Molly Ivins, on growing up in Texas (1/6) from 1992 Mother Jones fundraiser

[freshwest]

This is only the first of 6 parts of the interview. Click on youtube link at the lower bottom right of video to see more videos with Molly Ivins on the side bar on the right.

Molly Ivins
August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Wikipedia http://bit.ly/buklA

C-SPAN: "Women on the Verge" Event Date: 05/06/1992 Program Id: 26024-1.

Uploaded Aug. 30, 2009. Uploader comments:

"I first heard Molly in this program. Thanks, Goddess, and bless her! She lives forever in our hearts!"

Summary: Susan Faludi, Pulitzer prize-winning author of a book on the backlash against feminism in the media and society in the 1990's, and Molly Ivins, political commentator and author, interviewed each other.

Also available on audio-cassette at Amazon:

Women on the Verge!: Susan Faludi and Molly Ivins in Conversation

[AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] http://bit.ly/wVunj

For some text of this interview, go to Mother Jones at this link:

Must-Reads: The Late, Great Molly Ivins on Rick Perry

By Asawin Suebsaeng Aug. 16, 2011

A collection of some of the liberal humorist's sharpest jabs at "Governor Goodhair."



http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/08/rick-perry-molly-ivins

Enjoy the article, it's a good long read. I really do miss Molly.

[niyad]

1. k and r--thank you for this. I miss molly so much. can only imagine what she would be saying

about the insanity that is this country these days

[freshwest]

2. I'm sure she'd be saying a lot that we do here - except it would go a lot farther. Glad you liked it

[oldhippydude]

3. thank you my Friend bookmarked for later

[freshwest]

13. Lot to read and listen to. Enjoy oldhippydude.

[loudsue]

4. Gawd I miss her.

She had the best perspective on most things.

[freshwest]

14. Wise and wiley, she was. Used to read her every week. Much missed by Moi.

[SunSeeker]

5. Love love LOVE Molly Ivens.

Thanks for the post.

[freshwest]

9. Thanks for seeking out the Seattle piece. Why not add it to this thread?

It was hilarious but relayed some very important ideas as well that we never see on corporate media.

[SunSeeker]

15. Sure, here's the link.

From Molly Ivins' 1993 essay "Taking a Stab at Our Infatuation with Guns" (The Seattle Times, March 15, 1993):

Let me start this discussion by pointing out that I am not anti-gun. I'm pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife. In the first place, you have catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We'd turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don't ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives. As a civil libertarian, I of course support the Second Amendment. And I believe it means exactly what it says: "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting unregulated citizens to have guns is destroying the security of this free state. I am intrigued by the arguments of those who claim to follow the judicial doctrine of original intent. How do they know it was the dearest wish of Thomas Jefferson's heart that teen-age drug dealers should cruise the cities of this nation perforating their fellow citizens with assault rifles? Channelling?

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930315&slug=1690536

(Reposted from my post in the Gun Control Reform Activism Group, http://www.democraticunderground.com/12621931)

[midnight]

18. I'm wondering when Molly says to ban the guns all of them, if she would also include drones?

Can you imagine what she might have to say about them...



http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930315&slug=1690536

[silvershadow]

6. Watching now. Sure miss her. Part 3 at about 8 min mark she briefly mentions leveraged buyouts in

the newspaper industry (now everywhere run amok, aka Bain) and the Justice Department's approval, in a way that no one would blink about, let alone think about, these days. So very, very sad. She was one of the last voices of reason prior to her death.

[freshwest]

10. We don't see this level of discourse in media now, do we? Not at all.

[LeftInTX]

7. KnR, thanks

I watched all 6 of the videos.
Enjoyed it.

ETA: My son took a mandatory Texas politics last spring. He learned a lot about Molly in that class.

[freshwest]

11. I did not realize she was being mentioned in the texts there. That's great news.

[LeftInTX]

21. It was a college class, the professor mentioned her writings a lot

I think the professor was fond of her and Molly's viewpoint kept the students interested. John would come home, quote Molly Ivins and we would start laughing.

[freshwest]

25. All of my college professors were very liberal back in the day there. Good to hear this.

[tavalon]

8. Sometimes, when in a boring seminar, I realize I've lost an hour of my life

and I'll never get it back.

You just sent me on a 2 hour tour of one of my favorite columnists. I won't get those two hours back but who cares? I laughed my ass of. I think even if I didn't live in Washington State, I probably would still have laughed my ass off.

[freshwest]

12. I love her sense of humor. And it's good for you, glad you enjoyed it.

[Harriety]

16. SO sad this wonderful woman is no longer with us....

A couple of years ago I read her biography "Molly Ivins - A Rebel Life". If I hadn't fallen in love with her great wit, spirit and talent before I did so after I read that book.

[shenmue]

17. She is a favorite of mine.

Always loved her columns and books.

[freshwest]

23. I wonder if any of the papers will ever republish some of her columns or articles.

SunSeeker posted her opinion on gun control below, in which she brought a viewpoint that is much more fresh and intelligent than our current media which only repeats slogans. She was cognizant of the big picture and not fooled by the conservatives.

[joanbarnes]

19. She was a National Treasure.

[freshwest]

24. Yes, and her wit and wisdom live on.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. Thank you so much...

I miss this fine lady, and Ann, too.

[freshwest]

22. Also Ann. I remember meeting her with my union group campaigning for her. Down to Earth honesty.

I'll never forget her handshake or her smile that sunny day as she walked up to us in the park. Our governor truly rejoiced being in the company of fellow progressive Democrats. She won re-election easily that year. It was heartbreaking when the Shrub and his cronies took over.