The public relations voice of any public agency could be viewed as the bastard child of communications and the public's right to know - in this instance, law enforcement Minneapolis style?

Tea pot in a tempest: ...And any time public information is restricted; limited to one voice, one department within a security agency - here being the local police department - then it is wise I assume, to qualify that policy/position with more than a brief memo to establish its legitimacy... so...

Suburbs of-a-certain-age, like the Richfield I remember, had no alleys, no sidewalks; garages that faced the street so garbage cans were part of the main street 'sculpture'. Great aesthetics indeed.

One sidewalk now runs along the side of my in-law's former home today, I noticed by perusing in a Google map, street view . Otherwise their street looks the same "50's style; same old quick-fix planning that the housing boom probably justified at the time. Richfield, Bloomington were a...

No... no "Jewish hatred" here... for that culture is embedded in my heritage and my personal respect for Jewish culture begins with Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber and his words; words that are respected by many whatever one's orientation, but Israel has two faces and here is where

hate rises so easily with misunderstanding and condemns that rights of others.

Maybe there lies the root of hatred...yours maybe?

Not mine... and what I speak of now is the loss of...

I applaud Bruce Springsteen but hope Tom Morello, Night Watchman - two who have shared stage a couple times - would make it here in concert soon or sooner.

Harvard grad, Chicago kid Tom Morello has a fine song that would make God Bless America look almost arthritic..."The Road I Must Travel"...

...at least I hope Obama sings it in the shower at times to give himself inspiration; to energize him with a embedded sense of revolutionary power and grace... yes indeed.