8 years of Republican failures got us here.
The Republicans cry -- Obama is "The Messiah!" "The Anointed One!"
Mockery or not, unlike belief, Obama cannot miraculously change water into wine nor can he dismantle an eight year damage and fully repair it within 18 months.
What a mess we are in!
Terrific "Meet The Press."
Eager for the American Literature story. Fondly recall "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Another classic.
Memories taking us back to the corridors of High School!
"Promising news" from BP is good.
Looking forward to the broadcast.

Lester,

I must add "To Kill A Mockingbird" to my Reading List for the summer. The ending was powerful and

uplifting when Scout said Atticus was real nice, and the reply was "Most people are, Scout, when you

finally see them." I tuned in to the Today show this morning and saw you jamming with the

Steve Miller band. I understand you have acted in a few movies as well. You are multi-talented.

Phyllis

Good Evening Mr.Holt, A fine broadcast this evening as always.

First of all the report by Anne Thompson from Venice, LA concerning the ongoing effort to stop the oil leak in th Gulf. The crews working round the clock working on a new better fittign containment cap on the leaking pipe should have a positive result, but nobody is totally sure this will work to capture all the spewing oil. Seeing the oiul freely gushing into the Gulf is awful because it will most likely end up on the shorelines of the Gulf States. Altough seeing the ships burning off some of the captured oil is good along with the many skimmer boats there is a long way to go.

The report by Mr.Corwin about the wildlife showed how rescuing endangered sea turtles is so important. It was so good to see the turtle being taken care of by the workers and scubbing all the oil of the shell and body of hte turtle. One hopes the effort to save the nests by moving them to Florida beaches can help save the species.

On another note the report by Mr.Bazell from Port au Prince revealed how the situation in Haiti six months after the horrible earthquake is still extremely desperate. Seeing all the tents and shacks people are living with the intense heat and rain it is just heartbreaking. Such a slow process of cleaning up all the rubble throughout the city one hopes more progress will be made. Ones thoughts and prayers go out to all the people of the region.

Nice to see thousandsa gathered on the beach of Gulf Shores, Alabama to hear a free benefit concert by Jimmy Buffett and his band. A boost to the economy for an evening and brighten the spirits of the people.

The 50th Anniversary of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird' is quite remarkable. Certainly more than just a book and the film was unforgetable.

Thank You for the broadcast Mr.Holt. Peace to You and to All!

Lots of Love to Laurel,Jackie,Stephanie,Claudia,Celine,Anna,Lori,Cary and Matt!

Be Well Always!

Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard!

Take Care Always Richard and Crew!

XOXO

Lisa

I hope people are starting to wise up that taking a "collection" of people from the worst run states in the nation and putting them in charge of everything was a really bad ideaR. At least Obama/Biden still have their greatest accomplishment of not screwing up Bush's SOFA agreement with Iraq........................ YET

Hey Jimmy Buffet look for your information some where besides the New York media. You're being LIED to!! Still love ya man!! Some of the best times I've ever had were at his concerts.

Lester,It was required reading in my High school as well...I was able to see the movie all 4 years in High School.My choir teacher was also in the English dept. and each English teacher I had also decided show the movie it to their class even even the class was not reading the book.It was hands down my favorite book that we had to read in High School.

Hi Lester.....sadly I can't say I remember whether or not 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was required reading in my English class, but I will agree it IS a classic.

Great broadcast as always, and thanks to Mr Corwin for showing that piece about the endangered Sea Turtles. At least SOMETHING good is happening on the other side of all the negative in the Gulf!

Suprised that none of the networks mentioned that the character of Dill in TKAM is based on Harper Lee's childhood friend, Truman Capote.

Lee helped Capote research *In Cold Blood*, too.

hola, lester, when we moved to sierra vista, there was a string of little girls in town who were raped and murdered, their skulls were cracked with a large rock. the town was going crazy. the police dept. arrested and charged a young african-american boy that was seriously mentally challenged that lived down the street from us. i didn't realize that was who they had charged with the murders until i did something called 'the citizen police academy'. when i heard that in class that night, i was appalled. i knew enough about the boy that i knew that he didn't have the acumen to have written the threatening note that the police had as evidence. apparently, the p.d. was under extreme pressure to find the murderer. i don't know what the statistics actually are for unsolved murders in this country, but it's way up there, i did read an article on the subject once. it's not like 'law and order' and the other police shows that you see. there is alot of unsolved crime. and there are probably more innocent people spending their lifetimes in jail for crimes they did not commit than we know. best, anna martina