Posted on 02/11/2016 4:59:52 AM PST by nikos1121
Thursday, February 11, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Baton Rouge, LA at the Baton Rouge River Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM CST.
As the "Capital City", Baton Rouge is the political hub for Louisiana, and is the second-largest metropolitan city in the state, with an estimated population of 228,895 as of 2014. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge, had a population of 820,159 people as of 2013.The urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants.
HOW DID BATON ROUGE GET ITS NAME?
The French name le baton rouge ("the red stick") is the translation of a native term rendered as Istrouma, possibly a corruption of the Choctaw iti humma ("red pole") Andre Joseph Penicaut, a carpenter traveling with d'Iberville, published the first full-length account of the expedition in 1723. According to Penicaut,
"From there [Manchacq] we went five leagues higher and found very high banks called ecorts in that region, and in savage called Istrouma which means red stick [baton rouge], as at this place there is a post painted red that the savages have sunk there to mark the land line between the two nations, namely: the land of the Bayagoulas which they were leaving and the land of another nation—thirty leagues upstream from the baton rouge named the Oumas."
THE BATON ROUGE RIVER CENTER
At this time, I have no idea if the event will be in the large arena or the theater.
Found it:
“Heidi Cruz said Wednesday that her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), was showing America ‘the face of the God that we serve’ through his faith-based Republican presidential campaign.”
They just cannot stop taking the Lord’s name in vain, can they? Blasphemy and shameless pandering.
LOL. Yeah. It was something along those lines.
OMG!!!! Those two are adorable!! Hershey is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
I am so happy for you/your wife and, of course, handsome Cadbury and that sweet Hershey.
Give them some extra love from us, will you?
Thanks for the ping :)
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“This country needs to restore its holiness or it will not survive.”
Agreed.
Who is without God?
LOL!! We need to all keep that one handy. It’s especially good :)
Actually he gives Christians a bad name. Lying about Carson was not very Christian.
“better stated, country before self”
Oh, you are correct. I defer. That really hits home. Thank you.
Country before self.
Boom!
Another TROLL. This gets old.
Another interesting thread going on now:
“Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is criticizing Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz for what he calls ‘low-life, sleazy politics.’”
Maybe Huck will be endorsing Trump soon.
Don’t want Huck for President, but I think he’d be a kick-ass Press Secretary.
The candidate who has never asked for forgiveness from God...and who ranked fifth in Iowa in the question of “who shares my values.”
I don’t think Huck or Carly will endorse anyone before the SC Primary.
Stamp out thread pollution.
Go spam CRuz threads with your non-stop CRuzbot drivel. Your posts are becoming jokes, now. Take a hint and take a hike.
He would be an excellent presser.
Yesterday along about dark, I went out to check on the weather.
I saw a couple of birds hopping around looking for a bug or a worm or a seed or whatever.
I texted my wife that I felt sorry for the little birds.
She replied and asked how many beers I had drank.
Women just don’t understand men (and vice versa).
Hee hee....love that tweet, Trump calling out St Holier than Thou on his ‘values’.
Thanks PJBankard.
YIKES....hadn’t seen that. :-(
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