CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Louisiana Refuses to Put Libertarian, Socialist Party Presidential Candidates on Ballot

    Apparently, the filing deadline was September 2nd, and both Bob Barr (the Libertarian) and Brian Moore (the Socialist) didn’t “file their electors” on time. One small problem, though: The Secretary of State’s Office was closed from September 2nd through September 5th due to Hurricane Gustav. To be fair, the Secretary’s Office did extend the deadline, but it’s not clear whether or not they actually told anyone about the extension. So when Bob Barr filed on September 10th and Brian Moore followed suit a day later, both men were denied a spot on the Presidential ballot. Now they’re suing: On September…

  • Computer Literacy

    Last night, I personally wrote Jonah Goldberg, the editor-at-large of The National Review Online, to express my observations on one of his latest blog entries. Mr. Goldberg, who was hoisted into the national spotlight due to his mother’s friendship with Linda Tripp, dug up an eight-year-old article in The Boston Globe in order to propound the argument that Senator John McCain cannot use a computer because of injuries he sustained as a prisoner of war, a claim that was repeated today by none other than Karl Rove. First Mr. Goldberg: Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by…

  • Consumer Choice for Television Act: What They Haven’t Told Us

    In late June of this year, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed into law SB 807, now Act 433 and also known by the Orwellian moniker, “The Consumer Choice for Television Act.” The bill was introduced by State Senator Ann Duplessis and was touted as a way of increasing competition and choice among cable companies in Louisiana; this, ostensibly, will benefit the consumer. It’s unclear how, exactly, this Act will increase competition and choice, but we do know one thing: It had the strong support and backing of big telecommunications companies like AT&T and their related lobbyists and PACs, and its…