To support President Obama's Health Care Reform, here's a suggestion:
Plant a *Memorial Garden* with markers to show the number of dead & dying due to NO HEALTH CARE. We did this at SOU (Oregon) with Iraq casualties - it stretched for blocks. It was an astounding sight. You could not NOT be affected by it.
One of the coolest things about joining with you all in the Obama campaign is that my work for Senator Obama, such as it was, was enough to get me noticed by the Jackson County Democrats leadership, and I've since been named the county chairman for the next two years.
I think that many of you got involved for the same reasons I did:
If that sounds familiar, and if that sounds like a path you'd like to continue walking after inaugriation day, please contact me at jcdchair@gmail.com. Even if Obama was the only politician you've ever worked for; even if you don't consider yourself a democrat - please consider working with the JCD. If you love the democratic platform, here's your chance to spread it; if you don't think you fit in with the party, here's your chance to change the party.
Over the next two years, I hope to grow the Jackson County Democrats with your participation. I hope to spread the party base from beyond the Ashland to Medford cooridor out into all parts of the county. I hope to broaden JCD participation in community service and outreach. I hope, in short, that we can continue to do the things we did for the Obama campaign in a way that helps Jackson county experience the rennaisance that our country will experience with this historic presidency.
What ever your skills, whatever your level of participation, we will have a spot for you. Please come help us make this party our party.
Respectfully,
Chris Len
* Let's put this on Myspace, Facebook, and all the social networks & blogs:.......................................http://www. change. org - this is how MODERN government leads!- See what's happening- meet people- join a cause- tell President Obama what you want him to change- Lots of great features & linksWhat are you interested in?- ENVIRONMENT: global warming, clean air, clean water, etc.- JUSTICE: criminal justice, all kinds of legal stuff- Stop Global Warming - 4971 Members- Stop Genocide - 1860 Members- Animal Rights - 1578 Members- Humanitarian Relief - 1178 Members- Women's Rights - 1023 Members- End Homelessness - 906 Members- Gay Rights - 884 Members- Fair Trade - 819 Members- Social Entrepreneurship - 667 Members- Criminal Justice - 492 Members- Peace in the Middle East - 345 Members- Immigration - 294 MembersLooking forward to working with some of you on some of these!GOD BLESS AMERICA - LAND THAT I LOVE ....
"No matter who wins, will there be any change?"My answer:Will there be? CHANGE HAS BEGUN already .... look around. People voting for principle, not party; Republicans embracing Democrats, people coming together to save our country & protect our future. Obama changing our thinking from division to unity; from red/blue to purple. YES!! I see people with HOPE in their eyes & on their faces. I see behaviors shifting and people suddenly thinking about values such as respect and responsibility. Lights are coming on, motives & agendas are being exposed. Look how many people are involved and INVESTED in our country. Look how many have been revived and are now praying and WORKING for the future of America. We are creating totally new paradigms and the dinosaurs are no longer ruining us. CHANGE began as soon as Barack was introduced in 2004. Some really huge foundations are splitting -- corruption is threatened -- selfishness is being harnessed -- the little guy now has a chance. No longer is this a country for the wealthy with everyone else begging for crumbs. "Trickle Down Economics" has been proven disastrous. Obama's vision will rebuild a foundation solid as a pyramid ... from the ground up. America will once again be of the people, for the people and BY the people. Finally genuine leaders & role models this time. Hallelujah. God Bless the United States of America!
Please disregard the Halloween Newsletter post - it has been removed. My badThe more desperate the times, the more humor we need.... D. Ames (missdeal.com)
Here are five major McCain myths debunked.
http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/video/23356460/five_myths_about_john_mccain
* BREAKING NEWS * John McCain's transition team headed by Sadam Hussein Lobbyist & Supporter! Unbelievable! *WRITE THE MEDIA* and make sure this news is out!
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The story courtesy of Huffington Post online:
William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein's government.
During the same period beginning in 1992, Timmons worked closely with the two lobbyists, Samir Vincent and Tongsun Park, on a previously unreported prospective deal with the Iraqis in which they hoped to be awarded a contract to purchase and resell Iraqi oil. Timmons, Vincent, and Park stood to share at least $45 million if the business deal went through.
Timmons' activities occurred in the years following the first Gulf War, when Washington considered Iraq to be a rogue enemy state and a sponsor of terrorism. His dealings on behalf of the deceased Iraqi leader stand in stark contrast to the views his current employer held at the time.
John McCain strongly supported the 1991 military action against Iraq, and as recently as Sunday described Saddam Hussein as a one-time menace to the region who had "stated categorically that he would acquire weapons of mass destruction, and he would use them wherever he could."
Timmons declined to comment for this story. An office manager who works for him said that he has made it his practice during his public career to never speak to the press. Timmons previously told investigators that he did not know that either Vincent or Park were acting as unregistered agents of Iraq. He also insisted that he did not fully understand just how closely the two men were tied to Saddam's regime while they collaborated.
But testimony and records made public during Park's criminal trial, as well as other information uncovered during a United Nations investigation, suggest just the opposite. Virtually everything Timmons did while working on the lobbying campaign was within days conveyed by Vincent to either one or both of Saddam Hussein's top aides, Tariq Aziz and Nizar Hamdoon. Vincent also testified that he almost always relayed input from the Iraqi aides back to Timmons.
Talking points that Timmons produced for the lobbyists to help ease the sanctions, for example, were reviewed ahead of time by Aziz, Vincent testified in court. Proposals that Timmons himself circulated to U.S. officials as part of the effort were written with the assistance of the Iraqi officials, and were also sent ahead of time with Timmons' approval to Aziz, other records show. Moreover, there was a major financial incentive at play for Timmons. The multi-million dollar oil deal that he was pursuing with the two other lobbyists would only be possible if their efforts to ease sanctions against Iraq were successful.
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Here is the link:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/A_OPINION01/809280301/-1/A_OPINION
This is a handy tool to get a ball park figure of how much tax relief your family can look forward to with Barac Obama's economic policy. It also shows how much McCain will tax you.
http://alchemytoday.com/obamataxcut/
From today's Huffington Post [link]: "McCain's experience has apparently taught him that pretty much every problem in the world has a military solution." This is the McCain story in a nutshell...that and his POW credit card which is due to expire any time now.
Excerpt:
Yes, he voted for the war (a decision he says he regrets), but he made it clear that our goal in Iraq should be limited to ending Iraq's weapons programs -- not achieving "rogue state rollback."What's more, right before the war vote, Biden reached across the aisle and, with the help of Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel, two of his Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations committee, helped craft a proposal that would limit the president's ability to wage war on Iraq, forcing him to seek UN approval. And, if the UN had said no, Bush would have had to return to Congress and prove that the Iraqi WMD threat was so "grave" that only military action could eliminate it.
Yes, he voted for the war (a decision he says he regrets), but he made it clear that our goal in Iraq should be limited to ending Iraq's weapons programs -- not achieving "rogue state rollback."
What's more, right before the war vote, Biden reached across the aisle and, with the help of Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel, two of his Republican colleagues on the Foreign Relations committee, helped craft a proposal that would limit the president's ability to wage war on Iraq, forcing him to seek UN approval. And, if the UN had said no, Bush would have had to return to Congress and prove that the Iraqi WMD threat was so "grave" that only military action could eliminate it.
Senator Obama's choice of Joe Biden is a strong display of leadership, and dedication to solving America's problems. Experience: It's about "QUALITY". Joe Biden trumps McCain easily on this.
Biden's national security experience is just what we need! He understands the challenges, and can help Barack accomplish the changes necessary to make America strong and healthy. This is a marriage of CHANGE plus the MECHANIC who can help get things done. Brilliant!
*BRAVO, BARACK*
WE ARE WITH YOU 100% - and look forward to your White House with HOPEFUL anticipation! All blessings to you and your family, as well as Obama appointees. May all those exiting the big house do so with grace and applomb. May Clintons find their niche in this new administration and choose to be a help rather than a hindrance.
God bless usa all - God bless the U.S.A.
Obama for America - online .pdf rebuttal of the swiftboat book "Obama Nation" -- Here's the link:
http://markhalperin.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/unfit_for_publication.pdf
Can we get this out in book form? Democrats can buy up cases & force the book onto the "Best Seller" list sitting right there next to the swiftboat book. People can buy them both and compare. The author of 'Obama Nation' has publicly declared war on the Obama campaign. It is his mission to sabotage Obama. Jerome Corsi needs to be condemned and run out of town - like STAT!
Thanks to Arianna Huffington for this excerpt:
So every day between now and November 4th voters should be reminded that:
McCain has been among the most ardent supporters of the war in Iraq -- the most disastrous foreign policy decision in American history.
McCain falsely claims that, from the beginning of the war, he called on former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to resign. He should have, but he didn't.
McCain thinks it's "not too important" when American forces come home from Iraq.
McCain has repeatedly claimed that Iran was training members of al-Qaeda in Iraq, showing a fundamental misunderstanding of the key players in the war. He doesn't understand the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, and even after being corrected he still doesn't get it.
McCain falsely claimed that the surge was what led to the Anbar Awakening, even though the Sunni revolt against al-Qaeda in the province began months before Bush even announced his plan to send more troops to Iraq.
McCain falsely claimed at the end of May that American troops in Iraq were down to "pre-surge levels" (brandished as proof that the surge was "succeeding") -- even though two-thirds of the additional surge troops were still in Iraq. And, when called on his mistake, he refused to acknowledge that he was wrong.
McCain falsely claimed that the war in Iraq was "the first major conflict since 9/11" -- either forgetting about the war in Afghanistan or deeming it not major enough. This is not all that surprising, since McCain's policies on Afghanistan -- the real central front in the war on terror -- have been all over the map. Indeed, McCain first attacked Obama's policy on Afghanistan, then adopted it for himself.
McCain has a long history of paying lip service to supporting America's troops but voting against their interests. His handling of the new GI bill was the latest example of his hypocrisy: he consistently and vocally worked to defeat it, then, once it passed, tried to take credit for it.
Need more proof of why McCain is not "ready to lead"? Do you want a president who thinks there is an "Iraq/Pakistan border"? Who believes Darfur is in Somalia? And that Czechoslovakia is still a country?
Here is a sample of brilliant campaigning - per "politicalinaction.com"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Obama Registering People At Gas Stations in OhioPretty genius effort. They did this around 8 cities in the state. In my local city of Toledo, the event was a huge hit according the local news station WTOL.Think about it.....people are basically stationary for 5 minutes. If you hit low income areas of town, you capitalize on their anger at the pumps and you give them an avenue to voice their displeasure in November. Given that gas was $1.25 before oilmen Bush and Cheney took office, and now it is $4 a gallon, and John McCain is going to continue those same energy policies, pretty good chances they'll be voting Democratic.Everyone must get gas. Probably the only place in America where people of all political leanings go.....and a great way to nail unregistered voters. Now, we could use this in a couple of ways.
1. FUNDRAISING - have a combo car wash and voter registration - donate money to Obama
2. OBAMA WORKS - a bigger statement to the community: *FREE* car wash in the name of Obama Works (see www.whyobamaworks.com), combined with voter registration & invites to meetings, the web site, solicit donations, etc. This would be great with T-shirts and local media notification. What a great statement for the community. We could make it a big event - important thing is to display our faith in Barack Obama and his vision for America.
If we can find organizers, I will help -- any takers? RSVP: D. Ames - ladyolove@hotmail.com
We need to help bloggers & media people stop & take a look at the *BIG* picture in order to understand how Barack Obama thinks. He is always a couple steps ahead of us - we need to catch up! Obama spends way too much time explaining what he said, or what he meant. He is truly & sincerely capable and determined to take us in a better direction and start creating policies to repair our nation. Why are so many people acting like petulant children or cynical, grumpy old farts?
I used to get concerned when I read about Obama "refining" his position and appearing to change his thinking on major issues. Then it dawned on me ... we Americans are so used to being neglected and abused, lied to and screwed over by our leaders, we have become reduced to a skeptical nation of whiners obsessed with details and completely oblivious to the larger scenarios facing our country, not to mention the complex multi-leveled thinking it will take to get us back on track. Barack Obama is enlarging us!
When is a flip not a flop? When you must *compromise* in order to GET THINGS DONE. The best plans & ideas are worthless if you cannot get them into action! Obama constantly challenges us to look UP for God's sake! Study the *big picture*, like he does. Don't get snagged with the petty details ... to see where he is trying to take this country and to understand his vision. Otherwise we are still part of the problem, not a vital, active part of the solution, and we are doomed to chaos. I choose HOPE and will do my best to help my blog friends think on a broader scope, to listen more carefully to Barack Obama, instead of trying to find something to debate about. We need to let him do his job and work with him! Remember in "A Beautiful Mind" - the governing law of dynamics; when we work together we all win.
Snopes posted 50 lies circulated in email -- Last updated: 6 June 2008 URL: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/50lies.asp.........................................................
Color Brochure
Answering the 5 most common rumors/smears:
1. Does he wear a flag pin on his lapel? (not always)2. Is he a Christian? (Yes)3. Was he sworn in on the Bible? (Yes)4. Was he born in America? (Yes)5. Does he place his hand over his heart when he says the pledge [of allegiance]? (Yes)
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This is a good start! Printable brochure (pdf file) here: http://www.nationaljournal.com/img/hotline/AFL08043_AFL_FINAL_FPO.pdf
*********** YAY and HOORAY!! ***************HOPE is alive and well in the United States of America!Now we need to put aside the bitter residue of the agonizing preceding months, and take a deep breath ... relax, take a vacation. Then we need to come together and get some work done!HRC can continue her drama ... sooner or later she has to sit down.Meanwhile, we have a VISION -- Americans working together to clean up some of the Washington corruption, end the war, improve the economy, and make so many more changes to better our lives and our country's international image.WE ARE ON OUR WAY! CONGRATULATIONS, SENATOR OBAMA, for running a clean, classy, phenomenal campaign. Millions of people have been inspired to become involved in the voting process - many for the first time. This movement of HOPE will continue all the way to the White House and beyond.GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.
LINK -- Enjoy! This is an incredibly proud moment in the history of our country.
