Things I Like Vol. 9

Ten People/Places/Things, etc. That Rock My World

1) Alero Mexican Restaurant, Washington DC
2) DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
3) Martin Luther King, a hero for the ages
4) Code Pink - Women for Peace
5) Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
6) "Unforgiveable Blackness" - documentary
dir. by Ken Burns
7) Steve Earle
8) "David Ruffin" - unreleased song by Marah
9) Rock Creek Park, Washington DC
10) "Democracy Now" - program on Pacifica Radio Network



Hero of the Week: Howard Dean, for daring to propose
much-needed changes to the Democratic Party's agenda

Villain of the Week: White House spokesman Dan Bartlett, the public
apologist for the Bush Administration