CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Billy Tauzin’s Surprise Resignation

    Remember Billy Tauzin? Before he took a $2 million a year job with PhRMA, he was a Congressman from Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District, the seat now held by Charlie Melancon. (In the grand tradition of Louisiana turncoats, Tauzin was a Democrat for most of his political career until he became a Republican in 1995, and in another grand tradition, after he announced he would not run for a 13th term, he attempted to prop up his son as his replacement. Oh and then he parlayed his experience as a Congressman in order to garner a seven-figure salary lobbying for the…

  • Another Musical Interlude

    February makes me shiver. My father, Lamar White, Sr., died nine years ago this month. He was 41 years old when he passed away. He was the most intense and the most passionate person I have ever encountered. Seriously. One day, maybe I’ll be able to tell the whole story. Or, at the very least, the story about the cava bowl. Some of my late father’s favorite songs:

  • Yet Another Case where Anti-Obama Rhetoric is Discredited within Seconds

    From Language Log: Fox News…has decided to count first-person pronouns in every speech Obama gives. Thus “The I’s Have It: Obama Hits 34 I’s in Washington D.C.”, FOXNews.com, 2/7/2010: Much attention has been given to President Obama’s persistent use of “I” when giving speeches to sell his administration’s agenda. Is he taking responsibility — or, as his critics say, is he still in campaign mode? FoxNews.com is tracking the president’s speeches all this month and will report back after each to see whether The “I’s” Have It. The article goes on to show that Fox News and their Anti-Obama cohorts…