Thanks to Eddie Griffin fellow AfroSpear and Afrosphere Bloggers Association member for sending me his thoughts on the Dallas City Hall scandal. Eddie 's Blog focuses mainly on issues involving the Justice System and he does an excellent job with local Ft. Worth issues as well. He's described on his...
I'd like to thank everyone for the calls and e-mails asking me if I was avoiding the scandal at Dallas City Hall. I know it was the front page story in the Dallas Morning News this week, but it just didn't rank all that high on my news meter. Sure...
Washington, DC – (Wednesday, October 3, 2007) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement today after President George Bush vetoed legislation to improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). "This could have been a day when the American people can be especially proud of their elected representatives...
It's just too much to ask for this President to fund anything besides the war and the wealthy. In explaining his veto of a bill extending healthcare coverage, to the children of working poor, the President says the compromise bill is "too costly." "This bill would shift [the program] away...
Dallas South Blog is featured on Wednesday's BlogJam at Politico.com. I have to thank Ryan Grim for conducting the interview which he received exactly as I was trying to get it across. Please take a moment to read the interview by clicking here . Feel free to leave a...
The blogosphere has afforded me to come across a number of like minded individuals spread across the net, some of whom I can now call my friends. One such person is Adrianne George who publishes the blog Black Women in Europe. Adrienne describes BWIE as having been "created by an...
Washington, DC – (Tuesday, October 2, 2007) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson along with CBC Chairwoman Kilpatrick, Majority Whip Clyburn, Congressmen Bobby Scott (VA), Meeks (NY), Meek (FL) and Congresswomen Christenson (VI), Clarke (NY), Richardson (CA), Jackson Lee (TX) met with some of the top officials at the Department of Defense...
Today opponents of the Bush Library and Institute vowed to continue their fight within the 11 million member United Methodist Church to deny approval to Southern Methodist University (SMU) to host the Bush complex. The South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church will meet in Dallas from July...
Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed the crowd as only he can. In the early afternoon when others had left (more on that later) Rev. Jackson excited a crowd that seemed to have grown weary from the heat. I know that CNN has run clips, but here are some of the highlights...
Washington, DC – (Wednesday, September 19, 2007) Today, CongresswomanEddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement in regards to the events in Jena, Louisiana: "While I cannot be there in person, I stand together with those who are traveling to Jena, Louisiana tomorrow to protest the injustices experienced by those...
