When the BudLight “WASSUP” guys first introduced themselves, through the magic of television into our living rooms eight years ago, the economy wasn't doing so badly. In fact, we were actually experiencing one of the first budget surpluses this country had seen in a very long time.
Fast forward to now and there is so much turmoil affecting our daily lives that we seem to be losing the lighter side of life. It’s difficult when your house, the American dream, is going through a foreclosure, your son/daughter/mother/father are off fighting in a horrible unjust war… some may never come home, you are being laid off as your jobs are being outsourced to other countries… The list goes on and on….
…It has been eight long years since the boys said "WASSUP!" to each other. Even with all these difficulties we face, they are still able to come together and stay true to what really matters…
Help make a smart choice on next Tuesday, so that we can try and turn our country back in the direction of progress, by electing Barack Obama to serve as our leader of this great nation!!!
A question of perspective: Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin. A lot of people want to say that racism plays no part in our perceptions. It has been said that if you truly want to understand somebody, walk in their shoes… So, what if some facts about the candidates were switched around? …Would the country's collective point of view be different? …Could racism be the culprit?...
Ponder the following…What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain had only married once and Obama was a divorcee?
What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe disfiguring car accident?
What if Obama had a long affair while he was still married?
What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?(The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker? What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?
What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem?
What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?
What if the Obamas had adopted a white child?
You could easily add to this list... Would we be hearing a different story about each of these candidates if their skin color were switched? This is what racism can do. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference. It is what makes a person of color work twice as hard as a white person to attain the same results.
…Alright. I'm going to say it, even though nobody wants to talk about it. I feel that the narrowing lead is due to blatant racism. Grampy W. McSame is such a joke that, at first, very few would consider supporting him as their candidate, not even the far right!
…Then along comes Sarah and the country witnessed a mood shift from the far right base to suddenly begin supporting McSame! Even though, typically speaking, conservatives don't respond well to women in power, unexpectedly a tremendously unqualified, terrifying woman is added to the ticket and the racist bigots finally have an excuse to hide their votes behind!
Obama should win this election in a landslide, due to his eloquence, experience & education …coupled with the incredible inadequacies of the Bush Admin; however, I feel that ignorance is now beginning to rear its ugly head. If Obama were white, he would win in the most decisive victory this great country has ever witnessed. ...But because of racism, this election is probably going to be closer than one might think. And because of this, the Republicans (along with Diebold) could eventually just steal the election anyway. Look at what’s going on in many states that carry early voting: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/26/voter.suppression/index.html http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10817171
It's time for TRUE Americans who really care about this world to stand up and say, “I'm not going to take this anymore!”
Take a look at our economy and to the threats that our country faces today… Then ask yourself, can I... wait, I mean... can MY CHILDREN afford to handle 4 more years of this nonsense?! So... get out the vote PEOPLE and flush this indecency down the drain to the sewers where ignorance belongs!!!
Let's look at the educational background of the candidates and see what they bring to the job:
Barack Obama: -- Columbia University - B.A. -- Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations. -- Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude Joseph Biden: -- University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science. -- Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
John McCain: -- United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899 (meaning that, like George Bush, McCain was right at the bottom of his class) Sarah Palin: -- Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester -- North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study -- University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism -- Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester -- University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
Education isn't everything... believe me, I understand that... but these positions are about the two highest offices in the land, as well as a representation of our standing in the world. The choice is easy... I just want a smart president this time around!
Check this out... Straight from the transcripts of last night's debates....
MCCAIN: We need to encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and NOT HAVE TO TAKE THESE EXAMINATIONS which -- or have the certification that some are required in some states.
That ought to make our kids safer and 'merica stronger! :)
Not sure if you all watched the final Presidential debate last night, but if you were ever on the fence, I certainly hope you did!
Now the outcome of this campaign is up to all of us. We, as Americans, need your help to actively get the message out - and to get out the vote!
The most dangerous thing that we can all do right now is nothing. Everyone’s support and hard work are exactly what we need between now and Election Day.
While he didn't mention the middle class, John W McSame chose to repeat the same false, negative attacks that make up 100% of all of his advertising these days.
The truth is that John W McSame’s choices say more about his campaign than they do about Barack Obama. Stealing the fear-mongering ways of the Bush campaign, he has drummed up ignorance and condoned hate-speak in people calling out for Obama’s death! This is never acceptable and McSame has never ‘repudiated’ all of these attacks – just the ones he finally chose to when face to face with the mob and when pressed by the media.
…But McSame and his allies are not going to stop fighting or issuing these malicious attacks until the very end.
However, the Obama-Biden campaign has decided to do this a different way. Last night Obama talked about the real problems ordinary people face during this economic crisis and concrete ways that his administration would help to create jobs, cut health care costs, build a new energy policy and get our economy moving again in the right direction!
…But time is running out… The strength and success of the Obama campaign in these last 20 days depends on you!
We are running out of allies in this world and our list of enemies is growing stronger, we need to implement change now to help turn this ship back around!
Please help spread the word and get your friends, family & neighbors to talk about the real issues we are facing and lend a hand to help educate people on the direction we must head in order to progress as a nation and once again become one of the leaders of this global community. The one that people of other nations look to in order to help solve the issues that all of us humans (not just Americans) face today!!!
Rep Lewis on McCain-Palin: Sowing Seeds of Hatred & Division
Down in numbers, the McSame campaign has decided to take the low road and has gotten down & dirty. Much of this hatred was fueled by Caribou Barbie, McSame and other people involved with the campaign. As the saying goes, “Desperate times call for desperate measures" and this is becoming increasingly evident in mob-like showings along the Presidential Repub campaign trail, while the conservative faithful grow weary & frustrated that Obama’s lead in the polls is growing daily.
A man at a McSame rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin directed hostility toward Obama by saying, "When you have an Obama, Pelosi and the rest of the hooligans up there going to run this country, we have got to have our head examined. It's time that you two are representing us, and we are mad. So, go get them.”
Another man said, "I'm mad. I'm really mad. And what's going to surprise you, it's not the economy. It's the socialists taking over our country.”
One man, at Thursday's rally, was more pointed, saying, “And we're all wondering why that Obama is where he's at, how he got here. I mean, everybody in this room is stunned that we're in this position.”
One attendee at a campaign event in Jacksonville, Florida, Tuesday shouted out "treason." And at another rally in the state Monday, Caribou Barbie’s mention of the Obama-Ayers tie caused one member to yell out: "kill him" -- though it was unclear if it was targeted at Obama or Ayers.
At several recent rallies, Caribou Barbie has stirred up crowds by mentioning the "liberal media." Routinely, there are boos at every mention of The New York Times and the "mainstream media," both of which are staples of her stump speech.
Some audience members are openly hostile to members of the traveling press covering Palin; one crowd member launched a racial epithet at an African-American member of the press in Clearwater, Florida, on Monday.
At a McCain rally in New Mexico on Monday, one supporter yelled out "terrorist" when McCain asked, "Who is the real Barack Obama?" McCain didn't respond.
And most recently, at a rally in Minnesota on Friday October 10th, a woman told McCain: "I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab."
McCain shook his head and said, "No ma'am, no ma'am. He's a decent family man... citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. That's what this campaign is all about."
One man at the rally said he was "scared of an Obama presidency." McSame later told the man he should not fear Obama.
"I want to be president of the United States, and I don't want Obama to be," he said. "But I have to tell you, I have to tell you, he is a decent person, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States." McCain's response was met with boos from the crowd.
After numerous days of headline-grabbing rage directed at Barack Obama by some McSame campaign rally attendees, Rep John Lewis issued the following statement: "What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history. Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse. George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights. Because of this atmosphere of hate, four little girls were killed on Sunday morning when a church was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama.”
I believe that only because McSame’s back was up against a wall, he decided to defend this poorly directed anger. I will give him some credit for this, because had he not, he would have easily written his permanent history as an instigator to cultural hatred.
For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain's background, there are some important things you won't learn about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff—and you might be surprised by some of it. Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends, family, and coworkers. We can't rely on the media to tell folks about the real John McCain—but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.
Click here to tell us how many people you can pass it on to—and to see our progress nationally:
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):
1.) John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2.) According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2 "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us
3.) His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3
5.) The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5
6.) He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6
7.) Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7
8.) McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8
9.) McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9
John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be. Please help get the word out—forward this email to your personal network. And if you want us to keep you posted on MoveOn's work to get the truth out about John McCain, sign up here: http://pol.moveon.org/mccaintruth/ Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.2 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no foundation grants, no money from unions. Our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. If you'd like to support our work, you can give now at: http://pol.moveon.org/donate/email.html
An Alaska BI-PARTISAN committee found Caribou Barbie guilty of usurpation of power. How can you ever trust someone to be a part of the leadership of our country, when they have been found guilty of abusing power in previous leadership positions?
It seems that some people, as of late (who should definitely know better) claim that even talking about Palin's TROOPERGATE scandal is equivalent to making a victim of or defending her ex-brother-in-law. That is tremendously absurd!
You see… the thing is that we rely on our elected officials to lead with the fundamentals of moral understanding and misuse the power of public office to pursue personal agendas or vendettas. It's simply an ethical violation of an abuse of power.
Yesterday’s ruling stated that there was ample evidence that Palin misused her gubernatorial power to have her ex-brother-in-law fired. When his boss refused to fire him, she fired him. She first denied Monegan's assertion of intimidation & pressure to fire Wooten and then had to revise her account when evidence proved otherwise. The available proof now suggests that she: 1) Tried to have an ex-relative fired from his job for personal reasons, which is clearly an ethics violation, and perhaps illegal, though possibly understandable in human terms. 2) Fired a state official for not himself acting inappropriately by firing the relative. 3) Lied to the public about what happened. 4) And continues to lie about what happened.
With this kind of abuse of power and erratic examples of leadership… IF these 2 were SOMEHOW elected to lead this country… we could all pretty much assume that they rule much the same as Bush & Co. So... if you want another 4 years of no accountability and a reckless, deplorable sense of reality toward simple, common moral issues... by all means... please vote for John W. McSame.
But if you truly want positive change in this world, to build a stronger foundation for ethics in this new millennium and a better future for our children, then please vote for Barack Obama on Nov. 4th!
Hi all! I just created this Blog out of pure frustration to the slanted, biased rhetoric that seems to consume us more & more in our topsy turvy world today. It is often too difficult to wade through the heavy tides of lies. …And of course, it helps that my wife is probably getting tired of hearing me complain about this and that! :) …So, serving a duel purpose, in an effort to allow me to vent and to try and help provide as much common sense to the discussion, attempting to evoke that old spirit of sitting around a table (albeit in this case, a web-table), having a decent & civil conversation while discussing politics, I present to you my Blog!
Change We Can Believe In
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." - Barack Obama
Robert Kennedy
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" - Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tatanka Yotanka
"They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse." - Chief Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka)
Hinmuuttu-yalatlat
"I hope that no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people... The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it... Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow." - Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu-yalatlat)
Barack Obama
"Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change." — Barack Obama
It has been said that if you truly want to understand somebody, walk in their shoes… So, what if some facts about the candidates were switched around? …Would the country's collective point of view be different? …Could racism be the culprit?...
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