CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Drew Ward: Bundle of Lies: Telecom Offerings Usually Not as Promised

    Beginning a few years ago, various companies in the telecommunications industry began competing against each other on previously monopolized turf. This was the result of federal deregulation of the telecommunication industry over the past dozen years. Photo: Associated Press Ideally, deregulation was meant to loosen the grip of geographic monopolies on various telecom services. It initially allowed for cable companies to offer phone services and phone companies to offer television programming and such. It can be said that deregulation has been an overwhelming force in promoting the spread of broadband internet access — primarily because it eliminated the requirement for…

  • The Video That Played Right Before Obama Accepted the Nomination

    Most people missed it, especially if they were watching a network of talking heads. And now, during the last thirty days, as the McCain campaign begins to push the meme that this man is “risky” and “unpatriotic” (one of my relatives actually told me that they believes Obama to be the “anti-Christ” last night, and they were being serious… seriously ignorant), I hope all people will take the time, do the due diligence, and discover who this man really is. You don’t have to vote for him, of course, but we all need to stop substituting blind, ideological ignorance for…

  • Real-Time Results in Rapides Parish Elections

    From the Secretary of State. Beginning at 8PM CST.