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Interview with Pelosi challenger Shirley Golub
Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 12:16 am | Rosalea Barker
CAPTION: Shirley Golub, who is challenging Nancy Pelosi to be the Democratic candidate for the 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House, with downtown San Francisco in the background More >>
Stateside: National Train Day
Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 10:32 pm | Rosalea Barker
The first annual National Train Day fell on a weekend. So I took a little trip on the Capitol Corridor, which runs from San Jose to Sacramento and is the third-busiest passenger line in the USA. More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 10
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 6:59 pm | Rosalea Barker
On one of the many TV morning news show that I skimmed across before setting out for work this morning, it was stated that John Edwards won 7 percent of the vote in West Virginia on Tuesday. Odd, I thought, since no mention has been made of what ... More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Daughters Day
Monday, 12 May 2008, 11:54 am | Rosalea Barker
By the power vested in me as POTUS (Person of Totally Unbridled Skepticism) I hereby declare Sunday, May 11, 2008, Daughters Day. And now, briefly, some daughters of note—a very screechy high C, to be exact. More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 9
Monday, 5 May 2008, 12:46 am | Rosalea Barker
Although current news is focused on the North Carolina and Indiana primaries to be held this coming Tuesday, voters in the Oregon primaries (to be decided May 20) were mailed their ballots last week and some might vote before those other two primaries ... More >>
ANZAC Day Commemorative Ceremony in San Francisco
Tuesday, 29 April 2008, 12:20 am | Rosalea Barker
This year’s ANZAC Day Commemorative Ceremony in San Francisco was held on Sunday, April 27, in the Log Cabin in the Presidio . The Presidio had been home to the military forces of three nations—Spain, Mexico, and the United States—between 1776 and ... More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 8
Monday, 21 April 2008, 11:46 am | Rosalea Barker
After watching the Democratic candidates debate on Wednesday evening, and Republican John McCain’s interview on This Week on Sunday, I am casting about the world for some other country’s election to vote in come November. Any country. Just please ... More >>
Stateside: World Affairs by the Numbers
Monday, 21 April 2008, 10:55 am | Rosalea Barker
(An imaginary 2007 phone conversation)B43: Hi Papa, howzit goin? BXVI: Same old, same old. Whassup witchu, buddy? More >>
Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act
Monday, 14 April 2008, 9:27 am | Rosalea Barker
Rep. Holt’s HR 5036, the Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act, is listed among the bills that might come to the House floor the week beginning April 14. After its introduction on January 17, HR 5036 was referred to both the Committee on House ... More >>
NH Impeachment Resolution: Betty Hall Interview
Saturday, 12 April 2008, 3:12 pm | Rosalea Barker
As someone who once helped a group of people push a stranded scow back out into the Pacific Ocean, I know personally what people can achieve when the tide is right. In this brief email interview with Betty Hall , she says: More >>
Stateside: Let’s Play Spot the Torch!
Friday, 11 April 2008, 9:54 am | Rosalea Barker
Sensible people stayed at home and watched the Olympic Torch Relay on the telly this afternoon, but I decided it was too nice a spring day to stay inside so I ventured over to the Embarcadero section of the relay route in San Francisco. More >>
San Francisco Leg of Olympic Torch Relay
Thursday, 10 April 2008, 10:12 am | Rosalea Barker
Stateside With Rosalea Barker San Francisco Leg of Olympic Torch Relay The Year of the Yak More >>
New Hampshire Legislature to Vote on Impeachment
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 4:49 pm | Rosalea Barker
On April 16, the New Hampshire legislature will consider House Resolution 24, a resolution petitioning Congress to commence impeachment procedures. Introduced by veteran legislator Betty Hall , 87, its successful passage would create U.S. history. More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 7
Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 1:09 pm | Rosalea Barker
Please pardon this fat lady while she sings you a metaphor. The National Cherry Blossom Festival began in DC this Saturday prompting me to wonder if Obama is feeling optimistic. More >>
Stateside With Rosalea: Death of a Rabbi
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 12:17 pm | Rosalea Barker
As me dear old Dad was fond of saying wryly: the Lord moves in mysterious ways. And so it was that on Easter Sunday, I woke up so late I caught just the closing credits for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and had to bunny-hop across the channels ... More >>
Rosalea Barker: So? And so on.
Friday, 21 March 2008, 12:58 am | Rosalea Barker
Here’s a snippet from the transcript of an interview aired on this evening’s ABC News between correspondent Martha Raddatz and Vice President Cheney: More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 6
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 10:15 am | Rosalea Barker
Here is the March 17, 2008, statement of Florida’s state Democratic Party Chair, Karen Thurman, about why they are not going to seek a re-vote of their primary. The link to it on their website is here . By following that link, you’ll also find ... More >>
Mr Obama Lights a Fire in a Hole in the Ground
Thursday, 20 March 2008, 10:12 am | Rosalea Barker
If I never felt like donating to anybody’s campaign before, I’ve certainly been tempted to contribute to Obama’s this past couple of weeks, out of sheer disgust with his rival. When will Rice Pudding realize the folly of putting Cinnamon Stick ... More >>
Rosalea Barker: At least the girl got paid
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 1:20 pm | Rosalea Barker
Not that I went looking for it, but a column I wrote back in June 2003 about the 2004 elections suddenly swam back into view yesterday. Back then, the New York Times was embroiled in the outing of Valerie Plame saga, but aside from the reference to ... More >>
An Occasional Note on the 2008 Campaigns, No. 5
Friday, 7 March 2008, 11:35 pm | Rosalea Barker
Although the major Democratic presidential candidates did not campaign in Florida prior to the primary in January, that state’s Democratic convention happened to coincide with Clinton’s 60th birthday last October. More >>
