From Kerry to Hillary

I have a gut feeling that if Hillary is the Democratic nominee, Wesley Clark is going to be running with her. Take that, war hero McCain! Wesley seems to have come out of a long hibernation at this exact point in time. Coincidence?

The best part is there's probably free wine

The theme of BECA gallery’s second international exhibition, opening April 5, 2008, is ‘Mirror for the 21st Century’ curated and juried by Helen Pheby, PhD, Deputy Curator, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England. Helen writes, "The works in the exhibition illustrate various and diverse aspects of life in the twenty-first century. From cultural references that position the maker’s place in history, such as space flight and genetic research, through the use of media available only by recent technological developments, to a specific but momentary fingerprint in time, the exhibition reflects our contemporary age; its concerns; its hopes and, above all, its beauty." ‘Mirror for the 21st Century’ will run from April 5 – May 23, 2008 with an opening artist reception on April 5th from 6-9pm.

The gallery is pleased to announce that the following artists have been selected for this international group exhibition:

Sara Andersdotter (London, UK), Yep, it's me (Louisiana, USA), Deborah Brooks (Washington, DC, USA), Susan Cutts (West Sussex, UK), Odette England (London, UK), Rosanne Erskine (Scotland, UK), Tracey Featherstone and Krista Connerly (Ohio, USA), Elana Katz and Philip Metz (New York, USA and Stuttgart, Germany), John Kesling (Georgia, USA), Tim Maslen and Jennifer Mehra (London, UK), Elly Prestegaard (Nyborg, Norway), Marilyn Rathbone (West Sussex, UK), Shana Robbins (Georgia, USA), Cynthia Scott (Louisiana, USA), Minka Stoyanova (Louisiana, USA), Donna Wan (California, USA), Beatrice Ward (Massachusetts, USA), Luba Zygarewicz (Louisiana, USA).

(It is of note that Helen Pheby had no knowledge of the artists names nor which cities or states within the US or countries outside of the US they were submitting from.)

BECA Gallery is at 527 St. Joseph Street, right across from the CAC.

More details

Perhaps new Architectural Digest spread will be shot in jail

When Karl Rove's new home in Rosemary Beach, FL makes it to Architectural Digest, perhaps they'll have to shoot pictures of the owner while he's incarcerated. Here's the latest news on the probe into Rove's wrongdoings:

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2008/03/hbc-90002739

Court of Appeals Sets Governor Siegelman Free As Congress Calls Siegelman to Testify in Continued Probe of Political Prosecutions

Betsy McGovern at City Park this Thursday

With my visit to Whole Foods Uptown yesterday afternoon, I filled out a questionnaire on City Park, decided that, yes, that was John Goodman checking out two aisles over from me, and picked up a new Gambit, which told me that Betsy is playing Thursday night at 6 PM at the Botanical Garden. Hopefully, I can convince my new employer that I should leave early to attend! Last time she played there, it was a rousing good time!

OK...I'm pretty proud of this

I spent Saturday afternoon making this cake for my friend, Michelle's, birthday. This is from the Barefoot Contessa's Beatty's Chocolate Cake recipe, and as usual for her recipes, it was fabulous! It was my first cake from scratch. It took Katrina for me to actually buy some cake pans for my kitchen.

My mother will be next

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/80589/?page=3

Texas Prosecutes Little Old Ladies for Voter Fraud
State's Attorney General has prosecuted Democrats who help seniors vote by mail while ignoring documented Republican ballot box stuffing.

From Howard Zinn

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/80504/

Are Hillary and Obama Afraid of Talking About the New Deal?
In today's climate of uncontrolled greed, it seems like a no-brainer to channel one of the most innovative programs in US history.

We need to listen more, and bully less

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/80377/?page=1

The Ravaging Effects of Capitalism on My Hometowns
An expatriate reflects on the cost of "free trade" for his adopted country of Costa Rica -- and his former home in the States.

"...Along with this comes the calculated imposition of corporate norms that are in certain respects antithetical to the personal values held by most Costa Ricans."

"How many lives does Karl Rove have left?"

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80644/#more

Siegelman Slams Rove

And in the NY Times

Karl Rove - you're going down.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/us/29alabama.html?em&ex=1206936000&en=40af25416ef025ad&ei=5087%0A

Freed Ex-Governor of Alabama Talks of Abuse of Power

Point made! Hallelujah!

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/28/headlines#7

Ex-Alabama Gov. to be Freed on Bond
In Alabama, former Governor Don Siegelman has been ordered released from jail while he appeals a conviction on corruption charges. Siegelman is currently serving a seven-year, four-month prison sentence on charges of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud. Critics say he is the target of a political witch hunt. More than fifty former state attorney generals have called for a congressional investigation into Siegelman’s case. The release was ordered just hours after the House Judiciary Committee said it would call Siegelman to testify over whether his prosecution was politically motivated.

The press CAN matter

Next, we just need to get Don Siegelman out of prison.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1206622828250400.xml&coll=1

2 moved out of solitary at Angola
Maximum security dormitory created

Bush cronies will have to look elsewhere for their next lucrative privatization

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-10/12065953067740.xml&coll=1

Shaw drops idea of buying bridge
Causeway talks led to public backlash

Guns don't kill people

It didn't turn out badly, this time.

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3312784

Prudhomme grazed by bullet during tent set-up at golf event

This is what it's like not to have insurance

When I went to the doctor this morning, the "bill enforcer" called me into her office to talk to me about my bill. She said that my bill is $1300 now. It didn't seem that there was any notation in the computer that I had called and talked to them about this. I've told the hospital something like 3 times that Blue Cross rejected every one of my bills because the hospital didn't submit them under my whole name, but just put the last part (see post on hyphenated names, February 1st), and now they want me to pay them $1300! I told them that Blue Cross just sent them a payment and that when I get my tax refund, I will pay them the balance that Blue Cross didn't pay.

It sure was demoralizing to get intercepted by a collector when you think you're doing things the way you're supposed to. Now I think I know what it's like to be without insurance. Why would you go somewhere where you'll be treated like that? When are we going to get some sense in this country, get rid of the insurance companies, and fund national health care?! It's getting to the point, anyway, that insurance companies are going to try to keep you from getting good care when you're really sick, so what is the point?

Good thing I don't have to buy film anymore

Copyright, 2008.

How refreshing

I like this man. I hope the press doesn't crucify him - I think it's wonderful to have an politician speak honestly and not tip toe around issues.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stpate0325,0,6864033.story

Gov. Paterson admits he used marijuana, cocaine

One can only hope

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/80392/

Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud?

Block party at Parasol's

Poppy gets baptized

I'm not worried that Poppy will step into the realm of overzealousness or fundamentalism. I'm all for people doing whatever they need to do to help themselves and make it through life. We all need hope!

http://docbrite.livejournal.com/

Oh, and for the other half of the family, y'all get yo selves down to the Delachaise for the Crawfish Pie World Tour! I intend on going myself, soon:

http://chefcdb.livejournal.com/

A new NOLA blog to read

Cherie has a blog now! Not only can you watch her fabulous appearance on Make me a Supermodel, but you can see the progress on her Habitat house!

http://yetmoreminutiae.blogspot.com/

More Bush cronies looking to cash in

We must fight the privatization of our roadways!

http://blog.nola.com/updates/2008/03/causeway_sale_talk_shocks_coun.html

Causeway sale talk shocks council

Happy 50th, Walter!!!

Even if you're not as totally radical as me, dude, many, many more!!!

Vicky in exile with Walter and David, 2005, Houston.

The Angola 3

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/#80252

"The Angola 3": Ex-Black Panthers Kept in Solitary Confinement for Over Three Decades [VIDEO]

This is depressing

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/19/headlines#6

Dalai Lama Threatens Resignation as Chinese Crackdown Continues
In Tibet, the Chinese government is claiming more than one hundred people have surrendered in the protests against Chinese rule. Tibetans faced a deadline of midnight Monday to turn themselves in. The protests erupted last week when Buddhist monks took to the streets of Lhasa to mark the anniversary of the 1959 uprising against Chinese rule. Human rights groups say dozens of people have been killed and hundreds arrested in the Chinese crackdown. On Tuesday, the Dalai Lama said he would he step down as Tibet’s political leader if the violence continues.

The Dalai Lama: “As early as 1987, again in this very room, the British journalist Jonathan Mirsky—I interviewed here. And he asked me, ‘If these things become out of control, violence, tell what you do.’ Then I [inaudible] immediately I told (him) if things become out of control, then my only option is completely resign, completely resign.”

The protests have reportedly spread to ethnic Tibetan communities outside of Tibet.

Driving...driving...

New job=no new posts.

Feel better soon, Michelle!

Another friend that's not doing well! Feel betta, soon, Michelle! The critters need you!

And we're in Iraq?

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/17/headlines

80 Feared Dead In Tibet; China Cracks Down On Protest

Good St. Patty's Day music

We caught Betsy McGovern and Paul Tobin at the Kerry Irish Pub on Saturday and these two really sound great together! They will be playing again today, for St. Patrick's Day, and I believe they begin at 4 PM. If you get an opportunity, go get some Guinness and hear some great music!

Words to live by

On the one hand we are called to play the good Samaritan on life's roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see what the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Published in Come Hell or High Water - Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson.

Cabbagetown

As a former resident of Atlanta (1983-85), I'm really bummed about the tornado that damaged the CNN Center (known as the Omni when I lived there), Peachtree Plaza, and particularly, the Cabbagetown neighborhood. This neighborhood was filled with little cottages and was something you might find in NOLA. Our hearts go out to you as you begin your cleanup.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/14/storm.atlanta/

Rescuers search for Atlanta tornado victims

At least 20 homes in Atlanta's historic Cabbagetown neighborhood were flattened by a tornado that ripped through downtown Atlanta on Friday night, a spokeswoman for the mayor said.

Someone from Planet Earth finally got through to Bush

I'm glad Dubya is finally admitting that the economy is tanking, although not acknowledging that it's entirely of his own making. Kind of like his speech in Jackson Square where he didn't really acknowledge the federal government's shamefully slow response, but said:

"When communities are rebuilt, they must be even better and stronger than before the storm. Within the Gulf region are some of the most beautiful and historic places in America. As all of us saw on television, there's also some deep, persistent poverty in this region, as well. That poverty has roots in a history of racial discrimination, which cut off generations from the opportunity of America. We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action. So let us restore all that we have cherished from yesterday, and let us rise above the legacy of inequality. When the streets are rebuilt, there should be many new businesses, including minority-owned businesses, along those streets. When the houses are rebuilt, more families should own, not rent, those houses. When the regional economy revives, local people should be prepared for the jobs being created."

Well, I have as much faith in his current words about the economy as we had about the ironic words in Jackson Square (he is making sure that poverty-stricken African-Americans can no longer rent). And I'm sure that the country's crashing and burning economy is going to eventually affect our ability to get jobs here in New Orleans. Own up to your monumental failures as president, Dubya. The country is not better off than it was before you were president. If nothing else, the president's goal should be, "Help - don't hurt."


http://www.wdsu.com/money/15592772/detail.html?treets=no&tml=no_12pm&ts=T&tmi=no_12pm_1_12000203142008

Bush Says Economy Going Through Tough Time

Also from the same issue

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/stiglitz200804

The $3 Trillion War
After wildly lowballing the cost of the Iraq conflict at a mere $50 to $60 billion, the Bush administration has been concealing the full economic toll. The spending on military operations is merely the tip of a vast fiscal iceberg. In an excerpt from their new book, the authors calculate the grim bottom line.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes

Why I love Vanity Fair

Letter to the editor from the latest Vanity Fair, April, 2008

I always take pleasure in reading the Proust Questionnaire, but the introduction to Karl Rove's answers, where he is described as a "principal architect of the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush" seemed a bit over the top. Bush obviously has his detractors; however to characterize his presidency as disastrous without giving better context is unfair.

- Douglas Johnson, Rockford, Illinois

Editor's note: We apologize. Context: 2001-8.

Watch Cherie on TV

My friend, artist and singer extraordinaire, Cherie LeBlanc, will be on Bravo TV's Make Me a Supermodel tonight at 9 PM. It should be entertaining watching these supermodels work on her Habitat house. Set your recorder:

These are EASTERN TIME ZONE LISTINGS:

Thu, Mar 13 10:00 PM
MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL
New Orleans
Thu, Mar 13 11:00 PM
MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL
New Orleans
Thu, Mar 13 1:00 AM
MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL
New Orleans
Thu, Mar 13 2:00 AM
MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL
New Orleans

I know why

And it's in the first indented paragraph.

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/79478/#more

Why Hasn't David Vitter Resigned?
And what about Larry Craig, Dick Morris, John McCain and for the matter, George Bush and Dick Cheney.

Revenge is a dish best served cold

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/12/headlines#3

Bush: Attacking Iraq “Will Forever Be Right Decision”

Next week, will mark the fifth anniversary of the US invasion of the Iraq. In the first of several speeches timed to coincide with the five-year mark, President Bush said his decision to invade will forever be the right one.

President Bush: “The decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency; it is the right decision at this point in my presidency; and it will forever be the right decision.”

Bush was speaking before a conference of the National Religious Broadcasters in Nashville, Tennessee.

From the Bacchanal email list

They're talking about DJ Davis here:

Did you know? Davis is currently working as a script consultant for a new project being developed by David Simon, the award winning executive producer of HBO's The Wire. This project revolves around the lives of New Orleans musicians, including Davis, Donald Harrison, Kermit Ruffins and others. A pilot is tentatively scheduled to begin shooting in New Orleans in 2008. Davis also placed a song in the first episode of The Wire's final season, which aired in January 2008. How freaking cool is that?

I hope it airs on another network, because I don't get HBO!

That's being a New Orleanian wherever you are

For those New Orleanians thinking of voting for John McCain:

"After Bush made his disaster emergency declarations for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama to free up federal funds, and got an update on Katrina from Brown, he flew Air Force One from Texas to Arizona, calling DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff en route to discuss illegal immigration-but not Katrina. Bush's staff also participated in a video teleconference on Katrina with state and federal officials. In the meantime, Katrina ripped two holes in the curved roof of the Superdome and let rain pour on thousands of evacuees inside. After Bush landed, he joined in a birthday cake photo op with Arizona Senator John McCain, which means, symbolically at least, that while New Orleans flooded, the president ate cake."*

And so did John McCain.

*Michael Eric Dyson, Come Hell or High Water
Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

Interview with George McGovern and Jim Hightower

Maine, North Carolina, New Mexico, Arizona, and Connecticut are among the states that now have publicly funded elections!

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/11/fmr_presidential_candidate_george_mcgovern_on

Fmr. Presidential Candidate George McGovern on the 2008 Race and How He Helped Transform the Democratic Nominating Process

Chris Rose reiterates my point

http://blog.nola.com/chrisrose/2008/03/the_vagina_dialogue_one_more_w.html

Chris Rose: The mayor's vagina dialogue

He must have Blue Cross

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/79226/

Criminal Health Care: My Experience in Insurance Company Hell

My 800th post

Keep laughing, Rover...

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/79247/#more

Rove: "I Fully Expect to Be Indicted By the End of the Year"

An interesting, yet ironic, coincidence

It's interesting that the Spitzer scandal breaks while he's trying to push this new abortion law in New York.

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/10/new_york_bill_to_declare_abortion

NY Bill to Declare Abortion a Fundamental Right for Women is Top Legislative Priority for Gov. Spitzer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23561606/

N.Y. governor apologizes after prostitution link
Spitzer doesn’t directly cite allegation first reported by New York Times

Why what happened happened - a pathology of unconcern

http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-10/1205213117281810.xml&coll=1

Feeling the 'Superlove'
Playwright Eve Ensler gets New Orleans ready for a star-studded 10th anniversary 'Vagina Monologues' bash.

During her talk at UNO, Ensler read an original poem that was both comic and tragic, in which she described New Orleans as the most female aspect of America. The city long satisfied the country's desires, she said, yet the country "disowned" her when she had needs.

Michael Eric Dyson, Come Hell or High Water

...there was no shortage of eureka moments glistening with discovery and surprise in the aftermath of Katrina. Poverty's grinding malevolence is fed in party by social choices and public policy decisions that directly impact how many people are poor and how long they remain that way. To acknowledge that is to own up to our role in the misery of the poor-be it the politicians we vote for who cut programs aimed at helping the economically vulnerable; the narrative of bootstrap individualism we invoke to deflect the relevance of the considerable benefits we've received while bitterly complaining of the few breaks the poor might get; the religious myths we circulate that bring shame on the poor by chiding them for lacking the appropriate hunger to be prosperous; and the resentment of the alleged pathology of poor blacks-fueled more by stereotypes than by empirical support-that gives us license to dismiss or demonize them.

And it happens here

Attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center will be helping these workers:

http://www.wdsu.com/news/15554345/detail.html?treets=no&tml=no_12pm&ts=T&tmi=no_12pm_1_12000203102008

Outraged Indian Workers Take To The Streets

Support the Southern Poverty Law Center

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/intrep.jsp?splcnewsletter=newsgen-031008

I grew up going to church with Morris Dees, who is an honorable man, doing inspirational work. Please support the work of the Southern Poverty Law Center!

Here is the latest letter from Morris Dees:

Dear Friend,


Today we're releasing our annual "Year in Hate" issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center's quarterly magazine Intelligence Report and alerting the public that the number of hate groups operating in America has swelled by 48 percent since 2000 to a staggering 888.

This increase in hate activity is being fueled by the ugly rhetoric of demagogues who are using Latino immigrants as scapegoats for our country's problems. New FBI statistics suggest a 35 percent rise in hate crimes against Latinos between 2003 and 2006. Experts believe that such crimes are typically carried out by people who think they are attacking immigrants.

Mark Potok — editor of SPLC's Intelligence Report, and one of the harshest critics of Lou Dobbs and his anti-immigration rhetoric — says, "Hate groups continue to successfully exploit the immigration debate to their advantage, even though the immigration issue has largely disappeared from the presidential debate. The fact is that they've been aided and abetted by mainstream pundits and politicians who give these haters a platform for their propaganda."

It's no longer unusual to hear rancid propaganda about immigrants — even outright falsehoods — when we turn on our televisions or radios.

In the past three years, there have been some 300 anti-immigration groups founded; about half of these groups are listed by the SPLC as "nativist extremist" groups. We also list some of them as hate groups.

As you know, we not only track and expose the activities of hate groups in our country — we use innovative legal strategies to put them out of business. In fact, I'm now preparing for our upcoming trial against the Imperial Klans of America for the brutal beating of a teenage boy of Latino descent in Kentucky.

Thank you for standing with us in the fight against hate in all its forms and for being a part of our online community. You play a vital role in our daily work of exposing the activities of radical extremists and taking legal action against those who commit racial violence.

Sincerely,
Morris Dees
Founder

Organic farm tour

In case you didn't see Parade magazine yesterday, living on a farm increases your chances of living to age 100. I've always known this, since my Granny had a small farm of sorts, and I would have lived on it if I could. To me, there's nothing better than running around with the sheep, goats, horses, chickens, and other critters. I got to do that this weekend when my friend, Michelle, and I went up to Clinton, LA to tour an organic farm. This nice farmer, Paul Davidson, didn't know me from Adam when I found his name on a website listing organic farms in the area. I emailed him and asked if we could visit and see how his farm works. The lagniappe was that he also had baby sheep and goats being born this time of year. Why would you want to be anywhere else?

You can pick blueberries during June and July at Paul's farm. Please support this wonderful farmer, who is also working to save the Lousiana black bear: http://attra.ncat.org/sorg/la/profiles.html

Don Siegelman wrote me a letter

I sent Don Siegelman a package with a letter telling him about my involvement with his campaign over the years, how disillusioned I was when he was convicted, and how sorry I was that I doubted him and my own judgement about him. I included the picture I took of him back in 1990, one of the times he was running for governor. I received from him yesterday a photocopy of an article from the New York Times and he thanked me for my "uplifting words" and for the picture. I am sorry that I had any doubt that this is an outstanding person and a sincere one. I am positive that he will be released from jail soon; I just hope the people responsible for this travesty will eventually be held accountable.

We need election reform, and we need it now

Looks like the Democrats want to disenfranchise voters, too. We also need to get rid of the electoral college, as well as going back to paper ballots.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080306/ap_on_el_pr/primary_scramble

Dean urges do-over contests in Fla, Mich

And the new president of our enclave can be

H/T to Blake

So perhaps us progressives can move to Vermont

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/5/headlines#5

Vermont Towns Back Indictment of Bush & Cheney
In Vermont, voters in the towns of Brattleboro and Marlboro approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for crimes against the Constitution. The symbolic votes instruct the police department in each town to arrest Bush and Cheney or to extradite them for prosecution elsewhere if they ever step foot in the towns.

You elect a Republican governor...this is what you get

The Republicans have a long history of doing crappy things like this. If you're expecting help for New Orleans, you'll probably be waiting a long time. We have to help people who can afford to send their kids to private school, first. The Free Market will save us!

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1204612231311130.xml&coll=1

Jindal may back tuition tax breaks

Will our next war be with Venzuela?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23481949/

Venezuela moves troops to Colombian border
Troops deployed in response to a Colombian military strike in Ecuador

President Bush yesterday backed Colombia and accused Chavez of "provocative maneuvers."

More from Democracy Now!

FCC To Probe Alabama Station For Allegedly Censoring 60 Minutes
The Federal Communications Commission has begun investigating allegations that an Alabama television station censored the transmission of a recent 60 Minutes expose about the state’s imprisoned former Governor Don Siegelman. The station, WHNT in Huntsville, Alabama went black during most of the segment. The station claims there was an equipment failure. The 60 Minutes investigation examined how the Bush administration targeted Siegelman for political reasons. The FCC has taken action on cases of censorship in the past. The New York Times reports that in 1969, the F.C.C. revoked the license of WLBT in Jackson Mississippi after the commission established a systematic effort by the broadcaster to suppress information about the civil rights movement.

Kucinich won!

No, unfortunately, not that election...

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/5/headlines#4

Kucinich and Paul Win Contested Congressional Primaries
In other election news, Congressmembers Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Ron Paul of Texas both won primaries for their House seats Tuesday after facing challenges from within their own parties.

Interesting...

http://www.nola.com/living/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-10/1204611631284920.xml&coll=1

Candidate Moreno?
WDSU news anchor signs off, hints at a run for office

More momentum on Siegelman

http://www.alternet.org/rights/78407/

Going to Jail for Being a Democrat: How Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Got Roved

Once a popular governor of Alabama, Siegelman was framed in a crooked trial and sent to prison by the corrupt Bush administration.

Another great loss

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080303/en_afp/entertainmentcanadamusicus

Canadian rocker Jeff Healey dies of cancer