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Alexander Cockburn in Aberdeen

Submitted by Rick on Wed, 10/12/2005 - 5:11pm.

Start: Oct 14 2005 - 12:30pm

Alexander Cockburn, the outspoken columnist for the Nation Magazine and numerous newspapers and magazines across the country ,will appear in Aberdeen on Oct.14th, 7:30 pm at the Polish Club, 823 West 1st in Aberdeen, WA. The tickets are $ 7.50 ,available at the door. Dont miss his hard - hitting political analysis and biting,irrevernt wit. Then on Saturday, Oct. 15th, the ACLU-WA Grays Harbor County Chapter invites you to their ANNUAL MEETING. Alexander Cockburn will also be the guest speaker at this event, which will take place between 1 & 4 pm. There will be food & refreshments. This is a "laid-back get-together" to meet new people and generally have a good time. The meeting will be held at O'Leary Creek Farms 1124-1128 State Route 105,Westport. For more detailed directions to both these events,you can call Fred at 360-482-1492 (long distance from Olympia)

Eve Rickert

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Two observations to share her

Submitted by stevenl on Thu, 10/13/2005 - 9:06am.

Two observations to share here. First, if there was ever a county in Washington that was run by the good ol' boy system, it is Grays Harbor County, where I have resided for many years. This county has not elected a Republican to county office in 5 decades. The last time they elected a Republican (in 1954, I think), he switched parties after obtaining office. In 1972, Grays Harbor and Pacific were the only two counties to vote for the guy I was doing volunteer work for, George McGovern. Here in McCleary they had an election joke. The vote counter is counting ballots: "Democrat, Democrat, Democrat, Republican, Democrat, Democrat, Republican.-- That son of a bitch voted twice!" Anyway, over time, it became obvious that any Grays Harborite with political ambition, regardless of political philosophy, had to run as a Democrat in order to get elected. I went to the county convention in 1988 and thought I was listening to the other side. Except for union issues, I thought I was hearing a bunch of Republicans when they expressed their views on the environment, on race, on abortion, on government protection of consumers. The recent decision to reopen the ORV racetrack is another example, all three politicians who voted to open it call themselves Democrats. This is the world Cockburn will be entering and I would enjoy hearing his take on our Third World county. Secondly, if you are a movie buff, here's some Cockburn trivia. His father wrote the novel "Beat the Devil," which was later made into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones. It is one of my favorite Bogart films. In his book "Corruptions of Empire," Cockburn has a whole chapter about this book/movie and is worth reading on many levels.

Unfortunately, Cockburn's vis

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 12:06am.

Unfortunately, Cockburn's visit was last month. I think he has written about it some though in various places on the internet. I read an article of his in which he mentioned cold smoking salmon (which he had caught himself, presumably.)

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