Eclectique Citizen: WI Voter ID Hokey Pokey

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 16:44 | Category : Eclectique Citizen, Politics, Voting Rights
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Remember the suggestion Voter Rights groups made for people to take video or camera phones to the polls and record any hanky panky on election day? Well, someone’s got a jump start on 2012 in Wisconsin documenting their son’s hokey pokey for obtaining a voter ID under the new Walker law. The following YouTube video [...]

The Mourning After

Monday, 25 July 2011, 14:44 | Category : international affairs, Justice and the Law, national security, Religion, White/Euro American
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The tragedy in Oslo is very disturbing. I’m sure many Muslims around the world breathed a sign of relief when Anders Behring Breivik was taken into custody to be charged with the bombing of a government building and the brutal shooting massacre of youth at a state sponsored camp. Terrorism under “God, Christ and country” [...]

Everybody Dance Now!

Friday, 22 July 2011, 10:15 | Category : Culture, Dance, DC
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From my friend Beverly who heads the National Hand Dance Association: The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities 2011 Dance DC Festival THE NATIONAL HAND DANCE ASSOCIATION (NHDA) presents “Hand Dance: From Classic to Contemporary” Saturday, July 23, 2011 2:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m. The National Portrait Gallery (indoor Atrium) 750 9th Street, NW [...]

President’s Weekly: Short & Tweet

Monday, 11 July 2011, 20:31 | Category : Barack Obama, DNC, DNC Convention, Politics
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A White House Twitter town hall may have the advantage of limiting comments to succinct 40 word questions, and add another first for the 44th President. After tweeting with the American people, the President’s Weekly, turns to the Congress to get the job done. Ideology seems to keep everyone in lock step. Republicans will not [...]

2011 Folklife Festival – Not to Be Missed

Yesterday I attended the opening ceremonies of the Smithsonian Institution’s annual Folklife Festival which the attention of returning back to my desktop by 2 PM. I didn’t get back until 5. There was no way I was going to miss the Funk Brothers, the Motown studio sessions band. Where do you think the Motown sound [...]