CenLamar | Est. 2006

My heart goes out to all of the family and friends of Katie Moore of Alexandria, who passed away yesterday while awaiting a bilateral lung transplant. Katie, who was only 22 years old, suffered from cystic fibrosis. She shared her incredible journey on her blog, Katie’s Miracle. Her last entry was posted on Thursday. I will update as more information becomes available. Update: Katie was honored this afternoon in a beautiful ecumenical service.

H/t to LeveesNotWar Naomi Klein, one of my favorite writers of the past decade, the author of The Shock Doctrine, one of my favorite books of the past decade, recently penned a fantastic article about the City of New Orleans and the ways in which it has been simultaneously both exploited and ignored during the Presidential campaign. This is a must-read. Unfortunately, Naomi Klein is 100% correct. And it’s something we all said during the convention: Louisiana can be with you. Louisianans understand– first-hand– the disastrous consequences of an ineffectual, uncoordinated, and overly partisan politics. Louisianans understand the real, tangible…

Thanks to the good people at KALB, this is now being broadcast on Government Access Television. We have uploaded the raw footage for your review. It begins at the 36 second mark.