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, June 26, 2012

House Republicans Fail To Hold Promised Hearing On Drug Testing The Jobless

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Your experience mirrors my own. Unemployment insurance just barely keeps you going while you furiously search for a job. Searching for a job...
Friday, June 22, 2012

Miami Heat Win 2012 NBA Championship: LeBron James Leads Way Over Oklahoma City Thunder

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KING JAMES! The first in what will become a few championship rings. Congratulations King and the mighty Miami Heat. Read the Article at Huff...
Friday, March 23, 2012

Trayvon Martin Case Protests Across Nation Culminate With Show Of Strength In Florida

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Although there are many people to thank for bringing Trayvon Martin's case to public attention it has been Trymaine Lee who has been con...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Trayvon Martin Killing's Youngest Witness, 13, Still Can Hear The Screams

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My heart breaks for the parents. I have 16 year old and I am like most parents terrified that something like this would happen to him. Where...
Friday, March 16, 2012

New Mexico Mayor David Lansford's Obama Remarks Lead City Official To Resign, Consider Recall Effort

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Good Lord! These folks are crazy as all get out. So, let me see...President Obama was recruited in his 20's to seek the Presidency, and ...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Obama's Religion Still A Campaign Issue: Many Alabama, Mississippi Voters Believe President Is Muslim

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No, because the President says so. In Christianity you profess your belief. He has. No one has the right to question what he believes becaus...
Friday, March 02, 2012

Joe Arpaio, Prominent Sheriff, Unveils Results Of Investigation Into Obama Birth Certificate

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What a chucklehead! Stop, I mean it. Stop bringing this nonsense up as if the facts will change. The President of the United States is a bl...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Santorum: Separation Of Church And State 'Makes Me Want To Throw Up'

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Taliban Rick. The USA as a theocracy. What next burkas and stoning? Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Melissa Harris-Perry On 'The Help': 'Appalled At The Gross Historical Inaccuracies' (VIDEO)

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The book nor the movie "The Help" are my cup of tea. As a black woman from the south with first hand knowledge of women who were m...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Rick Santorum: Obama Agenda Not 'Based On Bible'

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I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ though I am ashamed of some folks who call themselves Christian. If Santorum chooses to promo...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

In Rediscovered Letter From 1865, Former Slave Tells Old Master To Shove It

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One of the best letters I have read. Biting humor always seems to hit the mark. It probably went over the Col.'s head. Read the Article ...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Obama Sings Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together' At Apollo Theater In Harlem (VIDEO)

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Love it! Our President can croon! I vote for him to jump start "One Nation Under a Groove" as his acceptance music/song ­. THAT wo...
Monday, January 16, 2012

The Movement Never Realized by Dr. King Is Still Needed Today

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While reading and listening to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words again in honor of his birthday celebration, I am astounded by his pr...
Sunday, January 08, 2012

Newt Gingrich 'Irritated' By Outrage Over His Comments On Food Stamps

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Newt isn't ignorant. He knows exactly what he said and exactly why he said it. It is a proven fact that if you want to score points with...

'Allen Gregory' Canceled: Fox On Fate Of 'House,' 'Fringe' And 'Terra Nova'

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Bones and Fringe are the only two Fox TV shows I ever watch. If they are cancelled then I will send it along to rest with my NBC channel I d...
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...
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