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{{Infobox person
|name=James Carroll "Jim" Beam<br>
(''Lake Charles American Press'' columnist)
|image=
|image_size=
|birth_date=October 1933Plac
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Long-term resident of [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|spouse=Joann M. Beam<br>
Children:<br>
Including:Joann D. Beam
Bryan Carroll Beam
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=
}}
'''James Carroll Beam''', known as '''Jim Bean'' (born October 1933), is long-time [[newspaper]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a staunch advocate of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-beam/e41299923150|title=James Beam|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> Beam has been affiliated with the ''Lake Charles American Press.''
Beam's columns and news releases supporting Edwards has aroused the repeated ire of the [[conservative]] [[radio]] talk show host [[Moon Griffon]], who broadcasts statewide from a station in [[Lafayette]]. Though Beam has been called a {{RINO]], "Republican in Name Only," he is in fact a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=95125|title=James Beam, 70607, October 1933|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>
Most beyond Lake Charles have learned of Beam through the Griffon program or the website The Hayride: Southern Politics and Culture. In 2012, ''The Hayride'' dubbed Beam "a wolf in sheep's clothing," a columnist who "hides behind the so-called mainstream mantra, when clearly [his] opinions are [[liberal]]. Bean has proposed means testing of the state Taylor Opportunity Scholarship Program, which has been a particular to the benefit of the middle class. ''The Hayride'' claimed that Beam is trying to foment [[class warfare]].
<blockquote>
To discredit Beam, one only needs to review the amount of money appropriated to education over the past twenty years and insert the results. The conclusion is more money does not equal better education!<br>
Beam blames the TOPS formula that allows any student, regardless of his parents economic position, to receive financial assistance if they complete the TOPS curriculum requirements. He says it discriminates against the poor as it allows anyone to participate. So, according to Beam’s illogic, a government program that only requires the applicant to meet its criteria and doesn’t disqualify a person based [upon] race, gender, political preference, religion, or wealth is still discriminatory. This is a classic example of liberals only wanting equality when it suits their argument. To them, equality means there must be a victim and someone to blame.<br>
The real problem is the failure to hold our higher educational administrators accountable. The biggest flaw in the TOPS program is that it allows higher education a pot of cash each time the Legislature trims the.budget because with each budget cut from the Legislature comes with a tuition increase from the universities. When tuition increases, TOPS must increase the benefit – allowing the higher education leaders to pillage the taxpayers rather than becoming more efficient. And that is the problem with government.<br>
Until the government becomes more efficient and Louisiana’s journalists like Beam write the truth, we will only see a further expansion of liberal ideas and failed policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2012/12/liberal-jim-beam-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/|title=Liberal Jim Bean: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - The Hayride|publisher'=Thehayride.com|date=December 31, 2012|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>
Beam is the son of Charlie C. Beam (1905-1982) and the former Carrie Welch (1906-1979). He had a brother, David W. Beam (1939-1992), who is interred alongside the parents at Orange Grove Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23192598|title=Charlie C. Beam|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com||accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>. Beam and his wife, Joann M. Beam (born November 1934) have at least two children, Joann D. Bean and Bryan Carroll Beam (born September 24, 1962), a Democratic former member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Bryan-C-Beam/Lake%20charles-LA|title=Bryan C. Beam|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beam, Jim}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
|name=James Carroll "Jim" Beam<br>
(''Lake Charles American Press'' columnist)
|image=
|image_size=
|birth_date=October 1933Plac
|birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Long-term resident of [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|spouse=Joann M. Beam<br>
Children:<br>
Including:Joann D. Beam
Bryan Carroll Beam
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|religion=
}}
'''James Carroll Beam''', known as '''Jim Bean'' (born October 1933), is long-time [[newspaper]]man from [[Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]], who is a staunch advocate of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-beam/e41299923150|title=James Beam|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref> Beam has been affiliated with the ''Lake Charles American Press.''
Beam's columns and news releases supporting Edwards has aroused the repeated ire of the [[conservative]] [[radio]] talk show host [[Moon Griffon]], who broadcasts statewide from a station in [[Lafayette]]. Though Beam has been called a {{RINO]], "Republican in Name Only," he is in fact a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=95125|title=James Beam, 70607, October 1933|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>
Most beyond Lake Charles have learned of Beam through the Griffon program or the website The Hayride: Southern Politics and Culture. In 2012, ''The Hayride'' dubbed Beam "a wolf in sheep's clothing," a columnist who "hides behind the so-called mainstream mantra, when clearly [his] opinions are [[liberal]]. Bean has proposed means testing of the state Taylor Opportunity Scholarship Program, which has been a particular to the benefit of the middle class. ''The Hayride'' claimed that Beam is trying to foment [[class warfare]].
<blockquote>
To discredit Beam, one only needs to review the amount of money appropriated to education over the past twenty years and insert the results. The conclusion is more money does not equal better education!<br>
Beam blames the TOPS formula that allows any student, regardless of his parents economic position, to receive financial assistance if they complete the TOPS curriculum requirements. He says it discriminates against the poor as it allows anyone to participate. So, according to Beam’s illogic, a government program that only requires the applicant to meet its criteria and doesn’t disqualify a person based [upon] race, gender, political preference, religion, or wealth is still discriminatory. This is a classic example of liberals only wanting equality when it suits their argument. To them, equality means there must be a victim and someone to blame.<br>
The real problem is the failure to hold our higher educational administrators accountable. The biggest flaw in the TOPS program is that it allows higher education a pot of cash each time the Legislature trims the.budget because with each budget cut from the Legislature comes with a tuition increase from the universities. When tuition increases, TOPS must increase the benefit – allowing the higher education leaders to pillage the taxpayers rather than becoming more efficient. And that is the problem with government.<br>
Until the government becomes more efficient and Louisiana’s journalists like Beam write the truth, we will only see a further expansion of liberal ideas and failed policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehayride.com/2012/12/liberal-jim-beam-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/|title=Liberal Jim Bean: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - The Hayride|publisher'=Thehayride.com|date=December 31, 2012|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref></blockquote>
Beam is the son of Charlie C. Beam (1905-1982) and the former Carrie Welch (1906-1979). He had a brother, David W. Beam (1939-1992), who is interred alongside the parents at Orange Grove Cemetery in Lake Charles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=23192598|title=Charlie C. Beam|publisher=Oldfindagrave.com||accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref>. Beam and his wife, Joann M. Beam (born November 1934) have at least two children, Joann D. Bean and Bryan Carroll Beam (born September 24, 1962), a Democratic former member of the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelius.com/people-search/Bryan-C-Beam/Lake%20charles-LA|title=Bryan C. Beam|publisher=Intelius.com|accessdate=February 20, 2018}}</ref
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beam, Jim}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Journalists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Liberals]]