's a big mess, obviously," he said. "I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate. I would say not yet, Joe. You've made the point which I think is absolutely correct that you've got to investigate all of these things."
Some minutes later, though, he raised the issue of Benghazi.
"If you read through all these emails, you see that everyone in the government is saying, 'Oh, let's not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al Qaeda. Let's not tell the public that there were warnings,'" he said. "And I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts to the conversations, and he personally went through them and said, 'Oh, let's not tell this, let's not show this.' I would not dismiss Benghazi. It's a very serious issue."
Back in November, Woodward did seem to dismiss Benghazi, saying it did not "rate very high" on his list of Watergate-like problems.
http://www.anncoulter.com/
Ann Coulter
HERE'S THAT 'DYNAMIC SCORING' YOU ASKED FOR, SENATOR
May 15, 2013
Currently, the average illegal alien gets about $24,721 in taxpayer-funded benefits and pays about $10,334 in taxes. After full legalization, they will be eligible for a whole new panoply of government benefits such as direct welfare payments, Obamacare, Social Security and Medicare. Heritage concludes that the total government benefits to these former illegal aliens will then rise to about $43,900 per household, while the taxes paid by them will increase only modestly to around $16,000.
Rubio says Heritage's report is all wrong because it fails to use "dynamic scoring."
The sentence ends there. It's like when Obama responds to questions about Benghazi by saying it's a "political circus," or liberals say their position on abortion is that "it's a complex issue." What isn't political? What isn't complex? Those aren't answers; they're deflections.
How about Rubio explain the hidden rays of sunshine that will appear by applying "dynamic scoring" to his amnesty bill?
Dynamic scoring simply requires that changes in behavior brought on by new rules be considered in evaluating the impact of those rules. I can tell you, for example, how dynamic scoring works with tax cuts.
Liberals say if we double tax rates, we'll double the amount of tax revenue the government takes in.
But conservatives point out that when tax rates are low, people have an incentive to work harder and longer, to take extra jobs, and to move their money out of tax shelters, such as municipal bonds, and into stocks and business expansion. The economy explodes, jobs are plentiful, everyone makes a lot of money -- and the government ends up with a bigger haul on a lower tax rate.
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- DECLARATIONS
- Updated May 17, 2013, 6:43 p.m. ET
This Is No Ordinary Scandal
Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government.
By PEGGY NOONAN
We are in the midst of the worst Washington scandal since Watergate. The reputation of the Obama White House has, among conservatives, gone from sketchy to sinister, and, among liberals, from unsatisfying to dangerous. No one likes what they're seeing. The Justice Department assault on the Associated Press and the ugly politicization of the Internal Revenue Service have left the administration's credibility deeply, probably irretrievably damaged. They don't look jerky now, they look dirty. The patina of high-mindedness the president enjoyed is gone.
Something big has shifted. The standing of the administration has changed.
As always it comes down to trust. Do you trust the president's answers when he's pressed on an uncomfortable story? Do you trust his people to be sober and fair-minded as they go about their work? Do you trust the IRS and the Justice Department? You do not.
Associated Press
But he is not unconnected, he is not a bystander. This is his administration. Those are his executive agencies. He runs the IRS and the Justice Department.
A president sets a mood, a tone. He establishes an atmosphere. If he is arrogant, arrogance spreads. If he is too partisan, too disrespecting of political adversaries, that spreads too. Presidents always undo themselves and then blame it on the third guy in the last row in the sleepy agency across town.
The IRS scandal has two parts. The first is the obviously deliberate and targeted abuse, harassment and attempted suppression of conservative groups. The second is the auditing of the taxes of political activists.
In order to suppress conservative groups—at first those with words like "Tea Party" and "Patriot" in their names, then including those that opposed ObamaCare or advanced the Second Amendment—the IRS demanded donor rolls, membership lists, data on all contributions, names of volunteers, the contents of all speeches made by members, Facebook FB +0.46% posts, minutes of all meetings, and copies of all materials handed out at gatherings. Among its questions: What are you thinking about? Did you ever think of running for office? Do you ever contact political figures? What are you reading? One group sent what it was reading: the U.S. Constitution.
The second part of the scandal is the auditing of political activists who have opposed the administration. The Journal's Kim Strassel reported an Idaho businessman named Frank VanderSloot, who'd donated more than a million dollars to groups supporting Mitt Romney. He found himself last June, for the first time in 30 years, the target of IRS auditors. His wife and his business were also soon audited. Hal Scherz, a Georgia physician, also came to the government's attention. He told ABC News: "It is odd that nothing changed on my tax return and I was never audited until I publicly criticized ObamaCare."
Franklin Graham, son of Billy, told Politico he believes his father was targeted. A conservative Catholic academic who has written for these pages faced questions about her meager freelance writing income. Many of these stories will come out, but not as many as there are. People are not only afraid of being audited, they're afraid of saying they were audited.
All of these IRS actions took place in the years leading up to the 2012 election. They constitute the use of governmental power to intrude on the privacy and shackle the political freedom of American citizens. The purpose, obviously, was to overwhelm and intimidate—to kill the opposition, question by question and audit by audit.
It is not even remotely possible that all this was an accident, a mistake. Again, only conservative groups were targeted, not liberal. It is not even remotely possible that only one IRS office was involved.
Lois Lerner, who oversees tax-exempt groups for the IRS, was the person who finally acknowledged, under pressure of a looming investigative report, some of what the IRS was doing. She told reporters the actions were the work of "frontline people" in Cincinnati. But other offices were involved, including Washington. It is not even remotely possible the actions were the work of just a few agents. This was more systemic. It was an operation. The word was out: Get the Democratic Party's foes. It is not remotely possible nobody in the IRS knew what was going on until very recently. The Washington Post reported efforts to target the conservative groups reached the highest levels of the agency by May 2012—far earlier than the agency had acknowledged. Reuters reported high-level IRS officials, including its chief counsel, knew in August 2011 about the targeting.
The White House is reported to be shellshocked at public reaction to the scandal. But why? Were they so highhanded, so essentially ignorant, that they didn't understand what it would mean to the American people when their IRS—the revenue-collecting arm of the U.S. government—is revealed as a low, ugly and bullying tool of the reigning powers? If they didn't know how Americans would react to that, what did they know? I mean beyond Harvey Weinstein's cellphone number.
And why—in the matters of the Associated Press and Benghazi too—does no one in this administration ever take responsibility? Attorney General Eric Holder doesn't know what happened, exactly who did what. The president speaks in the passive voice. He attempts to act out indignation, but he always seems indignant at only one thing: that he's being questioned at all. That he has to address this. That fate put it on his plate.
We all have our biases. Mine is for a federal government that, for all the partisan shootouts on the streets of Washington, is allowed to go about its work. That it not be distracted by scandal, that political disagreement be, in the end, subsumed to the common good. It is a dangerous world: Calculating people wish to do us harm. In this world no draining, unproductive scandals should dominate the government's life. Independent counsels should not often come in and distract the U.S. government from its essential business.
But that bias does not fit these circumstances.
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‘Scandalous Hat Trick’: Sarah Palin Shreds Obama & His Scandal-Embroiled White House
May. 16, 2013 9:37pm Becket Adams
Associated Press.Scandalous Hat Trick
Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas. Today in the Rose Garden you dismissed the idea of a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS scandal. With that, your galling political hubris shined bright in the midst of today’s dark clouds.
Mr. President, how can we trust your Justice Department to conduct an independent investigation when there is a systemic violation of the Hatch Act throughout your administration?
Surely you are aware that the Hatch Act prevents certain federal employees from engaging in political activity. Specifically, it’s illegal for these federal employees to engage in action in support of or in opposition to a political party, a candidate for partisan political office, or a partisan political group.
Yet that is exactly what’s happened within the IRS, the Justice Department, and in the Benghazi cover-up. This scandalous hat trick is on your watch. It is not believable that you knew nothing about Obama administration actions in dealing with these scandals. And in regards to Benghazi, when you should have taken appropriate action to save American lives – for instance by calling in the Marines – you were AWOL. Just weeks before the election your team scrubbed the Benghazi talking points in 12 different versions, lied to the American people about some YouTube video being to blame for the deaths of brave Americans who put our country first, and you prove Michael Barone right when he writes, “What actually happened in Benghazi was out of sync with the Obama campaign line.” That’s why you all did what you did. Pure raw politics were at play during a horrific time of loss.
For more evidence of Hatch Act violations right under your nose, simply consider DOJ’s “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into the free press. Do you think they picked up some political talk when tapping the phones in the House press gallery?
Your team is out of control. Those who cannot remember the past and learn from it are doomed to repeat it, and that is exactly what is happening. Look back exactly 40 years ago this week and apply that disheartening chapter of American history to the team you’ve chosen and lead today.
Some of us warned America; we cautioned voters in 2008 that a community organizer with no executive experience and no sense of accountability would be a very poor choice for the nation’s top management position.
Mr. President, you said today that you have “complete confidence” in the Attorney General. America doesn’t. Eric Holder needs to appoint an unbiased Special Counsel to investigate the illegal political action of this administration. And then Eric Holder needs to resign.
Most Americans see ominous dark clouds looming beyond the White House Rose Garden, Mr. President. They’ll roll away only when light is shined on the Obama administration’s antics, and America will only recover when you cease avoiding responsibility in this mission of yours to fundamentally transform America. For that to happen, the press had better learn from their experiences of being duped and provide a deserving public fairer, more intelligent coverage.
Speaking of coverage, glad you finally called in the Marines… shame it was just to hold your umbrella.
- Sarah Palin
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Confused by Obama’s Incredibly Brief IRS Statement? Here’s Krauthammer’s Take
May. 15, 2013 7:45pm Becket Adams
President Obama. (Getty Images)“I’ve reviewed the Treasury Department watchdog’s report, and the misconduct that it uncovered was inexcusable,” the president said. “It’s inexcusable, and Americans are right to be angry about it, and I’m angry about it.”
He added later that Steven Miller, the IRS acting commissioner, had tendered his resignation.
And that was about everything the president said.
The presser, as noted in this post’s headline, was incredibly brief. Brief to the point where more than a few people have asked: “What was the point of that?”
Conservative author and columnist Charles Krauthammer offers his analysis: “[The announcement] was a holding operation. That was the absolute minimum he could have done. He relieves one person – he obviously had to – he had to relieve at least one person and he chose, of course, the acting commissioner.”
“But I would’ve expected more,” he added. “The other actions he announced are, up to now, meaningless. Obama, this administrating, has said a hundred times they’re going to hold X, Y, or Z accountable for all kinds of behavior.”
He continued:
In Benghazi, regarding a lot of other scandals, he even speaks about Syrian generals are going to be held accountable. It means nothing.“I found this the bare minimum,” he concluded. “It’ll hold them for 12 hours, but no more.”
And then he says there’s going to be an investigation from Treasury. Well, that just means that the left hand of the government investigating the right hand. He did say he’d cooperate with Congress, but then he has the chutzpa to essentially warn republicans not to make this into a political event.
[W]e’re talking about is the IRS applying political criteria — inexcusably, unconstitutionally, probably criminally — and deciding who it’s going to investigate.
Charles Krauthammer video click to: http://www.theblaze.com/
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Sports
Dandy Don's LSU Sports Report
On a special night at the Box, the LSU baseball team defeated Ole Miss 5-4 in very fitting come-from-behind fashion.
I call it fitting because the 8th inning comeback, capped by Raph
Rhymes’ 2-RBI home run, came on a night when the entire 1993 Tiger Team
(known for its come-from-behind wins) was in attendance as a sign of
respect for the former coach, Skip Bertman, who was honored before the
game when the field was officially named “Skip Bertman Field.”
Bertman, who went 870-330-3 as LSU’s coach from 1984 to 2001 and led the program to five of their six CWS championships, and then later severed as the school's Athletic Director from 2001 to 2008, is very deserving of the honor and I think it was a classy move by LSU. Just so you know, LSU will refer to the baseball complex as “Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field” and the stadium will continue to be known in the shortened version as simply “The Box.” The baseball complex will not be referred to as “Alex Box Stadium at Skip Bertman Field” or “Skip Bertman Field at Alex Box Stadium.”
With last night's win, the Tigers improved to 48-7 overall and 23-6 in the SEC, giving LSU its most regular-season victories league wins in school history. The Tigers were led at the plate by Mason Katz (2-for-4), Mark Laird (2-for-4) and Raph Rhymes (1-for-3, 3 RBI), but it was Rhymes exhilarating 2-run homer in the eighth that was the difference in the game. The Tigers threw six pitchers in the game. Kurt McCune got the start and allowed three hits and one run in four innings. Nate Fury, Nick Rumbelow, Joey Bourgeois and Kevin Berry combined for four innings and allowed a total of three runs on four hits before Chris Cotton closed out the ninth by retiring the Rebels in order to earn his 12th save of the season. Kevin Berry (4-0) was credited with the win.
Here’s a brief scoring recap: LSU fell behind early on an RBI single by the Rebels in the top of the first inning, but answered in the fourth inning with two runs on a sacrifice fly from Rhymes and a bases-loaded walk from Ty Ross. Laird led off the fifth inning with his first triple of the season and was driven home on an RBI groundout from Bregman, giving the Tigers a 3-1 lead. Ole Miss responded in the seventh, leveling the game at 3-3 on an LSU throwing error and an RBI single. The Rebels later regained the lead in the eighth on an RBI groundout. With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Katz delivered a single to centerfield, and then Rhymes brought the crowd of over 10,000 to their feet and he launched a go-ahead home run over the wall in left-centerfield.
The Tigers will go for the series sweep today at noon, and the game will air on the CBS Sports Network.
Yesterday was also a special day for 64 LSU student-athletes who received their diplomas. Of the 64 degrees that were handed out, 57 were undergraduate degrees and seven were for graduate school. Seven members of the LSU baseball team received their diplomas, including four who are still on the roster for the Tigers - pitcher Kevin Berry (sports administration), pitcher Joey Bourgeois (interdisciplinary studies), first/second baseman Mason Katz (sports administration), outfielder Raph Rhymes (sports administration), undergraduate assistant coach and former first baseman Blake Dean (interdisciplinary studies), equipment manager and former infielder Matt Fury (chemical engineering) and former catcher Jordy Snikeris (finance). The LSU basketball programs were represented at graduation by Adrienne Webb (sports administration) and Bianca Lutley (general studies) on the women’s side and Andrew Del Piero (sociology) on the men’s side. Nine members of the LSU football team graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, including starting tight end for the 2012 Tigers Chase Clement (general studies). Former punter D.J. Howard (business administration) and tight end/deep snapper Alex Russian (business administration) both received their Master’s degree. Lauren Carleton, who is the most decorated distance runner in the history of the LSU women’s track program, received her Master’s degree in business administration after posting a 4.0 grade point average. Carleton, who was a University Medalist in 2011 as the graduate with the top grade point average in her class, was crowned the 2013 SEC Indoor Champion in the 5,000-meter run and she has set three school records as a senior this year. Hats off to all the student athletes, and to all the non-athlete students, for reaching this milestone in their lives.
In football recruiting news, several top in-state prospects have had a lot of eyes on them in the last few days during spring games and scrimmages. The other day I mentioned Parkway quarterback Brandon Harris (6'1", 185, No 15 on my list of top LA Prospects for 2014) who was offered a scholarship by LSU, and Thursday Coach Cameron and several other college scouts were at Parkway to check him out during their Spring Game. By all reports, he didn’t disappoint. Here's Harris” Spring Game highlights (via YouTube by GigEm247). Last night north Louisiana powerhouses Neville and West Monroe scrimmaged and lots of coaches were on hand to watch several top prospects including West Monroe's Cam Robinson (OL, 6'6", 315, No. 3 on my list) and Neville's Laurence “Hootie” Jones (CB, 6'2", 215, No. 7 on my list). According to a tweet by nola.com's Jimmy Smith, LSU o-line coach Greg Studrawa was in attendance to check out Robinson as was an Alabama coach, and the two were keeping their distance. Robinson was said to look leaner and meaner than ever. LSU defensive back coach Corey Raymond was there to check out Jones who is now pushing 220 pounds, according to Smith. Another prospect that's been receiving a lot of attention is 2015 WR Michael Chigbu (WR, 6'1", 205) of Holy Cross. LSU’s Frank Wilson and Alabama's Burton Burns were at Holy Cross to check him out in their scrimmage against John Ehret, and according to a Holy Cross coach whom I hear from often, Chigbu was very impressive. He caught three passes for about 100 yards including a 70-yard TD reception. The coaches were also there to see 2014 recruit Darrell Williams (RB, 6'1", 213, John Ehret, No. 13 on my list) who is a great prospect, but the Holy Cross defense was able to keep him in check and limit him to about 40 yards.
In other LSU football news, the Tiger Athletic Foundation and the LSU Alumni Association are offering travel packages for those of you who want to attend the season opener against TCU on August 31. For more info on the deals, check out lsutaf.org/TAFTravel or lsualumni.org/Trips.
Reader comments: Scott, here's just another reason why I love our coach at LSU! Miles Dons Sombrero at Hospital Event
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Bertman, who went 870-330-3 as LSU’s coach from 1984 to 2001 and led the program to five of their six CWS championships, and then later severed as the school's Athletic Director from 2001 to 2008, is very deserving of the honor and I think it was a classy move by LSU. Just so you know, LSU will refer to the baseball complex as “Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field” and the stadium will continue to be known in the shortened version as simply “The Box.” The baseball complex will not be referred to as “Alex Box Stadium at Skip Bertman Field” or “Skip Bertman Field at Alex Box Stadium.”
With last night's win, the Tigers improved to 48-7 overall and 23-6 in the SEC, giving LSU its most regular-season victories league wins in school history. The Tigers were led at the plate by Mason Katz (2-for-4), Mark Laird (2-for-4) and Raph Rhymes (1-for-3, 3 RBI), but it was Rhymes exhilarating 2-run homer in the eighth that was the difference in the game. The Tigers threw six pitchers in the game. Kurt McCune got the start and allowed three hits and one run in four innings. Nate Fury, Nick Rumbelow, Joey Bourgeois and Kevin Berry combined for four innings and allowed a total of three runs on four hits before Chris Cotton closed out the ninth by retiring the Rebels in order to earn his 12th save of the season. Kevin Berry (4-0) was credited with the win.
Here’s a brief scoring recap: LSU fell behind early on an RBI single by the Rebels in the top of the first inning, but answered in the fourth inning with two runs on a sacrifice fly from Rhymes and a bases-loaded walk from Ty Ross. Laird led off the fifth inning with his first triple of the season and was driven home on an RBI groundout from Bregman, giving the Tigers a 3-1 lead. Ole Miss responded in the seventh, leveling the game at 3-3 on an LSU throwing error and an RBI single. The Rebels later regained the lead in the eighth on an RBI groundout. With one out in the bottom of the eighth, Katz delivered a single to centerfield, and then Rhymes brought the crowd of over 10,000 to their feet and he launched a go-ahead home run over the wall in left-centerfield.
The Tigers will go for the series sweep today at noon, and the game will air on the CBS Sports Network.
Yesterday was also a special day for 64 LSU student-athletes who received their diplomas. Of the 64 degrees that were handed out, 57 were undergraduate degrees and seven were for graduate school. Seven members of the LSU baseball team received their diplomas, including four who are still on the roster for the Tigers - pitcher Kevin Berry (sports administration), pitcher Joey Bourgeois (interdisciplinary studies), first/second baseman Mason Katz (sports administration), outfielder Raph Rhymes (sports administration), undergraduate assistant coach and former first baseman Blake Dean (interdisciplinary studies), equipment manager and former infielder Matt Fury (chemical engineering) and former catcher Jordy Snikeris (finance). The LSU basketball programs were represented at graduation by Adrienne Webb (sports administration) and Bianca Lutley (general studies) on the women’s side and Andrew Del Piero (sociology) on the men’s side. Nine members of the LSU football team graduated with a Bachelor’s degree, including starting tight end for the 2012 Tigers Chase Clement (general studies). Former punter D.J. Howard (business administration) and tight end/deep snapper Alex Russian (business administration) both received their Master’s degree. Lauren Carleton, who is the most decorated distance runner in the history of the LSU women’s track program, received her Master’s degree in business administration after posting a 4.0 grade point average. Carleton, who was a University Medalist in 2011 as the graduate with the top grade point average in her class, was crowned the 2013 SEC Indoor Champion in the 5,000-meter run and she has set three school records as a senior this year. Hats off to all the student athletes, and to all the non-athlete students, for reaching this milestone in their lives.
In football recruiting news, several top in-state prospects have had a lot of eyes on them in the last few days during spring games and scrimmages. The other day I mentioned Parkway quarterback Brandon Harris (6'1", 185, No 15 on my list of top LA Prospects for 2014) who was offered a scholarship by LSU, and Thursday Coach Cameron and several other college scouts were at Parkway to check him out during their Spring Game. By all reports, he didn’t disappoint. Here's Harris” Spring Game highlights (via YouTube by GigEm247). Last night north Louisiana powerhouses Neville and West Monroe scrimmaged and lots of coaches were on hand to watch several top prospects including West Monroe's Cam Robinson (OL, 6'6", 315, No. 3 on my list) and Neville's Laurence “Hootie” Jones (CB, 6'2", 215, No. 7 on my list). According to a tweet by nola.com's Jimmy Smith, LSU o-line coach Greg Studrawa was in attendance to check out Robinson as was an Alabama coach, and the two were keeping their distance. Robinson was said to look leaner and meaner than ever. LSU defensive back coach Corey Raymond was there to check out Jones who is now pushing 220 pounds, according to Smith. Another prospect that's been receiving a lot of attention is 2015 WR Michael Chigbu (WR, 6'1", 205) of Holy Cross. LSU’s Frank Wilson and Alabama's Burton Burns were at Holy Cross to check him out in their scrimmage against John Ehret, and according to a Holy Cross coach whom I hear from often, Chigbu was very impressive. He caught three passes for about 100 yards including a 70-yard TD reception. The coaches were also there to see 2014 recruit Darrell Williams (RB, 6'1", 213, John Ehret, No. 13 on my list) who is a great prospect, but the Holy Cross defense was able to keep him in check and limit him to about 40 yards.
In other LSU football news, the Tiger Athletic Foundation and the LSU Alumni Association are offering travel packages for those of you who want to attend the season opener against TCU on August 31. For more info on the deals, check out lsutaf.org/TAFTravel or lsualumni.org/Trips.
Reader comments: Scott, here's just another reason why I love our coach at LSU! Miles Dons Sombrero at Hospital Event
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