Posted in Commentary on July 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We mourn the passing of our beloved former first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and we treasure her legacy of grace, dignity, strength, warmth, and deep passion for the earth. She, herself was a lens on what we can become.
“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Tavis Smiley, how much am I enjoying a moderator that takes no slack whatsoever! I liked the 1 minute format though I think maybe the 30 second is a bit too hard. I liked the variety I was hearing during the 1 min. Especially when the candidates were building on each other.
I [...]
Posted in Commentary, PBS All-American Presidential Forums, Uncategorized on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
John Edwards said we ought to honor work, not wealth.
Barack Obama said people aren’t looking for charity, just fairness.
Dennis Kucinich said our tax dollars are being spent on military build-up.
Mike Gravel said none of you all will see your tax system change during your lifetime based on what you have heard here. Wipe out income [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Sitting here in this building dedicated to Lyndon Baines Johnson who did so much to address poverty and education and issues of class, I am struck by how much we still have to do to realize the dream of a “Great Society.” The Covenant with Black America – or any social change that we strive to make – will only [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Can Gravel answer a question without first criticizing someone? My money says no. And as far as abolishing the income tax for a consumption tax is concerned, is it just me or would that aggravate the situation? If there is a poor family who spends every cent they earn, living paycheck-to-paycheck, wouldn’t [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m not sure why, on the topic of HIV/AIDS, no one talked about comprehensive sex education. For me, accesability to comprehensive sex eduaction is one of the biggest factors in the prevention of STDs. Why no one touched abstience-only education is confusing to me.
And again, what is Gravel talking about? How did [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Democracy's Challenge, Evaluation, Get Involved, Idea Exchange, LBJ Library, PBS All-American Presidential Forums, Texas Forums Events, deliberate, social networking on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
It would be interesting if they said something we hadn’t heard. Barack makes a joke about “No Child Left Behind” and talks about the money left behind but doesn’t get a big response here. Bonnie observes that most of the people here are taking it all blandly and no one is getting up [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Gov. Richardson’s line that ‘people don’t ask how we are going to get the money for the war’ referencing education spending was the best applause line of the night so far from here. I don’t understand why Democrats don’t hit on points like this more outside of Presidental Forums. I really think this [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Democracy's Challenge, Dialogue and Deliberation Models, Facing Racism, Get Involved, Guest Bloggers, LBJ Library, PBS All-American Presidential Forums, Texas Forums Events, deliberate on June 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Tavis’s show at PBS is now begining and it’s talking about the “Covenant with Black America.” The G21 team here, Allaina and I are Blogging on the event. It turns our that Yours Unruly is a celeb because I’m the only working journalist at the event. I was interviewed by a [...]
Posted in Citizen Journalism, Commentary, Guest Bloggers, PBS All-American Presidential Forums on June 29, 2007 | No Comments »
We’ve got just over 25 people in Carver Library. About 3/4 appear to be African American.
Dennis Kucinich’s response to the first question has so far brought the most positive murmurs from our group. Given that Kucinich is the candidate who often makes the most radical and inflammatory statements, and is seen as a [...]
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