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June 6th is the kickoff of the National Healthcare initiative. Join in by hosting a house party to share your stories and plan for the National day of service the end of June. President Obama's key initiatives are to Reduce Costs, Guarantee Choice and Ensure affordable care for all.
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It's no surprise Republicans in Washington thought they could stay the course and keep government running the way they liked it, slow and inefficient without accountability. They are testing President Obama's voice of change and that means ours too.
Don't sit idle and let the forces that drove us into an economic ditch get what they want. Make calls to your Congressional leaders. Tell them about the letters arriving in the mailbox everyday with credit card companies and banks changing the rules of credit, such as raising lending rates even on their best customers. That while American taxpayers bailed them out economically and continue to do so and for what? They are content to keep the money and make more money as the situation worsens and Americans can't pay their credit card debt due to unemployment and trying to keep food on the table.
Ask why Congressional Republicans and some Democrats are willing to make the economic situation worse. Ask them when they will freeze their salaries and drop some of their perks to save money. Just as in the campaign, President Obama, nor his staff can do it alone, we have to stay involved and keep reminding our leaders that we are their bosses not the other way around. Republicans are content to add amendments to offer more corporate tax breaks while leaving the middle class and those without jobs or health care stranded.
Step up, take a stand and don't be shy about making repeated calls. President Obama has three million volunteers that aren't shy and can make a difference. The right has Rush Limbaugh and no other plan except to get in the way of change.
Yes We Can again.....again and again! Groups like Move On.org and AARP are among those sending emails with phone numbes attached and petitions for us to electronically sign to put pressure on Congress for real change, not just something they pledged on November 5th. Republicans don't want to be bi-partisan, as in Abraham Lincoln's time, they want to become the Do Nothing Party.
Speaking of President's Day, this year on the 200th anniversary of President Lincoln's birth, celebrate on February 12th, his true birthday, not the government holiday. He deserves that and more for facing challenges that inspire President Obama to stay strong and bring better days to America and the World.
Happy Birthday Mr. Lincoln!
Janet Webb, Frisco, Texas
An Inaugural Gala to celebrate the incredible victory of President-elect Obama will be held on January 20 from 7-11 pm at the Plano Center off Spring Creek parkway; over 150 RSVP's so far and they are still coming in. Live Music with Memphis Soul Live, Dancing, Food, Cash Bar, along with live TV Coverage of Inaugural Events and more.
Come celebrate this historic moment.
Please go to www.obamacollincounty.com to learn more and to RSVP.
Let's celebrate our green builders, green realtors, and green companies. Join us in learning more about "green" entities here in Collin County, and how to be greener in your daily living.
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I write this as I am about to pick up the phone and start calling into Ohio. I am a child of Kansas and its golden wheatfields, Colorado and its majestic mountains, Oklahoma and the Cherokee history of my ancestors, Missouri and the "Show Me" attitude and now Texas for nearly 20 years as an adult of independence built on strength, resolve, character, challenges and above all faith.
You see, like all of us I am a rainbow of colors, sunrises, sunsets, tremendous losses and unbelievable miracles. When I think of Barack Obama's campaign his message of hope for the future and faith in what we can all do as Americans inspires me to believe that people of a cascade of experiences and backgrounds can come together for the common good of this wonderful nation.
It is hard for me as a former Republican to see the party that Abraham Lincoln held so dear and fought so hard for in order to keep the Union together to come apart at the seams. It is being pulled apart by hatred and bigotry from within.
Divided we fail is surely its fate I believe because win at all cost is the GOP's motivation. I admit to election anxiety and to a disbelief in polls, having been in the meda for my whole career I discredit swings from double digit leads to single digit "too close to call" in the matter of a day or two. As I have said before in my blogs, don't believe a single thing the media says, believe in Senators Barack and Biden and their words because that's what America wants to hear and see in action in the White House.
In Texas we seem to be the land of stolen Obama signs and the land of discounted electoral votes. We have the backs of every battleground states. Once this weekend, a simple request, call into Texas and ask a voter to give Barack and Joe their support. On Election Day work like it is a marathon not for you but for your children, nieces and nephews and friends. Let the other side do what they will attempt to steal the election, they won't succeed, because have worked too hard, given all we can and done so as Barack says not for him but for us and for our believe in America the Beautiful with its spectacular tapestry of people who love this country and love each other.
God Bless You All and Thank You!
Janet Webb (Frisco)
I have yard signs and would love to hand them out; please come participate in the mega canvas this Saturday and help get out the vote, and get visibilty for your yard at the same time!
LOCATION: Wal-Mart US 380 (University Dr) & Custer Road in McKinney (meet us on the South Side of the Wal-Mart parking lot near the L strip mall)
This is the last major canvas effort and we need all hands on deck. The more people that come out, the more doors we can hit. There are still people out there that are uninformed about the early vote time and locations; we have this Saturday to push all that info out and get them to the polls for the last week of early vote.
Please join us in what will prove to be a great final canvas effort for Senator Obama and the down ballot candidates; it is such a small effort with such a huge payoff! It's our time!
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Here's a real head scratcher but the Early Voting Locations closest to our communities in Denton County have special hours. Please note the changes and share the news with others.
Friendship Baptist Church in The Colony is conducting Early Voting only the first week, starting October 20th. That means you'll have to vote during the week there.
Del Webb's Frisco Lakes Community Center is the site of Early Votes for us the second week starting Monday, October 27 through the 31st from 7am to 7pm.
I view this as another way to confuse voters. If you have questions, contact the Denton County Elections office directly. Also if you are interested in becoming a Poll Watcher during Early Voting and on Election Day, November 4th, please email me at janetew1961@sbcglobal.net
Let's Get Ready, Texas here we go!
YES WE CAN!
Janet
Senator Obama needs us.
We have 2 weekends left to help get the vote out, and the time is now.
Not next month, but now.
We had an exceptional push for Voter Registration here in Collin County, over 23,000, yes thousand voters were registered between March and the beginning of September.
Now we need to get them to the polls.
The most effective way to reinforce this is by canvassing and talking to voters. If you aren't comfortable with that, you can be part of the first shift of dropping literature at Democratic doors. The doorknockers include pertinent information on the down ballot candidates and early vote locations and times; we are putting all the important information right in the hands of the voters.
Two weekends which will effect the next 4 years of our lives. Collin County needs all of us to step up and help.
12 hours of your time to change the next 4 years of your life.
Don't you want change?
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Here we are, just days away from making history in the United States. To the delegates attending the convention in Denver, savor every moment of the experience. For those of us not there we will be thinking ahead and getting our organizational efforts ready for the big push. Denver is great, I went to high school in the foothills of the city. The elevation change will tax you a bit and please drink plenty of water, believe me it will help. We'll be there with you in spirit watching on a big screen television and know that what once seemed impossible is happening. Celebrate! This is a reminder of all things are possible if we believe. I know God is guiding all of us and pray safe travel for those on the road to Denver. God Bless.
Sing along with this new Democratic anthem that I wrote and Michael Brown at Lightning Bear Productions in Denton, TX turned into a great video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dJQt-MWRns
Here are the Lyrics and Chords so that you can sing along:
We Are One by Amy Manuel - copyright 7/11/2008 Chorus: D Bm7We are Democrats. We are one.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the sun. D Bm7Call us progressives. You know that we are.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the stars. Verse:
D Bm7 Cmaj7 GLike the petals of the wildflowers spreading cross the hills Gm7 A Bm7Like the needles of the pine trees in the Big East Texas Thicket A Asus Cmaj7Like feathers of the mockingbird, unique we fly together G Bm7 G Bm7From the many, we are one in the bright North Texas Sun G Cmaj7 AFrom the many, from the many, we are one Chorus: D Bm7We are Democrats. We are one.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the sun. D Bm7Call us progressives. You know that we are.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the stars. G Bm7 G Bm7From the many, we are one in the bright North Texas Sun G Cmaj7 AFrom the many, from the many, we are one D Bm7We are Democrats. We are one.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the sun. D Bm7Call us progressives. You know that we are.Cmaj7 GWe are united under the stars. D Bm7We are Democrats. We are one.Cmaj7 G DWe are united under the sun. We are one.
It's been awhile everybody, but I thought I would touch base to say hello, Go Obama and talk about something that can be easily missed during this Presidential Election season. I just recently became eligible for Medicare under disability at the age of 47 because of injuries and subsequent conditions from a car wreck in 2005. Congress recently overrode a Presidential veto of a Medicare/Medicaid improvement bill. What I want everybody to hear from me not as a lecture but as a point of reference is that there are members of both parties trying to thwart improvements in this all important legislation. My GOP senator reluctantly supported the override not because she is against improving the system, but rather because members of the Democratic controlled U.S. Senate would not allow amendments to be added or even considered that would have improved our access to doctors that take Medicare and improve the timeliness by which doctors are reimbursed for taking care of us. This is crucial. I had a doctor I wanted to see that would not even consider seeing me until the legislation is resolved. This is wrong. The system needs not been seen as a Democratic or Republican initiative but rather as long term legislation to fix a broken system that reduces every year the number of doctors who will treat Medicare patients or even consider treating me under my supplemental plan because of the wheels of government moving so slow to reimburse them. They want to treat us, help us, but are frustrated as am I. Make this an issue, ask candidates where they stand on the long term improvements needed to fix the system and ask them that as Senator Obama leads us all as Americans not as partisans if they are willing to take his lead and do the right thing when they go to Washington. Don't let them worm out on their answers.
Hold them accountables, it is time for change and if your rep or senator isn't ready to stand with you, vote for somebody who will.
Safe travels for those going to Denver. I barely survived the Texas Democratic Party Convention and am ready to read the blogs of those going and enjoy my big screen television for once, LOL.
Rock on and God Bless.
To a man I viewed as a member of my family even though I never met him, Rest in Peace and enjoy all those great roundtable discussions in heaven. I can't imagine the rest of the campaign without Tim and don't think that void can be filled. He was fair, honorable and the coverage every primary night with Tim and the NBC crew was something I couldn't miss. Likewise on Sunday morning, I watched "Meet the Press" before going to church. As a political animal since childhood, I feel such a tremendous sense of loss from a person who truly got it with out attacking or demeaning his guests. I offer my deepest sympathies and prayers to his wife, Maureen, son, Luke, his father, Big Rush and to his family at NBC. Tim, keep giving up pointers as we open our hearts and souls to listen though the grace of our savior, Jesus Christ, the healing power of the Holy Spirit and to God who provides comfort always.
God Bless and to everybody, as Keith Oberman once said in his sports days, "we are all day to day." Enjoy every minute!
Janet Webb
To the heavens above, I praise God and say Amen that in my lifetime as a 47 year old woman who attended integrated schools in the 1960's and 70's I watched Senator Obama win the Democratic Presidential Nomination last night. His speech was beyond compare. It was historic and is he.
My children don't see color, gender or sexual orientation when they make friends, they see people who become their friends because of their character and special qualities as people. I have hope for them and pray in the coming months the members of earlier generations predating even mine can look beyond their own past of racism and bigotry to elect Senator Obama. I come from a family of well intended people, but nontheless who carried racism in their veins even though they were with one exception, my Cherokee Great Great Grandmother not truly native Americans. Their Welsh, English and German ancestors started families in American on a hope and a prayer. It is my vow to work actively within the campaign to convince my fellow Texans and Americans that a once in a life time candidate can make our lives better and bring something better for my children.
Reach out, as a cross over Republican in this campaign other Republicans are looking for the same thing and will support Senator Obama. Reach out not only to Hillary supporters but to all Americans, we can all make a difference, just like Abraham Lincoln did in 1861, one hundred years before Senator Obama and I were born.
Now onto to Austin for the Texas Democratic Party State Convention. Safe travel to all delegates and staff.
It's refreshing today to wake up and realize truly, truly All Things are Possible if you believe.
Congratulations Senator and Mrs. Obama and to all of us for working so hard for so long to bring a vision to life.
Go Obama.
