Barack's Ag Sec = Mr Monsanto's = Tom Vilsak = http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/17/63219/619/313/673968
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/17/63219/619/313/673968
Yes we all will pay dearly with vilsack as head of the Dept of Agriculture
Oh i live with the AMISH here in Pa and many are very upset about this stupid NAIS animal tag system / future tax
HERE IS A GOOGLE ON BUSH CHENEY AND HOW THEY BOUGHT LAND IN PARAGUAY IN 2006 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HECTARS
http://www.google.com/search?q=Paraguay+BUSH+CHENEY+BUY+LAND&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-US&ie=utf8&oe=utf8
the JBS SWIFT COMPANY OF BRAZIL JUST BOUGHT THREE MAJOR BEEF COMPANIES IN THE USA AND THEY KNOW IF YOU CONTROL THE FOOD YOU CONTROL THE PEOPLE.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/1/Ever-heard-of-JBS-Swift--by-Linn-Cohen-Cole-081116-894.html
Your food is being taken over.
JBS is a Brazilian beef operation that is at warp speed buying out or merging with others in the beef "industry" to become far and away the largest beef conglomerate worldwide - and fully vertically integrated.
keep your eyes on agriculture. And look at what is happening here, not just abroad. Corporations are going after agriculture. That means they are now going after control over not oil in Iraq, not minerals in the Congo, but everyone's means of survival - food.
PS: My farmer i am helping here in Central Pa raises beef and has known about this for 3 months.
http://www.gender.org/remember/day/
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgendered — that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant — each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgendered people.
We live in times more sensitive than ever to hatred based violence, especially since the events of September 11th. Yet even now, the deaths of those based on anti-transgender hatred or prejudice are largely ignored. Over the last decade, more than one person per month has died due to transgender-based hate or prejudice, regardless of any other factors in their lives. This trend shows no sign of abating.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgendered people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died by anti-transgender violence.
If you are coordinating a TDOR and you do not see your event listed here, please contact Ethan St.Pierre, Radicalguy@gmail.com
BELOW FROM ETHAN A FTM
I am still gathering more information on the other 2 Iraqi women who are listed at the bottom of the page.
Including those 2 women, there are now 29 people on this list.
I am updating the statistics and events locations while I wait for more information.
Kellie TelesfordLocation: Thornton Heath, UKCause of Death: StrangledDate of Death: November 21, 2007Kellie was strangled to death with a scarf, by 18 year old Shanniel Hyatt, who then covered the body of 39-year-old Kellie Telesford with a white blanket - with the brown furry scarf used to choke her still bound tightly round her neck. Hyatt said he killer her after discovering she had a penis.
Adolphus SimmonsLocation: Charleston, SCCause of Death: Shot to Death (Aldophus was 18 yrs. old)Date of Death: January 21, 2008
Fedra (a known transvestite)Location: Kota Kinabalu, MalaysiaCause of Death: Was found lying face up in a pool of blood,cause of death was not reported.Date of Death: January 22, 2008
Ashley SweeneyLocation: Detroit, MichiganCause of Death: Shot in the headDate of Death: February 4, 2008The age of Ashley Sweeney is unknown, she was only described as a young transgender woman in a press release.
Sanesha (Talib) StewartLocation: Bronx, NYCause of Death: Stabbed to DeathDate of Death: February 10, 2008Sanesha was 25 years old.
Lawrence KingLocation: Oxnard, CaliforniaCause of Death: Shot to death by a classmate because he liked to wearwomen's clothes. (Lawrence King was 15 years old).Date of Death: February 12, 2008
Simmie Williams Jr.Location: Fort Lauderdale, FloridaCause of Death: Shot to death, Simmie was found wearing women's clothing. (Simmie was 17 years old)Date of Death: February 22, 2008
Luna (no last name reported)Location: Lisbon, PortugalCause of Death: Brutally beaten to death and tossed into a dumpster.Date of Death: March 15, 2008
Lloyd NixonLocation: West Palm Beach, Florida Cause of Death:Repeatedly beat in the head with a brick.Date of Death: April 16, 2008Lloyd was 45 years old.Felicia Melton-SmythLocation: Puerto Vallarta, MexicoCause of Death: brutally stabbed to death by Francisco Javier Hollos, who said he killed her because she would not pay for sex. Felicia was an HIV activist on vacation from Wisconsin.Date of Death: May 26, 2008
Silvana BerishaLocation: Hamburg, GermanyCause of Death: Stabbed to DeathDate of Death: June 24, 2008
Ebony (Rodney) WhitakerLocation: Memphis, TennesseeCause of Death:Shot (Ebony was 20 yrs. old)Date of Death:July 1, 2008
Rosa PazosLocation: Sevilla, SpainCause of Death: Was found in her apartment, she had been stabbed in the throat.Date of Death: July 11, 2008
Juan Carlos Aucalle CoronelLocation: Lombardi, ItalyCause of Death severely beaten causing fractures to the head and face before being run over by a car.Date of Death July 14, 2008Juan Carlos was 35 years old.
Angie ZapataLocation: Greeley, ColoradoCause of Death: She was found in her home with two severe fractures in her skull.Angie was murdered by 31 year old, Alan Ray Andrade. Angie was 18 years old.Date of Death: July 17, 2008
Jaylynn L. NamauuLocation: Makiki Honolulu, HawaiiCause of Death: Stabbed to DeathDate of Death: July 17, 2008Jaylynn was 35 years old.
Samantha Rangel BrandauLocation: Milan, ItalyCause of Death: beaten, gang raped and stabbed numerous times before being left for dead.Date of Death: July 29, 2008Samantha was 30 years old.Ruby MolinaLocation: Sacramento, CaliforniaCause of Death: DrownedDate of Death: September 21, 2008Ruby's naked body was found floating in the American river.She was 22 years old.Aimee WilcoxsonLocation: Aurora, ColoradoCause of Death: undetermined (Police have yet to reveal cause)Date of Death: November 3, 2008Aimee was found dead in her bed. She was 34 years old.
Duanna JohnsonLocation: Memphis, TennesseeCause of Death: ShotDate of Death: November 9, 2008Duanna was found dead in the middle of the street. She was 42 years old.Dilek InceLocation: Ankara, TurkeyCause of Death:Shot in the back of the headDate of Death: November 11, 2008Teish (Moses) CannonLocation: Syracuse, New YorkCause of Death: ShotDate of Death: November 14, 2008Teish was 22 years old.
AliLocation:IraqCause of Death:executed for being transgenderDate of Death:2008, Month is UnknownVideo of Ali before she was executed: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tDVtjQNfQ*IMPORTANT NOTE - (In case I don't get the details posted in time) There were 2 other Iraqi, transgender women who were executed at the same time as Ali. Please remember them at your TDoR event.Contact Ethan at Radicalguy@...
Myself i moved to a farm and i am helping two elderly people a couple get their farm back together. They are older and needed help real bad. Things are looking up here and soon they will be producing more with less. Its been about making sure they are not wasting or ruining machinery just to keep going. I have been able to help guide them in many things and do a lot of the hard work that is needed that was being put off due to their age. This summer will be a bountiful yr and will produce so much more with less work. I had to do some major weeding and organizing and now this place is really looking up. Many farmers do need help. Many are elderly and their kids have left and well they don't have funds to pay but the benefits are great if a person is willing to help them.
PS: Some pics of my horse buddy and my buggy = http://www.eons.com/images/members/2008/11/13/8/9/89609562219117541829_610w.jpeg and http://www.eons.com/images/members/2008/11/13/4/7/47019562215413541829_610w.jpeg
http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/1296571-BUDDY-THE-HORSE-WENT-BUGGY-FOR-OBAMA-IN-PA?page=1#replies
BUDDY THE HORSE GOES BUGGY FOR OBAMA
I am traveling by Horse and buggy http://hometown.aol.com/vote4barackobama/myhomepage/election.html
I am seeking supporters who will let me stay at their properties over night as i tie buddy to the rear of buggy and he eats hay and sleeps. Stalls are great too and so are fenced fields of green grass. Thats buddys favorite thing. He loves to run and kick his hind legs in the air above his head height as he frolicks with freedom in a pasture.
I do seek to help more in rural appalachia and not big cities as Buddy is not fond of the traffic and Barack has lots of city support.
I also seek someone to do logistics in arranging to find me these locations as i travel south for the winter.
Presently i am in Lancaster county Pa. 5 miles south. I can be shipped by uhaul to cover distances if needed. I seek no pay just help along the way.
PS: My arm was broken 3 1/2 weeks ago and i am almost ready to leave this old dairy barn this weekend and help the campaign.
hugs Danielle Clarke
NOTE: This is about BUDDY GOING BUGGY FOR OBAMA not Danielle and please email me at vote4barackobamaATaolDOTcom but please be serious and helpful asi get too many emails of simple supprt while what i need are emails with logistical help.
Post from Sam's Blog:
California Marriage Equality http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samT/gG5R8f/
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I'm so proud of my home state right now. My partner and I were able to get legally married after 13 years two days ago!
Obama's position on same sex marriage could use some improvement. That said, he is a man of faith and principle who will see the justice of treating all American's equally under the law. I suspect he knows the injustice of “separate but equal” that domestic partnership legislation currently provides in a few of the other 48 states without marriage equality.
In other words I'm hopeful!
If you are too, go to http://www.letcaliforniaring.org, read the stories, watch the clips, and most importantly ...
click on the DONATE button on the upper right hand corner of the front page.
PLEASE LEAVE A RESPONSE HERE AT SAMS BLOG = http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samT/gG5R8f/
I JUST ADDED HIM TO allGLBTforObama
Dear Barack Obama, I fought for our freedom as a United States Marine during the Vietnam war and i demand you, as my candidate for President, to also fight for my/our freedom from a unjust executive branch. I suffered under such a branch with the likes of EX President Nixon. Today other Marines are suffering the same fate under G.W. Bush. Please keep fighting the good fight and be another type of veteran you can be as you serve in public office.
"Take a stand against FISA Update and for the Fourth Amendment" hosted on the web by our free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/bo90210/
HOWEVER I STILL HAVE HOPE
UNTIL I SEE DIFFERENTLY BARACKS ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT
HE HAS MY TRUST
THE FOLLOWING ADDED AT 5:40PM EST
"Baracks talk to the nation after he is elected"
Baracks Bills -
1. 2006 Transparency bill = expose corrupt lobby $ that lobbyist give to politicians so we the people can either impeach them or not re-elect them
2. TECH PLAN = 2007 = http://www.USAspending.gov = expose all government spending so the citzens can see where their tax money goes
3. 2008 = SUNSHINE bill = SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION = http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/ = http://www.sunshineweek.org/sunshineweek/candidates = EXPOSE future spending. This is acomplished as Barack and his newly elected cabinet point out to WE THE PEOPLE , negative porkbarrel spending so we the people can rally against a certain senator or congress person or committee to stop it before it goes up for vote or support it if it is good for we the people = honest government finally controlled by WE THE PEOPLE. Who knows maybe one day in the future we won't need politicians as we the people stay involved in what is going on in all 3 branches of government and we use the computer to approve the direction of our country / government.
Barack will be holding weekly / monthly speeches, to WE THE PEOPLE, guiding them as to which negative earmark / porkbarrel spending should be stopped (removed from a future bill) by the people rallying together online before a bill with that earmark goes up for vote!..................................
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
Obama has outlined an ambitious transparency plan that incorporates technology to "help connect government to its citizens and engage citizens in a democracy."
Among the proposals in Obama's plan to open government are: putting government data online in accessible formats; airing live webcasts of agency meetings; restoring scientific integrity; allowing people to track federal grants, contracts, earmarks and lobbyist contacts online; and allowing five days for public to review and comment on legislation online before its signed.
In an October 2007 speech, Obama pledged to "turn the page on a growing empire of classified information, and restore the balance we've lost between the necessarily secret and the necessity of openness in a democratic society by creating a new National Declassification Center."
Past is Prologue
One of Obama's most visible Senate actions on the open government front was his co-sponsorship of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2008 with the launch of USAspending.gov, a Web site that gives people access to information on government contracts, grants and other awards.
As an Illinois state senator, Obama co-sponsored the Verbatim Record Bill, requiring public agencies to video or audio record closed door meetings, The First Amendment Center reported, noting the law was the first of its kind enacted by any state.
Obama is the only remaining candidate to have signed the Reason Foundation's Oath of Presidential Transparency, and, according to The Washington Post he is the only leading candidate to have released his income tax returns.
.................................... What other aspects do you seek Barack to address to the nation?
Obama Family, I hope all is well. We received multiple emails regarding our initial email regarding the Electoral College process. As a result, we decided to provide you with more information - please find below. The primary election process ends with the national conventions of the political parties. Once the national conventions have been held, and the candidates from the political parties have been nominated and chosen (the elected and appointed delegates such as myself will vote at the DNC), then the presidential election begins in earnest as a contest between the candidates from the political parties. Some people choose to run for president without being affiliated with a political party. Such independent candidates need not concern themselves with getting nominated by a party, but must meet other requirements. For example, such candidates are required to collect a large number of signatures to support their nominations. The sources of funding used by independent candidates comes from personal funds and loans as well as fundraising campaigns. The candidates campaign right up until Election Day, when the nation finally votes for its President. The candidates travel throughout the country, making public appearance and giving speeches. The parties and the candidates use media advertising, direct mailings, telephone campaigns, and other means to persuade the voters to choose one candidate over the other(s). Often, these measures also serve to point out the weaknesses of the candidates from the other parties involved in the general election. In this national presidential election, every citizen of legal age (who has taken the steps necessary in his/her state to meet the voting requirements, such as registering to vote) has an opportunity to vote. However, the President is not chosen by direct popular vote. The Constitution requires that a process known as the Electoral College ultimately decides who will win the general election.The Electoral College is a method of indirect popular election of the President of the United States. The authors of the Constitution put this system in place so that careful and calm deliberation would lead to the selection of the best-qualified candidate. Voters in each state actually cast a vote for a block of electors who are pledged to vote for a particular candidate. These electors, in turn, vote for the presidential candidate. The number of electors for each state equals its Congressional representation. After Election Day, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, these electors assemble in their state capitals, cast their ballots, and officially select the next President of the United States. Legally, the electors may vote for someone other than the candidate for whom they were pledged to vote. This phenomenon is known as the "unfaithful" or "faithless" elector. Generally, this does not happen. Therefore, the candida te who receives the most votes in a state at the general election will be the candidate for whom the electors later cast their votes. The candidate who wins in a state is awarded all of that state's Electoral College votes. Maine and Nebraska are exceptions to this winner-take-all rule.The votes of the electors are then sent to Congress where the President of the Senate opens the certificates, and counts the votes. This takes place on January 6, unless that date falls on a Sunday. In that case, the votes are counted on the next day. An absolute majority is necessary to prevail in the presidential and the vice presidential elections, that is, half the total plus one electoral votes are required. With 538 Electors, a candidate must receive at least 270 votes to be elected to the office of President or Vice President. Should no presidential candidate receive an absolute majority, the House of Representatives determines who the next president will be. Each state may cast one vote and an absolute majority is needed to win. Similarly, the Senate decides who the next Vice President will be if there is no absolute majority after the Electoral College vote. Elections have been decided by Congress in the past. The House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson president in the election of 1800 when the Electoral College vote resulted in a tie. When the Electoral College vote was so split that none of the candidates received an absolute majority in the election of 1824 the House elected John Quincy Adams President. Richard Johnson was elected Vice President by the Senate when he failed to receive an absolute majority of electoral votes in the election of 1836.The President-elect and Vice President-elect take the oath of office and are inaugurated two weeks later, on January 20th. What is the Electoral College?The Electoral College, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), is not a place, it is a process that began as part of the original design of the U.S. Constituion. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. The people of the United States vote for the electors who then vote for the President. Who Selects the Electors? The process for selecting electors varies throughout the United States. Generally, the political parties nominate electors at their State party conventions or by a vote of the party's central committee in each State. Electors are often selected to recognize their service and dedication to their political party. They may be State-elected officials, party leaders, or persons who have a personal or political affiliation with the Presidential candidate. Then the voters in each State choose the electors on the day of the general election. The electors' names may or may not appear on the ballot below the name of the candidates running for President, depending on the procedure in each State. How did the terms "Elector" and "Electoral College" come into usage?The term "electoral college" does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to "electors," but not to the "electoral college." In the Federalist Papers (No. 68), Alexander Hamilton refers to the process of selecting the Executive, and refers to "the people of each State (who) shall choose a number of persons as electors," but he does not use the term "electoral college." The founders appropriated the concept of electors from the Holy Roman Empire (962 - 1806). An elector was one of a number of princes of the various German states within the Holy Roman Empire who had a right to participate in the election of the German king (who generally was crowned as emperor). The term "college" (from the Latin collegium), refers to a body of persons that act as a unit, as in the college of cardinals who advise the Pope and vote in papal elections. In the early 1800's, the term "electoral college" came into general usage as the unofficial designation for the group of citizens selected to cast votes for President and Vice President. It was first written into Federal law in 1845, and today the term appears in 3 U.S.C. section 4, in the section heading and in the text as "college of electors." What are the qualifications to be an elector?The U.S. Constitution contains very few provisions relating to the qualifications of electors. Article II, section 1, clause 2 provides that no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. As a historical matter, the 14th Amendment provides that State officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid and comfort to its enemies are disqualified from serving as electors. This prohibition relates to the post-Civil War era.How is it possible for the electoral vote to produce a different result than the nation-wide popular vote?It is important to remember that the President is not chosen by a nation-wide popular vote. The electoral vote totals determine the winner, not the statistical plurality or majority a candidate may have in the nation-wide vote totals. Electoral votes are awarded on the basis of the popular vote in each State. Note that 48 out of the 50 States award electoral votes on a winner-takes-all basis (as does DC). For example, all 55 of California's electoral votes go to the winner of that State election, even if the margin of victory is only 50.1 percent to 49.9 percent. In a multi-candidate race where candidates have strong regional appeal, as in 1824, it is quite possible that a candidate who collects the most votes on a nation-wide basis will not win the electoral vote. In a two-candidate race, that is less likely to occur. But it did occur in the Hayes/Tilden election of 1876 and the Harrison/Cleveland election of 1888 due to the statistical disparity between vote totals in individual State elections and the national vote totals. This also occurred in the 2000 presidential election, where George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes?If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote. The Senate would elect the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator would cast one vote for Vice President. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House. What would happen if two candidates tied in a State's popular vote, or there was a dispute as to the winner?A tie is a statistically remote possibility even in smaller States. But if a State's popular vote were to come out as a tie between candidates, State law would govern as to what procedure would be followed in breaking the tie. A tie would not be known of until late November or early December, after a recount and after the Secretary of State had certified the election results. Federal law would allow a State to hold a run-off election. A very close finish could also result in a run-off election or legal action to decide the winner. Under Federal law (3 U.S.C. section 5), State law governs on this issue, and would be conclusive in determining the selection of Electors. The law provides that if States have laws to determine controversies or contests as to the selection of Electors, those determinations must be completed six days prior to the day the Electors meet. Why do we still have the Electoral College?The Electoral College process is part of the original design of the U.S. Constitution. It would be necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment to change this system. Note that the 12th Amendment, the expansion of voting rights, and the use of the popular vote in the States as the vehicle for selecting electors has substantially changed the process. Many different proposals to alter the Presidential election process have been offered over the years, such as direct nation-wide election by the People, but none have been passed by Congress and sent to the States for ratification. Under the most common method for amending the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the States. Were any measures introduced in Congress to change the Electoral College process by amending the Constitution?Yes, several joint resolutions were introduced in the current Congress and were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The proposals, all introduced in the House of Representatives, include the following: - Voting rights for residents of United States territories and commonwealths [H.J.RES.101.IH]- Direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote [H.J.RES.109.IH]- Right to vote amendment [H.J.RES.28.IH]- Every Vote Counts amendment [H.J.RES.103.IH] How do the 538 electoral votes get divided among the States?The number of electoral votes allotted to each State corresponds to the number of Representatives and Senators that each State sends to Congress. The distribution of electoral votes among the States can vary every 10 years depending on the results of the United States Census. One of the primary functions of the Census is to reapportion the 435 members of the House of Representatives among the States, based on the current population. The reapportionment of the House determines the division of electoral votes among the States. In the Electoral College, each State gets one electoral vote for each of its Representatives in the House, and one electoral vote for each of its two Senators. Thus, every state has at least 3 electoral votes, because the Constitution grants each State two Senators and at least one Representative. In addition to the 535 electoral votes divided among the States, the District of Columbia has three electoral votes because the 23rd Amendment granted it the same number of votes as the least populated State. If a State gains or loses a Congressional district, it will also gain or lose an electoral vote. As a result of the Census conducted in 2000, the number of electoral votes allotted to certain States changed for the 2004 election. There are 538 members of the Electoral College. How could that number change without amending the Constitution?The number of electoral votes is set at 538, based on 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members of the Senate, plus 3 electoral votes for the District of Columbia under the 23rd Amendment. The Electoral College could become larger if a new State were admitted into the union (adding two new Senators and one or more Representatives until the next redistricting), or if the House of Representatives expanded. The size of the House is set by law, not by the Constitution What is the difference between the winner-takes-all rule and proportional voting, and which States follow which rule?There are 48 States that have a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In these States, whichever candidate receives a majority of the vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate) takes all of the State's electoral votes. Only two States, Nebraska and Maine, do not follow the winner-takes-all rule. In those States, there could be a split of electoral votes among candidates through the State's system for proportional allocation of votes. For example, Maine has four electoral votes and two congressional districts. It awards one electoral vote per Congressional district and two by the state-wide, "at-large" vote. It is possible for Candidate A to win the first district and receive one electoral vote, Candidate B to win the second district and receive one electoral vote, and Candidate C, who finished a close second in both the first and second districts, to win the two at-large electoral votes. Although this is a poss ible scenario, it has not actually occurred in recent elections. As we move forward in the process, we will keep you updated. We want all members educated about the election process. If you have any further questions, please feel free to let us know. Thank you for your support, Preston L. Harden,Georgia's 7th CongressionalDistrict Delegate GO OBAMA!!!!! 2008 You're invited to join our group Georgia Young Professionals for Change on My.BarackObama.com:http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/YoungProfessionalsforChange
- Voting rights for residents of United States territories and commonwealths [H.J.RES.101.IH]- Direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote [H.J.RES.109.IH]- Right to vote amendment [H.J.RES.28.IH]- Every Vote Counts amendment [H.J.RES.103.IH]
The obama campaign OR ITS AFFILIATES SHOULD not call people asking for donations
and so the campaign needs to make sure this isn't happening and causing people to give their credit info over the phone to scammers.
THE CAMPAIGN SHOULD ASK PEOPLE TO CALL A 1-800- NUMBER FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO DONATE.
IF THIS CONTINUES NEW HILLARY SUPPORTERS WILL GET SCAMMED BY THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR NUMBERS. THIS WILL HURT OUR CAMPAIGN BADLY.
PLEASE MAKE A FIXED POST ON THE OBAMA HOMEPAGE EDUCATING ALL TO THIS NEW PRECEDURE THAT I RECOMMEND YOU TO MAKE ASAP.
I want to thank you all who responded to me in the other first blog. I will get a diary and write in it every day. I hope to ride him from southeastern lancaster county to noerthwestern lancaster county on july 5th and 6th to pick up my carriage. I will surely take pics as soon as i can get a digital camera.
Today was a great day for me and Buddy (my horses name) :) I harnessed him and at first let rebeca an amish teen show me how to drive him with the cart and then she went back to the house while i drove him another 2 times around a 30 acre farm trail and then back to the barn. That was the first time i ever did this. Oh i had rode a jenny when i was a teen in N Calif. I then got on his back after rebeca did. I had to use a bucket to get on.. i am fasting 2 days now and plan to lose 20 lbs and get back down to 155lbs or less soon. I was bareback and well buddy was tired. He was so sweet and then i took him over and washed him down. I now realize he is only gonna be 3 in febuary so i can't really ride him much even though he is a big halflinger. When he is 3 it will be ok. However he can pull a carriage for about an hour a day for the first week and then 2 hours the next week and then 3 hours thereafter. In time he may be able to go more but i have to go slow and let him grow. Of course he and i will always stop and rest at places and meet new people and i am sure i will have to watch him carefully as time goes by. Oh i also have been cleaning his hoves and making sure the thrush isn't there and i did shoe a horse when i was a teen. Well i just wanted to say hi and thank you all and well i will be surlely working on the amish vote as i help them with loading hay and picking crops etc etc etc in hopes i get places to hang for a day or 2. I did load 500 bales for another amish farmer last week. We did that by horse drawn carts and gas powered baler. Me and the father and 2 sons and one daughter did it all in 4 hours and loaded it in the barn. 6 carts filled. Yes i worked very hard and lifted bales over my head and i got many blisters ...ouch...
Anyway i will try to stay in touch and i am hoping to be able to get online at least once a week. Eventually i do plan to get my way down past gettysburg and into maryland and into the shenadoah valley virginia. I then hope to be able to settle in west virginia this winter.
hugs love Danielle :)))))))
Being Poor
Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs.
Being poor is getting angry at your kids for asking for all the crap they see on TV.
Being poor is having to keep buying $800 cars because they're what you can afford, and then having the cars break down on you, because there's not an $800 car in America that's worth a damn.
Being poor is hoping the toothache goes away.Being poor is knowing your kid goes to friends' houses but never has friends over to yours.
Being poor is going to the restroom before you get in the school lunch line so your friends will be ahead of you and won't hear you say "I get free lunch" when you get to the cashier.
Being poor is living next to the freeway.
Being poor is coming back to the car with your children in the back seat, clutching that box of Raisin Bran you just bought and trying to think of a way to make the kids understand that the box has to last.
Being poor is wondering if your well-off sibling is lying when he says he doesn't mind when you ask for help.
Being poor is off-brand toys.Being poor is a heater in only one room of the house.
Being poor is knowing you can't leave $5 on the coffee table when your friends are around.Being poor is hoping your kids don't have a growth spurt.
Being poor is stealing meat from the store, frying it up before your mom gets home and then telling her she doesn't have make dinner tonight because you're not hungry anyway.
Being poor is Goodwill underwear.
Being poor is not enough space for everyone who lives with you.
Being poor is feeling the glued soles tear off your supermarket shoes when you run around the playground.
Being poor is your kid's school being the one with the 15-year-old textbooks and no air conditioning.
Being poor is thinking $8 an hour is a really good deal.
Being poor is relying on people who don't give a damn about you.
Being poor is an overnight shift under florescent lights.
Being poor is finding the letter your mom wrote to your dad, begging him for the child support.
Being poor is a bathtub you have to empty into the toilet.
Being poor is stopping the car to take a lamp from a stranger's trash.
Being poor is making lunch for your kid when a cockroach skitters over the bread, and you looking over to see if your kid saw.
Being poor is believing a GED actually makes a goddamned difference.
Being poor is people angry at you just for walking around in the mall.
Being poor is not taking the job because you can't find someone you trust to watch your kids.
Being poor is the police busting into the apartment right next to yours.
Being poor is not talking to that girl because she'll probably just laugh at your clothes.
Being poor is hoping you'll be invited for dinner.
Being poor is a sidewalk with lots of brown glass on it.
Being poor is people thinking they know something about you by the way you talk.
Being poor is needing that 35-cent raise. Being poor is your kid's teacher assuming you don't have any books in your home.
Being poor is six dollars short on the utility bill and no way to close the gap.Being poor is crying when you drop the mac and cheese on the floor.
Being poor is knowing you work as hard as anyone, anywhere.
Being poor is people surprised to discover you're not actually stupid. Being poor is people surprised to discover you're not actually lazy.
Being poor is a six-hour wait in an emergency room with a sick child asleep on your lap.
Being poor is never buying anything someone else hasn't bought first.
Being poor is picking the 10 cent ramen instead of the 12 cent ramen because that's two extra packages for every dollar.
Being poor is having to live with choices you didn't know you made when you were 14 years old.
Being poor is getting tired of people wanting you to be grateful.
Being poor is knowing you're being judged.
Being poor is a box of crayons and a $1 coloring book from a community center Santa.
Being poor is checking the coin return slot of every soda machine you go by.
Being poor is deciding that it's all right to base a relationship on shelter.
Being poor is knowing you really shouldn't spend that buck on a Lotto ticket.
Being poor is hoping the register lady will spot you the dime.
Being poor is feeling helpless when your child makes the same mistakes you did, and won't listen to you beg them against doing so.
Being poor is a cough that doesn't go away.
Being poor is making sure you don't spill on the couch, just in case you have to give it back before the lease is up.
Being poor is a $200 paycheck advance from a company that takes $250 when the paycheck comes in.
Being poor is four years of night classes for an Associates of Art degree.
Being poor is a lumpy futon bed.
Being poor is knowing where the shelter is.
Being poor is people who have never been poor wondering why you choose to be so.
Being poor is knowing how hard it is to stop being poor.
Being poor is seeing how few options you have.
Being poor is running in place. Being poor is people wondering why you didn't leave.
Being poor is buying a horse and buggy know that you won't have to pay gas and the horse can eat grass along the highways for free Oh yea that's me i just bought one a halflinger austrian breed and the carriage is a enclosed box which is 8ft long with enough room to lay down and carry hay in dry times.
Yesterday i was training my horse by walking behind him a 2yr old gelding and getting him to turn and stop with the reins. Monday i will break the horse and ride him oh my aching butt when i fall off lol no one has ever rode him yet YIKES
I get my buggy July 1st when i get my next check. then i will have a home and no longer have to resort to staying with others as their servant for a place to stay.
Hugs Danielle
Kick-off Meeting for barack obama / PhillyForObamaThursday, February 15, 2007 2:35 PM = MEMORIES
From: "Danielle c" <danielegrl@yahoo.com>View contact details To: DelcoforObama@groups.barackobama.comBcc: peacehome@earthlink.netKick-off Meeting When: Feb 27, 2007 Where: Doc Watson's Pub216 S. 11th Street2 nd FloorPhiladelphia, 19107 http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/PhillyForObama
98 signed up so far will you?
Danielle Clarke
Life here on earth is but a dream of the true spiritual world from whence we came and to where we will return
For as you have cared for others so have you cared for me. Love Jesus
It’s up to the vast network of supporters like you in communities across the country to see thiscampaign through to victory.
ETC
We veterans need
""FARMS NOT ARMS""
But we do need veterans hard working arms to plant gardens all over the USA.We need farms all over the USA where we can work out our pain from our past and instead of seeing death we can see new life.
Please help http://www.veteransvillage.org/
some gardens i have planted that have helped with healing
.http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/gardencapa0/my_garden/ gardens i planted humboldt county 2004 to 2005 http://www.angelfire.com/or2/swf4love/mygarden2006/index.album?i=10 more of the same gardens in humboldt county 2005 to 2006
PS: I just created another garden that is 35ft by 35ft in lansdale pa which has 8ft high fence which is 5 ft wire fence with wire strands around top and fine rabbit wire 2ft high at bottom buried 6 inches around bottom to prevent burrowing animals. It has blueberries rasberries thornless blackberries and red and white seedless grapes as well as lots of great veggies. It belongs to a friend who has a 10 year old son.
NOTE: I am in the process of having a amish horse drawn carriage built which will be my travel wagon and future home. I will be on the road by mid july. :)
PLEASE EMAIL OUR CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE IN DIRECTION ! WERE NOT PERFECT!
http://www.longestwalk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=380&Itemid=121
Tens of thousands of people across the continental United States
and in Hawai'i still suffer the effects of previous uranium mining booms during the 1940s and the Cold War, and fears are growing over how a nuclear power renaissance will impact tribal lands.
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, a member of the Lakota Nation, explains, "In western South Dakota, there is an unspoken nuclear Chernobyl. There are days when the sky is brown from the dust of uranium mining tailings in the air. This is cattle and wheat country. When the dust settles, no one knows they are being radiated."
Ghosthorse, also the host of "First Voices Indigenous Radio" on New York's WBAI, speaks in a firm voice when he discusses the impact of uranium mining on his home in Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. "A few years, there were only 19 of us left from my 1973 high school graduating class of 70 or 80 people. Nine out of 10 of them had died of cancer."
To bring attention to the environmental threats and the destruction of sacred sites, hundreds of Native Americans and supporters began trekking from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11. The five-month walk commemorates the 1978 Longest Walk that led to the defeat of 11 anti-Native American bills in Congress and passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.
"The Walk is a call of action to the people to wake up and realize that the continued exploitation of Mother Earth cannot go on," said Ricardo Tapia, a national coordinator of the Longest Walk 2. "This walk is for people of all colors. We are concerned about the trees, water and the sprit of the land. These things are alive. To most non-Indians, these are just seen as resources."
' The New York Times recently noted that in the case of New Mexico, where the nuclear power industry is seeking to restart uranium mining near a Dine (Navajo) reservation, "mining companies walked away from their cleanup responsibilities" of a thousand open mines after the Cold War ended. The Times stated "among the horrors" that resulted were "shifting mountains of uranium tailings; open mines leaching contaminated rain into drinking water tables; wind-blown radioactive dust; home construction from uranium mine slabs; and even the grim spectacle of children playing in radioactive swimming holes and ground pits."
June is coming up, and with it, pride festivals in cities across the country.
http://pride.barackobama.com/pridemonth
As a member of Obama Pride, you can use these events to help make a big difference for Barack.
The LGBT community will be an essential part of our strategy as we prepare to challenge John McCain in all 50 states, and there's no better opportunity to reach out and organize than at your local pride festival.
There are organizing events scheduled all across the country, so come join in the excitement and make a difference for Barack at the pride festival near you:
This campaign has always been about everyday people reaching out to one another, talking to friends and neighbors about our common vision for changing this country.
Pride Month is a perfect opportunity to make this happen by spreading the word about Barack's positions on LGBT issues and letting everyone know why we're a part of this movement.
We'll march and show our support for Barack -- then we'll talk to voters, register new people to vote, and sign up volunteers to help us win in November!
Learn more about how you can make a difference for Barack at your pride parade:
Thank you,
Jamie
Jamie CitronLGBT Outreach CoordinatorObama for America
Keen observers have noticed their cars getting somewhat lower gas mileage over the past year. Some have attributed this to a normal side-effect of ageing vehicles, others with new cars didn’t notice it at all and thought it was the normal state of affairs. However, I have some news, and most of you aren’t going to like it.
Last year, the Bush administration introduced the Renewable Fuel Standards program under the Environmental Protection Agency. This was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was one of the last vestiges of a Republican-controlled Congress that allowed most Republican backed legislation to be enacted with little or no input by the Democrats. What this RFS program does is require that American refineries use a minimum amount of renewable fuel between 2007 and 2012. This “renewable fuel” is ethanol, and most states are now using a minimum of E10 in all their gasoline products, which is 10% ethanol.
Some people see this as A Good Thing, since ethanol is supposed to give us some freedom from imported oil and give us cleaner air, but as I’m going to show you, it ain’t necessarily so.
Going back to my opening statement, some drivers have noticed their automobiles getting lower gas mileage. One particularly keen observer noticed that his gas mileage went from an average of 32 miles per gallon to 29 miles per gallon. This person is very keen on vehicle maintenance and performance, and since he lives very close to the Wisconsin/Minnesota border, he was able to verify his results by recording his average fuel consumption with E10 from Minnesota, and comparing it to straight gasoline (E0) from Wisconsin. His findings showed that the E10 gasoline affected his gas mileage by 10%.
I’m sure that many are thinking the difference between 29MPG and 32MPG really isn’t that much of a difference, but let’s take a theoretical 320 mile trip. Using straight gasoline, that trip would require 10 gallons of fuel. Using E10, that same trip requires 11 gallons of fuel. Now pay attention, because here’s where the numbers start to do interesting things. Since E10 is 10% ethanol, the remaining 90% is gasoline, so this theoretical 320 mile trip still takes 9.9 gallons of gasoline! That means whether we use E10 or E0, we still use nearly the exact same amount of gasoline – the extra ethanol didn’t really do anything for us. And here’s the kicker: E10 costs almost exactly the same as regular gasoline!
Now this is just one example, and one might be inclined to think this might be an anomalous observation, unique to only one person. Luckily, the US Department of Transportation keeps records on the number of miles driven and fuel burned in all 50 states (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs06/motor_fuel.htm) and these numbers say quite a bit.
Using 2005 data (the latest numbers available), drivers in Minnesota drove 56.6 billion miles and consumed 2.7 billion gallons of fuel, making their fuel average 20.6MPG. Drivers in Wisconsin drove 60.3 billion miles and consumed 2.6 billion gallons of fuel, making their rating 23.3MPG. In other words the E10 state (Minnesota) got 12% less fuel efficiency than the E0 state (Wisconsin).
Wow.
The bottom line here is that ethanol as a fuel additive is a losing game. It doesn’t remove our dependence on foreign oil because we use only a fraction less gasoline to achieve the exact same results.
Today, 46% of all gasoline in the USA is at least a 10% ethanol blend, with that number reaching 100% by 2012 under current guidelines. The problem is that the ethanol is coming from corn; 98% of domestic ethanol is from domestic corn crops. There are currently 158 ethanol refineries online, 51 under construction, and hundreds more pending air quality permits from the various state Environmental Protection Agencies. With that kind of growth, ethanol from corn is likely to be our source of ethanol for many years to come because these plants can only convert corn into ethanol. Not cellulosic ethanol, or algae-bearing ethanol – these plants are essentially huge stills, designed to ferment corn and turn it into alcohol.
The problem of ethanol from corn isn’t that the corn we eat is being used to make fuel – it isn’t. The problem is that farmers are growing less of the food crops we use to make more of the ethanol-producing dent corn. Farmers are planting less sweet corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, and even cotton to make room for the new cash crop: dent corn. When you combine a shortage of feed crops with an all-time high cost for fuel necessary to grow, harvest, and process those crops, you get a huge spike in food prices just like we’re seeing today, and the really bad news is that it’s only going to get worse.
Ethanol is a lie. There are other, more effective methods for turning vegetable matter into fuel. As an example, there is a technology called “thermal depolymerization”, which mimics the way mother earth converts decaying plant and animal matter into crude oil, except on a radically faster timeline. Think about that – we can take our grass clippings and chicken guts and make a light, sweet crude suitable for refining. I’ll bet you didn’t know about that. Most people don’t. Of course that won’t solve our energy crisis, no single solution will. But a common-sense approach to energy production that combines the best of all available and emerging technologies will certainly get us where we need to be.
It is my sincere hope that President Obama has a full understanding of the emergency situation the current ethanol policy has on the domestic economy, as well as the humanitarian crisis it is causing abroad. Whatever happens, the insane energy policy of the Bush Administration needs to be corrected in the next administration.
Baracks Bills - 1. 2006 Transparency bill = expose corrupt lobby $ that lobbyist give to politicians so we the people can either impeach them or not re-elect them2. TECH PLAN = 2007 = http://www.USAspending.gov = expose all government spending so the citzens can see where their tax money goes 3. 2008 = SUNSHINE bill = SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION = http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/ = http://www.sunshineweek.org/sunshineweek/candidates = EXPOSE future spending. This is acomplished as Barack and his newly elected cabinet point out to WE THE PEOPLE , negative porkbarrel spending so we the people can rally against a certain senator or congress person or committee to stop it before it goes up for vote or support it if it is good for we the people = honest government finally controlled by WE THE PEOPLE. Who knows maybe one day in the future we won't need politicians as we the people stay involved in what is going on in all 3 branches of government and we use the computer to approve the direction of our country / government.
MY RESPONSE TO A DIVERSITY4OBAMA LISTSERVE EMAIL:
No one human country is better than another. yes we have leaders who try to play leaders and many times they run roughshod over other poorer weaker military countries. Who are we as americans to use and abuse most of the energy of the world?? Who are we as americans to think just because we have numclear bombs that another country can't?? Who are we to stop the world from balancing out as people cross boarders and become more industrialized?? Iran saw us attack iraq and well if i was them i would build a nuclear bomb. If i was a mexican i would cross the boarder and come to america, especially since many of americans kids are too lazy to do the work and think they are better than other kids from around the world.All, we as individual humans can do, is try to share and care for one another and stop playing this foolish game of being imperialistic americans, who dare to think they deserve they better land and more of the oil etc.. I know my two america bloood children will get less as my two adopted kids in africa get more. Are my blood kids more valuable than my two kids i support in africa?? NO! People are humans and we all need to stop playing the country game and thinking we deserve more just because we were born here in america. I served my country during the vietnam war and in doing so i learned a lot. I learned that my country is an abuser and needs a major adjustment in attitude. I support Barack Obama and pray he helps to bridge gaps around the world so other people born in other countries do not feel less than and so we americans learn to not feel we are better than.I just built a 35ft by 35ft 8ft high deer fence in the suburbs for a veggie garden so my son and his neighbors can grow food to eat. I live on a small VA disibility and i don't abuse it, i use it to help make the world a better place. It isn't mine even though it is sent to me. ( after 30 yrs the VA finally gave it to me without me asking for it) but i am smart enough to use it properly. We americans need to change our ways. Yes illegals come here and work for bosses who use them and abuse them and well its those bosses who don't care and its many of us who have them cut our lawns as we cry illegal immigrants who also think we are better than.Well people you better get use to oil going higher and learning to grow your own food and get to work and share and care and stop using and abusing people and energy just because you are americans.A true american has a victory garden and that is something i have had after WWII ended / in the 50's i was born. That victory is not about being a conqueror but it is about doing for yourself and doing for your neighbor and one of our neighbors is mexico and until we change our ways here in america we will suffer much much more and we will point fingers at others and make blame which is really about our own laziness and not teaching our kids to grow food and pick veggies because in the end someone has to do it and that means you and me, so get out there and plant a victory garden and share it with your neighbors. PS: Take care of the elderly i do its how i survive as i sleep on a couch while they get beds, but at least i have a roof over my head. BARACK OBAMA:I AM MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS KEEPERS AND THROUGH HARD WORK AND INOVATION WE CAN MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I AM NOT HERE / WE ARE NOT HERE TO TAKE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. WE ARE HERE / YOU ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE ALL COUNTRIES TREAT THEIR PEOPLE EQUALLY AND NO LONGER WILL BOSSES IN ANY COUNTRY GET TO USE AND ABUSE ANYBODY / ANY WORKER!!!I am Barack ObamaYou are Barack ObamaWe are Barack Obamaalways fired up and ready to go Danielle Hussein Clarke = working for all Obamanites 10 to 12 hours a day since feb 11th 2007Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama has been weathering a small storm lately in the LGBT community for being too tight-lipped with gay and lesbian news media.
Unlike his rival Hillary Clinton, who's given interviews to Logo and several local papers since appearing on the cover of The Advocate last fall, the Illinois senator has only talked once, to address the Donnie McClurkin controversy. But last week, his campaign offered our magazine an exclusive sit-down in Chicago with the man who may well become the next President of the United States.
To some extent, it symbolizes the brilliance of a protracted primary contest where candidates continually pivot and adjust in order to engage ever more voters. Had the race stopped cold in the snows of New Hampshire, gays and lesbians would have been left with one interview of record for each Democratic candidate in total.But in a wide-ranging interview this Monday, Sen. Obama discussed "don't ask, don't tell," Rev. Wright, and why LGBT folks should lead on marriage equality, not politicians. Some may call the chat a shrewd political move made by the Obama camp ahead of the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary. We call it access.
The Advocate: Let’s start with what’s hot, why the silence on gay issues? You’ve only done one other interview with the LGBT press. I know people wish they were hearing more from you.
Sen. Obama: I don’t think it’s fair to say silence on gay issues. The gay press may feel like I’m not giving them enough love. But basically, all press feels that way at all times. Obviously, when you’ve got limited amount of time, you’ve got so many outlets. We tend not to do a whole bunch of specialized press. We try to do general press for a general readership.
But I haven’t been silent on gay issues. What’s happened is, I speak oftentimes to gay issues to a public general audience. When I spoke at Ebenezer Church for King Day, I talked about the need to get over the homophobia in the African-American community, when I deliver my stump speeches routinely I talk about the way that antigay sentiment is used to divide the country and distract us from issues that we need to be working on, and I include gay constituencies as people that should be treated with full honor and respect as part of the American family.
So I actually have been much more vocal on gay issues to general audiences than any other presidential candidate probably in history. What I probably haven’t done as much as the press would like is to put out as many specialized interviews. But that has more to do with our focus on general press than it does on … I promise you the African-American press says the same thing.
And Spanish-language?
And Spanish-language [outlets] had the same gripe. Just generally, we have generally tried to speak to broader audiences. That’s all that is.
I think the underlying fear of the gay community is that if you get into office, will LGBT folks be last on the priority list?
I guess my point would be that the fact that I’m raising issues accordant to the LGBT community in a general audience rather than just treating you like a special interest that is sort of off in its own little box – that, I think, is more indicative of my commitment. Because ultimately what that shows is that I’m not afraid to advocate on your behalf outside of church, so to speak. It’s easy to preach to the choir; what I think is harder is to speak to a broader audience about why these issues are important to all Americans.
If you were elected, what do you plan to do for the LGBT community -- what can you reasonably get done?
I reasonably can see “don’t ask, don’t tell” eliminated. I think that I can help usher through an Employment Non-Discrimination Act and sign it into law.
You think it’s transgender-inclusive?
I think that’s going to be tough, and I’ve said this before. I have been clear about my interest in including gender identity in legislation, but I’ve also been honest with the groups that I’ve met with that it is a heavy lift through Congress. We’ve got some Democrats who are willing to vote for a non-inclusive bill but we lose them on an inclusive bill, and we just may not be able to generate the votes. I don’t know. And obviously, my goal would be to get the strongest possible bill -- that’s what I’ll be working for.
The third thing I believe I can get done is in dealing with federal employees, making sure that their benefits, that their ability to transfer health or pension benefits the same way that opposite-sex couples do, is something that I’m interested in making happen and I think can be done with some opposition, some turbulence, but I think we can get that done.
And finally, an area that I’m very interested in is making sure that federal benefits are available to same-sex couples who have a civil union. I think as more states sign civil union bills into law the federal government should be helping to usher in a time when there’s full equality in terms of what that means for federal benefits.
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