Tag Archives: Eddie Burke

My story of 2009

By Mel | Published: Friday, 1 January 2010
Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours.
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Righty-tighty mobocracy

By Mel | Published: Monday, 10 August 2009
I’ve read two reports now of anti-health care reform protesters at Senator Mark Begich’s health care press conference heckling and shouting down a lung cancer patient on oxygen tanks who was attempting to testify.  The first report came via a tweet from Celtic Diva, who wrote, Per Blogger Jeanette: At hc presser — man on oxygen [...]
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Three things I did at lunchtime

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 25 June 2009
This post has nothing to do with the Anchorage equal rights ordinance — aren’t you glad for a break? — but two of the things I did have to do with two of our staunch allies in that fight.  The third is just for fun.  We need it. One. I’ve been aware for several days of Linda [...]
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Listening to Eddie

By Mel | Published: Thursday, 14 May 2009
Yesterday, in between finding myself in front of a TV camera at lunchtime & watching the results in the evening, I listened in on Eddie Burke’s talk radio show on KBYR 700-AM.  I’d heard Mr. Burke would be devoting his show to discussion of the equal rights ordinance that was introduced the night before in [...]
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