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Facebook is all over the government shutdown with funny, timely, heavily slanted and sometime vicious memes. We thought we would share some with you.

Anyone who uses facebook has seen the blame flying on this one. It would seem that most people just repost something they saw on someone else's page. Chances are they have not even read the article and have done very little to no research on the subject...

On Tuesday the president will talk to the nation about Syria. It will be an oval office speech aimed at public support for the president's proposed military action in Syria. It would seem to be quite an uphill battle for President Obama. That is if especially true if Southwest Louisiana has anything to say about it.

Weather it's twitter or facebook; it is illegal to post on your social network while driving in Louisiana. Yesterday Governor Jindal signed a Senate Bill (#147) by Sen. Erdey that prohibits any device from being used to access, read, or post to a social networking site while operating a motor vehicle.

So many of us take our right to vote very seriously then we walk away from any other influence that we could have on the direction of our government. We live in a age when we have more ways to make our voiced heard that ever before. The problem is that we have done a poor job using these tools effectively. That can change.

Rep. Anthony Weiner has reportedly told friends that he will resign from office, a source close to the situation revealed to the NY Times. The decision was reportedly made after “long discussions” with his wife, Huma Abedin, who returned to the States Tuesday after a trip to Africa with her boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.