sully used excellent judgment when a sudden need developed. i admire his skill and professionalism.

“My biggest concern is that the dropout rate will be overlooked. That’s just as important as the economic crisis because our future depends on these children. ” great point, alma. coming from a republican, that means education is important to all parties. and seeing that children have food is an excellent cause—one that our government ought to take up.

libra, the house and senate voted to authorize the president to use military force AS A LAST RESORT. he chose to use it without letting the inspectors finish their rounds.

i never heard of a solar windmill before. solar power is accessed through use of photovoltaic cells, which maximize their access to sunlight. wind turbines, on another hand, take advantage of wind to turn physical energy into electrical energy.

deburca, did you mean jerry springer caliber?

meant for merrell

you go, girl!

i cannot add to the information here, but in my opinion, carolyn maloney would be a terrific senator.

liz, the ratings agencies cheated in our meltdown, rating risky new things AAA. therefore we do well to do our research, but have the raters cleaned up their acts? the banker in this family says minicipal bonds are a good investment right now.

but ada, we are americans, whose constitution affirms our rights to freedom of speech despite what bush and cheney did to put freedom of speech into concentration camps like guantanamo and “free speech zones.” hopefully eric holder will find a need to choose a special prosecutor to pursue the high crimes, including war crimes and felonies, of the bush/cheney administration.

hillary clinton has not yet been confirmed for secretary of state. it would be unseemly for paterson to appoint a successor to a sitting senator. that said, if you think gender or race should be in play, how about appointing the experienced carolyn maloney to the senate seat if it does become vacant? just because rod blagojevich doesn’t care whom he appoints doesn’t mean david paterson should be equally reckless.

let him pee in the cup and see if he has done drugs. he surely is delusional. that one is from lily of the valley. another said did he actually consider any of the people of new orleans at any point?

it is a subject for legislation because the supreme court did not see fit to be fair. if the court were composed largely of women who came of age in the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, ledbetter’s lawsuit would have had a cause for action. now give nancy pelosi credit for getting both equal pay acts through the house last week. maybe some of the republican women in the senate will prevent it from being filibustered.

Great interview; it makes me wish Vidal had written something about his thoughts on McVeigh. It is important that we try to understand this tendency to solve political problems with violence. How else will we stop the violence? Is the play going anywhere else in the US? Thanks, Joan-write more stuff for WOW-please.

merrell g-thanks for the link; we definitely have a troll here, to go along with the ones the site has grown (lol). happy new year!