One of the nicest things about living in downtown Tallahassee is enjoying the string of speakers that come to Ruby Diamond Auditorium. The theatre is in the Westcott Building - the oldest building on campus built in 1851.
Last night - Joe Wilson - the former US Ambassador - and husband to Valerie Plane - spoke to about 500 of us. It was a beautiful night for standing in line and also taking the scooter to campus. Wilson spoke about his 30 years of government service and how the White House "outed" his wife as payback for writing a story about how George Bush lied when he said the Iraq was shopping for Uranium in Africa.
He spoke for an hour - signed some books - and answered over an hour of open mike questions. Although Wilson was at times very funny - sometimes strident - one could never forget the seriousness of how our we are rapidly losing our freedoms in the name of security.
Wilson said that Bush's War was the worst mistake in "organized" government since Rome fell.
I sat center stage - about 25 feet from the speaker. I need to get a camera that takes better pictures in the dark - without a flash :-)
I can relate to Joe being a kept man by a famous wife :-)
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