[AGL] Democrats with Balls

[Harry Edwards]

Wow, a woman guitarist with a great jazz name. Never heard of her. But 
I will check her out. Thanks.

On Apr 9, 2006, at 8:57 AM, Gerry wrote:

> Twisty,
> I'm not involved either, just sign petitions on the internet. Can't 
> help but
> notice, however, the differences in NM demos the texican variety. The 
> local
> folks will get after it when the chips are down. Seems like the old 
> demos in
> the lone star state were really good at drinking and bragging but 
> aside from
> a few leaders like LBJ and crew who had them together for awhile they 
> were
> always splintered. Racism had a lot to do with it as I recall.
>
> New subject: do you know about Mimi Fox? Jazz guitarist from NYC now in
> Berkeley? Real good player. I have a playlist of 3 of her albums I play
> while working outdoors (blasted through the open window). The plants 
> seem to
> like her a lot...
> G
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"
> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGL] Democrats with Balls
>
>
>> Gerry, I really haven't been keeping up, having become a raving
>> Independent, but on thee local level, a couple of promising young 
>> Demos
>> have won in the Primary, one on the County Comissioners (do they still
>> call it Commissioners Court?) and one who won in a special election to
>> the State Leg over a connected, funded Repuglycan. When the people
>> lead, the leaders will follow.                  twisty
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2006, at 10:14 PM, Gerry wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, we demos with balls are hard at it in NM. What are the texicans
>>> doing?
>>> Holding meetings at the scholtzgarden? Sending checks to moveon.com?
>>> G
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf at ev1.net>
>>> To: "ghetto 2" <ghetto2 at lists.whathelps.com>
>>> Cc: "ghetto survivors" <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 8:43 PM
>>> Subject: [AGL] Democrats with Balls
>>>
>>>
>>>>   Vermont Democrats Back Bush Impeachment
>>>> Sat Apr 8, 5:39 PM ET
>>>>
>>>> Leaders of the state Democratic Party voted Saturday to urge 
>>>> Congress
>>>> to begin impeachment proceedings against President Bush.
>>>>
>>>> The vote makes Vermont's Democratic Party committee the fifth to do
>>>> so,
>>>> following New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin, party
>>>> officials in Vermont said.
>>>>
>>>> Committee member Margaret Lucenti said the president had misled the
>>>> country into war, conducted illegal electronic spying on Americans 
>>>> and
>>>> violated international torture treaties.
>>>>
>>>> "I would hope that any one of these infractions would bring the
>>>> administration down," she said. "We need to restore accountability 
>>>> in
>>>> our federal government."
>>>>
>>>> James Barnett, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, called the
>>>> vote out of step.
>>>>
>>>> "This demonstrates that leaders of the Vermont Democratic Party are
>>>> among the most extreme in the nation to have taken this rather 
>>>> radical
>>>> and highly partisan step," he said.
>>>>
>>>> The committee decided against a proposal to urge impeachment of Vice
>>>> President Dick Cheney.
>>>>
>>>> "Let's keep it crisp," said committee member Billie Gosh. "Let's 
>>>> keep
>>>> it clear. Let's focus on the target."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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