New Orleans Before leaving Philadelphia I had a meeting with the executive director of a training program at the University of Pennsylvania, and she had scheduled the session for lunch at the White Dog Cafe. I had often heard of this outfit as we tried to organize small business people to protect community enterprises, but …
Month: July 2007
Edwards at $9.50 per Hour
Philadelphia Senator John Edwards had the last shot at the 1000 ACORN members that had been driving all morning in many cases, fed a box lunch, and then put through the paces on one meeting after another for more than 4 1/2 hours. He was a friend, and he knew it. He had been in …
Kucinich and the War
Philadelphia Congressman Dennis Kucinich is a loud shouting, rip roaring rabble rouser of a fella. He starts talking and can’t hardly stop himself and next thing you know he’s three-quarters of a way into a stemwinder, and Katie bar the door until the wind goes by or blows it down. Half of the time he …