Gamers for Obama

CHANGE HAS ARRIVED

Steve Scheide — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:21:41 EST

I am almost at a loss for words. Barack Obama is the President Elect. It's stunning really. Finally, after almost two years of hard work, long hours, and tireless campaigning...we've done it!

The feelings that were going around last night were amazing and contagious. You couldn't help but smile and raise your glass every 30 seconds to propose a new toast. "To Change", we said. "Yes We Can, and Yes We Did". There was an unabaited joy in everyone that I've never seen in anybody when it comes to politics. It's something that is hard to describe, something that is a campaign slogan, but something that has been damn hard to reach for in the past 8 years. But what it boils down to, what the glow on everyone's faces last night was HOPE. No fear, no questions, no worrying, no having to go and work at it right away. For a few moments in time we were all able to bask in that sweet, sweet glow of HOPE. We could all feel it, see it on each other's face, in our speeches and hugs. Nervousness and weariness were replaced with it.

HOPE.

The time has come. This campaign is not over. It is just at another beginning. We must push onward and work to see to it that everyone American is able to share in our glow. There are those out there who would run from it, afraid of change and a new beginning. We must help them see the benefits. As Barack said last night, "I may not have won your vote tonight...I will be your President too." We can not fall into the patterns of old, balking at differing opinons, and when things don't go our way, taking our ball and going home. That cannot be. This is a time when we can reach across the aisle, shake hands with our neighbors of differing opinions and yet still get things done. We must unite and work together in order to succeed in this great nation, or we will fail seperately.

~Stephen Scheide

Day of Blue!

Steve Scheide — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:30:15 EDT

There's a blog going around facebook stating that on Sep 30th starting at 12am all those voting for Barack should wear BLUE in support. Wear it all day. That's part of the goal. The other part is to register two unregistered voters. If you can't register voters, try to talk to two voters who may be on the fence.

Remember, Sep 30th is Wear Blue for Barack Day!

Due It!

~Scheide

Join the Fight for Barack and America

Scott — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:38:33 EDT

We need to find ways to help Barack Obama, not simply in the real world, but in the virtual world. We need to create our own echo chamber where we can answer the lies, answer the distortions head on.

We also need to find ways to test messages and understand just how tough a job organizing is and find more effective ways to organize.

To that end, I believe that blogging here and elsewhere, joining political simulations and boards are central to fighting back for Barack.

This month's simulation recommendation to join is the American Government Simulation at http://americangovernmentsimulation.com/.

Sign up and join the Obama bandwagon and send the message to Republicans, we won't go quietly into the night anymore, we won't give in, we will stand up and fight to make a difference and change the world everywhere we can. Yes we can.

New Event for Easy Points!

Michael Sylvester — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:17:27 EDT

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4r4pc Click here and sign up!

Senator Barack Obama will be on the "View" on ABC, Friday.

Tune in.

Bill Richardson Endorses Obama!

Michael Sylvester — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:03:21 EDT

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic race for president Friday.

Sign up for this Event. Easy online Petition!

Michael Sylvester — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:39:56 EDT

Hey all,

Sign online Petition giving Hillary & Bill a Due Date for Financial Disclosures.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/45ky

Thanks,

No ReVote for Florida!

Michael Sylvester — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:28:28 EDT

Woohoo! According to CNN this morning, lawmakers are stating that there will be no revote and the proposal that ws given by Karen Thurman was rejected. As a Floridian and a Obama supporter this makes me happy. The only way to deal with these delegates is to split them up evenly or don't use them at all. Hopefully they split them, that will make our candidate even closer to where he needs to be.

Mail-in ballots

Michael Sylvester — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:44:22 EDT

I heard oregon has been doing it or I should say trying to do it now for 15 years. According to CNN last night, they stated that it took 13 years to get it done right and we here in Florida who obviously has not had enough good judgement when it comes to politcs want to try and atttempt a "perfect" run on it's first try. I don't think so. I believe they have 2 choices.

1st choice: forget about Florida and Michigan delegates (as per the rules they broke)

2nd choice: split them up evenly if they really want to be represented in Colorado.

New Event-AOL Poll to VOTE in!

Michael Sylvester — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:28:58 EDT

This is a great tool for any supporter to show how much we would like our candidate to win. This poll among others are always used on national news shows. Go to your events, put in 34683 for the zip code and you will see it there.

New Event That's Taking Place

Michael Sylvester — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:15:05 EST

Call or Write the Democratic National Party (DNC) to Even out Florida Delegates.

This is very simple to do, I did it myself and I felt like I was getting heard!

Go to your Events, select find events, put in zip code 34683 and you will find it there.

When I spoke to them this morning, they stated that the Governor does not want to do a "do-over", but he does want to seat the delegates. I personally do not think that it is that fair if some Floridians didn't vote because they knew thier vote did not count. Especially when the news, newspapers and radio stated that also.

Great Circulating Letter I received...

Michael Sylvester — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:32:17 EST

Somebody sent this to me and i found it pretty interesting, I did a little "cut and paste" to get rid of the hundred email addresses attached to it. It seems like that if Hillary's campaign or rogue agencies spreading false emails and manipulative internet buzz to draw attention to her, maybe this letterwhich seems to contain many truths can be just as damaging for her. This is not just Barrack Obama's campaign, i view this as ours also.

Emailed that was received:

"Do not know if you have seen this email but it is worth a read. I received it a couple of weeks ago from a friend in South Dakota. I asked my husband about its content as I was not familiar with a lot of it (being from Canada) and he told me that it was pretty accurate as far as he is concerned.
If this is the case, please send it to everyone you know. After listening to Hillary last night saying her "victory speech", I still have nausea. If she wants to play dirty and handle the truth carelessly about Barack, perhaps it is time she gets a little reminder. She will continue this negative campaign to win and we must all fight back in any way we can with the real truth about her. Let's also see those White House documents that she and Bill keep hiding and her tax returns she is so hesitant to come clean about. Sometimes you just have to fight fire with fire and unlike Barack who they are trying to destroy with distortions, the Clintons can be brought down with the truth.
We cannot afford to lose the best candidate for president because of smear campaigns from a power hungry woman who wants the prestige of being the first woman to be president.

Hopes You Have Forgotten
Hillary hopes you have forgotten. Have you????

Hillary Clinton has been telling America that she is the most qualified candidate for president based on her "record," which she says includes
her eight years in the White House as First Lady - or "co-president" - and her seven years in the Senate. Here is a reminder of what that record includes:

- As First Lady, Hillary assumed authority over Health Care Reform, a process that cost the taxpayers over $13 million. She told both Bill
Bradley and Pat Moynahan, key votes needed to pass her legislation, that she would "demonize "anyone who opposed it. But it was opposed; she couldn't even get it to a vote in a Congress controlled by her own party. (And in the next election, her party lost control of both the House and Senate.)

- Hillary assumed authority over selecting a female Attorney General. Her first two recommendations (Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood) were forced to withdraw their names from consideration, and then she chose Janet Reno. Janet Reno has since been described by Bill himself as "my worst
mistake."

- Hillary recommended Lani Guanier for head of the Civil Rights Commission. When Guanier's radical views became known, her name had to
be withdrawn.

- Hillary recommended her former law partners, Web Hubbell, Vince Foster, and William Kennedy for positions in the Justice Department, White House staff, and the Treasury, respectively. Hubbell was later imprisoned, Foster committed suicide, and Kennedy was forced to resign.

- Hillary also recommended a close friend of the Clintons, Craig Livingstone, for the position of director of White House security. When
Livingstone was investigated for the improper access of up to 900 FBI files of Clinton enemies (Filegate) and the widespread use of drugs by
White House staff, both Hillary and her husband denied knowing him. (FBI agent Dennis Sculimbrene Confirmed in a Senate Judiciary Committee in 1996 both the drug use and Hillary's involvement in hiring Livingstone. After that, the FBI closed its White House Liaison Office,
after serving seven presidents for over thirty years.)

- In order to open "slots" in the White House for her friends the Harry Thomasons (to whom millions of dollars in travel contracts could be
awarded), Hillary had the entire staff of the White House Travel Office fired; they were reported to the FBI for "gross mismanagement" and their
reputations ruined. After a thirty-month investigation, only one, Billy Dale, was charged with a crime - mixing personal money with White House
funds when he cashed checks. The jury acquitted him in less than two hours.

- Another of Hillary's assumed duties was directing the "bimbo eruption squad" and scandal defense:

---- She urged her husband not to settle the Paula Jones lawsuit.
---- She refused to release the Whitewater documents, which led to the appointment of Ken Starr as Special Prosecutor. After $80 million
dollars of taxpayer money was spent, Starr's investigation led to Monica Lewinsky, which led to Bill lying about and later admitting his affairs.
---- Then they had to settle with Paula Jones after all.
---- And Bill lost his law license for lying to the grand jury.
---- And Bill was impeached by the House.
---- And Hillary almost got herself indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice (she avoided it mostly because she repeated, "I do not recall," "I have no recollection," and "I don't know" 56 times under oath).
- Hillary accepted the traditional First Lady's role of decorator of the White House at Christmas, but in a unique Hillary way. In 1994, for
example, The First Lady's Tree in the Blue Room (the focal point each year) was Decorated with drug paraphernalia, sex toys, and pornographic ornaments, all personally approved by Hillary as the invited artists' depictions of the theme, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

- Hillary wrote "It Takes a Village," demonstrating her Socialist viewpoint.

- Hillary decided to seek election to the Senate in a state she had never lived in. Her husband pardoned FALN terrorists in order to get Latino support and the New Square Hassidim to get Jewish support. Hillary also had Bill pardon her brother's clients, for a small fee, to get financial support.

- Then Hillary left the White House, but later had to return $200,000 in White House furniture, china, and artwork she had stolen.
- In the campaign for the Senate, Hillary played the "woman card" by portraying her opponent (Lazio) as a bully picking on her.

- Hillary's husband further protected her by asking the National Archives to withhold from the public until 2012 many records of their time in the White House, including much of Hillary's correspondence and her calendars. (There are ongoing lawsuits to force the release of those records.)

- As the junior Senator from New York, Hillary has passed no major legislation. She has deferred to the senior Senator (Schumer) to tend to the needs of New Yorkers, even on the hot issue of medical problems of workers involved in the cleanup of Ground Zero after 9/11.

- Hillary's one notable vote, supporting the plan to invade Iraq, she has since disavowed.

Quite a resume, isn't it? Sounds more like an organized crime family...

Make sure America remembers. Pass this on."

Delegate and Negativity...

Michael Sylvester — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:07:02 EST

The "math" is probably going to be the big topic today coming out of the Obama camp. CNN has got a great tool set up on thier website called the "Delegate Counter Game". I urge everyone to go and play with it. After last night's loss in Texas and Ohio (which from the beginning, we were supposed to lose) We need something that will let people know that's not just the fact we have a better candidate, but we have the numbers needed to carry this through to the convention and to to gain the nomination. Below is the link to the counter. All I could think about this morning is why our candidate won't and doesn't go negative, I appreciate that this is his position, but if Hillary is slinging mud and the kitchen sink and getting the results she wants as indicated by last night primary, maybe he should reconsider. Lets hear your opinion........

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/29/delegate.counter/index.html

Today's the Day! Lets make this happen!

Michael Sylvester — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:06:20 EST

With stories going on the last couple of days like Senator Obama's relationship with Renzo and a third party talking about NAFTA policies with Canada, which both, by the way have no implications to Obama do anything wrong or illegal, we as supporters and fans need to step up our game and take that extra initiative TODAY. If you know anybody in the 4 states that are having thier primaries today or you know someone who is a supporter with family or friends there, please make them aware of how important today is to Senator Obama. This day could be his "golden ticket" to the nomination, the day where Senator Clinton will finally say, he is the better candidate, the day that the American public will figure out that this is the representative that will beat McCain in November. I urge you to think about the friends and family members you have that you could talk to today.

Tomorrow's the day(cross posted from personal blog)

Loriann — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:48:59 EST

It's time. If you live in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island or Texas, then you know what you must do tomorrow. You must go out and vote! Make your voices heard. Raise your voices for change! Do not let them tell you that your vote does not count, because you are only one vote! You CAN make a Difference! I CAN Make a Difference! We CAN! Yes, WE CAN!

Now, as an Obama Supporter, I would love to have all of you go and vote for Obama. If you are looking for change, HE is the candidate who is not just the most hopeful, but the one who WILL succeed in making the changes where others want the status quo. If you think he does not have experience or the ability, compare his voting record to Hillary's and compare the amount of bills he's written or co sponsored. And then compare how many of their bills have gone through. He has experience on a State Level, and more importantly, he has reached people like me, who have never really cared too much about politics to register to vote for the first time! Prove to those who say No We Can't, and the Hope is just Empty Rhetoric that We can prove them wrong.

I just want you to all get out there and vote. Let your voices be heard! For whomever you wish them to be heard for. STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!!!

The new 3a.m. Ad shown over the weekend

Michael Sylvester — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:58:26 EST

Hillary had put up a ridicules ad over the weekend. I added a YouTube link from the Tucker Carlson show, where he thought her's was funny and compkimented Obama's.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO4iCBOJKYM

Obama loves being a Marine, Sort of...

Michael Sylvester — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:06:19 EST

Players of the record-breaking sci-fi shoot'em up video game Halo 3, selling over 5 million games since it's release date of September 25, 2007 have found a new respect for Senator Obama. Some have used his name as a gamertag like Barackobama954, barackobama70 and barackobama22. I got the idea for writing this post because I myself, are a gamer, playing Halo 3 on XBox360. This past week, I played against a player with a gamertag Barackobama and I, as a Obama fan felt it was hilarious playing against him and I even felt a little guilty about trying to beat him. On a side note, he was a good player and I got beat by 1 point, but it was worth it, just so I could write this post. If there are any gamers that are for Senator Obama, a good way to support him is to put your local Obama group or stating something in your "motto" section below your gamertag to raise awareness. Below is a link to the player that I played against, believe it or not, he is pretty good.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Halo3/Default.aspx?player=BARACKOBAMA954

Just Volunteered!

Michael Sylvester — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:17:05 EST

It was easy, I made my first round of calls. Unfortunately it was a lot of leaving messages, but it was alot easier than I thought.

Go out there and do it!

Battlegrunds 640 Gaming Center Fundraiser

Battlegrounds 640 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:42:13 EST

Barack Obama Fundraiser

At Video Game Center

Battlegrounds 640 in Richton Park

Event Purpose: The purpose of this event is to raise funds for the Barack Obama campaign. If this event is sold out Battlegrounds 640 will be able to raise $7500 for the Barrack Obama Campaign. We can setup this fund raiser for other Barack Obama support groups. Send your request, including a name, a phone number and an e mail address to contact_us@battlegrounds640.com.

Event description: This is a 2 hour casual video gaming event exclusively for Obama supporters. We have 30 PC’s, 3 XBOX 360s, 2 Playstations, 1 Wii system and 1 Game Cube. All PC’s and video game consoles are wired on the LAN and they all have internet access. We have Madden Football, Halo, Call of Duty 4, Wii Sports (bowling, tennis and baseball), Smash Brothers Melee and many other popular games. We have PC games like Counter Strike, Quake, Civilization, Command and Conquer, Battlefield 2 and 2142, World of Warcraft and many more. No more than 50 people will be invited to each session. Session slots are sold on the first come first serve basis. This event is only for Obama supporters.

Event Rules There will be no refunds. If you miss your event date you can request that an account with a 2 hour credit be setup for you at the gaming center. You will be able to play your 2 hours of gaming during regular business hours (Wednesday to Sunday from 4pm to midnight), the credit does not expire. The slots are sold on the first come first served basis. When you purchase your ticket you will be given your event attendance date if you do not request a date. You may request a single date per ticket. You can purchase as many slots as available. You can purchase a slot for another person.

Event Cost & Dates: You may purchase a $20 ticket for any of the following 2 hour sessions. Half the proceeds will go to the Obama campaign.

Saturday January 26th 2008 at 8 am to 10 am

Saturday January 26th 2008 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday January 26th 2008 at 1 pm to 3 pm

Saturday February 2nd 2008 at 8 am to 10 am

Saturday February 2nd 2008 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday February 2nd 2008 at 1 pm to 3 pm

Saturday February 9th 2008 at 8 am to 10 am

Saturday February 9th 2008 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday February 9th 2008 at 1 pm to 3 pm

Saturday February 16th 2008 at 8 am to 10 am

Saturday February 16th 2008 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday February 16th 2008 at 1 pm to 3 pm

Saturday February 23rd 2008 at 8 am to 10 am

Saturday February 23rd 2008 at 10:30 am to 12:30 pm

Saturday February 23rd 2008 at 1 pm to 3 pm

Payment methods & Location: You can pay by credit card, cash or check in person at location. You can pay by credit card over the phone from Wednesdays to Sundays at 4pm to midnight.

Location: 3717 E Sauk Trail, Richton Park, Illinois 60471

Phone: (708) 283 0911

Answers to those questioning equality.

Brandon M. Precincts 195, 196 & 197 Co-Capitain — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:31:35 EST

I have a great respect for Barack Obama and I have choosen to post this due to an issue that has been nagging me for quite some time. Many people have felt that Barack is not focusing on everyones' rights, some say he is focusing too much on one culture, race(more on this later), and/or economic group. There are two issues which Barack is truly focused on that greatly strive to bring our country into an equal nation. These are Education and Health Care. I'm going to focus on education here. Barack is striving to create a system that makes all schools equal, in funding, educational requirements, standards, and he is constantly working to make college more affordable to all. This is a HUGE step towards equality which many miss. Job opportunities are correlated directly with the quality of a person's education if you went to a school with lower standards and lower funding the odds of you getting a position over someone who went to a school with high funding and high standards are pretty slim just due to a lack of understanding of some rather basic concepts such as math and english. Situations like this cannot continue it does not matter how much money your family makes or the color of your skin you should be able to learn the same information with the same quality of teacher and books as every other person in this country. This is a little sub note I wish to share with all, earlier I mentioned race and there are many who see Barack as missing out on certain racial groups and to all those who see it this remember there is only one race and that is the human race! I know it will be a long while until our country views it this way but Barack is a huge step in the right direction. We all bleed the same blood, we all shed the same tears we are all human beings and its time to join together and make a change for the better.

Obama publicity in Japanese

Julia from Pasadena — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:55:15 EDT

At the Grand Opening of the Headquarters in Los Angeles today we got to see a copy of Frontline, a Japanese publication that we were interviewed for.

The picture us in Second life at the Obama headquarters made it into print.

Second Life Weekly meeting update

Julia from Pasadena — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:16:07 EDT

We discussed a few things at our weekly second life meeting. We're still waiting to hear when the ABC news special is airing.

We have progress on our projects, more freebee stuff on slexchange, and a draft of our Ad!

Its here, and please feel free to comment

Obama in Second Life Ad here

. We also discussed participating in the 'Familes for Obama' cookbook and will be digging into our inventories for recipes. Prim ribs anyone? If you want to contribute one, please leave it as a comment or contact Julles. Artwork & stories needed too.

Free Obama shirts, buttons, hats, banners, flags

Julia from Pasadena — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:37:02 EDT

Lots of free Obama stuff - 3 types of shirts, buttons, banners, hats. The catch? They only fit virtual people in Second Life. I just put this free collection up on slexchange, which is like Second Life's ebay.

Second Life Weekly meeting update

Julia from Pasadena — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:27:40 EDT

Second lifers for Obama had quite a week. We got interviewed by ABC news (inworld, including a film crew at one of our members house). We hosted a Debate-Watching party at the Capitol HIll sim, and got an honorable mention in the group fundraising challenge!

We also moved our weekly meetings up to 7pm SL (Pacific time) to make it a bit easier for our East Coast SLers.

The ball of white light is actually a person. You don't have to be human to support Obama in Second Life. All our welcome.

Second Life is a virtual reality world that is FREE TO JOIN, just go to www.secondlife.com. You'll need to set up an account and learn how to navigate around in the virtual world. Then come find us (along with many other sims that are educational, non profit, social, historical, and lots more). To find us, do a search on OBAMA! Join our SL group Obama for President, and our MyBo group Second Life Residents for Barack Obama.

Debate Watching in Second Life on Capitol Hill

Julia from Pasadena — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:29:30 EDT

We had a few people show up to the debate watching party, and I think most of us had fun. We couldn't get it streamlined in (due to MSNBC) but those who could watched it on TV or the net.

Obama in Second Lifers get Inteviewed by ABC

Julia from Pasadena — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:05:12 EDT

ABC News interviewed a few of us in Second Life this morning. They actually went live to 'cubsfan's house and filmed from there, and interviewed him in person.

An ABC reporter came into second life (she's the one in the suit) and met us at the Obama grassroots headquarters. The other avatars pictured are Liam (who owns the headquarters and set it all up), cubsfan (who runs the Second Life Obama group and the meetings), Baijan who runs the Mybo Second life group, and me (in my new Dutch clogs). The reporter didn't ask about the clogs. But she did ask why Baijan was green.

Stay tuned for debate watching pictures at the Capitol Hill sim. And please help support us by making a donation on our group page, we are actually at 3rd place this week in the <30 member group donations. (check it out here. And please donate

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