Charlie Rose with Walter Isaacson, Alphonso Jackson & Don Powell; Mary Landrieu; Peter Gomes & Karen Armstrong; George Crile (May 17, 2006)
Discriminations (Free subscription) | yesterday
I studied history for a number of years, but I never could figure out something that Sherrod Brown , the left-wing Democratic Senator from Ohio, expresses with great if unearned confidence: History has “sides,” for and against, and it always supports progressives against their opponents. Speaking of the four Democratic “moderates” who oppose parts of the Reid health plan on...
Discriminations (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
According to ABC News , Mary Landrieu (D, La) was paid $100 million (in the form of an earmark for Louisiana that Sen. Harry Reid inserted into his health care bill) for her support on health care. If true, Sen. Landrieu will be cast forevermore as the justly skewed damsel in George Bernard Shaw’s famous observation : the playwright George Bernard Shaw was overheard at a party to have said that...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Oh. My. God. For quite some time, the press, including Mike Stark of The Stark Report , have been trying to get Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to give a comment about the racist Hammond, Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell, who refused to marry an interracial couple. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu were quick to condemn Bardwell (who said he wasn't racist because his black...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
From CNN : A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday. That, of course, was Keith Bardwell. According to The Advocate (no, not that one; I mean the Baton Rouge daily newspaper): Bardwell didn’t immediately return a call for comment Tuesday about his resignation,...
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Keith Bardwell is racist although he doesn't believe,
Keith Bardwell is a racist although he doesn't believe he is racist. Who says interracial marriage don't last and children suffer. We have been married...
The Phil Nugent Experience (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The news that former Louisiana Governor Dave Treen has died at 81 won't affect a lot of people who don't have an emotional investment in, and the inevitable mixed feelings about, the political history of the Pelican State. I was born in Louisiana but haven't lived there since 2001, which scarcely matters; once you've made the mistake of getting interested in the stuff, it leaves its permanent mark...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Last Thursday, while everyone else was watching a balloon , Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana justice of the peace, was refusing to give a marriage license to an interracial couple or to officiate their wedding ceremony because he didn't "believe in mixing the races that way." The official's decision and subsequent justification triggered a nasty response across the internet over the weekend:...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
As you all know, Keith Bardwell is still smarting for being called a racist for refusing to marry an interracial couple. He strenuously denied that he was racist, saying the fact he lets negroes use the bathroom in his house is proof positive of his open heart. And so he also refuses to step down, even after being called to do so by Governor Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu. Notably, Republican...
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that was in refard to the ronan tynan situation
thats not the entire converstion
words were admittedly missed....the full exchange should be told.
Hammer Of The Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
This story gets me kinda stabby, and not in a good way. Haven't these scumbags died off yet? A white Justice of the Peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple says he has no plans to resign, the Associated Press reports. Keith Bardwell's comments to reporters follows calls for his ouster by Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu....
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana has signed on as the newest co-sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S. 1584. Just as it is important to ask for support, it is also important to say thank you. It is particularly important to say thank you to those who, like Senator Landrieu, have shown that they have the courage to stand up for civil rights and workplace equality in areas of the country...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Civil rights groups are now stepping into the health care reform debate by launching a six-figure ad campaign, reports the Washington Post's Capital Briefing blog. A coalition of a dozen civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and the National Council of La Raza, are releasing a series of ads reaching out to minority communities in North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida. Capital Briefing...
Bay Area Houston (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
It just doesn't make sense. KBR is awarded a no bid multi-billion dollar contract with the Department of Defense, supposedly to support those who fight for our rights to the Constitution and then they require their employees to give up their rights to the 7th Amendment of the Constitution. The 7th Amendment guarantees our right to a civil trial, but KBR requires every employee to sign a binding arbitration...
U.S. PIRG Consumer Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn) is offering a PIRG-backed amendment, S.A. 2588, co-sponsored by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La), to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 3326), both expected to be considered Tuesday on the Senate floor. This amendment would bar defense contractors from forcing employees with sexual assault and discrimination claims into arbitration. It is a response to the shocking...
Faultline USA (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
By Barbara Sowell This October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, or didn’t you know? A better title would have been: National Cyber Insecurity Awareness Month. We should all be insecure since the U.S. has just relinquished its control of the internet (see below)! This is the time when all internet junkies should ponder the very real possibility of waking up one day to NO internet! A...
jobsanger (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
It looks like Congress finally wants to do something about dangerous cell phone use by drivers. Senators Charles Schumer (D-New York), Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) and Kay Hagan (D-North Carolina) have just unveiled legislation they are introducing in the Senate. The legislation would force states to outlaw cell phone texting and e-mailing while a person is driving a...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
WASHINGTON — States would be required to ban driving while texting or face the loss of highway funds under legislation being pushed by a group of Democratic senators. Aimed at reducing driver distraction and highway deaths and injuries, the proposal follows a series of studies showing the dangers of drivers taking their eyes off the road to operate the handheld electronic devices. Fourteen states...
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