Organizing for America | orcas island for obama

By Jane Anne Jeffries Johnson - Aug 12th, 2009 at 11:38 am EDT

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I retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District in February. I felt it was my civic duty to give up my job and live on my retirement, since the economy is struggling. I moved to Friday Harbor, Washington, where the economy is doing better than in California. I am able to keep abreast of the changes President Obama is making toward a more viable society and economy. I urge everyone who voted for him to continue to support him now. The sharks are swarming, and there is blood in the water. It's time to come together as a force for change.

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Washington.CAN - The Next Step - Join Today

By Wayne - Jan 25th, 2009 at 11:54 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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Obama Booth at San Juan Island County Fair

By Jane Anne Jeffries Johnson - Aug 19th, 2008 at 12:02 am EDT

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For 44 hours, August 13-16, Claire and I talked to people about Barack Obama. Our booth was adjacent to that of the Democratic Party, so we also were able to meet candidates for office in the current election. The primary is tomorrow. People from the Obama websites visited the booth and so did many students from various part of the country. I had my iPod and played the audiobook of 'Audacity of Hope.'

The next event I will attend will be on August 28 in zip code 90064. I hope everyone is getting together with friends for Barack's acceptance speech.

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Dashboard Change

By Jane Anne Jeffries Johnson - Aug 7th, 2008 at 12:14 pm EDT

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What's with this new website look on my page? I don't like it. The information is not accurate, and what gives? Now I have a neighborhood tool, but I'm not in Los Angeles. I'm in Friday Harbor. I suppose I need to change some of the information I put in originally. I don't have time for this.

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Contribute Ideas to the DNC Platform--2008

By Jane Anne Jeffries Johnson - Jul 8th, 2008 at 9:04 pm EDT

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I'm heading to Albuquerque on July 17. I expect to go from there to Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, arriving July 25. On Sunday, July 27, I plan to host a two-hour event in which participants discuss ideas they would like to see included in the DNC platform. I downloaded the 2004 platform and was shocked at what it contained. I appreciate being asked for my ideas, and I want to submit them. So far 14 people have signed up for the San Juan County Fair Barack Obama Table event. I'm hoping those people will come meet each other at my condo on July 27 and bring their swimming suits!

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Email and volunteer to call in Penn

By RD Larson - Mar 25th, 2008 at 2:58 am EDT

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All of this flap about Reverend Wright and Obama's new pastor is immaterial to his platform and issues. I think if we could call and write the different news medias we could get them off of the focus on this. Older people do remember the old days more clearly and some have a harder time changing than others. What OTHER people say is not what OBAMA himself says. With all the money and hoop-te-do in the news media for the might advertising dollar they often lose sight of the reality of things. I have been in many churches and temples where the minister got all revved up over getting his "word of God " crossed to his flock. A sermon and a speech are two different things. I disagree with a lot of people about a lot of things. I do think we should speak up when people are rude but I don't think ripping them apart will help to keep them from saying it if they think it. Those people who are negative and wrathful are difficult to deal with. Just look at celebrities and their struggles with the press. Think how this is for the candidates. What a bunch of bull. I knew a man once who had a wall of inappropriate pictures in his OWN house and I didn't say anything because I was a guest. He later became a minister and my very up-tight friend attained his church. I was dying to tell her about his wall of porn but I didn't because what good would it do? Or maybe he'd changed. Obama is right; we all have off-duty relatives and friends; we can tell them that it's not right about what they say or do but it IS a free country still. Some people go off kilter in their views. If Obama can unite this country he will have to get past this and tell the voters that he supports Asians, blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and whites. I have been to Churches that had ministers that preached hell, fire and brimstone on all kinds of stuff. No one is infallible. Not even the Dalai Llama. Life goes on so lets help get Barack Obama elected so we start to fix the problems we're having in this wonderul nation. I think he is our best hope for the future.

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LET FREEDOM RING

By RD Larson - Mar 19th, 2008 at 12:11 am EDT

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http://www.youtube.com/v/QO2NWfy9X3E

Tonight was a turning point for all Americans. A call to our better selves. Barack Obama is a great American and he spoke to blacks, whites, Asians, Native Americans, and Latinos in today's speech. We need to remember this day for it is the beginning of the healing between peoples of this nation and the future of us all. Read his speech to your children, send his speech to your email friends, and always stand by your friends. What we learned today is that we can love our brother or our friend whatever their point of view is, and that we can say that we disapprove of racial remarks that divide us. We are not afraid to be truthful in our voices and we can open dialogues once thought closed. We can heal and bring all the people in this nation together under the leadership of the future President of the United States, Barack Obama.

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Together

By RD Larson - Mar 3rd, 2008 at 2:37 am EST

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Please call some one in Texas, Ohio, Vermont or Rhode Island today or tomorrow. We really need Barak Obama for this nation. You know this and to get him elected we must all work together so please call as many times as you can. You can find the numbers of people to call on Obama's website. This is so important. Let your heart show. There is a script and easy pointers. I am a shy person and I've done it. So can you. Let's call for Barack Obama so that he wins big in these four states!

Sail on Ship of Hope

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Here we come, and we can! Texas! Ohio!

By RD Larson - Feb 25th, 2008 at 2:40 am EST

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Texas is the west as big as a country. It's style and history interests us all. From the days of the old west to the days of the Oil Barons to the Bush Ranch, Texas has enticed us. So don't hang back, call as many times as you can. I call as much as I can and we can get our message out. It's going to be a great win for Obama. There is no doubt if everyone goes out to vote that he will win. His policies will affect our lives and those of our children. He is right; he can't do it alone. Let's show the world that we are Americans committed to HOPE and CHANGE. We will lift up to a higher ideal with Barack Obama to lead us forward. The economy, the War in Iraq, the Broken Government -- it won't be easy to fix. But with Barack Obama willing to talk to opposing groups we can make headway on these issues. I ask you please to call on the volunteer list. It's very rewarding and think what you are doing for your own country in your own way. Please. Read More »

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Ship of Hope -- WE CAN and WE Will

By RD Larson - Feb 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pm EST

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When I first heard Barack Obama speak at the National Convention I was moved by his words:

“That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can tuck in our children at night and know they are fed and clothed and safe from harm. That we can say what we think, write what we think, without hearing a sudden knock on the door. That we can have an idea and start our own business without paying a bribe or hiring somebody's son. That we can participate in the political process without fear of retribution, and that our votes will he counted - or at least, most of the time.”

He has not changed his message nor has he been swayed by detractors nor by other candidates. Obama's message that day inspired me to become more active in the political process. This year I attended the caucus here in Washington State for the first time. Barack Obama won easily in our room. His supporters were all ages and all sizes. They all knew his story and his stand on the issues. The Hilary supporters were more emotional and less likely to know as much about the issues.

I firmly believe that Barack Obama can win against John McCain in 2008! Please lend your support

to this incredible, brilliant man. A man who can lead this nation forward to the greatness that the writers of our Constitution passionately envisioned.

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Seattle Visit -- Washington Caucuses

By RD Larson - Feb 9th, 2008 at 2:30 am EST

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More than 20,000 people showed up to welcome our next President to Seattle today. Key Arena was FULL. The really nice thing Senator Obama did was speak to those supports on the steps with a bull horn. It was raining and miserable today.

But to those of us who believe that "thinking outside the box" will make our nation stronger, Obama is captain of the Ship of Hope. He sailed into our city today! I think he took the breath and heart of the Emerald City today. He has so much support here. I have never been to a caucus but I am going tomorrow and so are a large number of people I know. I hope all over the state registered Democrats turn out to choose Barack Obama as the Washington State Democratic nominee. I supported John Kennedy as a Young Democrat going door to door in my hometown asking people to vote for him. I was too young to vote but I knew greatness when I saw it. I see that same greatness, that same leadership and concern in Obama. I see the same compassion but I see a difference that is pertinent to NOW.

Obama's take on the future is new, not old and not broken. We have to move forward with our nation, to grow is to live. We need change and new ideas. Please if you read this and you're in Washington, go on line to find out where you caucus is and show up. Support the best Democratic candidate, Barack Obama. Don't expect anyone else to do it for you. It's your chance and my chance to be part of the change. Barack Obama has asked US to work with him to change things. So show up at your local caucus before one o'clock.

Don't let him down. The time is now. The time is ours.

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Ship of Hope WE CAN

By RD Larson - Feb 6th, 2008 at 1:19 am EST

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When Barack Obama spoke tonight he was so inspirational and so honest. I am so glad that he has done so well in the "Super Duper Tuesday" and I know he will be the Democratic Nominee. It's the greatest moment in my political life to know that I have supported him from the moment he decided to run.

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Kennedy Endorsements

By RD Larson - Jan 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm EST

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Individual Gold
By
RD Larson
As if from beyond, is heard a voice,
Calling,Faint,
yet clear, one can hear,
The stream of future thoughts
Not yet born nor yet formed,
For each success, and each gain,
By its nature must preclude,
A choice to finish,
Of a mindful grasp of its valued result.
A search for fulfillment,
Is but true
Exploration of the ages,
For every conquest,
The valiant seek,
Not others to set the goal,
But the conqueror,
His inner clock and self alone
Can know the battles
And feel the peace of work well-done. Read More »

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By RD Larson - Jan 21st, 2008 at 7:41 pm EST

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I ask you, no I urge you to write and call anyone you can to ask for support for Barack Obama. He is the candidate for the Democratic Party and the candidate for this nation. If Bush could he would be campaigning for Obama; the reason he can't is because he is not informed of the truth. Hilary and Bill do not need to bring "Old Politics" to the nation. You can tell from the way they behave that it is all self-driven not other-driven. We need to do more to convice people that Barack Obama can protect the country, bring home the troops and improve our economy. Shrill and dinging voice will not win this campaigne BECAUSE SENSE AND INTELLIGENCE will. Just read how he feels on issues and you will be inspired. Read his speech from after the primary in New Hampshire. This man is the one who can lead this country back to the honor of the past and he can lead this country into the honor of the future. He is going to be our president!

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This will mean a lot!

By RD Larson - Jan 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm EST

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MORE REAL NEWS TO KNOW -- New York City Independents (www.IPNYC.org) know Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is no real friend of genuine democracy, full inclusion, and Independents. Her record of strangling Independents in NYC is a little-known ugly history to most. Though she spins her out-of-state campaign rhetoric to have the appearance of being a friend of Black and Independent voters, many Black New Yorkers know the real deal. They see past the phony "Black" speaking cadence used to address mostly Black audiences. Ask members of the Independence Party of New York (www.IPNY.org), and especially 1992 presidential candidate and Independent activist Dr. Lenora Fulani. In 2005, Clinton engineered a bogus bigot-bating campaign to have Fulani fired as an executive member of the IPNY before accepting their support. Clinton's scam alleged Fulani was an anti-Semite. New York State's Supreme Court decided in Fulani's favor, and upheld Black New York Independents' right to fair and equal representation as voters --- as in African American voters being denied voting rights and democracy by a Democratic politician. New York State Supreme Court Judge Emily Jane Goodman stated that "While the Court is not going to speculate on the motive for bringing this Petition now...it appears to be more political than philosophical." Black Independents now have more empowered representation within the state, including Dr. Fulani's potential run for New York City mayor in 2009. History and facts, no matter how hidden for present day campaign purposes, have a way of sustaining themselves among genuinely informed voters. New York's Black voters remember all too well. The likeable First Lady Clinton of the 1990s is definitely not an electable candidate for 2008, in Iowa or anywhere in America.

Dennis Moore, Chairperson, District of Columbia Independents for Citizen Control (DCICC) www.DCIndependents.org dennis@dcindependents.org