CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • The Gambit and Chris Whittington: Vitter Should Resign

    From the Gambit: Until recently, Vitter at least had a political rationale for not resigning. When he was first ensnared in the D.C. Madam criminal case last June, Republicans were one vote shy of controlling the U.S. Senate. Had he quit then, Louisiana’s Democratic governor, Kathleen Blanco, might have named a Democrat as his interim replacement. Now, however, Louisiana has a Republican governor in Bobby Jindal, who can name a Republican to replace Vitter. Thus, there no longer is any rational basis for the GOP to protect Vitter. Indeed, Republicans in and out of New York did not hesitate to…

  • $15,000 Community Helpers Grant: Any Ideas?

    I normally don’t post things like this. But the deadline is fast-approaching and I’m sure there’s someone out there who is deserving of this grant. Any ideas? Hamburger Helper/General Mills — My Hometown Helper Grant Program General Mills and Hamburger Helper are searching for people in towns across the country who are raising funds to help the community. Hamburger Helper will fund initiatives to help hometowns across America with monetary grants of up to $15,000. The deadline for proposals is March 31, 2008. Complete details are found by clicking here: http://www.myhometownhelper.com/ Overview of Hamburger Helper’s MYHOMETOWNHELPER.COM: General Mills Sales, Inc.…

  • Karma Come Home By Dustin Parks

    Kudos to my good friend Dustin Parks, a graduate of Alexandria Senior High West Monroe High School, who as a member of the United States Army has served in the War in Iraq (and who is currently stationed overseas), for publishing his first book of poetry Karma Come Home, which is available by LuLu Press. It’s a prescient and probing collection. This day and age, soldiers don’t usually write books of poetry. (Though there was a time in which this was more common). And yet Dustin, for some crazy and righteous reason, was compelled to write and publish his own…