On par with football, Laissez Les Bon Temps, Roulez, and crawfish, one of the defining characteristics and great motivators in Louisiana is getting something over on someone. Variously termed hoodwinking, bamboozling, leading astray, sticking it to the big guys, dupe, trick, swindle, lead by the nose, rip off, pull the wool over someone, it is a cornerstone of the ethical culture in Louisiana and, increasingly, that of the nation.
Clearly, a culture of corruption is the common denominator that
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