Hello Everyone, This is for real this is not a joke. I received a decision letter from The Social Security Administration tonight that as of July 23, 2009 coincidently that was my birthday that I was no longer entitled to social security disability benefits. Those of you that personally know me know what I have been going through since they stopped my benefits earlier and how my health got worse. You that know me, know how much my work means to me and how hard I work to provide the service that I perform for you guys even though I am Impaired with my disability, I am not able to obtain a normal job due to my disabilities.
Again those of you that personally know me,know that I am not able to obtain a regular salaried or hourly job due to my medical disablities and therefore I am asking for immediate and Extremely Urgent help tonight. You all know me to be an honest person. Therefore I am in great need for immediate donations. Here is my problem again let me explain this email is really from me. Tom Rodgers, As I sit here at my office in Cusseta tonight am I wondering where do I go from here. I have worked so hard to continue to provide services to all of you at the lowest possible prices.. As most of you are aware of I use my disability Income to provide this services to you which I enjoy doing very much it is my life and I Love being able to provide assistance and services to all of you. There is a great need for me in the local area and also a great need for me to be able to operate the website. Not to mention a personal need for me to be able to survive as a human being and to be able to live. T&C Services is what I live for. Well tonight I do not even know if I will receive my Monthly Social Security Deposit Monday August 3, 2009. Therefore I am asking you First to pray for me when you see this email. Second if you have any amount that you can donate please click the PayPal link I will provide in this email or go to my website http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com and click the donate button found on the first 6 or so pages under mission statement. I am of course going to file an appeal with Social Security immediately but here's the deal, bills are due now. Please remember that I am serious and not joking I would not send this type of email to you.
I have accomplised a great deal this past seven months by turning T&C Services into a Charitable Community Services with being approved by The State of Georgia Secretary of State as a Registered Charitable Organization, while continually to work on achieving Federal 501(C)(3) Tax Exempt Status. This is in doubt at this moment but I do have Faith and Hope and I will not give up on this as long as I have a last breath. I again would not post this as a joke I am praying that if anyone who reads this and is able to help please do so now by clicking the email link or go to http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com. God bless all of you and I will Greatly Appreciate any assistance that you may be able to give.
Thank you for reading this and if you can please make a donation now. Click the link below to make an immediate emergency donation now. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7193218 Thanks, Tom Rodgers Please visit our Website http://tomrodgers723.community.officelive.com
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I think at the Obama website should've contained one page dedicated to explaning the Federal laws concerning the legaility of permanent resident's making donations to the Obama campaign.
The reason being that there is a lot of conflicting information out there, some articles don't even bother to point this out just making the blanket statement that "foreigners" aren't allowed to donate. I'm not entirely clear on this myself but from what I gather if you are a permanent resident you can donate to the Democrats, but not the Republicans (because they refuse it).
Here's a story explaning it somewhat;
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/10/news/mn-6813
It would also help dispell rumors that Obama has gotten contribution from foreign nationals, I'm sure most non-citizen donations are from people who have been living here for a long time but just happened to be born in another country and haven't gotten around to getting their citizenship (which is harder than most Americans can imagine).
For the record I donated and I am a permanent resident who came to this country when I was six. I love this country and I know more about US history and US government than 99% of the saps who were lucky enough to be born in this country.
One last fun fact: Male permanent resident's are required to register in case of a draft, just like male citizens. It's funny how they don't want "foreigners" like me to vote but I still have to fight and possibly die for this country if the need should arise.
DUNN, North Carolina (CNN) -- Barack Obama's campaign announced Sunday the Democratic presidential candidate raised $150 million in donations in September, setting a new high-water mark in campaign fundraising.
Barack Obama calls a prospective voter from a headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday.
In a campaign video, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said a record 632,000 new donors gave to the campaign, with the average contribution under $100. More than 3 million donors have given so far.
The Obama campaign raised $65 million in August.
Regardless of the stunning haul, Plouffe told supporters the campaign still needed more money because of "the slime that we're getting from the McCain campaign." Plouffe cited recent attack ads and automated phone calls in battleground states and said the campaign needed to have every resource to "fight back."
"Their campaign is going to descend even more into the gutter," he said.
Plouffe also said the campaign was expanding its reach to compete "aggressively" in West Virginia.
If you guys ever get bored of the main event, there's an off Broadway version of John McCain theater, it's called Mike Rogers for Congress. Rogers has a reprimanded Abu Ghraib officer, who ordered torture, as his Chief of Staff (more later)! Check out the shameless ad these two are running.
The Politico article never said that Josh Segall was pro abortion.
Is anyone? "Proabortion" implys a like of abortion. The NRCC and Mike Rogers are pulling no punches in their latest <em>War on Liberals</em> ad campaign. Rogers lists off 31 flavors of liberals in his list; Hollywood Liberals, New York Liberals, Pelosi Liberals, Washington Liberals, Extreme Liberals, Radical Liberals...
Hi, everyone!
Just a short notice: I am a German citizen (as I have said quite often) and I have tried several times to donate to the Barack Obama campaign. It is not possible to do that with a German credit card! It just isn't possible.
So, everyone who states that there were donations from foreign credit cards - not true!
Much less would I believe that a card from an "Adolf Hitler" was accepted. This last claim is final proof to me that the accusations are completely baseless!
That's all for now
Bye
I have been the unlucky recipient of three robocalls from the McCain campaign so far. Apparently, the McCain campaign has mistakenly put me on some list. Each time I receive a call now, I go to the John McCain website and leave a message explaining how repugnant I find these calls. I also inform them that for each call they make to me, I will make a donation to the Obama campaign. I just made another one. I invite others (who are able) to do the same. Or how about volunteering one extra shift per call?
I'm writing to invite you to join me (from wherever you happen to be watching the debate) in a challenge I've set myself: Instead of playing a drinking game, I'm going to be playing a donation game. Here's how it works: For every catch phrase spoken by John McCain during the debate, I'm pledging a donation to the Obama campaign. I've established the following rubric for my donations:
And if he mentions Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi, I'll send $25 to the DSCC or DCCC respectively.
Will you join me? Use my rubric or make up your own (and if you have any really good additions to the list, please share them so I can give even more!)
Judi Amsel
Okay, here are my results. I'm pretty sure they're close...
A couple words had no mentions so I added a couple that bother me, Nukular and I-ran. The letters represent who said the words (B: Biden, S: sarah palin, G: Gwen Ifill), with the commas separating questions. I added I-ran about half-way through so I may have misplaced some commas.
Now, let's see where the pundits and polls line up as to where the money goes...
All right NewSmyrnaforObama, I have 2 of the 'original' plastic yard signs left.
Since we can't get these originals anymore, it's time for a Barack auction!
Here's the plan:
1. Go to our New Smyrna for Obama group donation page: http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/maingroup/newsmyrnaforobama and make a donation. Be sure to use the 'Donation' button below the 'Thermometer' or I won't get a notice from the Obama campaign of your donation.
2. When i get confirmation from the Obama campaign of the donation, the 2 highest 'donators' will get the signs.
3. The 'donation' period will end after the Friday Watch Party at Pat and Grey's: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxrzq#rsvp (they have a computer so you can do it there at the last minute if you must).
4. I'll notify the winners on Saturday, 9-27-08.
5. The 'winners' will have to pick up the signs at the Canal street HQ on or after Saturday, 9-27-08.
Let's do it for Barack!
YES WE CAN!!
This was emailed to me via a listserve I belong to and to me it looks like everyone is involved in washington one way or the other. One thing is clear however, that Mccains Obama 400MM claim is as we all know a lie.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=28F13661-3048-5C12-000140B077704AAA
If you want to know how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have survived scandal and crisis, consider this: Over the past decade, they have spent nearly $200 million on lobbying and campaign contributions.But the political tentacles of the mortgage giants extend far beyond their checkbooks. The two government-chartered companies run a highly sophisticated lobbying operation, with deep-pocketed lobbyists in Washington and scores of local Fannie- and Freddie-sponsored homeowner groups ready to pressure lawmakers back home.They’ve stacked their payrolls with top Washington power brokers of all political stripes, including Republican John McCain’s presidential campaign manager, Rick Davis; Democrat Barack Obama’s original vice presidential vetter, Jim Johnson; and scores of others now working for the two rivals for the White House.Fannie and Freddie’s aggressive political maneuvering has helped stave off increased regulation and preserve special benefits such as exemption from state and local income taxes and the ability to borrow at low rates. When their stock prices took a dive last week, their government allies extended another helping hand with a plan for the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and, possibly, Congress to shore up the companies.
The housing crisis is sure to linger into the next administration, when the mortgage companies will inevitably be well-represented �€" no matter who’s in the White House. Fannie and Freddie’s political contacts exist deep in the two presidential campaigns.
At least 20 McCain fundraisers have lobbied on behalf of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, netting at least $12.3 million in fees over the past nine years. Political insiders Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., picked by McCain to vet his vice presidential nominees, and Jim Johnson, picked by Obama to perform the same function, once worked for the mortgage giants. And for years, Rick Davis served as president of an advocacy group led by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that defended the two companies against increased regulation.So far this election cycle, Freddie Mac’s political action committee and employees have contributed $555,567 to Senate and House candidates, and Fannie Mae’s PAC and employees have given more than $1.1 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In total, the two companies have spent $170 million on lobbying over the past decade, according to the Center, although they have scaled back in recent years. Last year, they paid $14.1 million in lobbying fees, a significant decrease from a high of more than $26 million in 2004. The connections of both campaigns to the well-entrenched mortgage companies highlight the difficulties the candidates face in selling voters on an outsider message. McCain’s campaign denied that its political connections have affected his view on the issue. “I have written every word that has to do with Fannie and Freddie in this campaign, and I don’t know who the people are that are linked to the companies,” said McCain’s economic adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin. “Sen. McCain has favored GSE reform in the past and continues to favor GSE reform,” Holtz-Eakin said. “That’s unchanged.”McCain has called the government’s weekend intervention in the struggling companies “correct,” saying he hoped that the action would “preserve the ability of Americans to obtain loans in order to buy a home and be able to afford mortgage payments they’re having to make.”
A spokesman for the Obama campaign declined to comment, noting only that former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson stepped down from his campaign post in June. His resignation came in the wake of charges that he collected more then $7 million in home loans at special, below-average rates.On Sunday, Obama shied away from commenting on the specific proposals, but cautioned regulators to give top priority to the interests of homeowners.“That should be our No. 1 priority, not just shareholders, investors or CEOs of companies,” he said.Fannie and Freddie own or guarantee almost half of the country’s $12 trillion in mortgage debt. Over the past few months, their shares of the housing market have grown as private companies curtailed their mortgage lending in the wake of massive subprime-related losses.Critics have long argued that both Fannie and Freddie operated with too small a capital cushion to adequately offset financial risk. But the mortgage giants have consistently beaten back congressional efforts to increase oversight, even after a major accounting scandal in 2003 resulted in a $400 million fine for Fannie.Fannie’s government relations operations dramatically expanded in the mid-1990s, when then-CEO Johnson recruited Washington A-listers Robert Zoellick, who served in the Reagan and Bush administrations; Lawrence M. Small, former secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and William M. Daley, commerce secretary in the Clinton administration. Johnson spearheaded an aggressive campaign to create a local grass-roots network of company advocates. Under his leadership, Fannie opened more than 50 partnership offices in cities and rural communities. At the same time, the Fannie Mae Foundation, a private nonprofit financed by the mortgage giant, contributed generously to local charities, arts institutions and housing organizations, giving Fannie influence in lawmakers’ home districts.Both Fannie and Freddie made large and visible commitments to low and moderate-income housing, quieting criticism from advocacy groups. With the companies in trouble, their political ties are under new scrutiny.Johnson headed Fannie Mae from 1991 to 1998, leaving with a $21 million payout. Even after he left, Fannie continued to pay him an annual fee of at least $300,000 a year for consulting services and a $71,000 monthly pension, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.From 2001 to 2005, Fannie also paid for Johnson’s support staff, communications services and provided him a car and driver.McCain tapped Culvahouse, the former Reagan administration official, to head his search for a running mate.Currently a partner at O’Melveny & Myers, Culvahouse lobbied on behalf of Fannie Mae in 1999, 2003 and 2004, according to Senate records.The campaign connections to the two mortgage companies go far beyond vice presidential vetters.McCain campaign manager Davis headed the Homeownership Alliance, a lobbying association that included Fannie, Freddie, nonprofit groups, real estate agents, homebuilders and consumer advocates. The group’s stated goal was to increase affordable housing. But it also worked to oppose congressional efforts to tighten controls on Fannie and Freddie.In July 2003, Davis wrote to the American Banker, taking issue with an opinion piece by Leslie Paige of Citizens Against Government Waste, arguing that Fannie and Freddie should operate with greater transparency. “Several of Ms. Paige’s assertions bear correction,” Davis wrote, defending Fannie and Freddie on behalf of the group. “The GSEs are subject to an innovative and stringent risk-based capital stress test �€" the toughest in the financial services industry.”Other McCain aides with ties to the two companies include economic adviser Aquiles Suarez, who worked as Fannie’s director of government and industry relations; congressional liaison John Green, who lobbied for Fannie from 2004 to 2007; and finance co-chairman Frederic V. Malek, a former Freddie board member.Jamie S. Gorelick, deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration and a chief policy adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton, is rumored to be a possible attorney general in an Obama administration. She was vice chairman of Fannie Mae an
I'm sick to death of the "divide-and-conquer" tenor that has characterized significant numbers of local, state and national Republican campaigns since the days of Nixon (i.e, anyone who doesn't believe, serve, worship, etc. as we do is an un-American traitor). Based on the maverick image of his past, I was hoping for better from my state's senior senator this year. I thought that John McCain was right in 2000 when he said that the religious right are "agents of intollerance," and again in 2004 when he said that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth were "dishonest and dishonorable." However, as it stands today, and especially with the addition of Gov. Palin to the ticket with her cultural warrior demeanor, I feel that the Straight Talk Express has veered off onto the low road, and am saddened to see Sen. McCain stoop to this level.
I was one of the 84,000 people whose job was eliminated in August, so I'm naturally being very cautious about how I spend the money from my savings. However, given that Sen. McCain has apparently sacrificed his moral bearings and is clearly running his campaign from the Rovian dirty-trickster playbook, I decided in late August that I could donate the price of a tank of gas to the Obama-Biden campaign to express my support. I'm proud that the $66 million figure includes my relatively modest donation.
Hi all,
I finished my personal fundraising page today! It was very easy and I would encourage everyone to make up their own and invite friends and family to donate. Even a small donation helps. Just click on "Fundraising" on the right of your Obama web page and follow the directions.
I have also created a nice "Obama-Biden" business card template in MS Word. It has the Obama logo in the background. It simply says "Lets change things for the better! Here's your chance". Then you can insert your donation web page address and other contact info, if you wish. (Be careful not to give your home address or phone number. Do not give out your e-mail address if you think you may receive unwanted e-mails.) You will have to buy sheets of perforated business cards in order to really make this work. If you are good at cutting paper, a good heavy paper would work also.
I have yet to figure out how to safely make this "business card" template available to all of you. If anyone has any ideas, let me know!
If you want to donate on my page, here it is: http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/main/RLSnyder
See how easy it is! Keep up the good work folks!
Roger
Has anyone else noticed that the RNC speeches are asking for donations by giving out a number that DOES NOT MATCH THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN?!
It's true, we are watching the Republican National Convention... Dingaroo Press writers are watching the entirety of BOTH conventions, to ensure that our coverage is fair... as fair as possible, considering our passion and dedication to REAL service to local communities. Just like many who spoke in Denver, at the most inpiring example of politics I have witnessed in my lifetime. (a topic for another time...)
Back to my question:
How can it be that day after day, one after another, the RNC speakers stand up and talk about the importance of "SERVICE to others" in vague ways, yet mock the years of low-paying, unappreciated, and glory-less public service by Barack? Not to mention stealing from the opposition both the theme of service and Barack's mantra that "this isn't about me, it's about you."
How can it be, that day after day, one after another, the RNC speakers make a plea for us all to donate to the numbers on the screen, yet every single time the speakers repeat a different number... one 2 on the screen, but two 2s in the speeches.
How can it be that day after day this (perhaps small) mistake is not caught? We might come to the conclusion that accuracy is not a top priority for this campaign. We might even generalize that inaccuracy is commonplace in today's entrenched Republican guard. As time goes on, and we learn more about the realities of Iraq, we watch the growing pile of evidence for such conclusions.
But the simple answer to the donation plea problem? Easy! IT MUST BE THAT NONE OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY TRIED TO DONATE!
Please, everyone... break the code of silence around speaking politics with friends and family. We must ensure that our country has the opportunity to meet history's call, and ELECT OBAMA/BIDEN THE BEST MEN TO LEAD US INTO OUR CUTTING-EDGE PROSPEROUS DESTINY!
Hello, True Believers,
I have just created a fundraising page at http://www.cafepress.com/dalange. Check out all the knik-knax and support Obama. All proceeds go to the Obama Biden campaign.
