This week Congress started the 'marking up' session on the Health Care and Insurance Reform. It is crucial we keep the pressure on them pass the bill.
The Daily Kos has an excellent article about the amendments we should push to support, and those we should push against.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/21/10112/5602
You might want to sit down to read this one .......
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-dorlester/guaranteed-health-care-in_b_280528.html
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AMERICANS UNITED FOR HEALTH CARE & INSURANCE REFORM RALLY & March in Washington, D.C. Sept. 13, 2009
Sioux City, August 31, 2009: A rally/march will be held in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13, 2009 between 12N – 5pm in support of the administrations health care and health insurance reform goals. It is the goal of Americans United for Health Care and Insurance Reform to let congress know that all Americans need health care and insurance. Over 47 million Americans are uninsured and millions more are underinsured or at risk of losing their health insurance
The rally/march will begin at the Lincoln Memorial and march to the steps of the Capitol Building via the National Mall. This rally/march will be peaceful.
Robert Reich has given his support to this rally and march, “….I just want Congress to know how many Americans want universal health care and will settle for no less than complete coverage and no less than a public insurance option, to keep private insurers honest. So I’m happy to lend my support to whatever you are doing.”
Americans have enjoyed the freedom of movement, speech and employment. It is time that American citizens have the freedom that comes from knowing they have affordable health care for themselves and their families. Health care is not just for the privileged but it is a fundamental right.
Other groups marching on September 13, 2009 for health care reform are Congressman Fattah’s “March for Healthcare”, “Medicare for All”, and “March on Washington for Health Care.”
We invite all those who wish to participate visit our web blog at http://www.americansunitedhcr.wordpress.com and register to rally.
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One good thing that "birthers" have inadvertently done is to make everyone aware of President Barack Obama's birthday. This year, Thomas Pynchon (my favorite author) has a new, more popularly styled book out today.
It is a bittersweet day for me, however, as it was also my father, Sam Musikar's birthday. He was a New York artist who loved jazz, and he would have loved to see the President who beat the Republican stranglehold on Washington, the arts, and the world, celebrate his birthday on the same day as he.
Henry M
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMy6C2AiBsrQQ-jwPliaZANmi7kQD983HB282By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party.Even as Cheney embraced efforts to expand the party by ex-Govs. Jeb Bush of Florida and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and the House's No. 2 Republican, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the former vice president appeared to write his one-time colleague Powell out of the GOP.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMy6C2AiBsrQQ-jwPliaZANmi7kQD983HB282By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party.
Even as Cheney embraced efforts to expand the party by ex-Govs. Jeb Bush of Florida and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and the House's No. 2 Republican, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the former vice president appeared to write his one-time colleague Powell out of the GOP.
Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican."Powell, who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush and held the nation's top military post under President George H.W. Bush, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last year. Nonetheless, since the election he has described himself as a Republican and a right-of-center conservative, though "not as right as others would like."
Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican."
Powell, who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush and held the nation's top military post under President George H.W. Bush, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last year. Nonetheless, since the election he has described himself as a Republican and a right-of-center conservative, though "not as right as others would like."
Henry Mu
Hello:My name is Allie Feldman, and I'm helping Ben Baruch with Organizing for America here in New York. We just wanted to make sure everyone sees the email and video below discussing OFA's next nationwide initiative -- the Pledge Project. Please feel free to contact me or Ben if you have any questions or concerns.Stay tuned for more updates coming by the end of the week!Thanks,Allie--Allie FeldmanVolunteer Organizing for America | New Yorkallie.feldman@gmail.com 908-370-2689
Ben BaruchVolunteer LiaisonOrganizing for America | New York
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Just over a week ago, President Obama submitted his first budget and made it clear he was ready for the fight to come.The President isn't alone. We're ready for that fight too -- it's what you built this movement for.Watch a video I recorded announcing our new initiative, the Organizing for America Pledge Project:Americans are ready for the bold new direction this plan offers. It's what they voted for in November, and it's needed now more than ever as we continue to face an unprecedented economic crisis.But the special interests and old ways of Washington won't go away easily. In fact, they'll only fight back harder.It's up to you to organize support for President Obama's plan throughout the country. It's the only way we'll get the change this country needs.Take the next step now in our fight to bring change:http://my.barackobama.com/pledgeprojectThanks,MitchMitch StewartDirectorOrganizing for America
The sudden firing of millions right before President Obama signed the new federal equal pay law were no coincidence. Companies were trying to shut off old liabilities before the new law made them actionable.
Background: Previously, the Supreme Court had ruled that an individual had to sue for pay discrimination within 180 days of when the discrimination commenced, rather than within 180 days of the date, years later, when they finally found out about it. As in, the courts completely gutted the law by allowing corporations to brazenly violate it in secret, knowing they could get away with murder. If the woman didn't sue within 180 days of the first time her employer secretly paid the paid her less than a male for the same job, they were free to continue secretly screwing the female employee out of equal pay for her entire career.
The new law signed by President Obama today corrects that travesty. Now, the 180 day period attaches to each new paycheck that is less than that of a man with the same job. So, a woman who is kept in the dark about this pay disparity for years before finally becoming aware of it now has a legal claim at the time she becomes aware of it still happening currently.
The Preemptive Firings: My cynical mind tells me that the 70,000 people suddenly fired from their jobs this week, as well as the millions dumped last week, were all fired in anticipation of this act becoming signed into law. Suddenly, dirt they had pulled on their female employees for years and years would become actionable. So, I think they dumped all the women presenting this potential pay liability, and wrapped the package with enough male firings to try and cover up the true reason for their precipitous decision.
Why This Works - Severance Pay Releases: Employers are permitted to structure severance pay plans as not a right, but an extra goodie for employees if and only if the employees sign a release of liability in return for receiving severance pay. Virtually all employees will sign them in return for the money. But these releases are solid gold for employers, because they whitewash employers for liability for anything whatsoever related to that past employment, whether known now or only discovered in the future. Ahem!
So now, having quickly ditched all that liability for unequal pay, employers will start hiring again free of any past liability for their dirty deeds. AND, they will hire at lower pay for all, knowing that people will be damn grateful just to get back into the workforce. Plus, if there is any tax benefit to making new hires contained in the final economic stimulus bill, the employers will actually be PAID to take these people back at lesser pay! If the employer doesn't want its own employees back, out of work employees can all take one step to the left and get each other's jobs.
So, it's my cynical view that employers did massive firings to avoid the liability imposed by this new law, and my optomistic view that they will now proceed to hire everybody right back.
After a brief period when the employers all celebrate and pat each other on the back for being so clever, of course.
One of the signal changes leading up to President Obama's election was the stunning rise of the baby boomers once more. We're the generation that felt had, lied to, and abandoned by a government and corporate bureauocracy that that stifled us, tried to control the way we thought, and illegally sent our brothers and classmates to be killed in Vietnam. We were an entire generation of alienated individuals, too cynical about government to think our efforts made any difference at all.
Obama's candidacy represented all the ideals we had back then going mainstream now. What I saw in this campaign was an ARMY of people in their fifties and sixties once again hopeful that government would be responsive to their ideas and needs. While Obama effectively harnessed the enthusiasm of youth, I hope he appreciates the tide of emotion and strong feelings that he unleashed in older Americans as well. For once, our idealism had a place, and we could act on it. We felt renewed, worthwhile. And we got involved in droves. The result was that Obama actually had the combined power of generations behind his back.
This stunning reality was brought home to me especially in the last days before the Presidential election. Who were those busloads of people pouring over the border from New York to Pennsylvania with single-minded dedication to securing it for Obama? Baby boomers! Buses and buses and buses of them, as far as the eye could see. And who poured into Obama offices all over the tri-state area with the simple plea "I want to help" during the last two months of the campaign? Baby boomers!
Not that they weren't involved in primaries -- they were. Big time. But as their cynicism finally took a back seat to hope, more and more suddenly jumped into the fray and worked tirelessly for Obama.
We stand now, an army of revitalized people, ready to help President Obama dust off all our old ideals and make them come alive. I would ask that he appreciate this fact, appreciate us as a group, and ask more of us in the shaping of our nation and the continuation of his administration's efforts in the days of years head.
We're good for it. The sleeping lions have awakened, and they're VERY hungry for change.
Hello all! Let's make it a good one ...
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I'm dismayed by the number of newscasters who are counting down the days until Obama "rules" the nation. Were they not paying attention when a "ruling" GWB overran and trashed this country's laws, economy, and future? I want to see a president who RUNS this country, not rules it.
RUNS it. Like a well-oiled machine. Like people can actually speak up and talk back to him, and air their views without fear of retribution.
Despite all of GWB's actions notwithstanding, this isn't a monarchy. The press should be more careful in how it characterizes our government and the people who will be running it.
A recent article darkly implied fraud as more votes magically appeared for Al Franken after Nov. 4th. I have another explanation - well-meaning people trying the best they can, sometimes hilariously so.
This year was the first time I accompanied the chairman of our local Democratic party to several polling places to check the percentage of voter turnout on November 4th -- election day. This task was both permitted and easy. The book that had to be signed by each voter for signature verification helpfully had the total number of registered voters assigned to that machine printed right on the cover page. And then the voter had to sign a separate sheet that numbered each voter. So we could quickly and easily check turnout against actual registered voters to see how high the activity had been. It was high - 60 to 80%, even though New York was a slam dunk for Obama. The president of the local Democratic party was pleased. He believed that a lot of interest in the election and high turnout was good for the country, however the elections might turn out.
We were at one of the polling places, a grade school cafeteria, when when the polls closed. "What time is it?" "Nine oh one," I said, pointing up to the huge clock on the wall. One woman clecked her watch. "I have five minutes of nine." "I have two minutes before." "Too bad we don't have a cell phone. That would be accurate." I whip out my cell phone. "Two minutes after nine." "Two minutes after nine," one woman repeats several times to the others. The group begins to start the closing process. The crew manning this particular location was a group of seventy- and eighty-year-olds who obviously had done this together for some forty years.
What transpired next was was like a series of comedy routines from old movies.
First, the curtains had to be folded in and the front of the machines closed. The front part folded up somewhat like an upright sleeper couch, and it wouldn't go all the way in if the curtains stuck out. The men were hapless, and the women came over and directed that they be folded in just so in order to get the fronts of the machines folded in and the doors closed.
Then, one elderly gentleman started to read off a medallian serial number from each voting machine. "I can't make it out." 'Here, let me," says another. Puts nose right up to the machine, and laboriously reads out the digits. "What?" says the hard of hearing lady twenty feet away who is writing it down. He starts over again. The lady interrupts,"Was that last digit seven?" "Which digit?" "What?" "I'll start again." I volunteer to read the number off the machine because I have excellent eyesight. They all pounce on me. "You can't. You're not authorized. Only people authorized by the Board of Elections can do this." It takes several tries to get that number recorded.
Then, they open up the back of the machine. There were rows of rectangular blocks that held the votes for each total, broken down by party and candidate, but displaying ONLY the number, not whose it was. Somebody points this out. "How will we know whose is whose?" "That's the way it always is. There are only numbers, not names. We just read them off and write them on the form."
The woman whose responsibility it was started reading them off. "A-1. Wait, I can't make it out. (The ceiling lights in this cafegeria were dim.) Does anybody have a flashlight?" "Oh, dear." She puts her face close up, draws back, goes close in again, but gets frustrated because she can't make out the writing. Two elderly, paunchy men look over her shoulders and start reading the number. "No, that's not it. The first digit is a six, not a nine." "No, it's a nine." "I can't make it out. I wish I had my reading glasses with me." The woman then pulls her glasses down her nose, peers over them, puts her face two inches away from the machine and laboriously reads out the number as the men check her over her shoulder when she pulls away. "A-1, ninety six votes. Is that right?" Two more sets of eyeballs pressed toward the machine. "Yes, ninety six." "A-2, thirty, uh, um, what is that second number?"
"WAIT," somebody cries out. "What do we write the totals on?"
Seven people now crowded around the voting machine look at each other. Everybody starts speaking at once. "I don't know, do you?" Nobody had a clue. "Where's the form? There's supposed to be an official form, isn't there?" "We don't have a form." "There's supposed to be an official form." "Do you have it?" "No, check over on that table." "There's supposed to be a form." "This is all I was given. I don't have anything like that." "Does anybody remember what the form looks like?" Nobody did. Everybody checked all their materials for each machine's station. Bound book to be signed by voter and signature then verified. Check. Separate sheet that everybody signed, that kept a running tally of people voting on each machine. Check. Sample ballots. Check. Form to record the final vote counts? None. Nobody had gotten one.
"We'll have to call somebody." "We can't." "What about the Board of Elections?" "I think the office where we got the materials from is closed." "Who can we call?" "I dunno." "What do we do?" "I dunno. Jeanne, what should we do?" "I don't know. Everybody look again."
Nobody had the form. And nobody was going to leave the machines without taking down the vote totals. It seemed to be out of the question. This group, which had been doing the same thing together for years, seemed determined to follow their normal routine and not to leave until the vote totals were taken off the machines. The janitor comes in, straightens the chairs around the cafeteria tables, and sweeps up a bit, frowning pointedly at this group staying so late and disrupting his building-closing routine.
This group had been here all day and was exhausted. The men had stood for hours, and the women had sat behind the tables for hours. Everybody's joints were achy and they all just wanted to leave. "We could just write down the numbers." "But they don't have names and parties on these boxes. How will we know whose is whose?" "You don't know. You just write the numbers on the form." "But we don't have the form!" "What do we do now?" "I dunno. George, what should we do?" "I dunno." "Somebody get a sheet of paper." "There isn't any paper." "None?" "No." Everybody searches the cafeteria. All anybody can find is two paper plates. Paper plates? No. The group rejects the notion of writing the numbers on the paper plates. Nor does anybody want to take down the student artwork so earnestly produced and proudly displayed on the wall in order to use the back. Little kids' art, it seemed, was sacrosanct.
One determined woman picks up a large sample ballot and says, "Here. Use this. Just write the totals in the boxes and we'll figure it out later." This was a genious move. The sample ballot had the line and column numbers on it, so they could actually put the numbers in the right place. Of course, folks could then see what candidates got how many votes in each of the elections going on, but this really didn't matter, since the Democrats were a slam dunk for the entire ticket, anyway.
"But what are we suppoed to record it on?" "We don't KNOW. Nobody TOLD us what to do in this situation. We've never not gotten the form before. Just use this for now. Make sure you write the totals in the correct spaces." She hands the sample ballot to a middle-aged woman. "We'll take this to the Board of Elections and explain what happened. Then it's their problem."
Nobody has any better idea, and all agree that this seemed to be a reasonable solution. The janitor had already set the doors to lock behind us and had left the building. We were all alone in the building, and on this group rested the fate of the precinct's numbers. "Ok, you read the numbers and she'll write them in the boxes on this sample ballot."
"You'll have to start over," said the scribe.
Three heads again lean over and peer at the machine. "A-1, ninety six. That's right, isn't it?" "Hmmm. Yes, nine, six." The third says, "Let me see. Ok." "A-2, thirty...."
"WAIT. I'm sorry, where is A-1 on this form? I don't understand what I'm supposed to do." Another two elderly ladies rush in to help the scribe, who apparently is a bit of a dim bulb, but somebody important enough that nobody dares suggest handing over the scribe duty to somebody else. One woman leans over and points to a box on the form. "There, there's A-1. Write the number there." "What's the number again?" "Ninety six." Three heads check the machine again. "Yes, that's correct. A-2, thirty nine. A-3 sixty seven. A-4, what is that? I can't make it out." "Here, let me look."
"WAIT. Where is A-2 on the form?" Then followed a short discussion between the ladies as the older one VERY patiently explained to the scribe what was happening and how to follow down the lines and write the totals in. Finally, they get to the last number in column A. "A-15, one."
"WAIT," says the scribe, now almost in tears. "There is no A-15. Column A only goes to seven." A confab follows. Our chairman of the Democratic Party, observing this spectacle with amusement and barely concealed eye rolls, helpfully volunteers, "You have to record all the votes by law. Just put it at the bottom and somebody will figure out what to do with it later." "Good idea," chime in about four voices. "Where?" An elderly woman leans over the scribe's shoulder and points to a blank spot on the bottom of the sample ballot. "Just put it there for now." "I don't understand." "Somebody pulled a wrong lever and we have to record that vote anyway. We're required to even though it's clearly a mistake. Just write it down here for now." "What was that number?" At this point, the elderly woman realized what a dim bulb the scribe was and took control. She put her finger on the blank spot and directed her, "Write 'A-15, one vote' right here." Others watched to make sure the scribe writes it in correctly.
From that point on, the group get into a routine. The three eyeballing the machine each look at the number, occasionally squabbling about one of the digits until they are dead certain and all three are in agreement. Several people would pass on the number. Then the elderly lady would repeat the number to the scribe and point to exactly where she should record it on the sheet, as she and two others watched over the scribe's shoulder to make sure she put down the correct amount. Occasionally she would fail to point, and the scribe would be clueless. "WAIT. What was C-5? I didn't get that one." "C-5, eleven. D-1, eighty five."
It became like a long line of people passing information to one another, except they were only inches apart. "D-2, seventy two." The first turns to the next. "D-2, seventy two." Each one turned to the next, standing only inches away, passing the information down the line as if nobody had heard it (which, in this case, could well have been the case). "D-2, seventy two." "What are we on, D-2?" "Yes, D-2. That was seventy two." The elderly woman would turn to the scribe, repeating "D-2, seventy two." Then, the scribe hunts all over the form for it, until the elderly lady patiently sticks out a well-manicured fingernail and taps on the correct box.
"D-11, one." "WAIT. There is no D-11. What do I do?" "Put it on the bottom for now." "Where?" "Down here." The well manicured finger reaches out and points to the blank bottom of the form, where other outliers had already been recorded. "But I don't understand. There's not a box for it." "Somebody pulled a wrong lever, but we still have to report it." "But I'm writing all these numbers down here where there are no boxes." She was getting hysterical, clearly not following along. "It's okay. There IS no box for that. We didn't have that many candidates. But we're required to write it down anyway. Just put it here, and when these numbers are transferrd to the official form, somebody will figure out what to do with it then." "Ok. What was that number again?"
It took almost forty-five minutes for this group to complete the process. Clucking like chickens, checking and re-checking each other because their eyes aren't what they used to be and repeating themselves constantly because their hearing isn't that great any more, either. What was amazing to me is that this group of highly dedicated citizens went at their own pace, fully understanding each other's visual and hearing frailties, and checking each other carefully and repeatedly without any judgmentalism, as if this was how everybody did it. These volunteer citizens tried to do their duty to the best of their ability -- earnestly, carefully, and completely.
And although I watched to make sure they didn't record the votes wrong, it's clear that this hilarious scene was probably played out countless other times across the nation that night. No doubt very well-meaning and completely honest people made mistakes.
That occasional polling place mistakes seem to always be darkly attributed to fraud is, after observing this hilarious spectacle, offensive. The elderly people who man many of the voting places across the nation do so with a fierce sense of responsibility and pride. Even if they unintentionally make a few mistakes, they do so in the clear belief that they are reporting the vote with scrupulous honesty.
They do the very best they can. And I for one celebrate their efforts.
Staring up at a steep front stairway almost two stories high, I began to question why I had taken the bus from Westchester County, NY to Scranton, PA. Nobody had mentioned the mile-long stairways up to the doorways. But as we huffed and puffed up the stairs, it became just another obstacle to be overcome in this long battle. Our "door knock" map put us smack dab on a steep hill, and dammity dam we were going to do it.
Every last house.
Not only did we age 50-hm-hm-hm ladies trudge through the entire assigned route, we got happier by the minute as we determinedly worked to get out the vote. Yes, already supporting Obama. Yes, I need a ride to the poll. The polling place has changed? Thank you for reminding me.
50 homes. Four hours. Nearly dead with exhaustion at the end, and half a mountain higher than where we started.
We were dropped off and later driven back to the office by another woman and her daughter from Westchester County who heard the call that drivers were needed, jumped into their car and joined the caravan. She and others dropped off teams all over Scranton in the morning, then picked them up and brought them back to the campaign's office in the afternoon. It was November 1st, and nobody was taking anything for granted. All hands on deck, everybody pouring over the borders into Pennsylvania and Ohio for one last big push.
The small team manning the Scranton office was well-prepared. They had handed out packets with literature, lists of homes to contact, questions to fill out, and a "walk map" complete with dots where our target homes should be on the blocks. After returning, we tallied them up.
Then came the astonishing news. Our office had completed 5,000 door knocks that day. The downtown Scranton office had completed another 15,000, fora total of 20,000 doorknocks in Scranton that day. The several busloads of stunned out-of-state volunteers erupted in cheers.
The news channels later reported that Obama volunteers had completed 1.8 million doorknocks in Pennsylvania and 800,000 doorknocks in Ohio that weekend.
I am so proud to have participated in this great campaign. So many small acts adding up to such a great wave of energy.
We did it together.
We changed a nation.
Answer: What Do you think?
I guess when McCain heard that 33+ million people watch O-TV on Wednesday, he panicked. Now McCain’s using HRC's play book to the letter. I can almost hear the discussion that took place:
JOHN MCCAIN: How did “that one” do with his commercial? (With clenched teeth)
RICK DAVIS: (McCain’s Chief Campaign Manager). Well according to Neilsen, the Commie pulled in 33 million.
MCCAIN: (Neck pulled back—blanked stare--but faced turns red) I don’t believe this [add curse word]. What are we going to do?
DAVIS: John, you need to humanize myself, maybe even shed a tear. But we got no more money in the kitty.
(Phone rings) What? Hey Steve [Steve Schmidt]. We need some more robo calls in Arizona?….Money?...Well sell some of Palin’s clothes. That whack job is not wearing them anyway.
MCCAIN: (Stares at the ceiling)….
DAVIS: Well we need a cheap way to get you exposure. What did Hillary do? Think, Rick, Think. (Fingers snapped) That’s it, you’ll go on SNL.
MCCAIN: (Eyes widened) Suppose my ratings are lower than Ms. Palin’s?
DAVIS: That’s a chance we need to take. Just remember, don’t force a smile, you look like a dying frog when you do that.
MCCAIN: Hey, you said that I should go on Larry King Live on Wednesday to offset that Ayers-loving Socialist’s infomercial. Now those liberal elite comedians are saying that the interview reminded them of the movie “The Bucket List.”
DAVIS: Well Hillary did it and it helped her.
MCCAIN: Yep. But didn’t she loose?
DAVIS: Yes, but she got a bump in the polls for a few days and that’s all you’ll need.
MCCAIN: Good point. Let’s do it.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/mccain-to-appear-on-snl/#comment-729093
Actor, William Sadler will also be joining us at both Beacon locations for phonebanking and greeting our volunteers! (See details below)
Please join us in the final four days of this campaign as we bring in the vote for the Obama/Biden campaign and make history together! This will most likely be the most important presidential election of our lifetime. There is so much at stake. You are needed now more than ever. Sign up today. Together, we will make a difference! YES WE CAN! Angela anvalles01@aol.com <mailto:anvalles01@aol.com> 845-797-9810 cell **It is important to sign-up for shifts so that we know how many call sheets we will need! Please sign up for as many shifts/days that you are available! Thank you for your help.** Two Phonebanking Locations: CSEA Union Hall 568 State Route 52 Beacon, NY Sign up at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsx775 <http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsx775> Martin Luther King Cultural Center (behind the Muddy Cup in Beacon) 19 South Avenue Beacon, NY Sign up at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsxxsx <http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsxxsx> The Call Centers in Beacon will be open as follows: Saturday, Nov 1st: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Sunday, Nov. 2nd: 12:00PM - 8:00PM Monday, Nov. 3rd: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Election Day! Tuesday, Nov. 4th: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Phonebank Captains Needed! f you are able to lead a group of phonebankers through a 4 hour shift (minimum), please contact Moira Kelly, Field Organizer for the Obama Campaign at 917-273-2837 or email: mkelley@barackobama.com <mailto:mkelley@barackobama.com> . Your leadership skills will be greatly appreciated! Special Celebrity Guest: We are happy to announce that actor, William Sadler will be joining us at our phonebanks in Beacon to greet volunteers and make calls for the Obama campaign. You will recognize him from his roles in "Eagle Eyes", "The Mist", and "August Rush" or his previous roles as Heywood in "The Shawshank Redemption", Klaus Detterick in "The Green Mile", or John McClane's nemesis Colonel Stuart in "Die Hard 2". Supporters and Friends,
Please join us in the final four days of this campaign as we bring in the vote for the Obama/Biden campaign and make history together! This will most likely be the most important presidential election of our lifetime. There is so much at stake. You are needed now more than ever. Sign up today. Together, we will make a difference! YES WE CAN! Angela anvalles01@aol.com <mailto:anvalles01@aol.com> 845-797-9810 cell **It is important to sign-up for shifts so that we know how many call sheets we will need! Please sign up for as many shifts/days that you are available! Thank you for your help.** Two Phonebanking Locations: CSEA Union Hall 568 State Route 52 Beacon, NY Sign up at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsx775 <http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsx775> Martin Luther King Cultural Center (behind the Muddy Cup in Beacon) 19 South Avenue Beacon, NY Sign up at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsxxsx <http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/lastcallforchange/gsxxsx> The Call Centers in Beacon will be open as follows: Saturday, Nov 1st: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Sunday, Nov. 2nd: 12:00PM - 8:00PM Monday, Nov. 3rd: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Election Day! Tuesday, Nov. 4th: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Phonebank Captains Needed! f you are able to lead a group of phonebankers through a 4 hour shift (minimum), please contact Moira Kelly, Field Organizer for the Obama Campaign at 917-273-2837 or email: mkelley@barackobama.com <mailto:mkelley@barackobama.com> . Your leadership skills will be greatly appreciated! Special Celebrity Guest: We are happy to announce that actor, William Sadler will be joining us at our phonebanks in Beacon to greet volunteers and make calls for the Obama campaign. You will recognize him from his roles in "Eagle Eyes", "The Mist", and "August Rush" or his previous roles as Heywood in "The Shawshank Redemption", Klaus Detterick in "The Green Mile", or John McClane's nemesis Colonel Stuart in "Die Hard 2".
The big decisions are easy. You know in your gut what is right to do. And here, you know deep down in your soul that having Palin anywhere near the presidency is wrong.
1. She stonewalled an investigation into her abuse of power, trying to get it stopped.
2. Having failed to halt the investigation, which concluded she DID violate Alaska's ethics law by abusing her power, she blithely lies and lies, saying she was completely cleared and no abuse of power, not even a whiff of it, was found.
3. She made up her "extensive" foreign policy and trade experience, lied about opposing the bridge to nowhere (and kept money, too), and more.
4. She intentionally and deliberately tells lies about Obama "palling around with terrorists." Note particularly the plural there, when only one former terrorist is at issue.
5. She incites crowds to murderous fervor, and doesn't even think there is anything wrong with such conduct.
6. She is completely, dumbfoundingly, disturbingly unprepared to assume the office of president should that one cancerous heartbeat away suddenly stop.
7. She slept with her husband's best friend, if the National Enquirer's occasionally correct truth/proof squad can be believed.
Whatever you may think of McCain, his decision to select Sarah Palin, a completely unqualified candidate, was intentionally manipulative, crassly political, and just about the worst judgment he could have made for the country. Far from recommending him as our next president, it exposes the desperation and hollowness of his campaign. This is a man who wants power, any way he can get it, ethics and lack of experience be damned.
The choice could not be clearer. Nor easier.
