On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:30:56 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:34:23 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:56:22 -0600, Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>
>>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 16:05:51 -0600, Chris Marksberry wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> When we drive though that area I get preoccupied wondering how those
>>> people
>>>>> who live in the middle of nowhere manage to shop or do anything for that
>>>>> matter. I'm just a city girl though. I guess Clayton Williams still
>>> lives
>>>>> there... the guy who so infamously insulted Ann Richards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> claytie? i'm guessing ann got her own back.
>>>
>>> I met Ann years ago here in Chicago, on Michigan Avenue. I wanted to shake
>>> her hand and did so, saying I really admired her, to which she responded,
>>> "Thank you, honey!" along with a dazzling smile. She was a REAL gal...and a
>>> GREAT one, too.
>>>
>>> Texas always struck me as a rather schizophrenic place, you had real
>>> populists like her, Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, and LBJ, and then you had
>>> the 'distaff' side of that. Very' interesting' to say the least...
>>
>>i was sad to learn of ann's death, and of course molly's, too. funny
>>ladies.
>>
> The Texas Observer has a fun tribute to Molly he
> http://www.texasobserver.org/molly/

thanks for posting this, modom. i have a couple of her books, including
'molly ivins can't say that can she?'. i gave a copy of the latter to my
mother.

i just ordered 'who let the dogs in?' used from amazon. should also be
fun.

your pal,
blake