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The Latest On Tent City's Closing

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I was fortunate enough to attend the scheduled meeting with the executive director of Inner cities, Lytle and his right-hand man, Joe yesterday. My colleague and friend Jeannie Alexander, along with Clifton Harris, were also there. Absent from the meeting was Father Strobel, but he'd spoken at length with Lytle prior to the meeting and conveyed his thoughts and impressions to us via phone.

Update On The Possible Closing Of Tent City

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After a flurry of activity over the past few days between a couple of long time Tent City residents and the primary source of the rumor that Inner Cities had requested help in closing the area, here is the latest:

Catalyst for Change

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I touched on this over in a comment at Moorethoughts, and I'll expound on the idea later, but I think one of the key factors in Obama's ascendancy in this nominating contest hasn't been his race, but rather his (and his campaign's) ability to learn from the lessons of previous elections in the past, and compose them in a message f

Tribal Influence

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What, that’s what I said not what I meant.

Respected liberal constitutional scholar and Obama supporter Laurence Tribe stated there was individual right to arms guaranteed by the constitution and noted he may have sway with the liberal justices in the Heller case. Now, he’s written a bit in the WSJ asserting basically that:

1) There is an individual right (I agree)

2) That right is not absolute (I also agree as no right is absolute)

3) Banning handguns

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