Odds And Ends -- The Sylvia's Edition
News tidbits for you and yours this holiday season:
Caroline Kennedy joined the Rev. Al Sharpton today for lunch at the famous Harlem soul food restaurant Sylvia's. On the menu? Chicken and chatter -- and a photo op.
Pres.-elect Barack Obama is set to announce that retired Navy Adm. Dennis Blair will be his intelligence chief.
IL AG Lisa Madigan said today the state will not foot the bill for Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal fees.
Obama defended his decision to allow evangelical Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inaugural. Gay groups and many on the left have registered their strong disapproval. Warren, senior pastor of the Saddleback Church in Southern California, supported the Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in CA. Obama, today: "I'm a fierce advocate for equality for gay and lesbian Americans. It's something that I have been consistent on and something that I will continue to be consistent on during my presidency. What I've also said is that it is important for America to come together even though we may have disagreements on certain social issues."
President Bush will host a lunch for Obama with all four living former presidents, including, of course, the first President Bush, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Another effort to make the transition move smoothly and amicably.
Paul Weyrich, conservative icon, coiner of the phrase "moral majority," dead at 66.
"...it is important for America to come together even though we may have disagreements on certain social issues."
Poverty is a social issue. Bestowing second class status of gays and lesbians and women in general is a human rights issue.
PEBO needs to learn the difference.