CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Back from the Break

    A Rescued Dog, Coincidental Vacations, and Serendipity   As some of you may have noticed, I took a three week break from the blog, which, I believe, is the longest break I’ve taken since I launched this website nearly four and half years ago. So, I have some catching up to do, but first, I want to share a few exceptionally strange things that have happened during the last three weeks: 1. Maggie the dog was found, alive and well, after 22 days on the lam. I posted about my childhood dog, Maggie, about a month ago. I wrote her…

  • The Town Talk: Louisiana College Considered Seeking $70M from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to Fund George H.W. Bush School of Medicine

    According to reporters Billy Gunn and Karina Vailes of The Town Talk, Louisiana College, the small Southern Baptist institution in Pineville, Louisiana, apparently considered asking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait for $70 million, $35 million per country, in order to help fund the creation of the George H.W. Bush School of Medicine. Quoting: A draft proposal for the Louisiana College medical school indicates that the private Baptist college was looking at funding from two Middle East countries and naming it after a former president, but officials said Friday that proposal never was pursued. The document, which…

  • Jeff Landry’s First Move: Give the “Prince of Pork” Chairmanship of the House Appropriations Committee

    Dear Louisiana Tea Partiers, Be warned: apparently, Congressman-Elect Jeff Landry has no idea what the heck he is doing or talking about: Daily Comet: You’ve stated you support banning congressional earmarks, correct? Jeff Landry: The issue is completely moot. The Republican majority voted unanimously to continue the current moratorium on earmarks. (In other words, regardless of Landry’s own beliefs, the issue is moot, and even if he had supported targeted earmarks for Louisiana recovery, unfortunately, he’s already been completely neutered by the Republican majority). Daily Comet: According to The Times-Picayune, current and former Louisiana lawmakers say an earmark ban could…