CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Drew Ward: In support of Bobby

    Ok, this is something you’ll not see very often on Cenlamar nor from me in general, but I’m writing today about my support for one of Bobby Jindal’s initiatives.  Today the Louisiana House voted to approve Jindal’s plan to provide $10 million to send low and moderate income students of failing public schools to private schools in New Orleans. Many have likened this move to a slide into a school voucher program.  While I cannot speak for the Governor’s long-term motives, fear of such a move should in no way cloud the importance of and need for this current proposal.…

  • We Should Be Mad

    It is improbable, ridiculous, and insulting to compare the devastating flooding currently occuring in the Midwest with the unprecedented tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.(H/t New Orleans News Ladder). In scale and impact, Katrina was significantly bigger. As Crooks and Liars points out, Rush Limbaugh attempted to make a false comparison between the flooding in the Midwest and the devastation of a significant portion of the American Gulf Coast. (H/t Oyster): Limbaugh: I want to know. I look at Iowa, I look at Illinois—I want to see the murders. I want to see the looting. I want to see all the stuff…

  • Dems4Change: Jim Harlan Will Challenge Steve Scalise

    According to the St. Tammany Democrats for Change, businessman Jim Harlan will challenge Steve Scalise for Congress. I’m not sure if it’s this Jim Harlan, but if it is, that’s awesome.  Coincidentally, if elected, he would be the second James Harlan elected to Congress. Jim Harland speaking to DPEC members on June 16th.