The Casey Lartigue Show!

he can do it in less than that--"shut down the economy."

not in Iraq or Detroit, but in Darfur...

The question is now on outsourcing. It is always amazing how the various levels of government make it difficult to do business, then those same geniuses in government, respond, " whaddayamean they moved their headquarters to Thailand ?" But they can always fix that by "investing" with subsidies and tax breaks... CJL

The response to Katrina is only a disappointment if you have expectations from government. Which would you trust to get to you faster after a catastrophe, All State or FEMA ? CJL

Wickham notes that blacks are 29% of those arrested, whites 70% of those arrested, but that more blacks are inmates. As long as Wickham isn't being more specific about the statistics, such as mentioning which types of crimes lead to blacks being more likely to be inmates, I'll do the same: I know the point they focused on is that it is unfair that blacks are more likely to be in jail, but since most crimes are intraracial , wouldn't that mean that white victims are more likely to have their victimizers on the loose, and that black victims are more likely to have their victimizers put in jail for a longer period of time? CJL

Gravel says something dramatic that I agree with--end the War on Drugs. It "creates criminals out of people who are not criminals." The audience isn't with him, however. Unfortunately, based on my experience as a radio host, you can't just always talk sense on race issues--you must also add a conspiracy theory to it. Gravel would have gotten more applause if he had said that the War on Drugs is a conspiracy against blacks....

As usual, the politicians talk about the great things they'll do and talk about--but nothing about ways to increase the power of parents when it comes to education choices. If the great Plan A of each candidate falls through, what is Plan B for families? As usual, even the Democrats on the stage who have supported education choice in the past are afraid to mention it. I guess they still remember the way Lieberman got beat up back in 2000, and these candidates may still want to run as the VP... CJL

On the issue of race: Clinton goes first, (surprisingly) without her Selma accent. Biden doesn’t mention that there is a clean and article black person on the stage. Richardson says the next president must talk about race…we need less talk about race, and more about individual action. Edwards said something, apparently to help us transition to the only somewhat black candidate on the panel. Obama has the home field advantage being at Howard, but doesn’t do much with the initial question. Kucinich says that people are told to raise themselves up by their own bootstraps, but then they steal the boots. He gets the loudest cheers. This will be a long night if that continues... Gravel —who? Dodd —like the 64th team in the NCAA basketball pool, Dodd should be one and done. Brb, I’m checking on the NBA draft… CJL

These folks are so impressed with themselves. I hope the rhymes are kept to minimum. Deval Patrick deserves credit for saving the introduction though.

The first question—is race still the most intractable problem? News flash, everyone: The Civil Rights Act passed more than 4 decades. It is time to get your own act together.

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