CenLamar | Est. 2006

Mr. Perry is running for Mayor of the City of New Orleans. Here’s one approach, I guess: A 40% reduction in the murder rate is probably the most ambitious campaign promise I have ever heard.

Thanks to Ryan, I am an early adopter of GoogleWave, which, as I posted a couple of weeks ago, looks like it could be the death of e-mail. I don’t have invite privileges yet, but if Google rolls this out the same way they did with Gmail, I should soon. And if they give me 100 invites, like they did with Gmail, I will let all of you know, and I’ll give them all away quickly. Anyway, if you are an early adopter, look me up. lamarw at googlewave dot com. Update: After just a couple of hours of using…

Earlier today, Mother Jones published a revealing article about Louisiana Senator David Vitter’s ties to the formaldehyde industry and the reasons he is now single-handedly holding up President Obama’s appointment to lead the EPA’s Research and Development division. Quoting: Instead of the EPA ruling on formaldehyde now, Vitter wants the agency to let the National Academy of Sciences review formaldehyde’s risk, a process that could take a year or more and that might favor industry supporters, environmentalists say, because the NAS review would use industry-based reports. Likewise, blocking Anastas’ nomination is another way of slowing the EPA’s movement on formaldehyde.…