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            <title>TIME DELIVER</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;On Tuesday, 20th, OFA volunteers will gather at &amp;quot; Time to Deliver&amp;quot; call parties and neighborhood outreach events across the country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our goal? 100,000 calls to congress placed or commited to in single day.It&#039;s an ambitious goal, but the stakes couldn&#039;t be higher-and if we hit it, we cannot be ignored.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;President Obama will be joining a call party and then speaking directly to all the other events that evening via an exclusive live webcast, sharing the latest info on the fight for reform and our campaign for change.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/alinamarosan/gGMm4g</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:26:52 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Alina from Trimble, TN</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Alina from Trimble, TN</db:author_name>
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            <title>Central Washington State fair...</title>
            <description>This year&#039;s Central Washington State fair is September 25 to October 4, 2009. Check out all the entertainment at www.fairfun.com</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:56:52 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Randall</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Randall</db:author_name>
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            <title>Volunteer spot are quickly filling up for the fair booth...</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;We need volunteers to help out at our Central Washington state fair booth in Yakima, Washington especially September 25 to October 2, 2009. The times available change very quickly but they will be between 11 am to 10 or 11 pm. You and your friend will each receive a FREE fair pass for each four hours volunteer time. So go to www.barackobama.com and click on the evens like to RSVP you and your friend NOW...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yakima County Democrats are now on Twitter at http;//www.twitter.com/ycdemocrats &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; So come follow us for all kind of fun information that you just can not live without.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks Randall (509.654.9740 or 509.210.2701) or questions e-mail: ycdemocrats@q.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/ycdemocrats/gGM4L4</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:37:45 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Yakima County Democrats</dc:creator>
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            <title>Are YOU giving up??</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that during the election and right after the election, everyone was excited and ready to get things done. Now it seems like it&#039;s hard to even find a meeting in which people can get together and discuss how we can help make changes happen. I am not finding any events in my area or people that would be willing to come to an event if I were to host one. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have spoken to people (that said they wanted change)&amp;nbsp;who have given up on our president (who they voted for)&amp;nbsp;and everything we have worked so hard to accomplish. Their reason for this&amp;nbsp;- they have not seen any change. This I can not&amp;nbsp;believe is coming out of their mouths... really. It has been what,&amp;nbsp;just months - MONTHS. &amp;nbsp;Do they have any idea what so ever the amount of clean-up that needs to be done?? Do they really and truly think things will change over night?? Especially since they have given up and that means more work for everyone else to do.&amp;nbsp;These people believed in and&amp;nbsp;voted for Barack Obama. How can they give up so easily?&amp;nbsp;How can they not see the work that needs to be done and their roll in it as an individual that wants change? Why dont they understand? These things frustrate me beyond belief. But the answer is, we need to find a way to help them understand.&amp;nbsp;Help them&amp;nbsp;to see what needs to be done to make change happen. Sometimes people just don&#039;t get it, they don&#039;t understand, they can&#039;t see it. So it is our jobs as American citizens to help our fellow Americans understand. We need to be talking to our friends and neighbors. Tell them to call their senators and tell them what they want for their communities. There&amp;nbsp;are many things&amp;nbsp;we can be doing. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People want change, but it&#039;s like they want other people to make it happen for them. This is your country, you want change then stand up and say so. Do something to help make it happen. Those people in office are there working for YOU.&amp;nbsp;You put them there to&amp;nbsp;represent YOUR voice. What is it you want them to say that YOU want??? Tell them what you want.&amp;nbsp;It&#039;s what being American gives you the PRIVILEGE to do!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So maybe we are all sitting around thinking the same thing. We &#039;want&#039; to do something, but we might have questions on how to get started, or how to approach things - or whatever the question might be. That is why we get together and talk about it, put our heads together and come up with great solutions. We are Americans and can accomplish great things - together.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember we are the UNITED states of America. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps&amp;nbsp;because we are best when we come together.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/wendywhite/gGMP9B</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:47:17 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Wendy</dc:creator>
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            <title>Healthcare Matters kICK oFF</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;We had lots of participation in our Health Care Matters Day Kick off on June 6, 2009 in San Dimas, CA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTA86CDHhcI&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/tracytluv/gGGMnv</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:12:11 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>RFLTV for Obama</dc:creator>
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            <title>Trying to create a logo for our community service group</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Our group sprang to existence out of the Obama grass roots campaign.&amp;nbsp; We are currently working on an event on May 9th - Eating Right When Money is Tight.&amp;nbsp; I am trying to create a Sign-in sheet and Evaluation and thought it would be nice to have a logo at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/pamelacawthon/gGxWYG</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:39:51 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Pam</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Pam</db:author_name>
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            <title>I&#039;m gonna be up front about this post!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;It is gonna be &lt;strong&gt;ALL ABOUT&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;shameless SELF PROMOTION! &lt;/em&gt;I tell you this so that you may (if you want!) to deal yourself out, were we playin&#039; &amp;quot;Five card Texas Hold &#039;em&amp;quot;! But we&#039;re not, so I hope you&#039;ll play along!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As many of you already know, I have an &amp;quot;EVENT&amp;quot; for which you can sign up (and I hope many more of you do; it is &lt;strong&gt;VERY&lt;/strong&gt; EASY to do so; see &amp;quot;events&amp;quot; to the right? A quick search SHOULD yield a result that lists my shameless pluggery!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am currently &lt;strong&gt;LIVING&lt;/strong&gt; as opposed to the miscontsrued &lt;u&gt;perception&lt;/u&gt; of what Hospices are really all about!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They are NOT a place where people &amp;quot;go to die. They are a place where one goes to live, thrive, and in my case, create some of the finest &amp;quot;Artwork&amp;quot; I&#039;ve ever put out!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/steveseversonMadison%20WI/gGxrmp</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:39:54 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Steve Severson</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Steve Severson</db:author_name>
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            <title>Events Democratic Style</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Please share with your  Friends, family, and membership the following upcoming events.&amp;nbsp; These Tickets  can be purchased through the Cobb County Democratic Committee [CCDC] website:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cobbdemocrats.org/&quot; title=&quot;blocked::http://www.cobbdemocrats.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.cobbdemocrats.org&lt;/a&gt; or&amp;nbsp;Contact CCDC:  &lt;em&gt;678-278-2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B.U.Y.-COBB 15th  Annual Scholarship Prayer Breakfast Tickets&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; APRIL 18, 2009&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  8AM TO 10PM @ Cobb Galleria Centre&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase tickets online and pick them up at the door the  morning of the breakfast! The cost is $35 per  ticket...&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; B.U.Y. stands for  Black United Youth&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We want to encourage and support our youth who  are young Democrats&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Democratic  Party of Georgia Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Tickets&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May 12 @  5:30 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location:  Hyatt Regency Atlanta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Address: 265  Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta,  GA, 30303 US&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;/em&gt;The cost is $250 per  ticket&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cobb  County Democratic Party Annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Tickets&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; June 16  time: T/B/A&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Location:  Doubletree on Windy Hill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Address:&lt;/em&gt;  2055 South Park  Place,&amp;nbsp;Atlanta, Georgia,  30339&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  The cost  is $100 [est.] per ticket&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Speaker: Gov. Roy Barnes&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;To get a jump on  summer, we are planning our July 4th Parade/Picnic now so be prepared  to bring a chair and have some fun as we try to arrange our event soon. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;SCHOLARSHIP ALERT:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;2009 Tylenol Scholarships&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deadline: May 15, 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tylenol scholarship program helps students who are  pursuing careers in the healthcare, life sciences, or related fields, manage the  rising costs of education.&amp;nbsp; The program will award $250,000 in scholarships  based on leadership qualities and academic performance, including ten $10,000  and thirty $5,000 grants.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qualifications&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;. Must be a resident of the 50 United States, Puerto  Rico, or the District of Columbia&lt;br /&gt;... Must have completed at least one year  of undergraduate or graduate course of study in the Spring of 2009 at an  accredited two or four year college, university or vocational - technical  school&lt;br /&gt;... Must provide proof of enrollment to a public health/health  education, medical school, nursing and/or pharmacy degree program&lt;br /&gt;... Must  have one or more years of school remaining&lt;br /&gt;... Past winners are not eligible  to apply or win for the 2009/2010 year&lt;br /&gt;**Employees of McNeil Consumer and  Specialty Pharmaceuticals, ISTS, Inc., their affiliates, subsidiaries,  advertising and promotion agencies and the families of each are not  eligible. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tylenol.com/scholarship&quot; title=&quot;http://www.tylenol.com/scholarship&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.tylenol.com/scholarship&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MORE  INFORMATION&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lt; FONT size=1 face=Verdana&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;From: W Foster:  &lt;strong&gt;Please pass along&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; National  Urban League&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is a list of  summer programs primarily for students of color. 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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;College Horizons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collegehorizons.org/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.collegehorizons.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.collegehorizons.org&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collegehorizons.org/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.collegehorizons.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.collegehorizons.org/&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: Native American students; risin g sophomores  &amp;amp; juniors College&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;sites change each year (2008 programs at Duke Univ.  and Lawrence Univ.&lt;br /&gt;Dedicated Engineers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dedicatedengineers.org/Resources/summer_programs.htm&quot; title=&quot;http://www.dedicatedengineers.org/Resources/summer_programs.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.dedicatedengineers.org/Resources/summer_programs.htm&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.qem.org/internship..htm&quot; title=&quot;http://www.qem.org/internship..htm&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.qem.org/internship..htm&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WECAAARE Education Foundation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?pageid=6833&quot; title=&quot;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?pageid=6833&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?pageid=6833&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?pageid=6833&quot; title=&quot;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?pageid=6833&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.wecaaare.org/pages.asp?page  id=6833&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;College-Specific:&lt;br /&gt;California Institute of Technology&lt;br /&gt;Young  Engineering and Science Scholars &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.yess.caltech.edu/&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: Historically under-represented students in  science and&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;engineering; rising sophomores and juniors&lt;br /&gt;Carleton  College&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Liberal Arts Experience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/clae&quot; title=&quot;http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/clae&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/clae&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.carleton.edu/s%20ummer/clae&quot; title=&quot;http://apps.carleton.edu/s%20ummer/clae&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/clae&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: African American students; rising  juniors&lt;br /&gt;Cornell University&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;CURIE Academy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/diversity/office-diversity-programs/summer-programs/highschool-programs/curie-academy/index.cfm&quot; 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Academies &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lehigh.edu/star&quot; title=&quot;http://www.lehigh.edu/star&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.lehigh.edu/star/&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lehigh.edu/star&quot; title=&quot;http://www.lehigh.edu/star&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.lehigh.edu/star/&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: Economically and academically disadvantaged  and/or at-risk&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;middle/high school aged students&lt;br /&gt;Massachusetts  Institute of Technology, MITES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://web.mit.edu/mites/www&quot; title=&quot;http://web.mit.edu/mites/www&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://web.mit.edu/mites/www/&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: First-generation, historically  under-represented in science &amp;amp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;engineering; rising  seniors&lt;br /&gt;Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, PREFACE Summer  Program&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doso.rpi/&quot; title=&quot;http://doso.rpi/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://doso.rpi.&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://doso.rpi/&quot; title=&quot;http://doso.rpi/&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://doso.rpi./&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;.edu/update.do?catcenterkey=87&lt;br /&gt;Target: Historically  under-represented students in science/technology;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;rising sophomores &amp;amp;  juniors interested in engineering and technology&lt;br /&gt;University of Notre Dame,  African American Scholars Program&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~a%20asnd&quot; title=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~a%20asnd&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.nd.edu/~aasnd/&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~aasnd&quot; title=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~aasnd&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.nd.edu/~aasnd/&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: Catholic African American high school  students&lt;br /&gt;Latino Community Leadership Seminar&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem&quot; title=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem/&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem&quot; title=&quot;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.nd.edu/~lclsem/&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: Catholic Latino students; rising  seniors&lt;br /&gt;Worcester Polytechnic Institute, STRIVE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;lt;http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/K12/Strive/program.html&amp;gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Target: African American/Latino/American Indian  students interested in&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;engineering; rising juniors and seniors&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:34:12 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello friends,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am just going to let you how my first time as an event&#039;s Host went. To tel you the truth it was not like I expected it to be, but I learned from it, and next time I will be more prepared. We went to a K-Mart store located in Bellflower on Rosescrans and McNab , CA&amp;nbsp; and we could not hand out&amp;nbsp;pledges because for them to let us do so, we have to contact their headquaters, and since it was week-end headquaters was close. Also I expected 8 people who sign&amp;nbsp;up for the event, , and only 6 peoples showed up, only 3 was from the signed up list. and I am wondering if there is something that&amp;nbsp;I did wrong or if the event was not advertized enough. How do people actually get more people. The weather was not favorable so we could not really do&amp;nbsp;much. but it was my first time I guess, I hope next time will be better. I am counting on any of your advises, strategies in how you made your event more successfull. I will be reading your post with interest. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salma &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:46:17 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Obama for President</dc:creator>
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            <title>Check &quot;Creating a Jubilee County&quot;</title>
            <description>Go to the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/prince_georges/56600.html&quot;&gt;Creating a Jubilee County&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; to keep up on what&#039;s going on in Prince George&#039;s Co. There&#039;s a link to my inauguration party photos and a link for more information from the announcement: &quot;The Obama Opportunity for Prince George&#039;s County&quot; this Monday, January 26 at 6:30pm at the Surratts-Clinton Public Library.&lt;br /&gt;
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:03:53 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Joyce Dowling</dc:creator>
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            <title>MyBO Blogger &amp; Supporter Fest 19 January 2009 | ALEXANDRIA, VA | MURPHY&#039;s GRAND IRISH PUB</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;The MyBarackobama website bloggers and supporters&amp;nbsp;will convening in Alexandria, VA to meet and celebrate the Inaugural.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The event will feature two comedians, speakers, raffle, meet-up and more!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The event falls on the National Day of Service, (Martin Luther King&#039;s Day). Our new president has encouraged us to bring people together to reflect on Dr. King&#039;s legacy and how we can commit to becoming more engaged citizens. To rise to&amp;nbsp;Barack&amp;nbsp;Obama&#039;s&amp;nbsp;challenge we will be raising funds on behalf of wounded soldiers and veterans.&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://fedsup.fatcow.com/blogpics/fisherflags.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;124&quot; height=&quot;133&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fisherhouse.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;FISHER HOUSE&quot;&gt;The Fisher House&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fisherhouse.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.fisherhouse.org/&lt;/a&gt;) The Fisher House&amp;trade; program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America&#039;s military in their time of need.&amp;nbsp; Fisher House Foundation has received an &lt;strong&gt;A+&lt;/strong&gt; rating from Charity Watch.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fisher House&amp;trade; Foundation, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Time: &lt;/strong&gt;Monday, January 19 from 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt; Murphy&#039;s Grand Irish Pub 713 King St Old Town Alexandria, VA &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RSVP for the event:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxyq2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gsxyq2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; | &lt;em&gt;RSVP as space is very&amp;nbsp;limited, overflow on first floor may be required.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://fedsup.fatcow.com/blogpics/Murphys.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Murphys Grand Irish Pub&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Metro riders:&amp;nbsp; Take the King Street exit...pub is located 7 blocks from the metro.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;***************************&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This event&amp;nbsp;is also part of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pic2009.org/blog/entry/general_colin_powell/&quot;&gt;General Colin Powell Formally Unveils Renew America Together Initiative&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;at the following URL: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4jqt3&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4jqt3&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:36:25 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Lisa Holmes  -  Obama Precinct Captain #3361</dc:creator>
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            <title>INAUGURAL D.C . EVENTS from 17-20 january 2009</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Young and Powerful for Obama Presents a Collection of Inaugural Events that Mimic the Obama/Biden Message of:&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***VISION***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Young &amp;amp; Powerful Group Launch Event&lt;br /&gt;More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/launch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, January 17, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Time: 7:00pm-11:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Holiday Inn Capitol - Columbia Ballroom&lt;br /&gt;550 C St. SW&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC 20024&lt;br /&gt;www.hicapitoldc.com&lt;br /&gt;**1 block from L&#039;Enfant Plaza Metro - Maryland and 6th St. Exit (green, yellow, blue, &amp;amp; orange lines)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $50&lt;br /&gt;Includes: Heavy Hors D&amp;rsquo;oeuvres, Cash bar&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by Jeanie Jones of WKYS&lt;br /&gt;Music by DJ Premonition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***HOPE***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Young &amp;amp; Powerful MLK Presidential Brunch&lt;br /&gt;in conjunction w/ IMPACT&lt;br /&gt;More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/brunch&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, January 18, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm&lt;br /&gt;City Club &lt;br /&gt;1300 I Street, NW&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clubcorp.com/&quot;&gt;www.clubcorp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**One block from McPherson Square Metro (blue and orange line)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A message of Hope from Dr. Michael Eric Dyson&lt;br /&gt;Keynote Speaker: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by: Radio One&#039;s Sheila Stewart &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $44.00 *For our 44th President&lt;br /&gt;Includes: Full Service Brunch &amp;amp; Beverages&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Host Organizations:&lt;br /&gt;NAACP - DC Chapter, The Greater Baltimore Leadership Association Young Professionals, Thursday Network , Northern Virginia Urban League Young Professionals Network, Howard University - Student Bar Association &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***CHANGE***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Young &amp;amp; Powerful Political Forum &amp;amp; Roundtable Discussion&lt;br /&gt;in conjunction w/ IMPACT &lt;br /&gt;More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/forum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday, January 19, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Time: 1:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Howard University - Blackburn Center&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC &lt;br /&gt;**Five minute walk from Howard University Metro (green line)&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by: IMPACT and The Political Roundtable&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***CHANGE***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Young &amp;amp; Powerful Black Tie Gala &amp;amp; Awards Ceremony&lt;br /&gt;in conjunction w/ IMPACT&lt;br /&gt;More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/gala&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Monday, January 19, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Time: 8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;L&#039;Enfant Plaza Hotel &lt;br /&gt;480 L&#039;Enfant Plaza, SW&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC 20024&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lenfantplazahotel.com/&quot;&gt;www.lenfantplazahotel.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**1200 Underground Parking Places and Underground Metro that Opens in Hotel (green, yellow, blue, &amp;amp; orange lines)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surprise Celebrity Performance!&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by: EZ Street of 93.9 WKYS&lt;br /&gt;Music by: DJ Premonition&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Socialize with us as we dine, dance and toast President Obama&#039;s victory.&lt;br /&gt;Have Fun, Stay Warm, and Celebrate the Obama Presidency&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $125.00&lt;br /&gt;Includes: Open Bar from 9pm - 11pm, Heavy Hors D&#039;oeuvres, and Live Band &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*** The Civil Rights Presidential Inaugural Gala will be taking place on January 20th at 480 L&#039;Enfant Plaza in Washington, DC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To contact and know how to attend please see enclosed&amp;nbsp;here, the site for more information to reach the organizers:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thedreamcometrue/&quot;&gt;http://www.thedreamcometrue&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;***REDEMPTION***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Young &amp;amp; Powerful Inaugural Celebration&lt;br /&gt;A Semi-Formal Affair in conjunction w/ IMPACT&lt;br /&gt;More Info/Purchase Tickets: www.yp4obama.com/semiformal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, January 20, 2009&lt;br /&gt;Time: 8:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Ireland&#039;s Four Fields&lt;br /&gt;3412 Connecticut Ave NW&lt;br /&gt;Washington, DC 20008 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;**1 block from Cleveland Park Metro(red line)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosted by: Olivia Fox of Majic 102.3 &lt;br /&gt;Music by: DJ Premonition &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Celebrate this historical day with other Obama enthusiasts&lt;br /&gt;and network with Young and Powerful members as we&lt;br /&gt;commemorate a day to remember for a lifetime.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Advanced Ticket Sale Price: $100.00&lt;br /&gt;Includes: Complimentary Champagne Toast, Dinner Buffet, &lt;br /&gt;and special Young &amp;amp; Powerful token of appreciation for all guest!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information about our events &lt;br /&gt;please contact. yp4obama@gmail.com &lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be Seen...Be Heard...Be Powerful&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Young and Powerful for Obama: &lt;br /&gt;http://www.yp4obama.com/&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:44:35 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Franklin Katunda</dc:creator>
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            <title>Wow! - MY Road to Change...</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;My&amp;nbsp;hope, prayers and belief in Barack Obama&#039;s ability to do a great job running this country caused me to sacrifice many volunteer hours over the last 13 months for his campaign&amp;nbsp;and I was ultimately sent to the battleground state of Ohio where I worked as a Vote Corps Field Organizer.&amp;nbsp; I spent the last 5 consecutive weeks of the presidential campaign in Ohio and helped to turn it into a &amp;ldquo;Blue State&amp;rdquo;, literally knocking on thousands of doors and making almost as many phone calls!&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, there&#039;s no way to&amp;nbsp;show that on my Dashboard on this site, but oh well. :-)&amp;nbsp;The experience in Cleveland, OH was probably the hardest, yet most rewarding experience of my lifetime to date, &amp;amp; I&amp;rsquo;ll probably never be the same! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;I titled my bog post &amp;quot;Wow!&amp;nbsp;- MY Road to Change&amp;quot; because of my experiences with this campaign. I am now very inspired to become even more involved in politics and help elect more people who will help to pass laws that are good for our district, our state and our country.&amp;nbsp; I absolutely love what this campaign has done in terms of unity for our country and the world, thus far, and I want to become even more involved because I now realize that, truly,&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; ARE THE CHANGE THAT WE SEEK.&amp;rdquo; Accordingly, I have applied as a candidate for an Assembly Delegate in my district (AD15).&amp;nbsp; Who knows where that road will lead . . . maybe eventually to me running for President one day! (smile) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;So, if you or anyone you know, was a registered democrat in AD15 on or before October 20th, 2008, I solicit your votes on Saturday, January 10th, 10:00am - 12:00noon at the UDC Headquarters, 1501 N. California St., Walnut Creek, CA.&amp;nbsp; I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE! Check here to see if you&#039;re in AD15: &lt;a href=&quot;http://192.234.213.69/amapsearch/framepage.asp&quot;&gt;http://192.234.213.69/amapsearch/framepage.asp&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;THANK YOU.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:09:08 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>&quot;My&quot; Christian</dc:creator>
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            <title>2009 Obama Inauguration Bus Trip - Atlanta &amp; Savannah</title>
            <description>Be a part of history! Attend the Inauguration of Barack Obama as he is sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America, and the first African-American to hold that position. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://commanderinchiefobama.us/&quot;&gt;http://Inauguration-Trip-Atlanta.ReadyToTrip.com&lt;/a&gt; for more details &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; All Packages include: &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;     * Round trip motor coach transportation &lt;br /&gt;     * 2 nites hotel stay (Jacuzzi suites available) &lt;br /&gt;     * Meet and Greet w/ live DJ and Comedy Show &lt;br /&gt;     * meal voucher and snacks en route &lt;br /&gt;     * Metro transpass &lt;br /&gt;     * time in Washington DC after Inauguration Events &lt;br /&gt;     * exclusive collectible Inaugural commemorative t-shirt  &lt;br /&gt;     * Inauguration Bon Voyage Party January 18, 2009 &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; 2009 Inauguration  ..... 2009 Inauguration ..... 2009 Inauguration</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:55:12 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Barack Star</dc:creator>
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            <title>Obama Inauguration Talk Online Monday, December 1st 2:30 PM PST</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m annoucing my first online radio broadcast. &amp;nbsp;This one on the &amp;quot;Obama&amp;nbsp;Inauguration&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;The idea is to have a one-stop, hour-and-a-half tallk show on &amp;quot;How to attend the Inauguration.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;To that end, I&#039;m inviting people hosting special events to be guests call-ins. &amp;nbsp;Please send an email -- my email is listed at the bottom -- or call at the number below. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m also sending a guest invite for those involved in&amp;nbsp;event planning or hotel marketing to call in as a guest. &amp;nbsp; Please&amp;nbsp;email or call me me if you&#039;re interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&#039;s the show link, or you can go to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zennie62.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.zennie62.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;click on the link there.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Zennie62&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Zennie62&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Zennie62&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;Zennie Abraham, Jr.&lt;br /&gt;Chairman and CEO&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;zennie@&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sportsbusinesssims.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;sportsbusinesssims.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sports Business Simulations&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;510-387-9809&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;SBS Online Marketing at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbson.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.sbson.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:40:15 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Zennie</dc:creator>
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            <title>Do You Have to Be Well-Connected to Participate in Inaugural Events</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;With the Senators and Congressmen taking requests from friends and family, many of&amp;nbsp;Obama volunteers and supporters&amp;nbsp;may be left in the cold.&amp;nbsp; So, why not take the lemons and make lemonade?&amp;nbsp; One group here is suggesting to host our own parties.&amp;nbsp; I agree and want to take it one step further (thanks Anthony).&amp;nbsp; I hope the Obama team will use their clout to talk to stadium owners to let supporters watch the inauguration throughout the DC area and the country.&amp;nbsp; That way, we can tailgate; have free concerts; and do not have to spend a lot of money for dress-up clothes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:55:11 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
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            <title>www.CHANGE.org - get on board!  Feel Powerful!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;* Let&#039;s put this on Myspace, Facebook, and all the social networks &amp;amp; blogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5nZS5vcmc=&quot;&gt;.......................................http://www. change. org&lt;/a&gt; - this is how MODERN government leads!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- See what&#039;s happening&lt;br /&gt;- meet people&lt;br /&gt;- join a cause&lt;br /&gt;- tell President Obama what you want him to change&lt;br /&gt;- Lots of great features &amp;amp; links&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are you interested in?&lt;br /&gt;-  ENVIRONMENT: global warming, clean air, clean water, etc.&lt;br /&gt;-  JUSTICE:  criminal justice, all kinds of legal stuff&lt;br /&gt;-  Stop Global Warming - 4971 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Stop Genocide -  1860 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Animal Rights - 1578 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Humanitarian Relief  -  1178 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Women&#039;s Rights -  1023 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  End Homelessness  -  906 Members&lt;br /&gt;-   Gay Rights -  884 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Fair Trade -  819 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Social Entrepreneurship -  667 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Criminal Justice -  492 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Peace in the Middle East -  345 Members&lt;br /&gt;-  Immigration -  294 Members&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to working with some of you on some of these!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOD BLESS AMERICA - LAND THAT I LOVE ....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNoYW5nZS5vcmc=&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:06:05 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Oregon Artists 4 Obama &#039;08</dc:creator>
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            <title>Monday&#039;s events</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow&#039;s the last day before Election Day, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mioffices&quot;&gt;our offices&lt;/a&gt; will be humming with activity. We hope you can join us at some of these events:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At 11:30 pm, on the eve of election day, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, U.S. Senator Carl Levin, and Denise Ilitch, Candidate for University of Michigan Board of Regents will join students and supporters for a &amp;ldquo;Midnight Madness,&amp;rdquo; Get Out the Vote Rally for Barack Obama in Ann Arbor. The rally will also feature a musical performance by Ann Arbor&amp;rsquo;s own &amp;ldquo;My Dear Disco.&amp;rdquo; Join Governor Granholm, Senator Levin, and Denise Ilitch at 11:30 in the Michigan Union Ballroom for the event! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, Lt. Governor John Cherry will appear at several events tomorrow:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Meet and Greet with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Capitol Coney Island&lt;br /&gt;4021 Van Slyke Rd&lt;br /&gt;Flint, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Plant Gate Meet and Greet with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TRW Automotive&lt;br /&gt;2328 E Genesee Ave&lt;br /&gt;Saginaw, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UAW Local 467&lt;br /&gt;2104 Farmer St&lt;br /&gt;Saginaw, MI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mioffices&quot;&gt;Stop in one of our sixty-plus offices tomorrow! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:06:47 EST</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Josh In Michigan</dc:creator>
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            <title>Obama and Springsteen</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;If you&#039;re going to the event on Sunday, don&#039;t forget to send your pics to &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:GimmeAnA@aol.com&quot;&gt;GimmeAnA@aol.com&lt;/a&gt; and we&#039;ll get them onto the Obama Mobile Companion.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;To get the OMC on your phone, type &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.m3k.us/OBAMAwap.aspx&quot;&gt;www.m3k.us/OBAMAwap.aspx&lt;/a&gt; into your phone browser.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:09:37 EST</pubDate>
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            <description>&lt;p&gt;We have so many great events this weekend - if you&#039;re not able to make one, &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mioffices&quot;&gt;visit your local Campaign for Change office to get involved in this critical time&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday, November 1st, 2008&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:30 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with House Speaker Pro Tempore Mike Sak&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GRIEU&lt;br /&gt;917 Bridge St NW&lt;br /&gt;Grand Rapids, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:00 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with US Senator Carl Levin&lt;br /&gt;Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Campaign for Change Headquarters&lt;br /&gt;2875 W. Grand Blvd&lt;br /&gt;Detroit, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:00 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with State Representative Brenda Clack,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Genesee County Treasurer Dan Kildee&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CWA Local 4103&lt;br /&gt;1214 S. Saginaw&lt;br /&gt;Flint, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:00 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with US Senator Debbie Stabenow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bread House Bethlehem Temple Church&lt;br /&gt;1518 S Washington Avenue&lt;br /&gt;Lansing, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:00 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with State Senator Deb Cherry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rollhaven&lt;br /&gt;5315 S. Saginaw Rd&lt;br /&gt;Grand Blanc, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;10:00 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GOTV Rally with the AFL-CIO,&lt;br /&gt;Michigan Senator Mark Schauer,&lt;br /&gt;Michigan Representative Mike Simpson,&lt;br /&gt;Michigan AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Tina Abbott ,&lt;br /&gt;Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer,&lt;br /&gt;MSU Board of Trustee Member Diann Woodard,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steelworkers Local&lt;br /&gt;3700 Ann Arbor Rd&lt;br /&gt;Jackson, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;11:30 AM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; March to the Polls with Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney&lt;br /&gt;Former House Minority Leader and Candidate for MSU Trustee Diane Byrum&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo City Commissioner Don Cooney,&lt;br /&gt;Former Kalamazoo Mayor Bob Jones&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Star Building&lt;br /&gt;402 E. Kalamazoo&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Western Michigan University&lt;br /&gt;Kanley Chapel &amp;ndash; Dialogue Centre&lt;br /&gt;1900 W Michigan Ave&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;12:45 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Kalamazoo College Stop-By with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Former House Minority Leader and Candidate for MSU Trustee Diane Byrum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hicks Center &amp;ndash; Room 110&lt;br /&gt;1200 Academy Street&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo, MI&lt;br /&gt;Please enter via Lovell St.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;1:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with US Senator Debbie Stabenow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lansing Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;505 N. Capitol Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Lansing, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;1:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with US Senator Carl Levin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detroit Campaign for Change Office Headquarters&lt;br /&gt;2875 W. Grand Blvd&lt;br /&gt;Detroit, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;1:30 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GOTV Phone Bank with Governor Jennifer M. Granholm,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Former House Minority Leader and Candidate for MSU Trustee Diane Byrum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;617 W. Portage St&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;2:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Office Stop-By with Barbara Levin, Candidate for US Congress Gary Peters&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rochester Hills Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;6841 N. Rochester Road&lt;br /&gt;Rochester Hills, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Former State Senator Diane Byrum&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CWA Local 4123&lt;br /&gt;3530 Douglas Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Kalamazoo Township, MI,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with US Senator Carl and Barbara Levin&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;West Bloomfield Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;4123 Orchard Lake Rd&lt;br /&gt;West Bloomfield, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sunday, November 2nd, 2008&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;2:45 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Phone Bank with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Across from Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;7 North Saginaw&lt;br /&gt;Pontiac, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flint Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;877 E. 5th Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Flint, MI 48503&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Michigan Change To Win President Phil Thompson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lansing Campaign For Change Office&lt;br /&gt;505 N. Capitol Ave&lt;br /&gt;Lansing, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 PM&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Former Governor Jim Blanchard&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detroit Campaign for Change Office Headquarters&lt;br /&gt;2875 W. Grand Blvd&lt;br /&gt;Detroit, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;4:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Canvass Kick-Off with Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15031 Michigan Avenue&lt;br /&gt;E. Dearborn, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;5:15 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Meet and Greet with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saginaw Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;122 N. Michigan Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Saginaw, MI 48602&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;5:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bay City Democrats GOTV Dinner with Lieutenant Governor John D. Cherry&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michigan Senator Bart Stupak&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Michigan Democratic Party Chair Mark Brewer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UAW Local 362 Hall&lt;br /&gt;4427 Wilder Road&lt;br /&gt;Bay City, MI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Crunch Time</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;For any of you who might be feeling confident right about now, remember 2004, when even on election day, the exit polls showed a huge win for Kerry.&amp;nbsp; Polls are almost always wrong.&amp;nbsp; We still have to do the work.&amp;nbsp; If young people go out and vote, we win.&amp;nbsp; But we have to get them out.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;That being said, here are the things we must do in the next few days:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Dorm Captains:&amp;nbsp;Several dorms still need captains for our final GOTV push.&amp;nbsp; Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:rachelrubyc@gmail.com&quot; title=&quot;mailto:rachelrubyc@gmail.com&quot;&gt;rachelrubyc@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to sign up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Volunteer shifts for GOTV:&amp;nbsp;We&amp;rsquo;ll need thousands of people volunteering during Get Out the Vote.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://osudems.org.ohio-state.edu/Join.html&quot; title=&quot;../../../../Join.html&quot;&gt;Sign up for a shift today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Stop by an event, (or help out):&amp;nbsp;These are just some of our upcoming events!&amp;nbsp; Email&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:caffrey@osudems.com&quot; title=&quot;mailto:caffrey@osudems.com&quot;&gt;caffrey@osudems.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to find out how to help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_2&quot;&gt;Flash Mob&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;What: Giant street visibility effort.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;When: 5 to 6 p.m., Oct. 28&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Where: Team Obama Office (1902 N High St)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_2&quot;&gt;Obama Hustle on the Oval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;What: The line dancing sensation that&amp;rsquo;s Baracking the nation.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;When: 3 to 4 p.m., Oct. 30&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Where: The Oval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_2&quot;&gt;Hallow-Bama Party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;What: Pumpkin carving contest, bobbing for apples, costume contest, the standard halloween party stuff.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;When: 3 to 5 p.m., Oct. 31&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;Where: Wexner Plaza at 17th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;color: #463c3c; font-family: ArialMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 24px; opacity: 1; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; margin: 0px&quot; class=&quot;paragraph_style_1&quot;&gt;HOPE&amp;nbsp;to see you soon!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:46:37 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Great events today</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;We have a number of great events all across the state today - if you&#039;re not watching the big game, we hope you&#039;ll be able to make it to one! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:30 am&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rally for Obama, Mural Unveil, Canvass Kick-Off with Former Gov. James Blanchard, Senator Tupac Hunter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15400 Grand River&lt;br /&gt;Detroit, MI&lt;br /&gt;(Corner of Greenfield and Grand River)&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:30 am&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Michigan Campaign For Change Fly-Over (Plane Carrying Obama-Biden Banner) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ann Arbor, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;11:45 am&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mt. Pleasant GOTV Phone Bank with Former State Senate Majority Leader Phil Arthurhultz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mt. Pleasant Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;111 E. Michigan St. &lt;br /&gt;Mt Pleasant, MI 48858&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tailgate For Change With Senator Carl Levin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;511 E Hoover Ave&lt;br /&gt;Ann Arbor, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GOTV Rally with Congressman Dale Kildee and MDP Chair Mark Brewer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flint Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;877 E. Fifth Ave&lt;br /&gt;Flint, Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; GOTV Rally with Senator Debbie Stabenow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tami Arreguin, Chair MDP Women&amp;rsquo;s Caucus&lt;br /&gt;Virgie M. Rollins, DNC Black Caucus Chair&lt;br /&gt;Janet Blanchard, Former First Lady of Michigan &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;Berrien County Democratic Women&amp;rsquo;s&lt;br /&gt;Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;221 W. Main Street&lt;br /&gt;Benton Harbor, Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Unite For Obama/Biden Rally with Former State Senate Majority Leader Phil Arthurhultz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Farmers&amp;rsquo; Market off Grandview Parkway&lt;br /&gt;(between Cass and Union Streets)&lt;br /&gt;Traverse City, MI&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Obama for President Rally with Debbie Stabenow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Debbie Stabenow&lt;br /&gt;IUPAT President James Williams&lt;br /&gt;IUPAT Vice President Ken Rigmaiden&lt;br /&gt;IUPAT, Sheetmetal Workers Local 7 Hall&lt;br /&gt;4931 Contec Drive&lt;br /&gt;Lansing, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:00 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Phone Banks for Change with Craig Newmark (Founder of Craig&amp;rsquo;s List)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ferndale Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;319 W. 9 Mile&lt;br /&gt;Ferndale, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rally After Party with Former State Senate Majority Leader Phil Arthurhultz&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J.P.&amp;rsquo;s Hard Luck Diner&lt;br /&gt;830 E. Front St&lt;br /&gt;Traverse City, MI&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7:30 pm&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Detroit Campaign for Change Office Stop by with Craig Newmark (Founder of Craig&amp;rsquo;s List)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2875 W. Grand Boulevard&lt;br /&gt;Detroit, MI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:15:23 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Josh In Michigan</dc:creator>
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            <title>Obama Events</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;When did the Obama events become not searchable via the website?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had to create an account just to get Access to local events.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That blows!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:58:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Jax</dc:creator>
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            <title>Alive and Well</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m still here, just busy, etc.&amp;nbsp; I don&#039;t know that I can participate in any more events.&amp;nbsp; I don&#039;t really have the presence for door-to-door and I sound terrible on the phone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still have to fill out my practice ballot.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;ve got to make all these choices, judges and whatnot.&amp;nbsp; Going to try to get out there to vote on Monday, before beer and cheese fries, after I see a movie! &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:59:37 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>JJ</dc:creator>
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            <title>TONIGHT: Debate watch parties all across Michigan</title>
            <description>Tonight is the last presidential debate, and Obama supporters across the state are organizing debate watch parties. At most debate watch parties, supporters will make phone calls and canvass before the debate. It&#039;s a great way to meet new people, and talk to other Michigan voters about how an Obama-Biden administration would bring the change we need.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Use our &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple?source=mybobar&quot;&gt;event finder tool&lt;/a&gt; to find a watch party near where you live! We hope you can make it -- and make sure to watch the debate tonight at 9 p.m.</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:10:57 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Josh In Michigan</dc:creator>
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            <title>Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, The United States Of America &amp; The American Dream</title>
            <description>&lt;strong&gt;Barack Obama &amp;amp; Marilyn Monroe&lt;/strong&gt;, The United States Of America &amp;amp; The American Dream                                              By &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/person/xqD7jJn&quot;&gt;Mark from Los Angeles, CA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Sep 5th, 2008 at 9:17 pm EDT&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.ourmarilyn.com/2008/08/31/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-barack-obama--are-carrot-top--john-mccain-related.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To view this blog post with music and Barack Obama messages taped on his podcast in the past access this link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; 		&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Barack_Obama_art.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;646&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bellinghaus&quot;&gt;Mark Bellinghaus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We at &#039;Our Marilyn&#039; Blogcast &amp;amp; MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLC, WE SUPPORT Barack Obama, the truly gifted speaker and the most charismatic politician, since John F. Kennedy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We encourage you to please consider to also cast your vote for Mr. Barack Obama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ladies &amp;amp; Gentlemen, the next, the 44th President of The United States:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barack Hussein Obama II&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barack Obama Speech - 2008 DNC Denver: 8-28-08 Part 1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;google.y={first:[]};window.setTimeout(function(){var xjs=document.createElement(&#039;script&#039;);xjs.src=&#039;/extern_js/f/CgJlbhICdXMrMAc4AiwrMBg4Aiw/tOvl6yWhIRk.js&#039;;document.getElementsByTagName(&#039;head&#039;)[0].appendChild(xjs)},0)&lt;strong&gt;Barack Obama Speech - 2008 DNC Denver: 8-28-08 Part 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/obama_shep_print_final2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;447&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Vote.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;336&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/qq263/MARILYNMONROEPRODUCTIONS/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MarilynMonroeBarackObama2008.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq263/MARILYNMONROEPRODUCTIONS/MarilynMonroeBarackObama2008.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Marilyn Monroe &amp;amp; Barack Obama &amp;copy;2008 by Mark Bellinghaus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because you know, that Marilyn Monroe would vote for Barack Obama if she was still alive.&lt;br /&gt;Marilyn Monroe was fighting racism, and she was supporting the Democratic Party, she was fighting for women&#039;s rights, and she opened her own company. Since Mary Pickford, she was the first actress who would take her faith into her own hands.&lt;br /&gt;She was considering to adopt a baby, in 1962, shortly before her untimely death and decades before it became almost &#039;fashionable&#039; for Hollywood actresses to adopt kids.&lt;br /&gt;Marilyn Monroe was her time ahead, &lt;em&gt;always.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The close friendship between black &amp;amp; white in 1950&#039;s racist America!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Ella_Fitzgerald_and_Marilyn_Monroe.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;385&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald&quot;&gt;Ella Fitzgerald&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe&quot;&gt;Marilyn Monroe&lt;/a&gt;, in 1955 (above) and in 1962, (below), the year Marilyn Monroe passed away. In 1955, when racism was still a big issue in the United States of America, Ella Fitzgerald became the first &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American&quot; title=&quot;African-American&quot;&gt;African-American&lt;/a&gt; to perform at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocambo&quot; title=&quot;Mocambo&quot;&gt;Mocambo&lt;/a&gt;, afte&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe&quot; title=&quot;Marilyn Monroe&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;r Marilyn Monroe had lobbied the owner for the booking. The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald&#039;s career. Marilyn would promise the owner that she would appear every night (and be on time), and this way also fill the house--and she did, she was there every night, and she filled the house and: she was always on time! Their close friendship lasted for many years and Ella would sing Marilyn Monroe&#039;s famous &#039;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMBgZPuyUe8&quot;&gt;My Heart Belongs To Daddy&#039;&lt;/a&gt;in honor of her wonderful friend Marilyn Monroe, who died almost 34 years before she passed on in 1996, at age 79. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Marilyn &amp;amp; Ella&amp;nbsp;  &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Ella20Fitzgerald.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;629&quot; /&gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt;Please vote for Barack Obama! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Show the world that racism in the United States Of America is now a defeated chapter from the dark past of this country, where an organization such as the KKK is still existing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Show the world that change is possible, that the future is here. &lt;br /&gt;The future is now, and the future is in your own hands. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vote for the right candidate and make your voice heard and be counted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On November 4, 2008, please give your vote to the only person who can turn this sinking ship that is covered by greed and stupidity, by a President who is still denying GLOBAL WARMING, while the Asthma cases for children in the USA are on the sharp rise...this person has arrived. And he was making a sensational entrance four years ago, when he spoke at the Democratic Convention, where hopes were high for John Kerry. Barack Obama stands for the American dream, more than any politician, more than anyone who has been running for President.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA, the President of Change, Hope, Progress and Charisma.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Hope_Progress.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;h1 = document.getElementById(&amp;quot;title&amp;quot;).getElementsByTagName(&amp;quot;h1&amp;quot;)[0];h1.innerHTML = widont(h1.innerHTML); 	&lt;em&gt;Funny Quotes&lt;/em&gt; from Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama 	 	 	&lt;p id=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;http://politicalhumor.about.com/mbiopage.htm&quot;&gt;Daniel Kurtzman&lt;/a&gt;, About.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, &#039;We need to boil all the hope out of him -- like us -- and then he&#039;ll be ready.&#039;&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVlZZdxZ9AU&quot;&gt;Watch video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;byline&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ********************************&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 	 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;I have nothing to hide, I enjoy being myself. I&#039;m not going to change who I am just because it&#039;s Halloween.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &amp;ndash;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2007/11/04/barack-obama-makes-surprise-cameo-on-saturday-night-live.htm&quot;&gt;appearing as himself on &lt;em&gt;Saturday Night Live&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as part of a skit that featured Hillary Clinton dressed as a witch at a Halloween party &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *********************************&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;quot;It&#039;s like I was shot out of a cannon. I&#039;m so overexposed that I make Paris Hilton look like a recluse.&amp;quot;  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ****************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare &#039;Mission Accomplished&#039; a little too soon.&amp;quot; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ****************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On his Democratic Convention speech, in which he said that &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;we coach Little League in the blue states and we have some gay friends in the red states&amp;quot;: &amp;quot;Well, here&#039;s an update. Since the election, that gay couple I knew in the red states? They&#039;ve moved back to the blue states.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; *****************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; On excitement in his father&#039;s native Kenya that his election would mean the building of billions of dollars in new roads, bridges, hospitals, and schools in their country: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I&#039;ve tried to explain how it works these days. First comes the invasion, and then billions in aid.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ***********************************&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  &amp;quot;It&#039;s been a great ride. But I know how quickly these fads can pass. You all remember the pet rock, the mood ring, Howard Dean.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ***********************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;You notice that people who&#039;ve been in Washington too long, they don&#039;t talk like ordinary folks,. We had this debate in Las Vegas, and somebody asked me, What are your weaknesses?&#039; So I said, Well, you know, I don&#039;t keep track of paper that well, I&#039;m always losing paper, my desk is a mess.&#039; And then they asked the next two candidates. And one candidate says, Well, my biggest weakness is I&#039;m just so passionate about helping poor people.&#039; And then the other one says, I&#039;m just so impatient to help the American people solve their problems.&#039; So then I realize well, I wish I&#039;d gone last and then I would have known.. I&#039;m stupid that way, I thought that when they asked what your biggest weakness was, they asked what your biggest weakness was. And now I know that my biggest weakness is I like to help old ladies across the street.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;That&#039;s what he talked about yesterday, &#039;I want to drill here. I want to drill now.&#039; I don&#039;t know where he was standing. I think he was in a building somewhere.&amp;quot; --on John McCain&#039;s energy plan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; ************************************&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/vote_for_barack_obama.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;451&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;It is finally time for the&lt;em&gt; &#039;White House,&#039; &lt;/em&gt;to turn&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;black. With pride, unity, happiness and.....hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please support, please vote for Barack Obama on November 4, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you and blessings to all of you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Bellinghaus, Ernest W. Cunningham &amp;amp; Jennifer J. Dickinson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 31, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/mar1608.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;583&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Marilyn would vote for Barack!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Barack_Obama_animation.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/moon.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/ALL.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/Animation4.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/Multism.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MarilynMonroeRightEyeDetail.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/MarilynMonroeRightEyeDetail.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p id=&quot;fw-foottext&quot; class=&quot;fw-footertext&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&#039;Eye Without A Face&#039;&lt;/strong&gt; by Mark Bellinghaus, Copyright 2008&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YES, WE CAN! - SI, SE PEUDE! JA, WIR K&amp;Ouml;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NNEN!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Marilyn_Monroe_Crypt___Ernest_Cunningham,_Marilyn_Monroe,_Jennifer_Dickinson,_Mark_Bellinghaus1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLC, left to right: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.markbellinghaus.com/ernest.html&quot;&gt;Ernest W. Cunningham&lt;/a&gt;, author of The Ultimate Marilyn &amp;amp; plaintiff of the Queen Mary Marilyn Monroe fraud class action lawsuit 2006 / 2007--pointing out and ultimately stopping the biggest exhibition fraud / hoax in history which would have traveled the world for the following twelve years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.ourmarilyn.com/2008/05/16/jennifer-j-dickinson-public-statement-supporting-mark-bellinghaus-and-ernest-w-cunningham-and-combating-marilyn-fans-united.aspx&quot;&gt;Jennifer J. Dickinson&lt;/a&gt;, journalist &amp;amp; mother of two who for the past two years has fought for justice and &lt;strong&gt;against&lt;/strong&gt; corruption and criminals who fabricated fake Marilyn Monroe and other entertainment memorabilia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bellinghaus&quot;&gt;Mark Bellinghaus&lt;/a&gt;, actor, activist, collector, debunker, entrepreneur &amp;amp; expert witness in the Queen Mary Marilyn Monroe fraud class action lawsuit 2006 / 2007 - the case against the biggest exhibition fraud in history: &#039;Marilyn Monroe: the exhibit,&#039; which could have created a minimum of $100 million within the twelve years this exhibition was scheduled to travel around the globe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&lt;/strong&gt; contested many different criminal frauds and deceptions which would have damaged the public--you, some way or another, we were able to expose and ultimately close down exhibitions, based on fraudulent memorabilia on display or for sale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&lt;/strong&gt; contested hoaxes frauds and criminal pranks, which after our exposure were ultimately shut down, due to our proof based exposure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&lt;/strong&gt; never wrongly accused anyone of being a criminal fraud, if the people were actually innocent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We&lt;/strong&gt; never failed - our accuracy is still at 100% for three years now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WE SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marilyn Monroe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; definitely would have voted for Barack Obama. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please support Mr. Obama&lt;/strong&gt; in his run for President. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please support Barack&lt;/strong&gt; to become the 44th President of The United States of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/Gandhi__You_must_be_the_change.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit for the &#039;YES WE CAN&#039; Video:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Song &amp;amp; video, featuring a star cast, by will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. Inspired by Barack Obama&#039;s &#039;Yes We Can&#039; speech.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;08/28/08 Note: Congratulations to the the official Democratic Party nominee and the next President of the United States, Barack Obama!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Official song site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yeswecansong.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.yeswecansong.com&quot;&gt;http://www.yeswecansong.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama Campaign Site:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.barackobama.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.barackobama.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.barackobama.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can what?:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.barackobama.com/issues/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.barackobama.com/issues/&quot;&gt;http://www.barackobama.com/issues/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it true that he....?:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://factcheck.barackobama.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://factcheck.barackobama.com/&quot;&gt;http://factcheck.barackobama.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be a part of the video at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hopeactchange.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.hopeactchange.com&quot;&gt;http://www.hopeactchange.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Lyrics-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can.&lt;br /&gt;It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can to justice and equality. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can heal this nation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can repair this world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes we can. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant ........... We&#039;ve been asked to pause for a reality check. We&#039;ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.&lt;br /&gt;Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea -- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes. We. Can.&lt;br /&gt;Celebrities featured include: Jesse Dylan, Will.i.am, Common, Scarlett Johansson, Tatyana Ali, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Amber Valetta, Eric Balfour, Aisha Tyler, Nicole Scherzinger and Nick Cannon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also check out this other great song and video inspired by Barack:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJ72iZ3tW4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJ72iZ3tW4&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyJ72i...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Life is all  about signs...seeing the signs....understanding the signs...acting upon the  signs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;--Mark  Bellinghaus&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/b28217216.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About: &lt;br /&gt;&#039;OUR MARILYN&#039; BLOGCAST &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;amp; &lt;br /&gt;MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS,&amp;nbsp;LLC&amp;nbsp;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=spinningearth-1.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/spinningearth-1.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;The Mark Bellinghaus Marilyn Monroe Collection&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MarkBellinghausfightingforMarilynMo.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/MarkBellinghausfightingforMarilynMo.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;About me &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/profile/14106389290483035531&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;profile-img&quot; src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_8_DWvCqqaHs/R458yVkWw9I/AAAAAAAADYU/owVfbyoq5Nc/S220/siegfried.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;My Photo&quot; width=&quot;52&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Mark Bellinghaus, CEO, MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLCLos Angeles, California, United StatesMark Bellinghaus owns the biggest, most comprehensive, and 100% authentic Marilyn Monroe memorabilia collection in existence. Part of his collection is an original copy of Marilyn Monroe&amp;rsquo;s last will and testament, including many important documents, which he shared in 2006 with the lawyers of three famous Marilyn Monroe photographers estates which were suing Anna Strasberg and CMG Worldwide (Mark Roesler) for several years. The documents that Mark Bellinghaus delivered served literally as the key to this groundbreaking success for the defense and the savior of the legacy of Marilyn Monroe. In 2006, Mark Bellinghaus closed down the biggest exhibition fraud in history: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/06/132111.php&quot;&gt;a $100 million project was exposed with his first blog on &amp;lsquo;blogcritics,&amp;rsquo;&lt;/a&gt; and he also stopped a $15 million movie project, exposed Mary Jane Popp and June Alpino aka &amp;ldquo;DiMaggio&amp;rsquo;s&amp;rdquo; book as nonsense. He also exposed Dolores Hope Masi, Bebe Goddard, Robert Otto, Jeanne Carmen, etc. The list goes on and on. &lt;br /&gt;In Oct. 2007, he successfully exposed, together with journalist Jennifer J. Dickinson another exhibit, this time in Great Britain (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Marilyn-Monroe-dresses-labelled-39fake39.3886206.jp&quot;&gt;the &amp;lsquo;lost&amp;rsquo; Marilyn Monroe William Travilla costume collection&lt;/a&gt;) as a complete hoax. Mark Bellinghaus owns a real &amp;amp; authentic Monroe worn Travilla costume. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;ct=res&amp;amp;cd=8&amp;amp;url=http:%2F%2Fwww.pr-inside.com%2Fmarilyn-monroe-william-travilla-costume-r607845.htm&amp;amp;ei=Loi7SK-rCYnOsAOOicXdAw&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHZr7-Z9FY6YekikECK6NjHDpo4rA&amp;amp;sig2=nYfpiqKY1JWdIf72FBnNQA&quot;&gt;Marilyn Monroe &lt;em&gt;William Travilla&lt;/em&gt; Costume &#039;Prototypes&#039; Hoax in &lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; May 26, 2008 &lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt; MARILYN MONROE NEWS ENTERTAINMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Marilyn Monroe &lt;em&gt;William Travilla&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-&lt;strong&gt;william&lt;/strong&gt;-&lt;strong&gt;travilla&lt;/strong&gt;-costume-r607845.htm - 23k - &lt;a href=&quot;http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:0ZgZY1zQ6YwJ:www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-william-travilla-costume-r607845.htm+william+travilla&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ct=clnk&amp;amp;cd=8&amp;amp;gl=us&quot;&gt;Cached&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;pwst=1&amp;amp;q=related:www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-william-travilla-costume-r607845.htm&quot;&gt;Similar pages&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;q=william+travilla&amp;amp;btnG=Google+Search#&quot;&gt;Note this&lt;/a&gt; Costume &#039;Prototypes&#039; Hoax in Bexleyheath, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=greenpucci.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/greenpucci.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=AuroraAnimation2from11-7-04.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/AuroraAnimation2from11-7-04.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MarilynMonroeewer.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee113/MarkBellinghaus/MarilynMonroeewer.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://marilynremembered.marilynmonroecollection.com/Pictures/MM_signature.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; height=&quot;112&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Trademark &amp;trade; and Copyright &amp;copy; 2005 - 2008 by Mark Bellinghaus &amp;amp; MARILYN MONROE PRODUCTIONS, LLC  All rights reserved. Do not copy or redistribute in any form.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  &lt;img src=&quot;http://images.quickblogcast.com/42427-38783/american_flag_sunset.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Barack Obama For President!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;MARILYN MONROE NEWS ENTERTAINMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;                        Marilyn Monroe would have voted for Barack Obama&lt;br /&gt; 			       		&lt;a href=&quot;http://s454.photobucket.com/albums/qq263/MARILYNMONROEPRODUCTIONS/?action=view&amp;amp;current=MarilynMonroeBarackObama2008.jpg&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq263/MARILYNMONROEPRODUCTIONS/MarilynMonroeBarackObama2008.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;       		       		         	Marilyn Monroe and Senator Barack Obama Photo compilation &amp;copy;2008 by Mark Bellinghaus       		     		             2008-10-07 00:00:19 - &lt;strong&gt;By Mark Bellinghaus, CEO, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-r846740.htm#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot;&gt;MARILYN MONROE&lt;/a&gt; PRODUCTIONS, LLC&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Opinion &amp;amp; Support&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Because you know, that Marilyn Monroe would vote for Barack Obama if she was still alive.&lt;br /&gt; Marilyn Monroe was fighting racism, and she was supporting the Democratic Party, she was fighting for women&#039;s rights, and she opened her own company. Since Mary Pickford, she was the first actress who would take her faith into her own hands.&lt;br /&gt; She was considering to adopt a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-r846740.htm#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot;&gt;baby&lt;/a&gt;, in 1962, shortly before her untimely death and decades before it became almost &#039;fashionable&#039; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-r846740.htm#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot;&gt;Hollywood actresses&lt;/a&gt; to adopt kids.&lt;br /&gt; Marilyn Monroe was her time ahead, always.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The close friendship between black &amp;amp; white (Ella Fitzgerald &amp;amp; Marilyn Monroe) in 1950&#039;s racist America!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                        &lt;p&gt;Extract &amp;amp; Photo caption/description posted on OUR MARILYN &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pr-inside.com/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-r846740.htm#&quot; target=&quot;_top&quot;&gt;BLOG&lt;/a&gt; - you can find the entire blog article here:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.ourmarilyn.com/2008/08/31/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-barack-obama--are-carrot-top--john-mccain-related.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://blog.ourmarilyn.com/2008/08/31/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-for-barack-obama--are-carrot-top--john-mccain-related.aspx&quot;&gt;blog.ourmarilyn.com/2008/08/31/marilyn-monroe-would-have-voted-f ..&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; and also here:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/post/markbellinghaus/gG5W75&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/markbellinghaus/gG5W75&quot;&gt;my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/markbellinghaus/gG5W75&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Ella Fitzgerald &amp;amp; Marilyn Monroe, in 1955 (above) and in 1962, (below), the year Marilyn Monroe passed away. In 1955, when racism was still a big issue in the United States of America, Ella Fitzgerald became the first African-American to perform at the Mocambo, after Marilyn Monroe had lobbied the owner for the booking. The booking was instrumental in Fitzgerald&#039;s career. Marilyn would promise the owner that she would appear every night (and be on time), and this way also fill the house--and she did, she was there every night, and she filled the house and: she was always on time! Their close friendship lasted for many years and Ella would sing Marilyn Monroe&#039;s famous &#039;My Heart Belongs To Daddy&#039; in honor of her wonderful friend Marilyn Monroe, who died almost 34 years before she passed on in 1996, at age 79. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Barack Obama Quotes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &#039;They say I need to be seasoned; they say I need to be stewed. They say, &#039;We need to boil all the hope out of him -- like us -- and then he&#039;ll be ready.&#039;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &#039;I have nothing to hide, I enjoy being myself. I&#039;m not going to change who I am just because it&#039;s Halloween.&amp;quot; -appearing as himself on Saturday Night Live as part of a skit that featured Hillary Clinton dressed as a witch at a Halloween party&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  *&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &#039;It&#039;s like I was shot out of a cannon. I&#039;m so overexposed that I make Paris Hilton look like a recluse.&#039;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &#039;Hillary is not the first politician in Washington to declare &#039;Mission Accomplished&#039; a little too soon.&#039;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy, who was a Democrat						&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <title>Carole King campaigning in Michigan tomorrow</title>
            <description>Four time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Carole King will campaign for Barack in Sault Ste. Marie, Cheboygan, Alpena, Bay City, and Midland tomorrow. King says she is endorsing Barack because &amp;ldquo;Government, when you think about it, is neighbors helping neighbors. I love that Barack Obama is inspiring our children to think like that.&amp;rdquo; Join Carole as she tours Northern and Mid-Michigan for Barack tomorrow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturday, October 11&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sault Ste. Marie Canvass Kickoff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10:00 a.m.&lt;br /&gt;Sault Ste. Marie Campaign for Change Office&lt;br /&gt;110 Ridge St.&lt;br /&gt;Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheboygan County Democratic Party Office Visit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11:00 a.m.&lt;br /&gt;10952 North Straits Hwy&lt;br /&gt;Cheboygan, MI 49721&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alpena Canvass Kickoff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;212 N. 2nd Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Alpena, MI 49707&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bay City Canvass Kickoff&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5:00 p.m. &lt;br /&gt;260 Washington Ave.&lt;br /&gt;Bay City, MI 48708&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Midland &amp;ldquo;Women for Obama&amp;rdquo; Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6:30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;USWA Union Hall&lt;br /&gt;3510 James Savage Rd.&lt;br /&gt;Midland, MI 48642</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:23:53 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>What can you do?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I got a call from my sister the other day, a bit distraught, and she was asking me, &amp;quot;What else can I do? I&#039;m losing sleep at night thinking that the Republicans could still win this!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of things one can do to help out during these last four weeks of the campaign. Here is what I have been doing:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/standardvidbottom?source=mainnav&quot; title=&quot;Donate&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Donate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; anything you can to the Obama campaign. I have given the maximum amount to the campaign that an individual is allowed, but I started off with a small donation of $25. This makes a huge difference!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Set up a profile&lt;/strong&gt; on http://my.barackobama.com/ and get connected with people in your area--especially if you live in a swing state! There are lots of events you can get involved with through this site right here, so take a look around. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://itsstilltheeconomystupid.blogspot.com/&quot; title=&quot;My other blog&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; if you are so inclined. It has really helped me sort out my thoughts, and it also gives me a way of bookmarking links and encapsulating thoughts in a way that can be reused and shared again.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;The only thing i don&#039;t believe in doing is traveling to other states to influence voters. I saw a documentary earlier this year about some people from New York who traveled down to Allentown, PA to talk to swing voters, and how that strategy backfired. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, I do believe in get-out-the-vote campaigns in places where citizens may be struggling to secure their own basic right to vote. If you can get involved in that in a state other than your own, I admire your willingness to help out your fellow Democrats! &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:09:25 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Earth Charter Global Community Summit - Tampa, FL</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;On October 11, 2008, people will gather in cities worldwide to discuss global climate change and to work together to address its effects on the local level. Earth Charter U.S. is coordinating the summits in celebration of U.N. International Year of Planet Earth. They are also underwriting the web connection among participating cities so that people will feel the global connection by being able to see and hear each other. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Earth Charter U.S. is a nonprofit organization that spreads the message of the Earth Charter, an international declaration of principles for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earthcharter.org&quot;&gt;www.earthcharter.org&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Here in Tampa, our summit will be held at the University of Tampa. Registration begins at 10am in Faulk Theater, and the schedule of activities can be found at&amp;nbsp;http://www.earthcharterus.org/summit-wkend.html&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Speakers include:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Gary Yohe&lt;/strong&gt;, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (with Al Gore) as a senior member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexander Likhotal&lt;/strong&gt;, President and CEO of Green Cross International and adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;James Hansen&lt;/strong&gt;, NASA scientist and Columbia University professor who exposed White House editing of climate-related reports to make global warming appear less threatening&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill Becker&lt;/strong&gt;, executive director of Presidential Climate Action Plan, 300 policies that can be enacted by the new president without congressional approval&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michelle Weyman&lt;/strong&gt;, executive director of ICLEI-US, leading organization for Mayors&amp;rsquo; Climate Action Program in 1500+ cities&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Earth Scouts Festival will be held on the same day from 10am-3pm in UT&#039;s Plant Hall. The Earth Scouts are &amp;quot;changing the world one fun badge at a time&amp;quot; by participating in hands-on activities that reinforce the principles of human rights, economic justice, participatory democracy, respect for nature, and cultivating a culture of peace and nonviolence. Some common activities include tasting and learning about fair trade chocolate, making slogan buttons, and making seed necklaces that sprout while being worn!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We hope to see you at one of these great events! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:36:23 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Lyndsey from Lutz, FL</dc:creator>
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            <title>Voter&#039;s Registration Drive &amp; Know Your Rights Campaign</title>
            <description>CHi CHi Sports and Entertainment &amp;amp; Dallas Black Coalition of Democrats &lt;br /&gt;Hosts &lt;br /&gt;The Final Push Voters Registration Drive &amp;amp; Know Your Rights Campaign &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CALLING ALL YOUNG, FIRST time voters and EX-FELONS. Come out and exercise your RIGHTS. There will be music, food and drinks., prizes and much more... This is YOUR opportunity to be a part of HISTORY and make a DIFFERENCE on November 4th &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volunteers needed(even if you are  not old enough to vote but want to help) for both shifts 12pm to 3pm and 3pm to 6pm to assist with registering voters, helping with voters rights information, attracting participants etc... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Contact us for more information&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time:                 Saturday, September 27 at 12:00 PM                                                                    Duration:                 6 hours                                           Host:                 Sha Branddon Johnson/Dontania Bradford&lt;br /&gt;                                                                        Contact Phone:                     214-566-6352                                                           Location:                                       Clipso Sports Bar &amp;amp; Grill (Dallas, TX)                                  7307 S Westmoreland Road&lt;br /&gt;                                                                 Dallas, TX 75237&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Directions:                     call (866) 756-1026 for directions or visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://clipsosportsgrill.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://clipsosportsgrill.com/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is YOUR opportunity to be a part of HISTORY and make a DIFFERENCE on November 4th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 1 per. - Free Starbucks cpn&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 3 ppl - Free manicure/&lt;br /&gt;  Free haircut&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 4 ppl - Obama Tee/Free food cpn&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 8 ppl - Free KC Oils Gift Card&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 10 ppl - Free GSU/PV ticket&lt;br /&gt;- Bring 15ppl - Ppd T-Mobile phone/ Free hair wash &amp;amp; Style&lt;br /&gt;               And much much more &amp;hellip;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Volunteers needed(even if you are not old enough to vote but want to help) for both shifts 12pm to 3pm and 3pm to 6pm to assist with registering voters, helping with voters rights information, attracting participants etc...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Contact us for more information 214 - 566 - 6352 &lt;br /&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:49:11 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>ShaBranddon from Cedar Hill, TX</dc:creator>
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            <title>Women of Steel...Michelle and Jill</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;HEY FAMILY:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was honored to be able to see this remarkable and down to earth women at the Meyers Recreation Center, 58th and Kingsesing Ave&amp;nbsp;on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.&amp;nbsp; They both look good and spoke with confidence, hope and integrity.&amp;nbsp; They believe in the CHANGE and support it 100%.&amp;nbsp; It was beautiful day and everyone was PROUD to take part in this historical event in Philadelphia!&amp;nbsp; Supporters from all walks of life gathered from EVERY section of our City of Brotherly Love that desperately need a &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;CHANGE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;....and we ALL KNOW.....that is a HOPE FOR FACT!!!&amp;nbsp; The young volunteers gave their views on what &lt;strong&gt;CHANGE&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;meant to them....RIGHT NOW!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;nbsp;took lots of pictures from this event and will share them with you....SOON!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&#039;re you there?&amp;nbsp; Want to get involved where you live?&amp;nbsp; Let me know....WE NEED VOLUNTEERS EVERYWHERE IN PHILLY....NOW....TODAY!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your support and donations. Much Love&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mar&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:43:21 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Chchchchhhheck it: KU4BO&#039;s Calender of Events</title>
            <description>http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:02:19 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Erika Reinhard</dc:creator>
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            <title>Pickerington Debate Watch Party</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:15:27 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Aaron from Pickerington, OH</dc:creator>
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            <title>Dunedin for Change!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Attention Floridians! I will be attending this event. Get up early and DRIVE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Change We Need Rally &lt;br /&gt;with Barack Obama&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Knology Park&lt;br /&gt;373 Douglas Avenue&lt;br /&gt;Dunedin, FL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, September 24th&lt;br /&gt;Doors Open: 10:30 a.m.&lt;br /&gt;Program Begins: 1:00 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required, &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/s/fldunedinchange&quot;&gt;but an RSVP&lt;/a&gt; is strongly encouraged. Space is limited, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For security reasons, do not bring bags and please limit personal items. No signs or banners permitted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parking is limited. Please carpool or take public transportation. Handicap Parking is available across the street from the stadium along Douglas Ave. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See you there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-HollyP&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:57:17 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Holly from Orlando, FL</dc:creator>
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            <title>FUNDRAISERS AND EVENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
            <description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Is there any fundraisers or events someone is hosting near Cleveland if so, please tell me! I am also gonna organize some events too. YOu can sell different stuff about Obama at the events. I am thinking about selling bracelets to support him. Please tell me if you&#039;re interested in hosting a fundraiser!!</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:29:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>smart for my age</dc:creator>
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            <title>Where were you when...</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Today I am excited to be preparing to host my first event for the Senator.&amp;nbsp; This fundrasing dinner was designed as an opportunity for others like me to take a stand.&amp;nbsp; When I look back after this campain is over, I dont want to have any regrets.&amp;nbsp; I want to be able to say that I did my part.&amp;nbsp; I dont have a lot, but I have enough.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can make a make a difference and encourage my friends and neighbors to also make a difference.&amp;nbsp; We need to ask every one we know: &amp;quot;Are you registered to vote?&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; Why not? How can I help?&amp;nbsp; In addtion, we can vote with our wallets.&amp;nbsp; This is a grassroots campaign, and they need us.&amp;nbsp; This movement begins and ends with our committment to create change in Washington. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems so clear to me at times that the McCain-Palin tickent holds NOTHING at all for working people, and unemployed people are certainly NOT on their minds.&amp;nbsp; So, how did they manage to high-jack the &amp;quot;CHANGE&amp;quot; movement that Senator Obama began over a year ago?!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I encourage&amp;nbsp;you to&amp;nbsp;make the next 8 weeks count.&amp;nbsp; Create the time to attend an event.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Mine on September 20th at 5pm or someone else&#039;s event.&amp;nbsp; Better yet, get your own party started.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Yes, WE CAN!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crystal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:46:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Crystal Harris Blount</dc:creator>
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            <title>SLIDE SHOWS: Displays From My Fundraising Events For Obama</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;LABOR FOR CHANGE - HATS ON FOR OBAMA! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607156508831/show&quot;&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607156508831/show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BACK 2 SCHOOL 4 OBAMA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607071326855/show&quot;&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607071326855/show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;HANDMADE FOR OBAMA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607151767328/show&quot;&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/africreations/sets/72157607151767328/show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/deloreschamblin/gG5WNv</link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:20:17 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Delores Chamblin</dc:creator>
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            <title>OFF TO &quot;CAMP OBAMA&quot; Today &amp; Tomorrow</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Under the weather.&amp;quot; and completely sleep deprived but excited.&amp;nbsp;Ready to get empowered!&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m off to Camp Obama in South East San Diego. It&#039;s a driving hike from North Escondido but I don&#039;t want to miss such an opportunity to gain more skills to help the Obama and other local campaigns.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In &#039;04&amp;nbsp;I attended DemocraticGAIN training&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democraticgain.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.democraticgain.org/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;in Boston during the convention,&amp;nbsp;then&amp;nbsp;Camp Wellstone&amp;nbsp;training&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wellstone.org/&quot;&gt;http://www.wellstone.org/&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;in San Francisco. Lemme tell ya... the experiences were&amp;nbsp;fantastic beyond words! When &amp;quot;camp&amp;quot; in S.F.&amp;nbsp;wrapped, I left straight from my hotel&amp;nbsp;for Ohio! Made my contact calls on the&amp;nbsp;way from the car. Oh yes we can! &amp;nbsp;: )&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can&#039;t say enough about these training&#039;s and what came out of them. Starting out, I didn&#039;t know what I was getting into and I&#039;ll admit that I was *really*&amp;nbsp;nervous to sign up. But I decided to &amp;quot;Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway&amp;quot; ( great book! ), and &amp;quot;stretch&amp;quot; my comfort zone.&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m so glad I did! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed the posting for this weekend&#039;s CAMP OBAMA in &amp;quot;Events&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;and you happen to be up early enough to&amp;nbsp;get this in time, here&#039;s the event posting:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gplgc2&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gplgc2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, this is completely unrelated (officially)&amp;nbsp;but a really inspiring video from Camp Wellstone about ORGANIZING! : )&amp;nbsp; Wellstone&#039;s story is amazing and heart-wrenching.&amp;nbsp;If you don&#039;t know about it, you can read about it on their website.&amp;nbsp;These are&amp;nbsp;powerful words,&amp;nbsp;Yes We Can! : )&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watch this!: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wellstone.org/our-programs/camp-wellstone/video-introduction-camp-wellstone&quot;&gt;http://www.wellstone.org/our-programs/camp-wellstone/video-introduction-camp-wellstone&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Barbara&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:14:23 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Barbara C. Benedict</dc:creator>
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            <title>Governor Paterson to visit Brentwood</title>
            <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -27pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Governor David Paterson will be making his first visit as the governor of New York State to lend a hand to Assemblyman Phil Ramos. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The event will be held:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friday, September 5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2-5 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long Island Portuguese American Center&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;17 3rd Avenue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt -27pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brentwood&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 27pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;All media is invited to attend.&amp;nbsp; To RSVP to the event, call 521-7507 or e-mail ramos4assembly@gmail.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:06:40 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Bar Crawl for Obama?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Is anyone else interested in helping me organize such a treat? If we can get some bars behind it, I think it could be a fun way to both raise money and awareness for the campaign. The best bet for fundraising, I think, would be to charge a set fee for participation-- a portion of that would go to memoribilia of some sort: a t-shirt, button, or sticker stating our purpose; and the rest could go to the campaign and bar owners, if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&#039;ve never organized a bar crawl, though, so if someone else has more experience, I&#039;d gladly take guidance. What do the rest of you think? &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:13 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Laurie</dc:creator>
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            <title>Coalition of Suffolk Police Unions, State Troopers PBA endorse Ramos for Assembly</title>
            <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Coalition of Suffolk Police Unions and the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association announced their endorsement of Phil Ramos for State Assembly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;We served 20 years with Phil, so it was easy to see that he&amp;rsquo;s the best candidate to hold this office,&amp;rdquo; said Jeff Frayler, president of the Suffolk PBA. &amp;ldquo;He knows firsthand what police officers need in order to keep our communities safe, and his record as Assemblyman clearly demonstrates his continued dedication to making our communities as safe as they can be.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Ramos, who served on the Suffolk police force for more than 20 years, is running for re-election to the state Assembly. The Democratic primary will be held Tuesday, September 9.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Ramos has a solid record of helping to pass groundbreaking crime-prevention laws, including measures that crack down on sex predators and gun violence. Ramos helped pass the new civil commitment law to keep dangerous sexual predators out of our neighborhoods (Ch. 7 of 2007). He also supported the law that increases penalties for those who attempt to lure a child, on the Internet or on the playground, with the intention of doing them harm (Ch. 405 of 2008). In addition, Ramos helped pass the new law designed to better protect seniors from criminals and con artists (Ch. 68 of 2008).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Other anti-crime measures Ramos sponsors include the ban on &amp;ldquo;cop killer&amp;rdquo; ammunition, including armor-piercing and frangible bullets (A.3447); a ban on assault weapons; and legislation to toughen penalties for the sale of illegal guns.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Continuing his head-on approach to defusing gangs, Ramos advanced strong anti-gang legislation (A.4200) and spearheaded an agreement between Suffolk police and El Salvadorian police, fostering a strong working relationship to help eliminate gangs. Ramos has secured thousands of dollars for before- and after-school programs to help give children a safe, constructive alternative to crime and gangs, including $50,000 for a new teen center in Bay Shore. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in -27pt 0.0001pt; text-indent: 50.75pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m humbled and honored to have the support of these local and statewide law enforcement unions,&amp;rdquo; Ramos said. &amp;ldquo;Building a strong, healthy community begins with making sure our families are safe, and I&amp;rsquo;ll continue to fight to ensure our community has programs in place that provide children and young adults an alternative to gangs.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;                        &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Veterans Meeting on Saturday at 3:00 Virginia Beach</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;If you are a Veteran or Military Family Member, please join us this &lt;strong&gt;Saturday at 3:00 at the Virginia Beach campaign office&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpl2vb&quot; title=&quot;Veteran Meeting Sign-Up&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpl2vb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find out what you can do to help Senator Obama become the next President! We will be discussing our Veterans Outreach efforts for Hampton Roads. Please join us to share your ideas and let us know how you want to help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are still looking for local Veteran leaders and volunteers so if you are interested in helping call Stephanie Marushia at 757-650-6393 or email me at LearningInspire@gmail.com.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank You!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stephanie Marushia&lt;/p&gt;Hampton Roads Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:15:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Disabled Vet 2000</dc:creator>
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            <title>First &quot;Run for Obama&quot; A HUGE Success</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone who came to Argyle Park in Babylon NY this morning for the very first &amp;quot;Run for Obama&amp;quot; 5K walk/run! The event was attended by about 15 Obama/Biden supporters and raised over $180 in contributions!&amp;nbsp; What a nice way to send Barack and Joe to Denver!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In fact, the event was such a success, that we&#039;re going to do it again!!&amp;nbsp; Come Saturday, September 20, we&#039;ll do a repeat performance (hopefully everyone who attended last time will bring a few friends).&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I hope that, if you live on Long Island, you can make it to Babylon on September 20 and join us for the second &amp;quot;Run for Obama.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; Come wearing your Obama gear to show everyone on the street just who it is we are running (or walking!)&amp;nbsp;for!!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:36:50 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
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            <title>Team 38 - Unite</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Team 38....Team Leaders.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check here for updates to the schedule for upcoming events, and information.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:22:48 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>JP</dc:creator>
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            <title>Update Washington DC Event</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GRASSROOTS FOR OBAMA IN WASHINGTON DC &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREEDOM PLAZA, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SEPTEMBER 6, 2008&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This will be a rare opportunity for grassroots groups from all over the country to unite in the nation&#039;s capital. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There will be fund raising and voter registration. This is a high visibility event in Freedom Plaza&amp;nbsp;close to the White House.&amp;nbsp;There will be extensive media coverage as we host&amp;nbsp;Mayors, Climate Change, members of Congress, Sierra Club, Veterans. Bands, performers, grassroots special guests. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;French TV has contacted me and they will be filming for a special program&amp;nbsp;about the election and&amp;nbsp;our&amp;nbsp;grassroots movement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our stage is being built. I am hoping to find an Obama banner for the stage if you know of any group who has one and can loan it for the event.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;If you live in the region, come to Washington DC to Freedom Plaza to share our grassroots enthusiasm. If you live across the country, it&#039;s a great time to visit&amp;nbsp;your nation&#039;s&amp;nbsp;capital and&amp;nbsp;be apart of history. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A word about the ticket. I am so proud to be supporting such&amp;nbsp; talented and inspirational&amp;nbsp;candidates as Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Together they complement the spirit of Hope, Change, and Determination that America represents to the world. I have been fortunate to work with so many people across this country&amp;nbsp;organizing this event. Grassroots have always been the spirit and good intentions of America. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I didn&#039;t know anything about organizing an event like this. I just knew I wanted to become involved. I just got onto the site and I began. With a little hard work and love for my country, I found out something about myself, and the other people I encountered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;YES WE CAN!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jeanie Schneider&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25596901414&quot;&gt;http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25596901414&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jeanieschneider@gmail.com&quot;&gt;jeanieschneider@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:09:57 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Jeanie Schneider</dc:creator>
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            <title>23 August 2008 Gathering in Jeffersonville, Indiana</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone! I was very pleased to be able to attend the opening of the Headquarters in Jeffersonville, Indiana. I saw a few familiar faces and met some new folks.&amp;nbsp; Obama and Biden spoke eloquently and energized everyone as we watched his announcement of Senator Biden as his choice for Vice President in Springfield, Illinois.&amp;nbsp; Please enjoy the photos I captured at the gathering.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have posted a flickr.com page specifically for distribution of photographs of local events. All Obama supporters are welcome to &amp;quot;right click&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;save&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;copy&amp;quot; the images for use in Obama/Biden campaign events and publicity.&amp;nbsp; The only restriction on the use of the photographs is that I ask for credit.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmbascom/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Flickr Photos&quot;&gt;CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS   &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmbascom/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Flickr Link&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2789976227_2cf220996f_m.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmbascom/2790842314/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;100_1093bw by hmbascom, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/2790842314_6cbf88112d_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;100_1093bw&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmbascom/2790815412/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;100_1101bw by hmbascom, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2790815412_065f7b73b2_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;100_1101bw&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmbascom/2790817356/&quot; title=&quot;100_1100bw by hmbascom, on Flickr&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2790817356_6438fff8ec_m.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;100_1100bw&quot; width=&quot;240&quot; height=&quot;180&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:51:45 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Assemblyman Phil Ramos to host Obama event for Suffolk Democrats</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Assemblyman Phil Ramos will host local Democrats on Aug. 28 to celebrate Sen. Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s historic acceptance as the Democratic candidate for U.S. President. Obama is slated to deliver his acceptance speech that day at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Obama&amp;rsquo;s speech will be broadcast at the event, which will be held:&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thursday, Aug. 28&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comalapa Restaurant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;85 Timberline Dr.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brentwood&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;m excited about Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s candidacy. After eight years of George Bush&amp;rsquo;s failed policies that have led us into war and driven our economy into the ground, we need new leadership in Washington,&amp;rdquo; Assemblyman Ramos said. &amp;ldquo;And Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s the right candidate to turn things around and put our nation back on track.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The event is free, open to the public and the media, and refreshments will be served. Guests include Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Brian Foley.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;This event will be the place where Suffolk Democrats of all stripes can come together to show their support for Barack Obama and celebrate his acceptance as our nominee,&amp;rdquo; said Jon Cooper, Suffolk County Legislator and Long Island Campaign Chair of Obama for America. &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ll be in Denver working to elect our next President, but Phil Ramos has done a great job in putting this event together.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;To RSVP to the event or to get directions, call 521-7507 or e-mail ramos4assembly@gmail.com.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:29:22 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Teachers associations endorse Ramos for Assembly</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Brentwood, Bay Shore and Central Islip teachers associations announced their endorsement of Phil Ramos for state Assembly.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ve seen firsthand the hard work Phil has done to help ensure our children get the quality education they need,&amp;rdquo; said Joe Hogan, president of the Brentwood Teachers Association. &amp;ldquo;He&amp;rsquo;s consistently delivered for our local schools, making sure we get our fair share of education aid from the state.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Ramos said he has repeatedly proven his commitment to education by fighting to remove our schools from the budget chopping block, securing a nearly $13 million increase in aid for local schools this year alone.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;We&amp;rsquo;re supporting Phil because of his comprehensive approach to education and unwavering dedication to our children &amp;ndash; he understands that a successful education extends beyond the classroom,&amp;rdquo; said Robert Molinaro, president of the Central Islip Teachers Association. &amp;ldquo;Phil&amp;rsquo;s annual Summer Reading Challenge has increased the students&amp;rsquo; interest in reading during a time when students can lose ground &amp;mdash; helping teachers extend the school year.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Ramos&amp;rsquo; Summer Reading Challenge awards certificates of excellence to students who participate and read with a parent for 15 minutes a day for at least 40 days during July and August.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;We&amp;rsquo;re not only teachers, we&amp;rsquo;re also parents and taxpayers,&amp;rdquo; said Darlene Darch, president of the Bay Shore Teachers Association. &amp;ldquo;Ramos&amp;rsquo; dedication to our community and our children&amp;rsquo;s education is second to none, and for that reason we wholeheartedly endorse his candidacy.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Improving our schools is the first step to improving our community. Better schools lead to better opportunities for our children and help keep them on the path to success,&amp;rdquo; said Ramos. &amp;ldquo;The endorsements by the teachers from Brentwood, Bay Shore and Central Islip is truly an honor because it&amp;rsquo;s teachers who mold the minds of our children and help sculpt our future.&amp;rdquo; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:26:07 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Ramos supports increased home heating aid for middle-class families</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Assemblyman Phil Ramos joined Assembly Energy Chair Kevin Cahill, Assembly Majority colleagues, AARP and groups advocating for consumers, senior citizens and low-income New Yorkers for a &amp;ldquo;HEAP tour stop&amp;rdquo; at the Central Islip Civic Council to address the expected home heating fuel crisis facing New Yorkers this winter.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The time to act is now&amp;rdquo; said Assemblyman Phil Ramos (D-Central Islip).&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;With George Bush and the Republicans in the pocket of Big Oil, we at the State level need to do what we can to head off high home heating costs before winter sets in.&amp;nbsp; The Assembly&amp;rsquo;s plan expands HEAP to more middle income families and it will be paid for by the record profits being reaped by Big Oil.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot;&gt;Ramos said the Assembly Majority recently developed a plan to enhance HEAP and help more struggling families. He also is calling for the creation of a $1,000 tax deduction for money spent on home heating during the winter months.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;We can&amp;rsquo;t force New Yorkers to choose between staying warm during the long winter months and feeding their families,&amp;rdquo; said Ramos.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin-left: -0.25in; text-indent: 0.5in&quot;&gt;In anticipation of a crisis, the Assembly developed and approved a responsible plan in June to help New Yorkers combat the rising costs of home heating by forcing Big Oil to return some of the profits earned because of record gas prices.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:24:02 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Phil Ramos for State Assembly</dc:creator>
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            <title>Ramos opens campaign headquarters</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Suffolk County Democratic Party and I are supporting Phil because he is the real Democrat in this Assembly race&amp;rdquo; said Richard Schaffer, Suffolk County Democratic Chairman. &amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Phil Ramos&amp;rsquo; dedication to our community began over 30 years ago as a law enforcement officer. And when you look at his outstanding record of delivering results for the community in the state Assembly, you quickly see that this is a no brainer- Ramos for Assembly.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Assemblyman Phil Ramos officially opened his campaign headquarters before an overflowing crowd of more than 75 friends, family, residents and community leaders on Saturday. Islip Supervisor Phil Nolan, Suffolk County Democratic Chair Rich Schaffer and County Legislators Jon Cooper and Rick Montano were also on hand to show their support for Ramos&amp;rsquo; reelection effort.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;Phil has been a leader in helping make our communities stronger&amp;rdquo; said Phil Nolan &amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Whether it&amp;rsquo;s delivering state grants for our public libraries, the YMCA and numerous&amp;nbsp; other community organizations, or making sure the community&amp;rsquo;s voice is heard in Albany, Phil Ramos is someone Islip families can count on&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Ramos recently secured $69,000 for the Great South Bay YMCA, $50,000 for a new Teen Center in Bay Shore and $750,000 for a business support center in Central Islip.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;ldquo;I love this community, and that&amp;rsquo;s why I&amp;rsquo;ve called it home for more than 50 years. I&amp;rsquo;ve been walking the streets of Brentwood, Central Islip and Bay Shore since I was a kid and nothing is more important to me than making our community the greatest place possible to live, work and raise a family,&amp;rdquo; said Assemblyman Phil Ramos.&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;As in previous years I will run a strong, positive campaign focused on the issues important to all working families &amp;ndash; such as making Suffolk an affordable place to live, making sure our children get a quality education and that everyone has access to affordable health care.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The headquarters is located at 1805 Fifth Ave. in Bay Shore in the Borda Law Office building.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:22:19 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Phil Ramos for State Assembly</dc:creator>
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            <title>Events in Fresno...</title>
            <description>I&#039;m planning on attending the following events tomorrow, hope you can, too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/gpgttp&quot;&gt; - Fresno Office Ribbon-Cutting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/organizing/gpgt2c&quot;&gt; - Join Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the UFW Convention in Fresno&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you meet at the first event there is car-pooling for the second event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thought I&#039;d pass that along for anyone not on the FresnoForObama group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jenn</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/jennclovis/gG5shX</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:54:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>OZAUKEE COUNTY CAMPAIGN EVENTS - JOIN US</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Here&#039;s a list of some recurring events and some one-time happenings that are going on this week.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;(Meeting at the new office - 10521 N&amp;nbsp;Port Washington Rd&amp;nbsp;(Entrance E) - unless otherwise noted)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Calling all Ozaukee to Stand for Change&amp;quot; - phones - Mondays and Wednesdays from 5-9pm (bring your cell phone)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Walking the talk for Barack&amp;quot; - Neighbor to neighbor canvassing - Thursdays from 5pm, Saturdays from 10am-2pm and from 2-6pm, and Sundays from 2-6pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few major events coming up are below as well:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ozaukee County Office Opening and Convention Watch - Tuesday, August 26th 6:30-9:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&amp;quot;Yes We Can!&amp;quot; - Official Convention Watch Party - Thursday, August 28th from 7:30-10:30pm (Shinners&#039; home in Mequon -&amp;nbsp;4404 W. Meadow Circle East - Mequon, WI 53097)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And then a huge weekend of canvasses across the entire state.&amp;nbsp; In&amp;nbsp;Ozaukee&amp;nbsp;we&#039;re calling them &amp;quot;We are the ones we&#039;ve been waiting for&amp;quot; canvasses:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, August 30 - 10-2pm, 2-6pm&lt;br /&gt;Sunday, August 31 - 2-6pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monday,&amp;nbsp;September 1&amp;nbsp;- 10-2pm, 2-6pm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/marjietomter/gG59vQ</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:22:07 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Marjie Tomter</dc:creator>
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            <title>Swing State Update</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;With Barack Obama&amp;rsquo;s transformational leadership and organizational prowess, this year&amp;rsquo;s web-based Swing State calling is easier and more effective than ever.&amp;nbsp; Use those &amp;lsquo;free weekend minutes&amp;rsquo; on your cell phone to identify and turn out Obama voters in the key states that will win this election!&amp;nbsp; Go to the Action Center at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mybarackobama.com/&quot;&gt;www.mybarackobama.com&lt;/a&gt; to start calling from home and for details about phone bank and travel opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The Campaign is hosting Swing State Calling Events at the San Rafael Marin Democratic Headquarters &lt;strong&gt;every Saturday, 10am &amp;ndash; 4pm&lt;/strong&gt;, 1344 Fourth St., near D.&amp;nbsp; Bring your cell phone, charger and headphones (and wireless laptop, if you have one).&amp;nbsp; Events are also planned on Sunday afternoons, 12 &amp;ndash; 4pm, starting September 7.&amp;nbsp; Sign up on &amp;lsquo;events&amp;rsquo; at the Obama website.&amp;nbsp; Questions to event coordinators Tamra Peters and Bill Carney at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:peterscarney@comcast.net&quot;&gt;peterscarney@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt; or 457-7656.&lt;/p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Swing State calling also continues &lt;strong&gt;every weeknight&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;(except Tuesdays) at the Obama Headquarters in Sausalito, 1505 Bridgeway, Suite 206, near Bee St.&amp;nbsp; Sign up on the Obama web site.&amp;nbsp; Questions to Obama Campaign volunteer coordinator Trent Hardman at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:obamarin@gmail.com&quot;&gt;obamarin@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or 332-2321. &amp;nbsp;For Swing State travel, check out &amp;lsquo;events&amp;rsquo; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mybarackobama.com/&quot;&gt;www.mybarackobama.com&lt;/a&gt; or contact Gail Hurley at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:hurleyitaly@hotmail.com&quot;&gt;hurleyitaly@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:17:10 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;
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A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;
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Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;
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With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;
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JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;
and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;
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When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;
*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp; beach chairs!  &lt;br /&gt;
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Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;
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Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Where:&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd)&lt;br /&gt;
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What:&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;br /&gt;
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2PM &quot;One-on-One&quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
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4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
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INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.  Email this link to all your Obama family &amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided  neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;br /&gt;
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;br /&gt;
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DIRECTIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
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Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:59:40 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;
and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;
*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp; beach chairs!  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Where:&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What:&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2PM &quot;One-on-One&quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.  Email this link to all your Obama family &amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided  neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
DIRECTIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDr</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDr/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:57:31 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;
and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;
*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp; beach chairs!  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Where:&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What:&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2PM &quot;One-on-One&quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.  Email this link to all your Obama family &amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided  neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
DIRECTIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDc</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDc/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:56:06 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;
and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;
*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp; beach chairs!  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Where:&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What:&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2PM &quot;One-on-One&quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.  Email this link to all your Obama family &amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided  neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
DIRECTIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDW</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDW/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:54:23 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;
and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;
*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp; beach chairs!  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Where:&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What:&lt;br /&gt;
Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2PM &quot;One-on-One&quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.  Email this link to all your Obama family &amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided  neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
DIRECTIONS:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDZ</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDZ/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:52:07 EDT</pubDate>
            <guid>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDZ</guid>
            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp;amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp;amp; beach chairs! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where:&lt;br /&gt;Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What: &lt;br /&gt;Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2PM &amp;quot;One-on-One&amp;quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&amp;quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.&amp;nbsp; Email this link to all your Obama family &amp;amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided&amp;nbsp; neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/44vrp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;                     &lt;a name=&quot;extended&quot; title=&quot;extended&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;DIRECTIONS:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tualatin Community Park Location: SW Tualatin Rd &amp;amp; Boones Ferry Rd - downtown Tualatin 2 blocks north of Haagens Store and Tualatin Commons off of SW Tualatin-Sherwood Rd. http://yellowpages.mapquest.com/search?query=tualatin+community+park&amp;amp;area=tualatin%2C+or+97062&amp;amp;invocationType=localTopBox.search &lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDX</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDX/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:48:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>Picnic In The Park * Obama &#039;08, Plus talk to Jeff Merkley</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;It&#039;s a Sizzling Summer Event just for the Family&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Picnic in the Park&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drive-Thru Voter Registration &amp;amp; Meet the Candidates Event&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Special Guest Congressional Candidate for United States Senator&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JEFF MERKLEY&lt;br /&gt;and Key Note Speaker, Rep. Larry Galizio,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When: Sunday August 17, 2008 from 2PM to 7PM&lt;br /&gt;*It&#039;s A Family-Style POTLUCK and BYOB - BBQ dishes, beverages &amp;amp; beach chairs! &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring your spray bottles to keep COOL!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children face painting, Obama Bubbles, pictures with Barack Obama, Lawn signs, buttons and t-shirts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where:&lt;br /&gt;Tualatin Community Park, (SW Tualatin Rd/Boones Ferry Rd) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What: &lt;br /&gt;Drive-Thru Voter Registration from 12PM to 4PM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2PM &amp;quot;One-on-One&amp;quot; with Jeff Merkley, US Senate Candidate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4:30PM Larry Galizio, House Rep-Tigard Key note speaker along with Jessica Adamson-Bull Mountain/Sherwood/Wilsonville, and Jeff Barker-Aloha&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;A Progressive Approach to Grassroots Change&amp;quot;, Gary Lee Jelinek; plus Tommy Thorne, Rosa Colquitt, Joe Santana, Julie Toth, Carl Thatcher, and Kevin Watkins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INVITE EVERYONE TO THIS PICNIC.&amp;nbsp; Email this link to all your Obama family &amp;amp; friends, Independents, your Undecided&amp;nbsp; neighbors, unregistered voters, anyone who qualifies as a VOTER!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/44vrp&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vrp&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDt</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/bikerbamamike/gG5HDt/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:32:21 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>BikerBamaMike</dc:creator>
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            <title>The Crash Course Event</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I have created an event to listen to and discuss the materials presented by Chris Martenson on his website &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chrismartenson.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;the Crash Course&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; You can join this event by going to this link:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpgcjy&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gpgcjy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Join me here for important discussion of economic issues that we need to get our heads around as we campaign for Barack in the next three months.&amp;nbsp;Make your comments in this blog post.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/robinfarley/gG5bgV</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/robinfarley/gG5bgV/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:09:54 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Robin Lee</dc:creator>
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            <title>The Book of Revelations</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I can hardly believe the email I got today. Barack is the anti-christ !!! Needless to say I sent a full and detailed response to all the poor people on that email.&amp;nbsp; Hopefully they were all smart enough to see through this kind of thing, but it is scary that there are people out there that really believe this stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On a more positive note - June and I have tried to do our first event. We are trying to have a canvassing party on Sep 20. I&#039;d love to be able to contact a lot of people in one weekend, but then wouldn&#039;t everyone.&amp;nbsp; If it doesn&#039;t work I&#039;ll burn up somemore shoe leather on my own lol. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/carlgenthner/gG5F2Y</link>
            <comments>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/carlgenthner/gG5F2Y/commentary#comments</comments>
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:21:44 EDT</pubDate>
            <guid>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/carlgenthner/gG5F2Y</guid>
            <dc:creator>June and Carl</dc:creator>
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            <title>NEWS AND THE OBAMA ERA</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;As a person who has used too many video recorders since 1980 (VHS thank God), I have a major collection of more than 5,000 recordings of poltical programs, events and breaking news. Most of my recordings are from the Washington, D.C. region where I lived.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have watched (and burned to DVD) with wonder the events of this campaign. I find that it&#039;s not until some time after I&#039;ve made a recording, the news junkie that I am, that I understand the context the event had when it happened. It&#039;s puzzle piece in the larger historic picture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Having ADD, I&#039;m able to listen to a number of broadcasts at the same time and can instantly catch those little elements that seem to get overlooked byt the &amp;quot;professionals&amp;quot; and this is often frustrating.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#039;d like to touch base with other newsies who watch and read the news as I do ... in a present day context and in the wider historic context.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Barack Obama era is without question is heaven sent to us news junkies.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:41:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>William</dc:creator>
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            <title>GRASSROOTS FOR OBAMA IN WASHINGTON DC</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is to invite&amp;nbsp;Obama Groups&amp;nbsp;and supporters across the country to the national event in Washington DC...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;GRASSROOTS FOR OBAMA IN WASHINGTON DC&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FREEDOM PLAZA, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 Begins 3:00pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Come to a gathering of grassroots groups and supporters to rally for Barack Obama. This is a national rally of support and an opportunity for Grassroots groups from far and wide to unite. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Strong&amp;nbsp;media coverage. French TV will be filming the event for special TV program on the grassroots movement and the election. This will be a highly visible event in the nation&#039;s capital so come and and join us for a memorable day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;BANDS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PERFORMERS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;SPEAKERS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;PRESENTATIONS&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;FUND RAISING&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VOTER REGISTRATION&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;FREE ADMISSION&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;contact: Jeanie Schneider, &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jeanieschneider@gmail.com&quot;&gt;jeanieschneider@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25596901414&quot;&gt;http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=25596901414&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:21:39 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Jeanie Schneider</dc:creator>
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            <title>The Obama Campaign Is Here!  Updated</title>
            <description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Obama Campaign&#039;s Field Coordinator is here.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Her name is Azure and she arrived in Socorro on Saturday.&amp;nbsp; She&#039;s been working practically non-stop since then.&amp;nbsp; She will be here working full-time from now until the general election.&amp;nbsp; She will be attending the Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling event on August 5th to meet with volunteers and visitors. We will be phone banking to find volunteers for canvassing on August 10th. We&#039;ll also have a table, campaign literature, bumper stickers, lapel buttons, and stickers. There will be at least one registrar to register new voters. Come join us and bring your cell phone, we need your help!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/44rgb&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Meet Obama Campaign Coordinator/Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Phone Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, August 5 at 5:00 PM - 3 hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update: 08/05/08 Added Rep. Udall&#039;s visit to Socorro on August 14th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update: 08/07/08 Aug 9th Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling Event cancelled&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More upcoming events:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 9th:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Democratic Party Golf Tourney @ NMT golf course - registration starts at 8 am, tournament at 9 am.&amp;nbsp; Teams are $260.00.&amp;nbsp; Hole sponsors are $ 100.00.&amp;nbsp; $ 65.00 per player.&amp;nbsp; They are also requesting door prize donations.&amp;nbsp; Contact Sefie Anaya for more information.&amp;nbsp; Email me at shaniriver at sdc dot org for Sefie&#039;s contact information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 10th:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44b43&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Socorro Canvass&quot;&gt;Socorro Canvass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday at 1:00 PM&amp;nbsp; 3 hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 12th:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44qyj&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tuesday, August 12 at  5:00 PM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 14th:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the local Dem Party Chair, Congressman Udall will be in Socorro.&amp;nbsp; Here&#039;s his schedule: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1:30 to 2:30 Magdalena Public Library&lt;br /&gt;3:00 to 4:00 N M Tech, Workman Room 101 he will be discussing Energy and the Environment&lt;br /&gt;5:30 to 7:00 Fundraiser at Best Western Convention Center. Mexican Buffet catered by Sofia&amp;rsquo;s at $25 a person suggested contribution. Tickets are on sale at Sofia&amp;rsquo;s, also from me and Sefie. Please try and attend this fundraiser as Congressman Udall will need all the contributions he can get to win this campaign against Steve Pearce. Unfortunately, it takes big bucks to will campaigns. Let&amp;rsquo;s turn out for these events in Socorro County and show our support for Udall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 16th:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Socorro for Obama will be joining the local Democrats in a booth at the combined community yard sale, arts and crafts show and Farmers&#039; Market.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/44rg2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sign up to attend this event!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 19th:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44byv&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 23rd:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44bp5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More after the fold...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>*GOLD* at the gas pumps</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Here is a sample of brilliant campaigning - per &amp;quot;politicalinaction.com&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Obama Registering People At Gas Stations in Ohio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Pretty genius effort. They did this around 8 cities in the state. In my local city of Toledo, the event was a huge hit according the local news station WTOL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think about it.....people are basically stationary for 5 minutes. If you hit low income areas of town, you capitalize on their anger at the pumps and you give them an avenue to voice their displeasure in November.&amp;nbsp; Given that gas was $1.25 before oilmen Bush and Cheney took office, and now it is $4 a gallon, and John McCain is going to continue those same energy policies, pretty good chances they&#039;ll be voting Democratic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone must get gas. Probably the only place in America where people of all political leanings go.....and a great way to nail unregistered voters. Now, we could use this in a couple of ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.&amp;nbsp; FUNDRAISING - have a combo car wash and voter registration - donate money to Obama&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.&amp;nbsp; OBAMA WORKS - a bigger statement to the community:&amp;nbsp; *FREE* car wash in the name of &lt;em&gt;Obama Works&lt;/em&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whyobamaworks.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Obama Works&quot;&gt;www.whyobamaworks.com&lt;/a&gt;), combined with voter registration &amp;amp; invites to meetings, the web site, solicit donations, etc.&amp;nbsp; This would be great with T-shirts and local media notification.&amp;nbsp; What a great statement for the community.&amp;nbsp; We could make it a big event - important thing is to display our faith in Barack Obama and his vision for America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we can find organizers, I will help -- any takers?&amp;nbsp; RSVP:&amp;nbsp; D. Ames - ladyolove@hotmail.com&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:32:39 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Oregon Artists 4 Obama &#039;08</dc:creator>
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            <title>McCain Copying Obama Events</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Well, they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So, look no further:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.xtelos.com/images/obama/mccainevent.png&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe McCain will come up with his own good ideas at some point...but for now it sure seems like he&#039;s stealing anything resembling a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:01 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Fred - Team Liaison - Smyrna-Vinings</dc:creator>
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            <title>Updated -- Upcoming Events/Dates to Remember</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;New Mexico will be a battleground state again this year.&amp;nbsp; Remember, &lt;strong&gt;Gore won NM in 2000 by just 366 votes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Bush beat Kerry by only 5,988 votes in 2004.&amp;nbsp; Every vote counts.&amp;nbsp; Obama needs our help to bring in the votes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/44vz2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Phoning for Change&quot;&gt;Phoning for Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, July 31 at 6:00 PM - 2 hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vz8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, August 2 at 8:00 AM - 3 hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44rgb&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, August 5 at 5:00 PM - 3 hours &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/44rgc&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, August 9 at 8:00 AM - 3 hours &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 9th:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;Democratic Party Golf Tourney @ NMT golf course - registration starts at 8 am, tournament at 9 am.&amp;nbsp; Teams are $260.00.&amp;nbsp; Hole sponsors are $ 100.00.&amp;nbsp; $ 65.00 per player.&amp;nbsp; They are also requesting door prize donations.&amp;nbsp; Contact Sefie Anaya for more information.&amp;nbsp; Email me at shaniriver at sdc dot org for Sefie&#039;s contact information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 16th:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Socorro for Obama will be joining the local Democrats in a booth at the combined community yard sale, arts and crafts show and Farmers&#039; Market.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44rg2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sign up to attend this event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 29-31st:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Socorro County Fair and Parade&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;More below the fold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:03:35 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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            <title>Upcoming events -Get Involved!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;New Mexico will be a battleground state again this year.&amp;nbsp; Remember, &lt;strong&gt;Gore won NM in 2000 by just 366 votes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Bush beat Kerry by only 5,988 votes in 2004.&amp;nbsp; Every vote counts.&amp;nbsp; Obama needs our help to bring in the votes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update 07/30/08: The August 8th&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Hot August Nights - Plaza Tabling with Socorroans for Democracy has been cancelled because the city felt a political table isn&#039;t appropriate for that event.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;07/29/08 Farmer&#039;s Market event was last evening.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/shawnnm/gGxsyB&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market Blog Post&quot;&gt;It was a lot of fun.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new event has been added to the list.&amp;nbsp; Socorro for Obama will join the local Democrats at their booth at the Aug. 16th combined community yard sale, arts and crafts show and Farmers&#039; Market.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vz2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Phoning for Change&quot;&gt;Phoning for Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, July 31 at 6:00 PM - 2 hours&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/44vz8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Farmer&#039;s Market&quot;&gt;Farmer&#039;s Market Tabling and Voter Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, August 2 at 8:00 AM - 3 hours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 9th:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;Democratic Party Golf Tourney @ NMT golf course - registration starts at 8 am, tournament at 9 am.&amp;nbsp; Teams are $260.00.&amp;nbsp; Hole sponsors are $ 100.00.&amp;nbsp; $ 65.00 per player.&amp;nbsp; They are also requesting door prize donations.&amp;nbsp; Contact Sefie Anaya for more information.&amp;nbsp; Email me at shaniriver at sdc dot org for Sefie&#039;s contact information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 16th:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Socorro for Obama will be joining the local Democrats in a booth at the combined community yard sale, arts and crafts show and Farmers&#039; Market. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 29-31st:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Socorro County Fair and Parade&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;More below the fold&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:29:58 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Shawn</dc:creator>
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            <title>Please Forward Event Invite</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello Everyone - &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We need your help to get the word out about our Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families &lt;strong&gt;Potluck&lt;/strong&gt; BBQ this coming Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach! Please copy the following into an email and send it to any Veterans &amp;amp; Military Family Members you know! &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama BBQ is being held Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach. It will be on the lake side of the park (Edwin Drive) in Picnic Shelter 2. If you are a Veteran or Military Family Member please join us, Candidate for Congress Glenn Nye, and Delegate Joe Bouchard at the event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a potluck BBQ, so we ask that everyone bring a side dish or dessert and that they RSVP with the number of people attending so that we have enough of everything. Children are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are getting a great response so far, but we need your help in getting the word out to Veterans and Military Families in the Hampton Roads area. Please pass along the link and event information to anyone you know that is a veteran or military family member that would be interested in coming!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please RSVP through the following link or call Stephanie at 757-650-6393. Here is the event info and link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Military &amp;amp; Veteran Families for Obama &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/4grbw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potluck BBQ at Mt Trashmore in Virginia Beach on Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; Kids are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are unable to attend but would like to volunteer or receive periodic updates, please email me at LearningInspire@gmail.com or call 757-650-6393.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie Marushia&lt;br /&gt;Hampton Roads Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama&lt;br /&gt;757-650-6393&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:23:04 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Disabled Vet 2000</dc:creator>
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            <title>Please Forward Event Invite</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello Everyone - &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We need your help to get the word out about our Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families &lt;strong&gt;Potluck&lt;/strong&gt; BBQ this coming Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach! Please copy the following into an email and send it to any Veterans &amp;amp; Military Family Members you know! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BODY { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } The Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama BBQ is being held Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach. It will be on the lake side of the park (Edwin Drive) in Picnic Shelter 2. If you are a Veteran or Military Family Member please join us, Candidate for Congress Glenn Nye, and Delegate Joe Bouchard at the event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a potluck BBQ, so we ask that everyone bring a side dish or dessert and that they RSVP with the number of people attending so that we have enough of everything. Children are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are getting a great response so far, but we need your help in getting the word out to Veterans and Military Families in the Hampton Roads area. Please pass along the link and event information to anyone you know that is a veteran or military family member that would be interested in coming!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please RSVP through the following link or call Stephanie at 757-650-6393. Here is the event info and link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Military &amp;amp; Veteran Families for Obama &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/4grbw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potluck BBQ at Mt Trashmore in Virginia Beach on Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; Kids are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are unable to attend but would like to volunteer or receive periodic updates, please email me at LearningInspire@gmail.com or call 757-650-6393.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie Marushia&lt;br /&gt;Hampton Roads Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama&lt;br /&gt;757-650-6393&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:20:43 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Disabled Vet 2000</dc:creator>
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            <title>Please Forward Event Invite</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello Everyone - &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We need your help to get the word out about our Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families &lt;strong&gt;Potluck&lt;/strong&gt; BBQ this coming Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach! Please copy the following into an email and send it to any Veterans &amp;amp; Military Family Members you know! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;BODY { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } P { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } DIV { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } TD { FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-SIZE:10pt } The Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama BBQ is being held Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach. It will be on the lake side of the park (Edwin Drive) in Picnic Shelter 2. If you are a Veteran or Military Family Member please join us, Candidate for Congress Glenn Nye, and Delegate Joe Bouchard at the event!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a potluck BBQ, so we ask that everyone bring a side dish or dessert and that they RSVP with the number of people attending so that we have enough of everything. Children are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are getting a great response so far, but we need your help in getting the word out to Veterans and Military Families in the Hampton Roads area. Please pass along the link and event information to anyone you know that is a veteran or military family member that would be interested in coming!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please RSVP through the following link or call Stephanie at 757-650-6393. Here is the event info and link:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Military &amp;amp; Veteran Families for Obama &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/4grbw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potluck BBQ at Mt Trashmore in Virginia Beach on Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; Kids are welcome!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are unable to attend but would like to volunteer or receive periodic updates, please email me at LearningInspire@gmail.com or call 757-650-6393.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephanie Marushia&lt;br /&gt;Hampton Roads Veterans &amp;amp; Military Families for Obama&lt;br /&gt;757-650-6393&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:16:53 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Disabled Vet 2000</dc:creator>
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            <title>GoFitzGo! Welcome and an Invitation</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;You know that I&#039;m a supporter of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gofitzgo.com&quot;&gt;Keith Fitzgerald for State House&lt;/a&gt;.  He&#039;s been &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/SECTIONS/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4370&amp;amp;SessionId=57&quot;&gt;a great legislator&lt;/a&gt; in his first term.  And he&#039;ll be even better once he&#039;s re-elected.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, he could sure use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gofitzgo.com/pages/how-to-help&quot;&gt;your help&lt;/a&gt; to get there. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:26:43 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Events this week</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Please join us at any or all of the following events. Election day is less than 15 weeks away. Early voting and mail-in ballots begin in less than 12 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;There are also numerous Unite for Change house parties and Listening to America House meetings, as well as voter registration drives. &lt;br /&gt;Find more local events here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/anneeliz73/gGx4GD</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:48:28 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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            <title>Obama Visibility at TGIF Jazz in the Park in Carlsbad</title>
            <description>It is fantastic to see so much visibility for Obama here in Carlsbad, California!&amp;nbsp; My family and I attended TGIF Jazz in the Park at Poinsettia park on Friday and Obama people were everywhere.&amp;nbsp; We saw at least a dozen Obama shirts and even someone with an Obama flag.&amp;nbsp; Thanks to everyone who came out to the event and represented.&amp;nbsp; GObama!</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:18:53 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Nate &amp; Tanya</dc:creator>
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            <title>Created My First Event!</title>
            <description>If you haven&#039;t yet done it, I encourage all of you to try it at least once.&amp;nbsp; We can all think of a way to reach out to people in our community.&amp;nbsp; It is a very motivating and inspirational experience to meet people participating in an event in which you started.&amp;nbsp; These are the grass roots projects that reflect the wave of change&amp;nbsp;that the Barack Obama campaign has symbolized.</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:46:50 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Ignite National Change</dc:creator>
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            <title>Stevens Point Office Kickoff</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;You can RSVP for the office opening following the URL below. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in town and may make an appearance before his talk at the Wellness Conference. More below...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:52:10 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Great Progress from the Food for Thought - Building Momentum Meeting</title>
            <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Good Evening, All:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, ideas, and enthusiasm.&amp;nbsp; We have made so much progress.&amp;nbsp; At the same time, we have more work to do.&amp;nbsp; After hearing Sen. McMumbles this week,&amp;nbsp; I am fired up and ready to go.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Wendy, we missed you, girl!!!&amp;nbsp; Welcome Shelley, Arlene, Pat, and TuWauna.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHAT WE HAVE COVERED SO FAR:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 5th Parade in Laurel, MD&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Kudos to Wendy for getting us into Laurel&amp;rsquo;s July 5th parade.&amp;nbsp; She went old school with kids, friends, signs, and lollipops.&amp;nbsp; Jemma led us in the call and response.&amp;nbsp; Pat and Elliot glad-handed the adoring Obama crowd except for the thumbs down grandma.&amp;nbsp; We were loud and proud that day.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voter Registration&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Everyone is encouraged to become a voter registration volunteer.&amp;nbsp; As stated in the blog, you can stop by the election board to between 8:00-and 4:30pm.&amp;nbsp; Better to go individually versus in a group.&amp;nbsp; We decided to conduct the registration on August 23rd at Laurel Lakes Senior apartments (Crystal will work on getting the space. Logistics will be discussed during the conference call.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Shelly mentioned holding an event near the Mall and for workers who commute to Arundel Mills.&amp;nbsp; Marion mentioned pass out reminder flyers at Greenbelt Metro.&amp;nbsp; Ann will do the flyers.&amp;nbsp; Her computer has now been set free.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updates:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;City elections are coming up on September 9th referendum on slots may be on the agenda.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;What do you all think of collecting request for absentee ballots along with registration?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Do you want to do reminder flyers or registration for the Laurel elections?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where are the kids&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Wendy is looking into the cost for the park and Arlene is looking into&amp;nbsp;access to the roller skating rink.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Election Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shelly is looking into process of how we can get a shuttle w/ driver to drive people to polls.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tasks to be completed&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We are actually on target with our tasks, but there is one task I would like to refine&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Number of Emails to compile- I am suggesting up to 50.&amp;nbsp; Do the best that you can.&amp;nbsp; Keep it in electronic format and get permission from the addressees that we can send information to them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tentative Dates to remember&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;July 26th -2:00pm-4:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Food for Thought Meeting &amp;ndash; Building US Policy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Aug 6th-8pm- 20 minutes&lt;br /&gt;Conference Call &amp;ndash; 8pm Details to follow up&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Aug 8th-COB for US Postal Service&lt;br /&gt;Last day to register to vote in Laurel City elections&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Aug 11th - 4:30pm-7:30pm&lt;br /&gt;Caf&amp;eacute; Barack at Starbucks at Contee Rd&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Aug 23rd - 10:00am-3:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Voter Registrations &amp;ndash; Laurel Lakes Senior apartments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Aug 28th - 5:00pm-11:00pm&lt;br /&gt;Nomination Party (if I don&amp;rsquo;t score tix toDenver)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;My Mind is empty.&amp;nbsp; Let me know if I forgot anything.&amp;nbsp; Have an awesome week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;Crystal&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:57:32 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Seeking Obama-ites/events in Brasilia, Aug/Sep</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;My wife and I expect to be in Brasilia, DF Brazil, during all of August and September. I would like to be in contact with other Obama enthusiasts in Brazilia while there, and to know of any Obama &amp;quot;events&amp;quot; planned for that period.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In particular, I hope there will be a gathering to watch Obama&#039;s acceptance speech from the NFL stadium on August 28.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, is any effort being made to register U.S. citizens in Brasilia?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;M. E. &#039;Mike&#039; Boylson, LCDR, USN (RET.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;meboy@jett.net, irenep@jett.net&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/michaelemikeboylsonlcdrusnret/gGxDNF</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:48:04 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Mike Boylson</dc:creator>
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            <title>Hampton Roads Military &amp; Veterans Family BBQ</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;We finally have a location for our Hampton Roads Military, Veteran, and Military Families Potluck BBQ! It will be Sunday, August 3, at 3:00 pm at Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach. Kids are welcome.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please sign up for the event (make sure you fill in the number of people attending part of the sign-up so I can make sure there are enough plates, beverages, etc. for everyone). I would also appreciate it if you can let me know what you are bringing so I can make sure we have everything we need (you can email me or use the comments area on the event sign up). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I made sure our picnic shelter and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. We will be in Shelter 2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Please pass along the event information to any Veterans, Military Service Members, and Military/Veteran Family Members. Just copy and paste the links below:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hampton Roads Military and Veterans for Obama Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/group/HamptonRoadsMilitaryandVeteransforObama&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/HamptonRoadsMilitaryandVeteransforObama&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Hampton Roads Military and Veterans for Obama Potluck BBQ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/event/detail/4grbw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4grbw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you and please feel free to contact me if you have questions or need help with an event.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Stephanie Marushia &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;US Army Retired&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:57:52 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Disabled Vet 2000</dc:creator>
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            <title>Weekly Meeting/Discussion Groups and $$$$</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hello Lee County for Obama.&amp;nbsp; Hoepfully we met at the pre-4th of July meeting or at the RW&amp;amp;B festival on the 4th itself.&amp;nbsp; If we haven&#039;t met already my name is Brian, and my fiance is Tiffany.&amp;nbsp; We are a relatively young couple (25 and 24 respectively) that are diving head first into the 2008 campaign season, obviously in support of Barack Obama.&amp;nbsp; Now that we have that out of the waaaaaaay....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I have a few things I&#039;d like to discuss.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1) &lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Weekly Meetings/Discussion Groups&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - We had the pre-4th meeting last Thursday and we had what I thought was a decent turnout.&amp;nbsp; Although we were there primarily to discuss the festivities on the 4th, we also were able to get into a little discussion about CHANGE. &amp;nbsp; CHANGE is obviously what we all want/seek and it is something that has become a little cliche with Mr. Obama&#039;s campaign.&amp;nbsp; Putting that aside I think it wouldn&#039;t be a bad idea for us to meet weekly to not only discuss CHANGE in our nation, but CHANGE in our communities, CHANGE in our schools, CHANGE in our local government and CHANGE in our homes.&amp;nbsp; I think we could rotate the location so that people in S. Fort Myers wouldn&#039;t have to travel to N. Cape Coral and vice versa.&amp;nbsp; Also, we could have a different host each week and/or bring in a keynote speaker, anything to spark discussion/conversation on the campaign and local reform.&amp;nbsp; Do you guys think this is a good idea? I honestly think we really need to be proactive and if we aren&#039;t meeting regularly it&#039;s going to be tough to make that happen.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;m anxious to hear your feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$$$$ from Red, White &amp;amp; Boom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - Tiffany and myself were actually able to collect about $18 dollars from 6 different people on the 4th.&amp;nbsp; I&#039;d like to know what you guys want me to do with the money.&amp;nbsp; Is Wilson still the go to guy or are we going to have a board like system with a Treasurer, President, Secretary.. etc. Please let me know what way to go with that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Future Events &amp;amp; Fundraising&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt; - I don&#039;t know what our group plans are for future events &amp;amp; fundraising.&amp;nbsp; I think we should be doing at least 2 fundraising events a month to support the group and we should also find some creative things to do to support Barack&#039;s campaign.&amp;nbsp; I mean we can go from as basic as sitting outside Publix to more complex things.. but the goal should remain the same - To support the campaign and register new voters as well as raising money for our group. I&#039;d like to hear people&#039;s feedback on this as well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anything that Tiffany and I can do to help any of you individually please let us know.&amp;nbsp; We are 110% behind the group and can&#039;t wait to meet each and every one of you.&amp;nbsp; Please stay active on this board and active in the community.&amp;nbsp; CHANGE starts from the ground up..&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Brian &amp;amp; Tiff &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:03:30 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Local Events in July</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Hi! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sorry I missed posting the July 4 event. Here are the next events coming up in July: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;July 12&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/445qm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Walk for Obama&amp;quot; in Elkton &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/elainesimpson/gGxlPJ&quot;&gt;+more info here &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 20&lt;/strong&gt;, 5pm, Clementine&#039;s in Harrisonburg - &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/445p3&quot;&gt;Meet with the Campaign for Change staff for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;If anyone else has events in the H&#039;burg-R&#039;ham area, feel free to contact me through this site!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;-Renee &lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/ReneeHburg/gGxftz</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:36:18 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Renee</dc:creator>
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            <title>What Can We Do to Help Barack?</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Talk to our friends, family and neighbors!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  Become a voter registrar and start registering people to vote. Stay informed. Join other groups that have similar interests as ours or, are located in areas close to our home.  If interested in volunteering in areas outside Illinois, search for groups in our state of choice.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Share our passion!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  Once we have identified the area or groups that we are interested in, send a request to join them.  Choose how we want to be contacted.  We can receive daily or condensed emails sent out from our new circle of groups which will keep us informed of events, news items, and concerns of supporters in our new circle of friends.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Take Charge!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;  Create our own event and invite our friends to get involved.  Search for an event in our zip code.  Send out invitations to our friends to join us. Sign up or start our own phone banking - calling undecided voters to share the reasons why we support Barack for president.  All we need are a few friends, computers/laptops and cellphones with free weekend or evening minutes and a couple of hours.</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/LakeCountyIL4Obama08/gGxfFn</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:14:52 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Evie for Obama</dc:creator>
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            <title>Weekly Obama News Roundup 07.04.08</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Weekly Obama News Roundup is a service provided by GOTV Shelby County (TN) Group to help keep supporters in Shelby County, Tennessee in the loop, informed and prepared to Barack the Vote in &#039;08. Encourage your family and friends to join us in our online community. If you have news to include in the Weekly Obama News Roundup, email sesc4obama@comcast.net. Write &amp;quot;News Roundup&amp;quot; in the subject line.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Obama may accept nomination at Invesco Field&lt;/u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a facility in the United States large enough to accommodate the anticipated, record-breaking crowd that will gather to hear Barack Obama deliver his nomination speech in August?&amp;nbsp; Invesco Field is a serious contender as a host facility.&amp;nbsp; Invesco Field at Mile High, where the Denver Broncos play, seats more than 76,000.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;According to the Huffington Post, Obama is scheduled to accept the Democratic presidential nomination on the final night of the Democratic Convention, which also is the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.&#039;s &amp;quot;I Have a Dream&amp;quot; speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in 1963.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read more:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/04/post_135_n_110893.html&quot;&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/04/post_135_n_110893.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE:&amp;nbsp; According to MSNBC, Obama selects Invesco Field for nomination speech.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/shelbycountytn/gGxl78</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:52:28 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Southeast Shelby County for Obama</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Southeast Shelby County for Obama</db:author_name>
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            <title>100K Movement</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;There has been some rumors that, instead of having BO&#039;s Convention Acceptance Speech in the standard covention hall with Delegates and High Value Donors (which would amount to a few thousand people), the campaign is thinking about having it at Mile High Stadium which will seat around 75K people in the seats and another 25K on the field...almost a hundred thousand supporters kicking off this movemonet for change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to Win! (and we must), this has to turn into a major movement. The repulicans are openly conceding that if it becomes a movement, their entire strategy will have to be reworked. It is their biggest fear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The republicans know that no one will care about policy flip flops, crazy reverends, or shady real estate dealings. No one will care about MO&#039;s patriotism, the Iraq pull out strategy, or your word on public campaign financing. No one will care about the cocain, fist bumps, or drilling. No will even care if you&#039;re a Muslim...Ok we won&#039;t go that far ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one will care because its a Movement&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to make this happen. BO, if the DNC can&#039;t afford it, we need to pay for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I also hear Grateful Dead is thinking of getting together for an Obama Concert...thats also a great movement event...We&#039;ll save that for another post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This event will prove to the nation that its a movement and its calling the masses to join.&amp;nbsp; We are nowhere close to that right now although it may seem like that to a lot of you reading this.&amp;nbsp; Our entire nation and generation&amp;nbsp;needs to see this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politicswest.com/democratic_national_convention/26547/mile_high_obama_invesco_field_may_be_venue&quot;&gt;http://www.politicswest.com/democratic_national_convention/26547/mile_high_obama_invesco_field_may_be_venue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/MZP/gGxd7W</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:20:11 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Manesh from New York, NY</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Manesh from New York, NY</db:author_name>
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            <title>Report from &quot;Yes, we span&quot; event in Toronto</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Today was a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet Obama supporters in Toronto. &amp;nbsp;About 40 people turned out, and we got a lot of supportive honks from people driving on Spadina.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are some photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:49:42 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>David in Toronto by way of New Orleans</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>David in Toronto by way of New Orleans</db:author_name>
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            <title>Events Within 10 miles of Coatesville, Pennsylvania</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Events Within &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?type=simple&amp;orderby=date&amp;zip_radius%5b0%5d=19320&amp;zip_radius%5b1%5d=10&amp;radius_unit=miles&quot;&gt;10 miles of Coatesville&lt;/a&gt;, Pennsylvania&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday, July 3 at 6:00 PM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Parkesburg Fair (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Minch Park (Parkesburg, PA)&lt;br&gt;Register voters while you enjoy an evening at the Parkesburg Fair. The fair begins at 6:00 pm and ends at 10:00 pm. Please call ... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friday, July 4 at 8:00 AM &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;8:00 AM - Good Neighbor Day in Downingtown Kerr Park (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Kerr Park (Downingtown, PA)&lt;br&gt;Register voters while you enjoy a day at the Downingtown Good Neighbor Day. The event begins at 8 am and ends at approximately 10:00 pm... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;11:00 AM - Independence Day Voter Registration Drive (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Ash Park (Coatesville, PA)&lt;br&gt;Show your patriotic colors by registering voters on Independence Day in Coatesville. Volunteers will meet at Ash Park, the 3rd and Walnut side, at 11am.... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; 1:00 PM - Parkesburg Fair (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Minch Park (Parkesburg, PA)&lt;br&gt;Register voters while you enjoy a day at the Parkesburg Fair. The fair begins at 1:00 pm and ends at approximately 10:00 pm after an... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; 6:00 PM - Independence Day Voter Registration Drive (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Ludwig&#039;s Corner Horse Show Grounds (Glenmoore, PA)&lt;br&gt;Show your patriotic colors by registering voters on Independence Day! Join the Obama campaign&#039;s nationwide July 4th voter registration drive. Volunteers should arrive at 6pm... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saturday, July 5 at 1:00 PM &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt; 1:00 PM - Parkesburg Fair (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Minch Park (Parkesburg, PA)&lt;br&gt;Register voters while you enjoy a day at the Parkesburg Fair. The fair begins at 1:00 pm and ends at approximately 10:00 pm. Please call... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; 1:00 PM - Voter Registration Blitz (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Around Coatesville (Coatesville, PA)&lt;br&gt;Empowerment can start with political voice. Come and join the Obama Organizing Fellows of Northern Chester County in our movement to respect, empower and include... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; 4:00 PM - Voter Registration Blitz (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Around Coatesville (Coatesville, PA)&lt;br&gt;Empowerment can start with political voice. Come and join the Obama Organizing Fellows of Northern Chester County in our movement to respect, empower and include... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Saturday, July 12 at 10:00 AM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coatesville Victorian Ice Cream Festival and Concert/Fireworks Display (Voter Registration Drive) &lt;br&gt;Coatesville&#039;s Gateway Park (Coatesville, PA)&lt;br&gt;Register voters while you enjoy a day at the Coatesville Ice Cream Festival and Concert/Fireworks Display. The festival begins at 10:00 am and ends at...</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:57:16 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Chesco Bill</dc:creator>
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            <title>Events within 10 miles of Berwyn Pennsylvania</title>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Events within &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_results?type=advanced&amp;orderby=day&amp;zip_radius%5b0%5d=19312&amp;zip_radius%5b1%5d=10&amp;country=US&amp;limit=50&amp;radius_unit=miles&quot;&gt;10 miles of Berwyn&lt;/a&gt;, Pennsylvania&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;July 3rd, Thursday&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;6:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g53&quot;&gt;West Chester&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Swingin&#039; Summer Thursdays | &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g53#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;July 4th, Friday - Independance Day&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;10:00 AM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gtz7&quot;&gt;Wynnewood&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Penn Wynne Elementary School&lt;/a&gt; |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gtz7#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;li&gt;12:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g257&quot;&gt;King of Prussia&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Kingswood Village Apartments&lt;/A&gt; |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g257#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;4:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gdy4&quot;&gt;Phoenixville&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Phoenixville Fourth of July Celebration |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gdy4#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;5:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gt3j&quot;&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Rose Tree Park Summer Festival |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gt3j#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;6:00 PM&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;A href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gdy8&quot;&gt;Chesterbrook&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Wilson Farm Park |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gdy8#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gthr&quot;&gt;Radnor&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Radnor Senior High School |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gthr#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;July 5th, Saturday&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;5:30 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/4gdf5&quot;&gt;West Chester&lt;/a&gt; | Meeting&lt;br&gt;Downtown West Chester |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/4gdf5#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;6:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gt3v&quot;&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt; | Community Service&lt;br&gt;Rose Tree Park |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/communityservice/4gt3v#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;6:30 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gtmb&quot;&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Granite Run AMC Theaters |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gtmb#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;7:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g252&quot;&gt;Media&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Granite Run |  &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g252#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;July 6th, Sunday&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;10:00 AM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/447lv&quot;&gt;Lansdowne&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Giant Grocery | &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/447lv#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&amp;nbsp;2:00 PM &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g9r8&quot;&gt;Phoenixville&lt;/a&gt; | Voter Registration Drive&lt;br&gt;Steel City Coffeehouse | &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4g9r8#rsvp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Signup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:36 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Chesco Bill</dc:creator>
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            <title>Two Events on July 9th</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;We&#039;ll hosting two events in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for volunteers and supporters to attend. The first event will be at 1:00 pm and th second event will be at 2:30 pm on Wednesday, July 9th. We are holding a National Day of Action for an Oil-Free President. With local outreach events at gas stations around the country, we&#039;ll make sure voters know the facts: John McCain&#039;s campaign is run by oil lobbyists, it&#039;s funded by oil companies, his policies are straight out of Big Oil&#039;s playbook, and he won&#039;t solve our energy crisis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you would like to learn more information about these two special events or to sign up, go to my official website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asherheimermann.com/&quot;&gt;www.AsherHeimermann.com&lt;/a&gt; and look for the &amp;quot;Campaign For An Oil Free President&amp;quot; link. We are looking for about 10 to 15 people to attend each event but anyone that can attend is more then welcome.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:58:00 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Asher Heimermann</dc:creator>
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            <title>Obama Campaign in Montrose County</title>
            <description>It has been several weeks now since the primaries concluded and the general election campaign began. As part of the coordinated effort to elect Barack Obama, i have officially joined the campaign and have been given the responsibility for organizing Montrose County. This is a particularly special honor for me because Montrose County is not merely a crucial challenge in the fight for Colorado&#039;s electoral votes, Montrose is also my home.&lt;br /&gt;
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i am excited at the opportunity to engage supporters, doubters, and critics alike and to share with all of them the hope and enthusiasm i have for reclaiming our government and returning it to its proper role: an extension of the people&#039;s will and advocate for the welfare of the people it represents.&lt;br /&gt;
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Electing any candidate is no small task, much less a candidate who intends to put values of community and social justice above greed and the established hierarchy of power. That&#039;s why the need for our active participation is so vital. i am trusting that with a sense of pride, with a sense of hope, with a desire to see the United States of America once more respected as a great nation not just in word, but in deed as well -- i trust that these motivations will inspire individuals to overcome their doubts and their cynicism, will illuminate this truth: we work hardest for the things which are most important to us.&lt;br /&gt;
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i will be organizing a number of events this summer and into the fall, and i look forward to meeting every single person in Montrose County. Well... okay, maybe just as many as i can. November 4th is coming up quickly, so let&#039;s all get to work.</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:12:10 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>jason.</dc:creator>
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            <title>I attended Two wonderful Unite for Change Events</title>
            <description>Ohh what a wonderful day today was. I attended two Unite for Change home events. The first was excellence in motion. People of all faces, races and levels were at these two events. Passionate speakers, good food!&lt;br /&gt;
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At today&#039;s second event (First Americans United for Change) there was an original Tuskegee Airman at the event! The crowd was shown his Congressional Medal of Honor and a picture featuring his receiving his award. When the meeting disbanded, I hugged this wonderful Airman and I personally thanked him for such a distinguished military tour and for serving our country. AHHH!!&lt;br /&gt;
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Prior to attending these two events, I had to go to the bank, and the bank teller told me her boyfriend wasn&#039;t registered to vote. I gave her a form for her boyfriend.&lt;br /&gt;
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After leaving the second meeting, I went to an electronics store; and the gentleman who helped me was not registered to vote but will vote for Obama in November. I had my voter registration forms available. (I&#039;m a volunteer for the campaign.)&lt;br /&gt;
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People all over are amped up. The campaign torch has been lit like the Olympics Torch by our dear Senator and Mrs. Obama. People are excited, and the excitement doesn&#039;t wane. I&#039;m so glad I attended the two events I said I would today.&lt;br /&gt;
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Gotta run for now, but I&#039;ll be back after I rest up some. In the meantime:&lt;br /&gt;
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Host a Recycling Container for Obama. Details are here:&lt;br /&gt;
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gdjq#rsvp&lt;br /&gt;
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You are cordially invited to another online recycling event for the Campaign. The details are at the following link:&lt;br /&gt;
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4g9p3&lt;br /&gt;
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Personal Fund Raiser Page:&lt;br /&gt;
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/dashboard/main/deborahc&lt;br /&gt;
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If you like adding friends, add me too.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:09:14 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Upcoming events in Socorro County</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;ve been notified of a number of upcoming events in Socorro County and am posting them here in case you&#039;re interested in networking with Democratic groups and/or meeting new people.&amp;nbsp; The events are being coordinated by various groups, including Obama volunteers, Democracy for Socorro, and the Socorro County Democratic Party.  I don&#039;t feel comfortable posting people&#039;s addresses, phone #&#039;s, and emails on a public forum, so if you&#039;re interested in any of these events, post a comment here or email me and I&#039;ll provide you with contact info offline.&amp;nbsp; If you know of any other events members might be interested in, please add them in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Sunday, June 29th:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Socorro County Democratic Meeting and a Meet the Candidates event: At 2:00pm at the High Country Lodge in Magdalena. From the Socorro County Dem. Party Chair:  &amp;quot;Everyone is welcome and I would encourage you to attend if you can to show support for those in the outlying areas of Socorro County. All Democratic voters are important and necessary in the upcoming general election in order for all our candidates to win big in Socorro County. If you would like to bring a snack or dessert to share that would be great.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An Obama House Party: The event starts at 4pm and will last about 3 hours. It&#039;s listed on the Obama Campaign website. &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/4g9rq&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Potluck and Fundraiser for Obama&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/meeting/4g9rq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Tuesday July 1st:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A work party at a home in Lemitar in the evening. From the organizer:  &amp;quot;We will be painting and building a reusable float for the Democratic Party. The first parade is Magdalena&#039;s Oldtimers on July 12th.  This should be a fun time.  Please come.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Friday July 4th:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Socorro County Democratic Party will have a table outside Macey Center. From the Socorro County Dem. Party Chair:  &amp;quot;Set up will be at 9:00am and we will be there until around 6:00pm. We will be registering voters, having a bake sale and novelty sales, and giving out free patriotic tattoos to children. We need volunteers to man the table for 3 hr. shifts and would like to have a registrar at each shift. If you have time, I would sure appreciate your help. We want to make sure that people know the Socorro Demo Party is alive and thriving. If you can provide baked goods wrapped individually for sale that would be appreciated as well.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;(Note:&amp;nbsp; In order to become a registrar, you need to go to your county clerk&#039;s office, fill out a third party affiliate form and recieve a brief training.&amp;nbsp; It should only take 20-30 minutes.&amp;nbsp; Info for NM County Clerks can be found here:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/Clerks.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/Clerks.htm&quot; title=&quot;NM County Clerks&quot;&gt;http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/Clerks.htm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Saturday July 12th:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the Socorro County Dem. Party Chair:  &amp;quot;The Socorro Democratic Party will have a float in the Magdalena Old Timer&amp;rsquo;s Parade on July 12th. Line up at 9:00am.&amp;quot;     &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:28:28 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>SoWal -- Time to get organized!</title>
            <description>There are a couple of events coming up this week for those who want to work to help make Walton County a bluer place!&lt;br /&gt;
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Organizational Meeting -- Walton County Young Democrats&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, June 26&lt;br /&gt;
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Join us at Amore Pizzeria in Gulf Place to help formulate a plan of action to help get Sen. Barack Obama and Democrats elected in November. This is an opportunity to be involved in shaping a fun group aimed at building a grassroots group that keeps politics fun while building a community movement.&lt;br /&gt;
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Please let us know if you plan to attend. You may contact Jamie Huggins at 850-210-6889 or sowaldemocrats@aol.com -- or just send me a pm to let us know that you will be attending. See you soon!&lt;br /&gt;
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www.amore-pizzeria.com, 95 Laura Hamilton Blvd, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459,(850) 267-2202&lt;br /&gt;
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Democratic Women&#039;s Club Meeting -- Fire&lt;br /&gt;
Friday, June 27 11am&lt;br /&gt;
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Lunch Meeting at FIRE, a casual fine dining restaurant in Grayton Beach. Call Marilyn Coe at 267-3733 (mraecoe2000@yahoo.com) or Johnnie Riley-White 267-2044 (rileywhite@embarqmail.com) to make reservations. Plans for participation in Seaside&#039;s and DeFuniak Springs&#039; July 4th parades will be finalized.&lt;br /&gt;
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Please come out and get involved!</description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:17:50 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Christi in SoWal</dc:creator>
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            <title>American History - Juneteenth in Texas</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;From &lt;em&gt;Common Dreams.org&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/06/19/9746/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/chrome327/gG5S4j</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:37:53 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>Here are some events of interest!</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;HI folks!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those Obama Supporters located in the Kennesaw_Acworth area will be glad to know we meet on Thursday at 7PM.&amp;nbsp; The meeting is being held at US Play off Barrett Parkway.&amp;nbsp; Please join us for upcoming event planning and organizing our support for Obama.&amp;nbsp; RSVP:&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gskt&quot; title=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gskt&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gskt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other Kennesaw_Acworth_4_Change Group events offered can be found here:&lt;/p&gt;V-103&#039;s Atlanta Car &amp;amp; Bike Show- Voter Registration Drive&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gpyj&quot; title=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gpyj&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gpyj&lt;/a&gt;Voter Registration&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gb3s&quot; title=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gb3s&quot;&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/voterregistrationdrive/4gb3s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another Big event upcoming for our 11th CD is being offered by Merri.&amp;nbsp; Join us for the following:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;COME MEET: July 11, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:00&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4626 Liberty Square Drive, Acworth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deana Womack - Obama Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don Wilson - Obama Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver;District Captain for the Georgia House, District37.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will Fowlkes - Delegate from the 11th Congressional District to the convention in Denver;District Captain for the Georgia House,District 35.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jason Adams - Democratic Candidate for Georgia House, District 35.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tim Brew - Candidate for School Board, Post 1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bud Gammon - Candidate for Congress from the Georgia 11th Congressional District.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martha Keil - DNC MetroAtlanta Field Organizer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meet our Delegates and Candidate!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please come to a &amp;quot;Meet and Greet.&amp;quot; Our Delegates, representing us at the Denver Convention, will meet you and answer your questions. Also, you will have a chance to meet other candidates that want to represent you in Washington, the Georgia State House, and on the Cobb School Board. These are excellent candidates! When you meet them, you will understand why they deserve our support. Our DNC Metro Atlanta Field Organizer will be glad to explain the plans to turn Georgia BLUE. This is a great way to meet them all at one time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;RSVP &lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4gsjz&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/p...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;---------- See Ya&#039;ll there!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/flyday611/gG5SKD</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:28:12 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
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            <title>Events in the Area</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Well it took me a while to figure out that I had to create a personal blog in order to post to the community blog :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here&#039;s my first post - to let you know that there are house events coming up in our area.&amp;nbsp; The ones posted online now are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elaine Simpson&#039;s place in Elkton, VA&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/uniteforchange/4l5b&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Adele Roof&#039;s place in Harrisonburg, VA&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/uniteforchange/4gss7 &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are able to, please attend or host an event!</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/ReneeHburg/gG5S3V</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:21:35 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Renee</dc:creator>
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            <title>Anyone ready for November?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;Fired up and ready to go?&amp;nbsp; I know primary season took a bit of wind outta our sails but no stopping now!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone up for an event in Oak Ridge? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kelly Ayers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oak Ridge, TN&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/kellyayers/gG5nrW</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:59:20 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Kelly Ayers</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Kelly Ayers</db:author_name>
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            <title>What Happened to Southwest Florida Events???</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m wondering if any one knows of any events in the Ft Myers/Naples area.&amp;nbsp; There used to be some posted, but lately the closest ones are at least 70 miles away.&amp;nbsp; I know this is a pretty Republican area, but I also know there are lots of Obama supporters out there.&amp;nbsp; Maybe most went back up north after season ended??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If any one knows of any events or is willing to get involved in some, please let me know.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/kaki/gG5V3S</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:11:41 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Karen</db:author_name>
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            <title>Unity Events in SLO County?</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;So, I hopped on mybo this morning, hoping to find some events in our area, and I was surprised to see that the closest event is in Delano, CA. Thinking that couldn&#039;t possibly be right (SLO is a HUGE Obama town), I looked at the map showing all events within a 500 mile radius of SLO, and the image was a little sad. There are tons of events to the north, south and east of us, but not a single thing on the coast from Oxnard to Salinas. Can that possibly be right?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&#039;m going to informally poll my friends, figure out how to find track down Clinton supporters, and if all of that proves beneficial, look at planning a Unity Meeting for our area. It would be nice to connect with Clinton supporters and welcome them to the family, if they want in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;mj&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
            <link>http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/mjc/gG5VH4</link>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:34:25 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>Melissa Jenna</dc:creator>
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                <db:author_name>Melissa Jenna</db:author_name>
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