KJ's Blog

What to do about media bias?

KJ — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:30:51 EDT

Is anybody else as worried as I am about the endangerment of fully objective reporting in our country? We used to feel confident that we had a free and unbiased press. Have we been so complacent that we have let those precious things slip away?

Experience from the Austin Stand For Change Rally, Feb 22

KJ — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:13:19 EST

I posted the following on one of the threads last night after returning home from the rally, and somebody asked me to post it again today, so here you go! BTW, I cast my vote for Senator (aka Next President of the United States) Obama today. What a great feeling! Let's keep working!

Here's one of my experiences from the rally last night:

My husband and I volunteered to help starting at 4pm. We directed people where to go to get into the area that was cordoned off by the secret service, closest to the stage. There were several people in wheelchairs outside the cordoned-off area when we got there, thinking they were as close as they could get. We told them they had to actually go around the block and go through security to enter the stage area.

One man was somewhat upset at first. Then when I offered to push his wheelchair around the block to make sure he got in, he replied that it was motorized and wouldn't need the help. He said he got there early so he could get a good place to see. I assured him there was a good place designated for him.

He then told me that he had seen his first Commander in Chief, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and had not personally seen another since then. He got a little choked up when he said that he just wanted to see his last Commander in Chief. That's why he was there. He wasn't sure he'd live long enough to see another, and he just wanted to make sure that he got to see his last Commander in Chief.

This man was not referring to Senator Obama as a person who had a good chance to be his last Commander in Chief. He referred to him as 'my last Commander in Chief'. Period.

That man believed!

So many people who are so excited to be truly represented by a person who 'gets it'! Finally! There's HOPE!

YES WE CAN!!!

Superdelegates

KJ — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:35:47 EST

As the contest between Democrat candidates tightens further, the Superdelegates’ importance is ever more critical. Please find out who your Superdelegates are, and contact them to tell them why you hope they will vote for Barack Obama. (Be aware that Superdelegates can ‘change their mind’ and vote for a candidate other than the one they’ve ‘pledged to’.)

Here is a list of Texas Democratic Superdelegates and their current pledges as reported in the Austin American Statesman online today:

Ruben Hinojosa Congressman, to Clinton

Silvestre Reyes Congressman, to Clinton

Henry Cuellar Congressman, to Clinton

Solomon Ortiz Congressman, to Clinton

Gene Green Congressman, to Clinton

Sheila Jackson Lee Congresswoman, to Clinton

Sue Lovell DNC, to Clinton

Senfronia Thompson DNC, to Clinton

Norma Fisher Flores DNC, to Clinton

David Holmes DNC, to Clinton

Jim Wright Former Speaker of the House, to Clinton

Denise Johnson Appointed by DNC, to Obama

Moses Mercado Appointed by DNC to Obama

Al Green Congressman, to Obama

Eddie Bernice Johnson Congresswoman, to Obama

Robert Martinez Appointed by DNC, Unpledged

Boyd Richie State party chair, Unpledged

Charlie Gonzalez Congressman, Unpledged

Chet Edwards Congressman, Unpledged

Nick Lampson Congressman, Unpledged

Ciro Rodriguez Congressman, Unpledged

Lloyd Doggett Congressman, Unpledged

Yvonne Davis DNC, Unpledged

Al Edwards DNC, Unpledged

Jaime Gonzalez Jr. DNC, Unpledged

John Patrick DNC, Unpledged

Betty Richie DNC, Unpledged

Bob Slagle DNC, Unpledged

Bob Strauss Former Chair of DNC, Unpledged

Linda Chavez-Thompson Labor Add-on, Unpledged

Roy LaVerne Brooks State party vice- chair, Unpledged

David Hardt Young Democrats Add-on, Unpledged