Check Out This clip from the 1960s Batman Tv series. It has such Uncanny similarities to the recent events of this years election campaign its actually SCARY!!
John McCain recently announced that he, along with the RNC, has nearly $100 million cash on hand. This is a huge amount of money and a formidable force for the Obama campaign.
Because of this, I created my own fundraising campaign today. If you click the link below you can contribute directly to the Obama campaign.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/mulehog
Any donation at all you can give will help to elect Barack as our next president.
Thanks for your time and your efforts. YES WE CAN!
-Ryan
It's Friday, there's a lot to talk about so let's get right to it:
The unemployment numbers came out today--up to 5.5% from 5.0% with 49,000 lost jobs. Of the over 8.5 million unemployed Americans, 1.5 million have been jobless for 27 weeks or more.
Unfortunately the plan for economic growth proposed by John McCain is the continuation of the Bush tax cuts--tax cuts he voted against BUT now supports. The economies under both Reagan and George W Bush have been held up as examples of economic growth.
I am not an economist, but I can see and smell B.S. when I run across it. Both economies were achieved running up a huge national debt, and accompanied by financial mismanagement on a national scale.
Reagan's tenure was marked by a gigantic Savings and Loan scandal that helped fuel growth in the housing and real estate sector. Eventually the taxpayers payed the tab to take care of the financial industry. Sounds familiar doesn't it?
We need both vision and someone to chart a course for sustainable growth and job creation. We need a plan rooted in common sense and built on solid rock. Just last week in my weekly mass we heard a reading about the man who built his house on sand and the man who built his house on rock.
Barack Obama has sweeping plans to help create jobs in industries old and new. His plan is one that will use our technological advantages and our innovative spirit to create jobs that can not be sent overseas. He also has plans to help working families with tax breaks and by cutting costs for education.
One of the biggest problems we have when we compete internationally are health care costs. Two years ago in a published report, General Motors reported $1,500 in health care costs for EVERY car they built here in the U.S.
Barack Obama has a plan to help cover all Americans and help rein in costs in a way that is fair to our workers and restores international competitiveness. That is what it will take--not just cutting taxes.
The economy is much bigger than just tax policy--the leadership in Washington has yet to figure that out even after several years in power.
Barack Obama will build our house on Rock while McCain will continue to keep building our house on sand.
On to topic number two--the NBA Finals began last night. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Celtics fan. More importantly, I am a fan of sports played well and competition at a high level.
Whether you like the Lakers, the Celtics or hate them both you had to be inspired if you watched last night. Celtics star Paul Pierce was knocked down hard in the third quarter, spraining his knee. He had to be carried off the court--it looked to be a series-ending injury.
A few minutes later he bounced back out onto the court--athough a bit gingerly at first. He drained two three-point shots in a 20-second span and played lights out defense the rest of the game. The Celtics won game one.
Our guy Senator Obama has been knocked down all primary season and keeps coming back and hitting big shots, playing great defense and winning promaries. He's won the conference finals and now moves onto the finals--and we are all on his team.
The results of this contest are much more important than any sporting contest--so much is at stake. Let's get up and hit some shots, play some defense and help this team win in November.
Finally I want to comment on a quote I saw from Barack Obama. Asked what he will be doing on Saturday he mentioned going home "taking my wife on a date, and riding bikes with my kids".
I hope we all just take a moment to think about the sacrifices that Senator Obama and his family have made for all of us. There are days, and moments that he has missed as a father and there are days and moments his daughters have missed with their father. We all should appreciate and respect what they have done.
From one husband/father to another have a great weekend Mr Democratic Presidential Nominee. Your Saturday plans sound simple yet wonderful, so enjoy a piece of heaven--you and your family have certainly earned it.
This morning word surfaces that Senator Clinton will call it a race on Saturday and endorse Senator Obama. While I have never been a fan of Senator Clinton, I relish the competition that has been waged with her over the course of this campaign. Competition is a positive, it that forces us to push ourselves beyond our perceived limits.
I have been involved in major college football for over 20 seasons and in this world it is about competition every day. Practice is great, but how do we ever find anything about ourselves if we don't take the field and compete?
We line up opposite a worthy adversary and we compete from the first play of the game until the final whistle. We challenge ourselves to prepare and to train and to get better every day. When the game is on, it is only through the preparation that has been done prior to the game that we are successful.
Our Head Coach at Penn State Joe Paterno says three things all the time that ring true in anything you do in life:
#1. Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves.
#2. You either get better or you get worse, you never stay the same.
#3. The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
These are 3 things that became evident in the course of the campaign. Senator Obama's campaign takes care of the little things, gets better every day, and has a will to prepare. Only because Senator Clinton pushed every day was there pressure to keep improving. There was never a time to coast or rest on a win from the previous contest.
This will hold us in good stead as we move ahead to face Senator McCain in the general election. He will be a formidable adversary. To win, we all must be willing to prepare, strive to improve every day and take care of the little things.
Everyone can get involved on any level. I've helped canvass for voters, get voters to the polls, register voters, stuffed envelopes and even helped my own children make banners for the Obama Rally here at Penn State.
It is going to be the little things that make the difference--registering voters and getting them out to vote. It all begins now. Get involved on any level you can--no matter how big or small your perceive your role to be.
We can not fear to compete, because that fear leads to a failure to compete. This campaign has proven that we can compete with anyone we face--and we will prove ourselves again in November.
Surely the Democratic Party has a limit? Or, do we stand for nothing?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59567
If you're Hillary Clinton and you've just been caught in a "whopper," the only thing to be grateful for is that it's Good Friday and people are distracted. How bad could this story be for her? When you tell the American public you faced gunfire, and it turns out all you reallyfaced was a little girl with flowers - well, that's as bad as it gets. When you dramatically say you made a journey that was too dangerous for the President, only to have it revealed that he made the same trip two months earlier - and that your teena ged daughter was by your side - that only makes it worse.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/how-will-hillarys-bosnia_b_92844.html A petition made by Obama supporters to be sent to the DNC stating that if Senator Clinton becomes the Democratic Nominee for the presidential election, you will either: a) abstain from voting in the general election or b) a third-party-candidate during the general election. Here's the link: http://www.petitiononline.com/obama725/petition.html Following her comments of the last three weeks, Senator Hillary Clinton should abandon her Presidential Campaign. In fact she should probably resign her Senate seat. Endorsing the Republican candidate over Senator Obama and casting aspersions on Senator Obama's patriotism and religion are tactics we expect from certain Republican political advisers. We do not expect them someone who would ask us to vote for her for President.
Senator Barack Obama gave the speech of the decade, at least, yesterday. Still think he is not tough enough? Not enough experience? Cannot make the hard call?His opponents have thrown the kitchen sink, and, frankly, the sewer contents at him; yet, Senator Barack Obama has emerged shining and standing above the fray.This man has proven himself a leader. You want someone who can out wonk the wonks? Please take note: James Buchanan and Herbert Hoover were both deep in experience and years of government service. The policy experience necessary to good governance can and should be found in a President’s cabinet and advisors.For my President, I prefer someone who can inspire and lead our great nation to new heights of greatness.Did I mention he wrote this speech himself?Just words? Hardly. Far more than this magnificent speech, Senator Obama’s lifetime of work and accomplishments repudiate the harsh rhetoric of his Pastor.
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prayer vigil...thank you and God bless you. Even though there are no primaries or caucuses until April, I believe it is important to continue praying for barack and his family.
Simply take a moment of your day and lift this family in prayer. And I will ask for prayers for all of my Obama friends, all 750 of you!! :)
blessings,
rev bry
Breaking news from the conference call with Campaign Manager David Plouffe: A new online fundraising contest is being launched that will grant the members of the My.BarackObama.com groups that have the most donors at the end of the day on September 30th, the opportunity to participate in a personal conference call with Senator Barack Obama and Campaign Manager David Plouffe. Click here for more information on the Group Fundraising Challenge.
State of the Campaign
Barack Obama's Schedule: On Monday, Barack Obama received the endorsement of the New York City Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association. Tuesday, he’s speaking at Change to Win in Chicago. Wednesday, he can be seen live on the NBC/NECN/New Hampshire Public Radio/New Hampshire Democratic Party debate, which will be broadcast live on MSNBC at 9pm EST. Following the debate he’ll head to New York, where he’ll participate in a live interview on ABC’s The View at 11am EST on Thursday before leading a major rally in Washington Square Park. On Friday, he speaks at Howard University’s Convocation and participates in the CBC Issues Forum in Washington, DC.
