The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country.

The current immigration system lacks the fundamental understanding of the need for immigrants in this country.

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was read more

[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.

We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves read more

We've been doing this for eight years now, and I think we found ourselves comfortable enough to do it ourselves . . . We found a way to be really happy and this way we're able to do it on our own . . . it's exciting.

broad-based, with nearly every consumer and commercial business line achieving double-digit profit growth.

broad-based, with nearly every consumer and commercial business line achieving double-digit profit growth.

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. read more

The thing about baseball is, it takes one pitch to change a game. He just got the bat head out. Every pitcher in America's going to say, 'Darn it, that shouldn't have been hit.' But he hit my pitch.

Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow read more

Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow sales, they have to look outside of the U.S.. China, however, is a big emerging opportunity.

Last year was a banner year. Digging probably won't be quite as good this year, but we'll still have a read more

Last year was a banner year. Digging probably won't be quite as good this year, but we'll still have a lot of clams to harvest.

Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things,

Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things,

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by read more

They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.