CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • A Bushism in Alexandria

    From the Huffington Post’s “Bushisms Over the Years.”  As of today, the final, historic Bushism happened right here in Alexandria: “This thaw _ took a while to thaw, it’s going to take a while to unthaw.” Oct. 20, 2008, in Alexandria, La., as he discussed the economy and frozen credit markets. See, the frozen credit markets are just like frozen meats. Problem is: The word thaw means basically the same thing as unthaw. Unfortunately, most people in Alexandria were too distracted watching Air Force One and the Presidential motorcade to actually pay any attention to what the President said while…

  • The Town Talk: Mychal Bell “is a statistic.”

    I have yet to understand why so many people in Central Louisiana still don’t recognize the reason why the Jena Six became a case study in racial injustice, internationally. It’s as if there’s a collective amnesia about the whole thing, a willful ignorance. Six African-American high school students were charged with second-degree attempted murder of a white student on incredibly shaky evidence, made all of the more suspicious considering the prior incidents in the community. No one denies the brutality of the schoolyard fight that sent a young man to the hospital for a few hours; the fundamental problem with…

  • It’s Only Because No One Else Has Said Anything

    H/t to my friend’s little brother, who informed us of this and who, despite our incredulity, was vindicated, in part, by the celebrity gossip blogs. But the word on the street (as of SEVERAL months ago and continuing still to this day) is that Miley Cyrus (a.k.a. Hannah Montana, a.k.a. The Daughter of Billy Ray “Achy Breaky Heart” Cyrus) is/was/pretended to be dating some guy from Pineville (Q93’s on it)– Justin Gaston, who, after getting his break on “Nashville Star” is now known as an underwear model. Apparently, they have, at least once, attended church together. The NY Daily News…