The Learning Center in Exile

The Learning Center, once a viable institution in New Orleans as a part of the New Orleans Public Library, like much of New Orleans no longer exists, it was washed away by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The Learning Center in Exile has become one of a documentation of my and others' rites of passage toward personal progress like getting a decent job at middle age or finishing school. It is also a place for political and societal rantings. All of this is to keep you reading here.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

One Percent To 99: Stop Picking On Us

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I shall be pleased only when they send them to the jail they deserve... ­for a long time. The disaster they have wrought on this country des...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

New Hampshire 'Birther' Hearing: State Attorney General Michael Delaney Calls For Investigation

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Whenever a republican speaks Gnarls Barkley's Crazy should be playing in the background letting us know know that what is being said is ...

HuffPost Says Thanks: What We're Grateful For This Year

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I am thankful for God, family, friends, employment ­, a smart President, great governor, the best mayor and a really tasty meal today. Happy...

Rick Santorum: Africa 'Was A Country On The Brink' (VIDEO)

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Regardless as to how much disappoint ­ment folks may have in President Obama hands down he is head and shoulders better than the troupe of c...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Human Rights Campaign: MSNBC Should 'Sanction' Pat Buchanan

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It is well past time for MSNBC to dumb Pat Buchanan. Let him buy his own platform to spew his ignorance and hate or go to FoxNews where he f...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Ending The War In Iraq: How Obama's Own Rhetoric -- And George Bush's Pact -- Boxed In The President

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Well, thank God Bush blundered into getting us out of the war. I am also thankful that the Iraqis wanted us out so much that nothing we coul...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Netflix Account Losses Much Higher Than Expected After Pricing Backlash

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I love Netflix but the pricing snafu was simply dumb. Greed will kill a good product. They were gaining subscriber ­s since old subscriber ­...
Thursday, October 06, 2011

Obama: Wall Street Protests Express Public's Anger

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I am voting for President Obama again because he has done very good things for this country. Am I pleased with the fact that the banking ind...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Fred Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Leader, Dies At 89

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Too often the word great is used to describe people. In the case of Dr. Shuttleswo ­rth the word great does not fully describe him it merely...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

House Republican Bills Would Block New National Monuments On Public Land

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How do you respond to a group of people who have no shame or even a shred of decency? Some of the best things we have to offer are our beaut...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Corporations Tailoring Product Lines To Reflect Growing Income Inequality

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I'd like to add for most of us to your statement. It seems that it is doing quite well for 20% of the population ­. About Unemployment R...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Onyango Obama, Uncle Of President, Arrested For Drunk Driving

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Who among us has control over grown relatives? My question is why is the picture of Mr. Obama looking so menacing and in black and white whe...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads

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Good morning Sunday TeeVee Talk Shows avoiders! After an absence to bury my Ma who lived to be 97 years old I am back. I was missing only yo...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Here Is A Paragraph Thomas Friedman Wrote About Kevin Costner And Golf That Will Save The Obama Administration, Apparently

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Frankly, I loved Caddy Shack. I find it more applicable than Tin Cup and funnier too. Tom Friedman needs to retire. About Barack Obama Read...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Florida's High-Speed Rail Money Officially Sent To Northeast Corridor

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I agree. We have handily missed the infrastruc ­ture boat and are years behind Europe, China and Some countries in South America. Investing ...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Aurelia Joseph Barabino 1913-2011

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On Thursday, July 21 I wrote the following message to my email group who had read my and my mother's escapades: My Ma...Is dying. She is...

Tavis Smiley: Obama Is The First President Who Hasn't Invited Me To White House

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That is not true. Black voters had a high turnout and voted overwhelmi ­ngly for President Obama. The problem with this next election will b...

Thomas Friedman Dreams Of A 'Grand Bargain,' In Which Sentimentality Saves America

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My thoughts of Mr. Friedman run from crazy as hell to what a jackass! Really, my ideas after a few rounds of martinis are loads better than ...

Tavis Smiley: Obama Is The First President Who Hasn't Invited Me To White House

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We are diverted from the fact of depression level unemployme ­nt in the black community by the whinings of two grown men about another grown...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Recovery Job Growth Concentrated In Low-Paying Occupations

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They paid someone to write this? They paid someone to research this?...ta ­lk about out of control spending. All they had to do is ask me. I...
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