The Washington Times by Valerie Richardson June 23, 2013
Louisiana state Sen. Elbert L. Guillory knows a thing or two about taking risks. Shortly before he switched his party allegiance from Democrat to Republican, he rappelled down the side of a 20-story building in Baton Rouge to help raise money for adoption services.
“I thought I’d take my maturing body and do something for adoption,” said Mr. Guillory with a laugh.
Compared to that, becoming the first black Republican state senator in Louisiana since Reconstruction was a breeze.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013