Month January 2006

Hmmm

Here’s a Steve Earle quote, Sue found it on the Net, can’t find the cite, so I’m paraphrasing. "I’ve got friends who moved to Nashville in the mistaken belief their children are safer from Baptists than from gangs."

D.C. bungee trip

Our 60 hr. portal-to-portal-and-back trip to D.C. is over, we’re back in L.A., if a bit jet-lagged. Sue’s interview went well. We shall see if they make an offer and then decide if we accept. A cousin who lives in…

Socialist torture victim wins in Chile

Tip via reader Daniel A torture victim in the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, a former defense minister and a medical doctor, socialist Michelle Bachelet parlayed her ability to connect with voters into becoming Chile’s first woman president. Her father was tortured…

Al Gore’s speech

Former Vice President Al Gore, charging that President Bush’s record on civil liberties posed a "grave danger" to America’s constitutional freedoms, on Monday urged the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Bush’s authorization of warrantless domestic surveillance by the…