New Orleans This is Giffords herself talking about Palin’s targeting and health care vote: As Giffords says below: “there are consequences to these kinds of actions.” “Arizona has become the mecca of prejudice and bigotry,” said Keith Olbermann, quoting the Pima County Sheriff who is investigating the murder of 6 persons in Tucson on Saturday. The …
Category: National Politics
Fifty Years Since the Freedom Rides
NewOrleans Thanks to my new library card, I stumbled onto the library’s homepage last weekend to learn how to order books on-line, and what do you know there was an announcement of a event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides of 1961 complete with a traveling exhibit and speakers, so I trundled down …
Ralph Kinda Right, Kinda Wrong
New Orleans Ralph Nader has been riding the fence line for many a year to good result and much effect, even though he’s been on the highline at the timber edge for the last few years given the disdain many had for his quixotic runs at the White House. He weighed in with a letter …