Over the Finish Line Healthcare Phonebank!!
Wednesday, November 11 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Over the Finish Line Event- Phonebank
EVENT IS POSTED BY OFA REG. DIR. LAKIA GRAY: Event:
Show your Support for our President and join the entire country in the PLEDGE PROJECT CANVASS on Saturday, March 21 from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm in the Oregon District. We will meet in front of the Neon movie theatre and canvass the Oregon District patrons.
President Obama recently submitted his first budget and this bold plan is needed now more than ever as we continue to face an unprecedented economic crisis. Now it's up to you to organize the support President Obama needs for this plan throughout the country. A canvass is an organized effort to talk with community members face- to-face about the issues that matter to them. • Canvassing in local neighborhoods (both at the doors and in high traffic areas) is one of the most effective ways to reach out to community members about the issues that are affecting our nation. • In order to realize the change that we all fought so hard for, we must continue to reach out to our neighbors and involve them in this movement. • Collecting pledges in support of President Obama’s budget and its investments in health care, education, and energy will allow us to demonstrate the urgent need for leadership in Washington around these important issues.
SHIFTS: 2 hrs. (1 hr. available if necessary)
PARKING: Free at all meters on streets (Jefferson, Patterson, Fourth and Fifth) AREA: http://oregondistrict.org/
*All Canvassing supplies will be provided but..... PLEASE VIEW TRAINING VIDEO BEFORE ATTENDING: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/pledgecanvasstrainingvideo/
CONTACT: Jolene 937-344-6606 Monica 937-241-7179; RSVP to this message!!!!
ATTIRE: Be prepared to walk. RAIN OR SHINE!!
AMERICA IS counting on YOU! :)
“A budget is more than simply numbers on a page. It is a measure of how well we are living up to our obligations to ourselves and one another. It is a test for our commitment to making America what it was always meant to be -- a place where all things are possible for all people. ” - President Barack Obama
GIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA A GRADE!
YOU KNOW I GAVE HIM AN "A"!
AND SO SHOULD EVERY "THINKING AMERICAN" - LET ALONE "THINKING AFRICAN AMERICAN" AND OTHER MINORITIES WHO HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH "WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN AMERICA FROM PRIOR TO 2001 AND 2007 THROUGH 2009"!
[The Republicans are flooding the poll with "F's"]
[Forward to friends!]
Live Vote: Give President Obama a grade - White House- msnbc.com
On Sunday, February 8 the grassroots organization Dayton's Ambassadors of Change gathered a dozen citizens who shared their stories on recent economic hardships.
"I have never seen anything like this. Never this bad," said Barry Quarles as he began to address the group.
The group of concerned Dayton citizens adamantly agreed with Quarles.
They pointed out the many job losses by educated professionals.
"How can people feel comfortable to start their own families?" asked Jennifer Clarke.
Monica Burton who works in social services noted many uneducated adults don't "stand a chance" when it comes to getting a job right now because they are competing with those professionals who are now laid off.
I shared with the group that I too was laid off two weeks ago and just want money in the system to get the economy going again.
"Whether it means hiring 100 extra police officers...just do it so they have money to spend at the stores I need to sell to," I commented.
The group discussed important topics like healthcare.
Bill Davis works for a local hospital and noted people aren't getting the medical care they need right now because they simply can't afford it. Many people are living with pain and postponing certain procedures to avoid more bills.
Although computerized health care records would save money it is a security concern to some citizens.
The group discussed education spending for working programs instead of the failing ones. If money is to be spent it is wasteful to continue funding the No Child Left Behind system of teaching.
The group thought forgiving a certain amount of student debt would also help this bleak economy.
Also, mortgage and home ownership relief were top of mind for many. Most agreed that complete effective oversight of relief money should be included in the Recovery plan.
"Any jobs are better than none," was a reverberated thought at the meeting.
"We need jobs in ALL fields," said Patricia Abu-Ghosh. "Not just infrastructure."
She noted that infrastructure was a good starting point though.
"Corporations that go overseas should be forced to pay taxes," said Quarles.
He and most of the group agreed that outsourcing of jobs to other countries was not helping our community.
When asked how their communities are directly affected many referred to home foreclosures. Because of many home foreclosures in the city homeowners property taxes have begun to rise.
Closed plants, including GM, along with closed small businesses and empty homes were among the most noticeable effects of this downturn.
The group also noted our city needs funding to go to hiring and training of local people for local projects.
Accountability of funds was also top of mind for the Dayton group.
Most attendees are ready to contact Sen. Brown and/or Sen. Voinovich to show their support for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.
There are no words with which to express the profound. In spite of knowing that we were marching into an historic event -- in spite of talking about the impact and importance of the moment -- nothing prepared me for the incredible depth of emotion, the pride in my country, the knowledge that others besides myself were ready and willing to come forward to create change, the thankfulness that a higher power/profidence/fate brought us a leader I could dream about but never imagined I would see.
I look back at the process -- my part in the process -- my very, small moment. The chance that I walked in the same places, experienced similar events, and even knew people who touched his life. WOW!
I wish I could have been there to see it in person! I wish I could have had one more walk with history and I hope that there will be more chances in the future.
I do know that what I witnessed on my television screen this evening was a magical, moment with extreme importance for the world -- a moment that transcends history. We have all been blessed with this moment and will be blessed. I pray for the continued safety of our next president and to help him as he prepares to lead us.
Yes, we did. Yes, we can.
RE: ALLEGATIONS ARISING DURING OCTOBER’S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DEBATES AND SPEECHES:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008, MC LAUGHTON REPORT
PAT BUCHANAN: "OBAMA IS A "MARXIST SOCIALIST"
VIDEO: JOHN MC CAIN: OBAMA IS A "SOCIALIST"
BARACK OBAMA DISCUSSES JOHN MC CAIN’S CHARGE OF OBAMA BEING A "SOCIALIST," AND OTHER NEGATIVE STATEMENTS ... !
ALSO
YOUR ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO DAYTON, OHIO WHERE LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS ARE AIRING NEGATIVE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN "JEREMIAH WRIGHT" ADS:
IN OHIO, A CRUCIAL STATE IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:
DIRTY POLITICS AT PLAY ...
REPUBLICAN MC CAIN CAMPAIGN ADS - REFLECTING HOW DESPERATE THE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN IS GETTING:
LOCAL DAYTON, OHIO TV STATIONS AIR NEGATIVE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN "JEREMIAH WRIGHT" AD WHICH INCLUDES STATEMENTS ABOUT ASSOCIATION OF OBAMA WITH REV JEREMIAH WRIGHT AND
THE AD ALSO SHOWS IMAGES OF THE RESIGNING TO AVOID IMPEACHMENT, PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON ALONGSIDE THAT OF REV JEREMIAH WRIGHT
OHIO - A CRUCIAL STATE IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:BLACK GOSPEL CHOIR'S SPIRITUALS MAKE A WHITE COLUMBUS, OHIO MAN WISH HE BELIEVED ...
A WHITE FAIRFIELD, OHIO MAN HANGS AN EFFIGY OF OBAMA FROM A TREE!
HE DOES NOT WANT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AS PRESIDENT - "THE UNITED STATES IS "A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATION"! - NEIGHBORS DISAGREE
RELIGION - CHRISTIANITY - FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIANS - "THE UNITED STATES IS A WHITE CHRISTIAN NATION" - CHURCH INFLUENCE ON "POLITICS"!
http://lc5827.spaces.live.com/
CHECK IT OUT!
This is Your Nation on White Privilege By Tim Wise September 13, 2008 For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for an easy-to-understand example of it, perhaps this list will help. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you, or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay. White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin' redneck," like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, who likes to "kick ass" if people mess with you, and who likes to "shoot shit," for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug. White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action. White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're "untested." White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough or the founding fathers, it's good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding officesince, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn't added until the 1950swhile believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school) requires it, is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals. White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you. White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wanted your state to secede from the union, and whose motto was "Alaska first," and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you're black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she's being disrespectful. White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they dolike, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child laborand people think you're being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in collegeyou're somehow being mean, or even sexist. White privilege is being able to convince white women who don't even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because all of a sudden your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a "second look." White privilege is being able to fire people who didn't support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt. White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God's punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you're just a good church-going Christian, but if you're black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you're an extremist who probably hates America. White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a "trick question," while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O'Reilly means you're dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced. White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism is, as Sarah Palin has referred to it a "light" burden. And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possible allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren't sure about that whole "change" thing. Ya know, it's just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certainŠ White privilege is the problem.
JON STEWART SHOWS THE HYPOCRISY OF BILL O' REILLY, KARL ROVE, DICK MORRIS, AND OTHERS, BY PRESENTING CLIPS OF THEM CONTRADICTING AND MAKING STATEMENTS THAT WERE OPPOSED TO CURRENT STATEMENTS RE: THE VP PALIN "ISSUES"!
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080922/hypocrisy_video
Quote of the Day:
“Mrs. Palin Needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer, and Pontius Pilate was a governor.” – published in this morning’s Washington Post
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AUGUST 29 2008:
RE: THE REPUBLICAN SO-CALLED "REBUTTAL OF BARACK OBAMA’S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH:
(1) Convention speakers and Obama did present Obama’s record of initiating and cooperating with regard to bi-partisan congressional legislation, (2) the Mc Cain campaign blandly and blindly - no - just politically-motivated, deliberately lied about the fact that Obama did explain clearly in his speech why he opposed offshore drilling as being a politically-motivated, short-term useless, and long-term ineffective, solution to the Middle East oil crisis, (3) the Mc Cain campaign misrepresented and lied about Obama’s position on taxes, ignoring what the Convention speakers said about taxes and Obama’s commitment to cut the taxes of the "middle-class" rather than the "upper-class, elite, wealthy individuals" and "top percentage of the population corporations," and (4) ignored Obama’s commitment "as commander-in-chief to only send our troops into harm’s way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home.’
http://blog.digg.com/?p=142
DIGG.COM ANNOUNCED THAT THEY AND GOOGLE WOULD SET UP AND BE IN A BIG TENT TO COVER THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND REPUBLICAN CONVENTION!
