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South King County for Obama

South King County for Obama is dedicated to increasing awareness of and support for Obama in the communities of Renton, Des Moines, Federal Way, Burien, SeaTac, Kent, Auburn, Covington, Maple Valley, Black Diamond, Enumclaw, Algona, Pacific and every other place in between. It is our goal to act as an umbrella organization for smaller community groups - working together to share ideas, resources and support.

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Yes We Can Song

By Wayne - Jan 30th, 2009 at 2:16 am EST

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YES WE CAN SONG/VIDEO FEATURING DARRYL "CAPPY" LEWIS OF SACRAMENTO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u_JYXCRw_c

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Welcome to .CAN and some rules of the road...

By Wayne - Jan 29th, 2009 at 11:59 am EST

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Hello Everybody - Please share this emial with all new members, so we all know we each have agreed to hold ourselves to our highest standards. We lead by example. Welcome to Government 2.0. "This is my gift to my country. " I am a large scale systems architect, and I saw a need and did something about filling it. "The Community Action Network is yours to use to make all our dreams come true. " Our election of President Obama was only a beginning. Lets go to work. Government 2.0 is our participatory citizens "real time" responsibility. "The Internet makes this new phase of our American Expierment (Benjamin Franklin's words) at Self Government possible." Politics changed. �Welcome to the future. The Community Action Network is a Post Partisan Cooperative of Individuals and Groups Assembled as Protected by the Second Ammendment. "Our primary tool of community defense is our vote." We are not to arm into Militia, rather assemble, and vote as we see fit to protect the health and welfare of our Communities. Residency within a Legal County is required, as is voter registration. At this time the Membership, Events, Blog posts, and all List Servers are moderated until further notice. "We have construction to do before we open up for Community Action." This is a National Network of State Networks of County Networks of All MyBO Groups within every County of our United States. "Our .CAN organization is not any political party. " We are the change we have been waiting for. Stop waiting. "Fire it up." Let me address three points: I.) Rules of Participation; II.) Communications and Administrative Structure; and III.) Processes and proceedures. I.) Rules of Participation: Barack Obama asked his initial campaign staff to make three commitments, and then welcomed them all to try what appeared impossible at the time. I repeat these now as you must commit to these in your heart now, before you begin your work, individually and collectively. 1.) Honesty. 2.) No Drama. 3.) Have Fun. Marshall Ganz tought us the three rules of Community Organizing at Camp Obama. The Obama for America Presidential Campaign graduated over 20,000 of us at those events. f you have not run thru the training please take the time and set up your own County Events. �You can find the complete training here: http://campobama.blogspot.com/ We hope to repeatedly deliver a new Camp to your groups over the Internet. Our plan is to deliver this training to all twice a year forward. Grassroots Camp 2.0 will be tooled to Government 2.0, where as the original expierence was focused on Community Organizing around an Election. �Stay tuned as this is true grasstroots triaining for your local teams. There are many policy aspects of your Governments, which you may want to change, which are not election based activites. �Regardless, Marshall gave us the three Rules of Efective Community Organizing. 4.) Respect. 5.) Empower. 6.) Include. Barack Obama asked us to study, to work at, and become the Change we were waiting for. �Core to all Barack's teaching and leadership is a concept of Empathy. When you read and re-read his books, this theme is a thread that is woven throughout his writing. So we require your best attempt at: 7.) Empathy. Membership in the .CAN Network is a privilage and not a right. Name calling, foul language, and hurtful conduct, speech and written words are good cause for two warnings by any Administrator and then removal upon any third violation. This is not a joke. Appeal to your local .CAN group at any monthly group meeting as a "Housekeeping Item" is the only point of appeal to your group. And all groups are to allow group re-entry upon apology. Sometimes a few weeks or months off, is all anyone needs to repair their attitude. Some good video on Empathy is here: Barack Obama and a New Spirit of Empathy - Rough Cut 1(1 hr 15 min)�http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6504935098489252112 � II.) Communications and Administrative Structure: We have a Network, of Networks (50 States), of Networks, (3,071 Counties), of Networks (All MyBO Group Members of All MyBO Groups in that County. We also will open a Network of all Colleges and Univers ities as stand alone .CAN Groups, which are welcome to participate as stand alone groups and elect delegates to our State Assemblies and National .CAN Congress. The Students have asked us for this, so be it. We also will open a Spanish Language set of .CAN Groups, where that language will be used. As needed - all other Language .CAN Groups are welcome to set up their own Groups and join in the Quarterly Countywide MyBO Membership Assemblies. Each MyBO County.State.CAN Group will host an all inclusive Quarterly Assembly of all MyBO Members in there County. Our Charter to set up this network required we not compete with existing groups, and include all who wanted to join us. All MyBO Groups are welcome to elect two Delegates to our Bi-Annual State MyBO Group Assemblies, and those same delegates are welcome to our Annual National MyBO Citizens Congress. Our State Umbrella Grou ps will meet in our various State Capitols. Our National Congress will meet in Washington DC. Each set of Delegates will include one voting Delegate and one Alternate. Each Group is Autonomous and Self Supporting. We are Volunteers. �Any service compensation for expenses is up to each group. The State Groups are welcome to sponsor any Delegate who may not have the resources to participate. We are inclusive and not exclusive. To be a member, any person must agree to abide to the best of their ability and capacity, to our seven core principles stated above. Each Group will maintain two or more Group Administrators and one or more Communications Directors. The Group Administrators will oversee the interface to MyBO and the other .CAN Groups. �Group Administrators will admit and remove members and are empowered to make thier indepentant decisions. The local Group Membership can override and change any arbitrary decison made between meetings. The Communications Directors will moderate the List Servers as quickly as possible. Where Groups grow to large - they may further sub devide their counties as they see fit. All Groups will meet once a month as we suggest the use of our Standardized Meeting Format. This is not a legal organizational entity at this point. Agreements as to legal form are left to the membership for future decisions. All I have done is design the structure to give to you. What you do with it is up to you. III.) Processes and proceedures: In Each Group Blog, you will find three postings which we require you keep posted on your Community Blog for all to reference: 1.) The Suggested Meeting Format for Monthly Meetings. You can archive meeti ng notes and records on Google Docs as shared files for all to see. We recommend Setting up a Group Membership Spread sheet on Google Docs as well, as we share our Names, Addresses, Phone Numbers, Email Addresses, and other public data and notes with all members in each Group. The State Group Data and Membership Directory of Elected Delegates and Officers will be maintained on Google Docs as as shared file - open to Delegates only. The National Registry of all State Delegates will be also open to all Elected Delegates - as a shared file. �Transparency is critical and we lead by example. No Delegate shall share the group data. There shall be no solicitation of contributions or commerce on any Group List Server. 2.) The Two Year Schedule, created by the founding .CAN Group in San Francisco, California on December 13, 2008. We ar e all to synch to this schedule for all our use. You can set up your List of Officers - terms and when you have your group elections on a shared Google Doc as well for the reference of your group. 3.) The Link List of All MyBO Groups in your County.State.CAN Group shall be created, posted and maintained by your County Group Adminsitrators. �We promised Chicago MyBO HQ we would create and maintain an Umbrella Protection and inclusion of all MyBO Groups with clear inter-group level of respect, empowerment, and inclusion. The Link List of All MyBO County Groups in your State shall be created, posted and maintainted by your State.CAN State Group Administrators. The Groups are open to do as they see fit within this structure and may advocate as the see fit. This is post partisan politics. The Link List of All MyBO State.CAN, and Colleges.CAN and Language.City or State.CAN Groups will be created and main tained by the USA.CAN Group Administrators. Thank you for allowing me to be of service. Paul Talcott CurrierInternet Community Organizer.Official Amercian by Birth. ( I like my Middle Name as it is thank you )

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Fix the Economy, Now!

By Wayne - Jan 26th, 2009 at 11:55 pm EST

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Fix the Economy, Now!

Layoffs, home foreclosures, stagnating wages, benefit cuts, bankruptcies, vanishing retirement security and more. We are facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Jobs with Justice and other groups have been mobilizing to demand strong, immediate action to create jobs and restructure our economy to work for everyone, not only the people at the top.

President Obama and Congressional leaders are developing a recovery and reinvestment plan that addresses immediate economic needs, creates jobs and invests in the infrastructure America needs for recovery. It will also invest in America's families and America's workforce by ensuring that states can fund the services they depend on, including health care, public safety and education.

Tell Congress to pass the Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Send a message here and CALL using this special toll-free number: 866-544-7573.

This plan will not fix all our problems and is not the end of the campaign, but it is an essential immediate step that will create jobs and invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency, transportation, schools and health care.

While some progressive economists believe this plan will not be big enough or bold enough to stem the crisis, conservatives in Congress are trying to block the plan, apparently copying the Herbert Hoover strategy of responding to crisis by doing less, rather than more. Some Republicans have argued for more CEO tax breaks, rather than funding for unemployment insurance or food programs for hungry children.

Don't let them block the first step towards recovery. Don't let Congress sit idly by while millions more Americans lose their jobs and homes.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will do just that. Mark Zandi, chief economist with Moody's Economy.com and former adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, concluded that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will add 4 million jobs in the United States by the end of 2010 and that "only concerted, comprehensive and consistent government action will instill the confidence necessary to restore financial stability and restart economic growth."

Send a message here and CALL using this special toll-free number: 866-544-7573.

Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Your Congressperson
Your Senators

Below is the sample letter:

Subject: Pass the Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],

Layoffs, home foreclosures, stagnating wages, benefit cuts, bankruptcies, a collapsing retirement security and more. This economic crisis requires bold, immediate action that addresses immediate needs, creates jobs and rebuilds the infrastructure of our workforce and country.

I urge you to support the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as a first essential step towards making our economy work for everyone.

Sincerely,

Crystal Ainardi

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Washington.CAN - The Next Step - Join Today

By Wayne - Jan 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm EST

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Hello Wonderfully Active People:It's time to move forward as one. We made it through the election and inauguration - and now we must bring our Washington together and work towards organizing county .CAN groups to work at all levels of government to achieve the Change we voted for.

You're invited to join a group on My.BarackObama.com:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/WashingtonCAN

We are writing to invite everyone to please come out and join the President's Grassroots Team to support Barack as we roll out Government 2.0.
In his recent video (http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/thefuture) Barack Announces Organizing For America.  He mentioned that in a few days you would get instructions by email.  These are the instructions.

1.  We need you to find your State.CAN group in MyBO and join these two groups:

USA.CAN

Washington.CAN

2.  Each of you must update your Personal profile on MyBO with real contact information so we can interact accordingly.

3.  This is our team building nationwide project...to form ranks.  To give you a heads up, February 7th is when the call has been put out for all CAN groups to have their first meetings across the country.  We are asking all MyBO members who want to participate in Government 2.0 to reach out to all their MyBO groups and have them join their State.CAN group as well.  At your face to face meetings across your state and in each county you will elect officers, assign issue teams by individual interests, and make plans to work across CAN groups with all others who might share that issue focus in order to join forces and see solutions implemented.   This is the plan we make in support of President Barack Obama's upcoming legislation and programs.  All issues that we are focusing on to begin with are posted at www.whitehouse.gov.

4.  Overall mandate on what we are to do:

• Organize support for legislation at all levels of government.  This includes supporting President Obama's agenda as well as organizing around state and local laws/initiatives.
• Build grassroots electoral strength at all levels by training and developing grassroots leaders to organize and serve in their communities.
• Be an organ of two-way communication between the White House and the grassroots, so that each knows and responds to the priorities of the other.
• Launch a national, grassroots-driven renewal of civic engagement, again at both the local and national levels.

Lisa Lindo
National USA.CAN Group Administrator (Community Action Networks)
Associate Producer Vote For Change Campaign
Internet Community Organizer
Economic URL: IfTheBuckStopsHereShootIt.com
Vote For Change: http://obeygiant.com/voteforchange/

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T-Shirts and Polls

By Bibliophanatique - Nov 2nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm EST

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Okay, I live in a decidedly "Blue" state ... not just leaning Blue, but a full-fledged, bright, technicolor solid Blue. So it should not have come as a surprise that when I went shopping for an Obama t-shirt to wear to a recent event (an online order would've taken too long) - I couldn't find ANY! There were plenty of McCain/Palin shirts - but no Obama.

I asked the store clerks (and I went to half a dozen stores!) and was informed that they had sold out of them WEEKs ago! I guess, on the one hand, that's good, but it didn't serve my purpose at all since I needed one fairly soon! The various Democratic field offices (there are three in my county) had run out even weeks before that.

Then I got to thinking: are t-shirts a viable representation of a dem- or GOP- leaning community? It would certainly eliminate the "Bradley Effect" where verbal affirmation for a person-of-color is favored over a white candidate, only to vote for the white candidate at the last second after all. In purchasing a t-shirt a person is, as the saying goes, "puting their money where their mouth is" and making a definite statement who it is they are supporting. If my ascertion is true, then retail sales in my community absolutely favor Senator Obama for President!

What did I do for a t-shirt to wear to my event? I plastered a bumper sticker to a bright blue t-shirt instead. It worked.

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Exciting the Base While Losing the Race - How Ignorance, Racism, and Hatred Drive Undecided Voters to Obama

By Robert M. Blevins - Oct 14th, 2008 at 3:39 am EDT

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Earlier this week at a Republican rally, a Palin supporter was photographed waving around a sock doll with big ears - a rendition of Barack Obama. This writer wondered who the heck would actually create and sell such a doll, trying to pass it off as a harmless toy instead of what it really is: a racist relic of days gone by. The folks who make and sell these things obviously still hold to concepts like Jim Crow, Separate but Equal, Stepin Fetchet, and believe that George Wallace would have made a great President.

Actually, the dolls are sold by a couple in Utah and on their website they call Obama an 'empty suit' and a few of the usual pithy arguments. I'm not posting up the link to their website. If you want to buy one of their dolls you'll have to find them yourself, although I hear they are now out of stock.

I did send them a letter, though.

'Hi,
My name is Robert Blevins and I'm the founder and director of Publishers and Authors for Obama. First, I'm not going to harass you concerning your product. I'm sure you've had enough of that from others. However, I want to thank you for helping to drive undecided voters over to Barack Obama. Your doll serves only one political purpose. It is purchased by people who were going to vote for John McCain anyway - no matter what.
You may not realize it, but the negative reaction to your obviously racist product has helped the Obama effort to a small degree, and I wish you the best of luck making money on it. Two days after it was reported that a woman was waving one of your dolls around at a Palin rally - Obama went up substantially in most polls, including a ten-point lead on the Gallup Daily. I can't say for sure if it was the doll, but it's funny how a majority of people often respond negatively to these things, rather than having the desired effect. So again, thanks for your support to the Obama campaign.
Of course, in three weeks if Obama becomes your next President, demand for your sock doll may drop off a bit. It will have served its purpose and run its course. That's to be expected.
Sincerely, Robert'

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Obama Economic Rescue Plan !

By ODEH ODEH - Oct 14th, 2008 at 2:01 am EDT

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Below is the video of Obama's economic plan delivered in Ohio:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27168561#27165502

This action of Obama is both strategic and tactical, while at the same time exploring the pragmatism of his positivism for the commonality of every Americans.

God bless USA

God Bless Obama & Biden

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Ten Things Our Next President Needs to Do - and Fast

By Robert M. Blevins - Oct 13th, 2008 at 3:25 am EDT

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Although this writer supports Barack Obama for President, and the polls do favor him right now, it is by no means a done deal. And whether it is John McCain or Barack Obama who ends up winning the presidency, that man is going to inherit the job at a most difficult time in our history.

Talk about a bait-and-switch for the highest office in the land. In his wildest dreams, our next President had no clue he would enter office at the worst possible financial moment for Americans in almost eighty years. Both the U.S. and the world are teetering on the edge of another Great Depression. Any citizen with a 401K is either losing money, or is at risk. Any citizen with a house now wonders if it's worth less than he paid for it. Working families worry whether they will have a job next spring. Due to the Wall Street fiasco, government-sponsored bailouts are running through Congress, and those have a poor track record. Don't count on them alone to save us from financial meltdown. Herbert Hoover tried them in 1931. So did the Japanese in 1998. In Hoover's case, it only staved off collapse for a few months. The Japanese bailouts lasted a bit longer, but with the same result.

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Obama: The Beckon of Hope for the Hopeless and Hopeful

By ODEH ODEH - Oct 13th, 2008 at 1:59 am EDT

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The current political dispensation has indeed as a matter of fact produces one of the best scenario that evidently can be used in the near future to compare and contrast the capacity and incapacity, the calm and agitation, the objectivity and subjectivity and above all the relationship that existed within the two political parties; the Democrat on one side and the Republican on the other hand.

In recent times it is just unbelievable and exceedingly gratifying to hear, feel and watch the near unanimous consensus that Sen. Obama has displayed in an unequivocal term the sterling qualities of a would be- commander in chief of the country and for good reasons too. In spite of the obsessive negativity and dogmatism from the Sen. McCain’s campaign which for the first time in the history of the country have surrogates referring to a rival presidential candidate of the United States of America as a terrorist, this young, vibrant, articulate, humane and ever forgiving and calm senator from Illinois has remained largely unaffected and unmovable in his goal of working with ordinary Americans to help turn the page.

It is a fact and within the horizon of realism that we are witnessing the worst socio-economic scenarios in the country- a situation that has plunged the image of the United States of America into the abysses and simply put ridicule the conception that we are indeed the super power of the world in context of social, political and economic prowess. The reality of the matter is that given the past eight years, the country has seen the dwindling of her fortune in such an exponential level that today it is true to surmise that China, Japan, Russia are now within striking distance in terms of influencing global affairs and even championing motions that may be contrary to the fundamentalism of the United States of America.

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'The Sarah Show' - More Cartoons and Commentary About America's Favorite Tina Fey Impressionist

By Robert M. Blevins - Oct 10th, 2008 at 12:29 am EDT

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This is the third go-around for 'The Sarah Show' and although the ratings have been pretty good, the writer is about to go on strike. Admittedly, I'm running out of ideas. You never know though. Maybe Palin will stick her foot in her mouth enough over the next month to provide sufficient fodder for a final series.

I'd like to thank all of you who sent the supporting emails and to the womens' sites who picked up on the previous articles. Sarah Palin's actions make her an easy target for cartoons, although I try to keep them mostly above board.

'Just the facts, ma'am'.
Sometimes I think John McCain and Sarah Palin are the victims of bad advice. This is what happens when you hire too many lobbyists to work on your campaign staff. The Republican campaign has now officially spun out of control. You almost want to yell, 'Bail out!' or something.
Announcing they were dumping Michigan was a dumb move. As I said in a previous article, the smarter idea would have been to just cut back quietly and not make a big deal out of it. And telling everyone you are officially going into negative mode for the remainder of the campaign is also dumb. When voters know the negative campaign is born out of desperation, it often has the opposite effect - it drives voters to the other candidate. (That would be OUR candidate - Barack Obama.)

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On Sarah Palin

By Bibliophanatique - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm EDT

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A very close and dear friend sent me an email not too long ago reminding me that our right to vote – a woman’s right to vote – was ratified into law only a very short time ago: August 18, 1920 and it became the 19th Amendment to our Constitution. The women that marched for this right suffered horrible abuses, were jailed, beaten and starved.

Sometimes I don’t remember how important this right – this privilege – is. However, with the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running make and pick for Vice President of the United States, I can’t sit back and hope the “right” person is elected. My desire is to champion the right of individuals to make choices and to protect the environment - for which Sarah Palin has demonstrated no concern.

The thing is, though, that I admire her decisiveness and appreciate that she has infused a new excitement into the presidential race: she has managed to stir things up and get people talking. However, I think her choice as John McCain's running mate was made by a desperate campaign. She unfortunately does nothing to advance the rights of individuals to choose or as an advocate for environmental stewardship. I’m grateful that I’m not the only woman that feels this way. The following paragraph is taken from a recently published blog:

Women Against Sarah Palin

On Wednesday, September 3, we sent out an email to 40 friends and colleagues asking them to respond to Sarah Palin’s candidacy as Vice President of the United States. They forwarded the letter to their friends across America. To date, we have received more than 100,000 responses from women of all ages and backgrounds. Below are their voices.
Note: If you are interested in reading more, or reading about how other women feel, or wish to comment on their blog space you can access it here: http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/2008/09/one-week-later.html
Here are the two simple points I wish to make: Read More »

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Iraq: Is the security situation worsening?

By ODEH ODEH - Sep 30th, 2008 at 10:04 pm EDT

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There has been a rise in the number of deadly bomb attacks in Iraq in recent weeks, despite an overall drop in levels of violence when comparing 2008 with previous years.

So how to Baghdad's residents feel about the security situation in their city?

The BBC's Hugh Sykes gauges the mood on the streets:

Bomb damage in a Baghdad street

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/news/2008/09/080929_iraqpostcard_nh.shtml

This is Sen. McCain war and yet he blatantly refused to acknowledged the fact that the Iraq war was fundamentally wrong.

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Failing U.S. Congress Should Go On Vacation - Permanently

By Robert M. Blevins - Sep 30th, 2008 at 4:51 am EDT

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From the Column at MSNBC/Newsvine:
'Vacation? Vacation's when you leave - and you don't NEVER come back...'
Sally Field - 'Forrest Gump'.
No doubt you've heard by now that because our bickering representatives in Washington couldn't come to an agreement, that almost DOUBLE the amount of the bailout was lost on the stock market today. Seven hundred billion dollars doesn't sound like so much anymore after the market tanked 1.2 TRILLION in a single day.
And then there's TOMORROW of course. And the next day. Congress won't be meeting for a second go-around until Thursday morning, and even then it will take days to run up another version of the bailout bill. That gives our free-falling financial markets at least three more days to crash-and-burn. Before long, even a bailout would be a waste of time, because there won't be anything left that needs bailing out. Instead of shoring up the economy and restoring confidence, our lawmakers talked about a bad speech by Pelosi, pointed fingers at each other - and then went on vacation. Within a few days, Americans could be left with an economy in a complete shambles.
To see the rest of this article and it's accompanying illustrations, CLICK HERE.

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Barack Morning Buzz - 9-20-08

By Barack Daily Buzz - Victory2008.net - Sep 20th, 2008 at 11:19 am EDT

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Barack Morning Buzz - 9-20-08

On to Victory in November

(1) Obama Looks to Regain Momentum in Debate Series
Charles Babington-Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_el_pr/debates_stakes_2

(2) Obama Says If He Wins Florida, He Wins the White House
Maria Gavrilovic-CBS News-From The Road
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/20/politics/fromtheroad/entry4462359.shtml

(3) Obama Remarks on the Economy
Washington Post-CQ Transcripts Wire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091901960.html

(4) On Economy, Obama Offers Ideas and McCain Blames Rival
Dan Balz and Robert Barnes-Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903823.html

(5) Obama and McCain Weigh in on Financial Crisis
Carolyn Lochhead-San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/20/MNPS131AMB.DTL

(6) Obama Seizes the Moment by Detailing His Strategy for Restoring Confidence in Markets
David Usborne-The Independent-UK
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/race-for-whitehouse/obama-seizes-the-moment-by-detailing-his-strategy-for-restoring-confidence-in-markets-936173.html

(7) It's Still the Economy Stupid!-Obama Goes on the Attack
Michael Tomasky-Guardian-UK
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/20/uselections2008.barackobama

(8) Obama Toys with Economic Recovery Plan
Jitendra Joshi-Agence France Presse-AFP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080920/ts_alt_afp/usvote_080920122209

(9) Campaigns Have to Face Financial Mess
Todd Spangler-Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS15/80919057/1215/NEWS15

(10) Obama and McCain Campaign Turning Point
Paul West-Chicago Tribune-The Swamp
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/09/campaign_turning_point.html

(11) Financial Meltdown Reshapes Race
Tim Harper-Toronto Star-Canada
http://www.thestar.com/News/USElection/article/502841

(12) Obama and McCain Wary of Fueling Gay Marriage Debate
Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080920/pl_politico/13660_1

(13) Obama Ahead in Michigan-Race Closer in Pennsylvania and Ohio
Associated Press
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8WvoRnUTs6fEo8Os3k4YlshdOvQD939VPNG0

(14) Obama Now Better than 2 to 1 Favorite
The New Republic-The Plank
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/09/19/today-s-polls-obama-now-better-than-2-1-favorite.aspx

(15) Why the Polls Drive Us Crazy (and Shouldn't)
Joshua Holland-AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/election08/99586/why_the_polls_drive_us_crazy_(and_shouldn%27t)/

(16) Clinton Unveils New Pro-Obama Effort
Foon Rhee-Boston Globe-Political Intelligence
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/clinton_unveils_1.html

(17) Women Set to Blitz for Obama
Kathleen Gray-Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080920/NEWS15/809200315/1008/NEWS06

(18) McCain Feeds America a Junk Food Diet with Palin Choice
Steven L. Katz-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/379833_palinonline21.html

(19) Linking Obama to Ex-Fannie Mae Chief is a Stretch
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903604.html

(20) Racial Views Steer Some Away from Obama
Ron Fournier-Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080920/pl_politico/13658_1

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Sarah Palin - What She Really Thinks

By Linda - Sep 9th, 2008 at 11:38 pm EDT

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For a ground level understanding of Sarah Palin, watch this video, which is circulating in among right wing evangelicals:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1766638341

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Palin = No Change

By Anton - Sep 9th, 2008 at 10:19 pm EDT

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I've got to post this. My brother (who is a pastor) sent me this. Feel free to pass it on to anyone who likes a little irony with their politics:

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Being a pastor, I spend significant time studying scripture – not only in English, but also in ancient Greek, the original language of the New Testament.

This week I was amused as I studied Matthew, Chapter 18. Jesus says, “Again, truly I tell you…”

This word in Greek stood out: “Again.” It is spelled PALIN . The definition is as follows:

Palin adverb; (1) with verbs of going, sending, turning, etc., denoting backward direction, "back" (JN 11.7); (2) denoting a return to a previous state or activity, "again" (Matthew 18:19, JN 4.13); (3) denoting repetition "again, once more, anew" (MT 26.43, 44); (4) denoting continuation furthermore, again, often used in series of quotations or sayings introduced by a formula (MT 13.45; HE 1.5); (5) denoting a turn of thought on the other hand, in turn, again (1J 2.8)
(Silver Mountain Bible Software, Analytical Lexicon)

Following current events, I can’t help but enjoy the irony of watching the Republican party attempt to distance itself from the recent past even as it selects a candidate whose very name, not to mention political ideology and religious paradigm, reflect a solid return and re-commitment to the belief and practice of our most recent two administrations.

"Palin" indeed.

Pastor Chris Kramer
The Dalles, Oregon
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Personally I like the second definition the best. Palin "denoting a return to a previous state or activity" She talks about being a reformer but I'm pretty scared what our country might look like if she really is sitting a heartbeat away from the president.

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'The Sarah Show' - More Cartoons and Commentary on Sarah Palin

By Robert M. Blevins - Sep 8th, 2008 at 5:14 am EDT

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When this writer published the first series of cartoons on Sarah Palin, the response was overwhelming. Not the votes and comments from Newsvine users so much, but the emails from people who read the originals on other sites. The email messages ran about 4 to 1 in favor of the article. However, some of the negative emails were vitriolic indeed. But I'm used to that stuff. You should hear what some authors tell me if I reject their story for the magazine, or decline to do their book. That's a lot worse.

I don't pick on Palin's family. Like Barack Obama, I think they are off-limits. You have to deal with the candidate and try to stick to the issues, the facts.

Some of the facts about Sarah Palin are disturbing. The New York Times said in their recent article that she inquired with the City Librarian in Wasilla about the possibility of banning some books from the library. The idea of banning books does two things at the same time. It tries to control what people can read, and it makes librarians feel dumb.

To see the rest of this article and its accompanying cartoons on the author's column at MSNBC/Newsvine, click HERE.

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David and Goliath - Working Folk versus Affluent America in the 2008 Election

By Robert M. Blevins - Sep 7th, 2008 at 5:40 am EDT

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The national conventions are over, the platforms established, and the homestretch run for your vote on November 4th has begun. But one thing that became obvious to Americans who tuned in to the conventions was the nature of the opponents. It is a struggle between White Affluent America, the people who have had their way for the last eight years, and Everyone Else.

The Republicans ask Americans to trust them with a third straight term in the White House, even though they have failed abysmally for the first two. This time, they say, we have someone you can trust, a war hero, a man with a solid record of integrity. So vote for John McCain...

You can read the remainder of this inspiring article, along with its images and photographs, at the author's column at MSNBC/Newsvine.

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Empty Rhetoric and North Vietnam - McCain's Acceptance Speech Long on Fear and Personal Heroics, Short on Specifics.

By Robert M. Blevins - Sep 5th, 2008 at 1:40 am EDT

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Earlier in the day, McCain's campaign advisors had promised CNN that the Republican candidate's acceptance speech would address the economy and other issues in detail. Instead, Americans heard a speech that - except for a few diversions - contained little of either. Although McCain hammered on the fact that the Republican party had lost the trust of Americans, he also began his speech by thanking George Bush for 'protecting America'.

Unfortunately, this verified what many Americans have said about McCain all along, that he still supports the idea of the Iraq war, as well as the policies of one George W. Bush.

At the very start of the speech, when McCain mentioned his concern with the number of Americans out of work, a woman stood up and began a loud protest. She was quickly led from the building. No one seemed to know who she was, although she had the usual credentials hung around her neck. Another person held up a banner against the Iraq war. He was also removed by security staff.

Read the remainder of this great article, along with its images and photographs, at Robert's MSNBC/Newsvine column.

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'Sarah Palin's Own Words Speak for Themselves - She Supports Obama's Call for Change'

By Robert M. Blevins - Aug 31st, 2008 at 1:59 am EDT

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Sarah Palin is a closet Obama fan. Don't take MY word for it. Her own words speak for themselves.

A couple of weeks ago, when Palin figured she was no longer in contention, she opened up a bit. The following is an excerpt from a recent article in The New Yorker. (Didn't like their infamous cover, but this article is interesting.)

Read it closely. Her own words reveal her admiration for Barack Obama.

(Article preface) 'Before she was running against him, Sarah Palin--the governor of Alaska and now the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States--thought it was pretty neat that Barack Obama was edging ahead of John McCain in her usually solidly red state.
After all, she said, Obama's campaign was using the same sort of language that she had in her gubernatorial race.
(Quote from the article) "The theme of our campaign was new energy," she said recently. "It was no more status quo, no more politics as usual, it was all about change. So then to see that Obama--literally, part of his campaign uses those themes, even, new energy, change, all that, I think, O.K., well, we were a little bit ahead on that."
She also noted, "Something's kind of changing here in Alaska, too, for being such a red state on the Presidential level. Obama's doing just fine in polls up here, which is kind of wigging people out, because they're saying, 'This hasn't happened for decades that in polls the 'D' - the Democratic candidate - is doing just fine. To me, that's indicative, too. It's the no-more-status-quo, it's change."
What was THAT again? The only thing she isn't doing with this statement is actually STUMPING for Barack Obama.
Or maybe she is.
'Vote Obama. Even the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee likes him...'
John McCain and his campaign advisors should have vetted their selection just a bit more, don't you think?
The rest of the article on MSNBC/Newsvine, it's illustrations, and a link to the original interview by the New Yorker can be found HERE.

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