Hi, everybody!

Well, I just cannot believe what had happened this week!  Can you believe it?  A Republican ended up with Edward Kennedy's Senate seat!  And in so-called liberal Massachusetts, too!  I had to call up one of my cousins who live in Boston and ask, "What the heck happened?  How could Coakley possibly lose the most important Senate seat in modern history to a--a--Republican?"  Well, she said that, from what she heard, people are not too happy with how slow the current Administration is in solving all the problems this country is currently facing, and people just got tired of waiting.  They wanted to send some kind of message to Washington (well, they did just that) that they'd better do something about getting things done, or there will be a repeat of what just happened in Massachusetts, happening all over the country come November.  Well, sure, it's taking a little more time to get things done in this country, but we must also remember exactly what kind of bummed-up shape the previous Administration left this country in (two senseless, meaningless wars, jobs being shipped to everywhere but within this country, stores closing right and left all over this country, a deep recession, being careful not to call this a depression) and sometimes, dear friends, cleaning up mess takes a little longer than we had expected it would.

The second big shock that happened this week is the fact that the Supreme Court of the land just gave American citizenship to--the big butt corporations of America.  That's right!  You heard me!  The United States Supreme Court has just decided that the corporations in this country has the same rights as human beings and, therefore, they have a right to be heard as well, especially around, oh, I don't know, election time, maybe?  And you know what that could mean.  It could mean that those candidates with the biggest bucks behind them, could have a better chance or winning elections.  If this sounds like something that you should be afraid of, you're right, for someone who is not as qualified, but has a lot of corporate money behind him or her, could have a better chance of getting into office than someone who is qualified but doesn't have a lot for financial backing.  Hmm. sounds exactly like what just happened in Massachusetts to me.

The third big blow to us progressives that happened this week is the death of that progressive radio network, Air America, something that, to tell you the truth, was not as unexpected as what just happened in Massachusetts and in the Supreme Court.  We progressives saw this day coming many years ago.  Air America started out with a good idea, giving progressives the same voice on the radio that conservatives always had, but, really folks, this ship was never properly run.  The network was primarily run by writers and well knowns who wanted to show how progressive they really were, but it was never run by professional broadcasters, which conservative radio always was.  That's the reason why it had to go.  However, just because it's the end of Air America does not mean it's the end of progressive radio.  Just as long as the airwaves exist in one form or another, we progressives will always have a soap box to stand on and tell it to you like it really is.  And as long as we progressive stick together, we can fight anything, even when it seems that the cards a severely stacked against us.

Well, that's all for today.  Until next time, be well, stay well, and don't forget our brethren and sisteren in Haiti.  Give what you can!

Sincerely,




Marley Sue