alamObama Meeting Thurs Aug 14
Special Guest Speakers: For a pre-Convention Kick-Off, we will be joined at our monthly meeting byState Sen Letitia Van de Putte, co-chairwoman for the Democratic National Convention; State Rep Trey Martinez-Fischer and Carla Vela, BexarCounty DemocraticChair REMINDER: The meeting this month will be held in the SEIU office at 1017 N. Main 78212 (6:30 pm) MAP
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The Volunteer Party was a Huge Success!! The evening was lovely, the venue hospitable, the food plentiful, and the music absolutely delightful...And, MOST IMPORTANTLY, volunteers came from all areas of our community and were United for Change. A big Thank You to everyone who worked to make this great night a reality!Pictures from the evening can be viewed here:
alamObama Volunteer Party Pictures
July 10th 6:30pm Monthly Meeting:
alamObama is finalizing details for a new (well air conditioned) meeting location.
FIRED UP AND READY TO GO!!!Sincerely your alamObama Co-Chairs,
Jen Romo (jen@alamobama08.com)
Judy Hall (judy@alamobama08.com)
Fred Tawil (fred@alamobama08.com)
i've already gotten a second donation from a fellow texan and supporter of obama!!!!
it's not much, but anything will do...donate today!
Scott- Artists of San Antonio for Obama!
hello everyone! long time no blog.
well, i am extremley happy to inform you that i was chosen to participate in the fellowship!
I got in...I am a fellow!!!
it's a good day people...
Artists of San Antonio for Obama
weird...don't know what happened with the fellowship interview....i set up an appointment for a call interview but they never called. either thier too busy or i didnt get...dont know though.
i set up another appointment for thursday, hopefully theyll call then...
conufused...what do you think?
scott- artists of san antonio for obama
I have my interview for the Obama Summer Fellowship tommorow between 3-6pm.
I really hope that i get it so that i can help even further in the road to change!
wish me luck!
Scott- Artists of San Antonio for Obama
I think I am going to change the pages/group's name from "Artists for Obama" to Artists of San Antonio for Obama".
It's longer and doesn't roll off the tongue as well but I want to change it because there must be at least 5 other members of my.barackobama.com with the same name and now there is a section in the Obama Store titled artists for obama so I guess it's time to change it.
I'm a student in Texas so today I am going to commit to making at least 25 calls for Obama, hopefully more but have to check with my work schedule.
Everyone should make at least 25 calls! It's easy and if enough people do it, it can be effective.
Scott- Artists for Obama
Wow...Guam was really close, he won by seven votes. (Not that anyone was on the edge of thier seat for that caucus but it still feels nice to get yet another win against Hillary.
Let's hope that we do even better tommorow!
Scott- Artist for Obama
Just got this pic in an e-mail....thought it was kinda interesting considering all the attacks against Obama for being affiliated with Rev. Wright.
I think Bill invited him to a White House breakfast or something
interesting....
Obama signs on as co-sponsor of Cornyn's Valley veterans' hospital bill1 May 2008Joey Gomez
McALLEN, May 1 - U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation providing for a Veteran's Administration hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.
Obama signed on to S.1838, authored by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's, R-Texas, on Tuesday saying veterans in South Texas, as well as veterans across the nation, should all be provided with accessible health care, and “receive the benefits they deserve.”
The 24-county South Texas region is home to about 115,000 veterans. The nearest VA hospital, some four hours away for veterans in the Valley, is Audie Murphy in San Antonio.
“He cosponsored this legislation because he believes we must provide service members and veterans in South Texas and throughout the country with accessible and quality health care services,” said Mike Ortiz, spokesman in Obama's Washington, D.C., office.
"Obama continues his fight to ensure our nation's heroes don't have to fight another battle at home to receive the care and benefits they deserve," Ortiz said.
The bill remains short on Senate supporters but has enormous star power. The co-sponsorship of Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate, now brings the number of Senate supporters to five.
In addition to Cornyn and Obama, the bill has the backing of Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and two recent co-sponsors - 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, D-Mass., who signed on as a co-sponsor on Feb. 26, and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, who signed on as a co-sponsor on Feb. 28, during the Texas presidential primary campaign.
“It's a big issue, and it deserves to be a big issue as you have more than 20,000 veterans who have to drive more than five hours to San Antonio,” Clinton told reporters at a press conference in McAllen in February about veterans who have to travel 250 miles to receive inpatient acute medical care at the Audie Murphy facility in San Antonio.
“There are a lot of people who are young returning veterans with many severe injuries, both visible and invisible, who can't be making that five-hour trip as often as they need to get the help they require,” Clinton said.
S. 1838 mirrors H.R. 538, a companion bill in the House authored by U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi.
The two bills direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to determine, and notify Congress, whether the needs of veterans for acute inpatient hospital care in 24 counties comprising deep South Texas should be met through a public-private venture, construction of a new full-service, 50-bed hospital with a 125-bed nursing home, or a sharing agreement with a military treatment facility.
The bills require the Secretary to take appropriate action depending on the option selected. Valley veterans’ groups have long believed the two bills represent the best legislative vehicle through which to land a VA hospital.
Some Valley veterans’ leaders said they might endorse the first presidential candidate that co-sponsored Cornyn's bill. That was Clinton. U.S. John McCain, R-Ariz., a Vietnam War veteran who is likely to win the Republican nomination for president, has yet to sign on as a co-sponsor of Cornyn's bill.
“I'm ecstatic that Sen. Obama has signed on to S.1838, he's doing the right thing and I know his heart is in the right place as well,” said Felix Rodriguez, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars District 18, which includes all VFW posts in the Valley and Laredo.
“He has come through, and I'm glad that he did because he understands and fully comprehends how critical this is to us in the Valley,” Rodriguez said. “I guess it took this Democratic nomination race in the state of Texas to make them aware that there is a South Texas outside of San Antonio, and we do have needs here.”
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I've been hearing a lot of good rumors and good news about the Obama campaign and that we are closing in on Hillary and I hope it's true because it's about time that we get over this hump so we can focus on McCain.
Just feeling good about it right now....
Scott-Artists for Obama
Share how you feel about it with me!
I applied for the summer fellowship and I really hope that I get it. I would really enjoy volunteering for the campaign over the summer and hopefully even longer. Wish me luck...they say that they will inform the applicants as to whether or not they got the fellowship in mid May...
Post a message if you think I can get it based on my page!!!
I'd like to thank laura carter for her generous donation to artists for obama, myself, and the obama campaign greatly appreciate it!
If anyone wants to donate to the page and the campaign, feel free to do so on the artists for obama page!!
did everyone watch the democratic debate the other day? hillary just kept bashing him for the usual crap that means nothing to anyone and he just brushed it off his shoulders and made her look stupid by ignoring the bashing and focusing on his plan for change.
HAHAHA
