Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm passes

A sad week, eh? Shirley Chisholm passed away on Saturday at the age of 80 (born November 30, 1924).

Shirley Chisholm, an advocate for minority rights who became the first black woman elected to Congress and later the first black person to seek a major party's nomination for the U.S. presidency, has died. The Rev. Jesse Jackson called her a "woman of great courage."

Chisholm, who took her seat in the U.S. House in 1969, was a riveting speaker who often criticized Congress as being too clubby and unresponsive. An outspoken champion of women and minorities during seven terms in the House, she also was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War.

May she rest in peace.

Apply Frist test to Social Security. Right on, I say.