Wednesday. Thats how that calendar shakes out this year, with july 4th on tuesday. And by num logical magic, that is also the way the calendar shook out in 1978. Calendar fell the same way that year. July 4th was on a tuesday. Lots of people got off the 3rd and the 4th. But pretty much everybody had to come back to work after an extra long weekend for the 5th and the 6th. Except in denver, colorado that year. Right after the 4th of july in 1978 in denver, colorado, everybody tried to come back to work on the 5th but nobody could get the work. At least nobody could get there on time. This was the headline from the Rocky Mountain news in colorado on july 6th, 1978. The 6th was the day after everybody was supposed to get back to work, right . After the long Independence Day weekend. You see the headline there. Disabled, snarled traffic in protest. Quoting from the article, about 25 disabled persons seized two buses during wednesday mornings downtown rush hour snarling traffic and daring p
And the newest creative truth, birthright citizenship gone. President trump can change it by executive order. Mr. President , do you really think you can defy the constitution by fiat or another promise . Is the gop okay with this strategy. Many leaders sit mum but not all. We have a member of congress tonight who says it must stop here. And just days after the worst massacre of jews in american history, a candidate for state office targets his jewish opponent with an argument that some say is antisemitic. Is it . Lets get after it. There were some protests that greeted the president today when he landed in pittsburgh even as he did the right things there. He laid stones and White Flowers for the 11 people who have been massacred. He went to see victims in the hospital. The protests were because of everything that he had said before today. Those words are being being felt especially in pittsburgh, especially after that massacre. The demonstrators included some of the victims from this
Humanitarian work with president clinton in the years after the presidency and, of course, so much action in between. Although his presidency just lasted one term, he oversaw some of the most defining moments of u. S. Foreign policy. He guided the breakup of the soviet union, an Operation Desert Storm known by most of us as the gulf war. The former president s final words were to his son george w. Bush who told him he had been a wonderful dad and that he loved him. Bush 41 told his son, i love you too. Today, bush 43 remembered his father as a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for. President trump who has publicly fought with the bush family said this in argentina today. I express deepest sympathies. We were just talking about it. He was a wonderful man. I met him on numerous occasions. He was a high quality man who truly loved his family, one thing that came through loud and clear, was very proud of his family and very much loved his family, so
This audience traveled from far and wide, thank you for dealing with the elements, and they did so to represent their communities. How do we heal when this happens to us . No one and nowhere is immune. El paso, dayton, sandy hook, las vegas, virginia tech, columbine, chicago, many of the people here survived the bullets that tore through their bodies, changed their lives and changed their communities. Many lost loved ones. Some are advocates for reform. Some work in the firearm industry. Others work to limit that industrys reach. We also invited the National Rifle association to be a part of this, they declined. I guess they want to do their talking with propaganda ads and millions in lobbying. Besides, lets be honest, the gun lobby is not going to be the answer. And that shouldnt be expected anymore than we expected big tobacco to help us expose the ills of smoking. The reality is, people like you are the answer, and there can be no sides when it comes to wanting to be safer, better p
Survivors, the same kind of strength i saw on the ground in el paso. This audience traveled from far and wide, thank you for dealing with the elements, and they did so to represent their communities. How do we heal when this happens to us . No one and nowhere is immune. El paso, dayton, sandy hook, las vegas, virginia tech, columbine, chicago, many of the people here survived the bullets that tore through their bodies, changed their lives and changed their communities. Many lost loved ones. Some are advocates for reform. Some work in the firearm industry. Others work to limit that industrys reach. We also invited the National Rifle association, the flori to of this, they declined. I guess they want to do their talking with propaganda ads and millions in lobbying. Besides, lets be honest, the gun lobby is not going to be the answer. And that shouldnt be expected anymore than we expected big tobacco to help us expose the ills of smoking. The reality is, people like you are the answer, an