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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Mitt Romney Offers Full-Throated Attack On Obama's 'Redistribution'

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Sad. That 47% crap is going to bite Gov. Mitt square on the rear of his pants. Whether or not your parents pay Federal income tax they pay t...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Rick Santorum: 'Smart People' Will Never Be On Our Side (VIDEO)

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30 years in the literacy movement...Rick is why reading and comprehension are tools for our national defense. I shall teach people to read a...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Jeb Bush: It's Time For Obama 'To Move On' From Blaming George W. Bush

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And we should care about his brother's feelings because...? Frankly, the mess we are in is expressly because of George Bush II's sup...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Tom Head, Texas Judge: Obama Reelection Could Lead To 'Civil War,' I'm Ready To 'Take Up Arms'

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That brick load is shy of many more than one brick. Please Texas start teaching United States of America civics. And it would help if folks ...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Todd Akin On Abortion: 'Legitimate Rape' Victims Have 'Ways To Try To Shut That Whole Thing Down' (VIDEO)

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Just when you think that we have moved forward as a society we are reminded by those who have been left behind. It astonishes me when some 1...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Mitt Romney Walks Back London Olympics Criticism (UPDATE)

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Well, this is it for me. I'm voting for the Arab, Kenyan, Muslim, foreign born in Hawaii guy. At least he can go to foreign lands and no...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Trial Set To Begin As State Concedes It Has No Proof Of In-Person Voter Fraud

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The matter would be settled in there were one voting requirement...a federal ID which all would have that be used for voting, registering fo...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

John Sununu: 'I Wish This President Would Learn How To Be An American'

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If you believe in America so much and desire the bankers who have wrought havoc on our economy to be without restrictions then why Mitt do y...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Slams Allen West As 'Unhinged'

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I was going to pass up this article because the Broward County Congressman may well be unhinged but I cannot fathom why the media promotes h...

Obama Singing Mocked By Mitt Romney Campaign

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The difference is that one campaign speaks on substantive issues an another campaign is just dangerously silly. This will be a hard uphill b...
Thursday, July 05, 2012

Chris Rock 'White People's Day' July 4th Tweet Sparks Controversy

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Chris is funny and making a pI rather like what Dr. Cone says about those people who are marginalized: "Anger and humor are like the le...
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...
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