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Arapahoe County: Fired Up, Ready To Go!

This past Thursday evening I attended the Grand Opening of Barack Obama‘s Campaign for Change Campaign Office here in Arapahoe County.  There were well over 200 people in attendance, around 250 I would guess.  The crowd was as diverse a crowd as I’ve ever seen, and there was electricity in the air.  I met most of the staff, officially changed my registration to Democrat, and signed up to volunteer my time.

Saturday I attended a Volunteer Leaders conference which also had several hundred people in attendance.  We spent a little over 5 hours together training and organizing neighborhood teams with our campaign staff Field Organizers.  We will be meeting regularly to conduct voter registration drives, as well as phone banking.  I will probably end up as the Canvassing Coordinator or the Phone Banking Coordinator.  I have experience with both, so we’ll see.

These pictures are from the campaign office opening.  It was a fantastic evening!  Fired Up,  Ready To Go!

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Dick Cheney Was Right!

I don’t actually have any words for this other than my title.  The video says it all.

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Oops, That’s Not Funny

Fantastic work by the people over at Married To The Sea.

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Straight Talk? What A Joke.

Am I the only one stunned by how little coverage the John McCain-lobbyists on the payroll story is getting?  Come on people!  This guy has been blabbing for years about how he will get rid of lobbyists influence in Washington and then has to spend a couple weeks firing a ton of staffers who work for lobbying firms that represent evil dictatorships, oil companies, etc. etc. etc.  The list is extensive and very disturbing.  Charles Black, David Crane, Mike Dennehy.  Oh, how I love Google…and the truth.

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Yes We Can

We have to do this. Have I fabricated this sense of urgency?  I don’t believe I have.  I come from a very patriotic family.  My family has voted Republican endlessly.  I’ve only had the opportunity and privilege to vote in one Presidential election and I squandered it and voted for George W. Bush.  Do I think he’s an evil liar?  No.  I do however believe that he has failed us in healthcare, in the world’s view of us, in sending so many young lives to fight a war that is illegal and unconstitutional.

We must do this.  If you’re not sure, educate yourself.  If you don’t understand, find out.  This is not the time to stand idly by.

If you don’t know what is at stake then please read my previous post Murat Kurnaz – I Am So Sorry for a taste of what we’re in for if McCain wins this thing.

Watch the documentary Sicko.  Feel free to watch any rebuttal you need to to feel comfortable, but watch it.  People living longer than others in this country because they have money is disgusting.  People are dying from treatable diabetes, etc.  It’s unacceptable for a nation that has so many resources.  It has to stop.

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Murat Kurnaz – I Am So Sorry

I am sorry that I voted for this President. I am sorry that I supported this Administration for as long as I did. I am sorry we robbed you of your youth and your joy of life. I am sorry that you weren’t allowed an attorney and that I wasn’t more vocal when I found out this was happening in Guantanamo. I am sorry. I am so very sorry.

I implore all of you to Google Murat Kurnaz.

Murat Kurnaz was picked up by Pakistani police under suspicion of being a terrorist. Turns out the U.S. was paying bounties of $3,000 for suspicious men. He happened to be a different color than the Pakistani people.

He was denied an attorney and held in prison for five years. He was innocent. There were documents in 2002 from several different U.S. agency’s stating that he was innocent. He was released in 2006. Somehow from 2002 when it was decided he was innocent until 2006, we, as the United States of America sat on this and let him rot in prison. I am disgusted. Google him to find out more. 60 Minutes did an excellent piece on this, it is available on their Web site.

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A Little Something For The Political Season

So called reality
Right there on my TV
If that's how life's supposed to be
Well, somebody's lying

The camera's on
And we can tell
To keep your fame
You have to yell

'Cause tensions build
And products sell
And we're all buyin
I hope we're smarter than this

Everybody take a breath
Why are all your faces red
We're missing all the words you said
You don't have to yell

Draw your lines and choose your side
Cause many things are worth the fight
But louder doesn't make you right
You don't have to yell
Oh, you don't have to ye–ll, ye—ll, ye–ll
You don't have to yell

I tuned in to hear the news
I don't want your point of view
If thats the best that you can do
Then somethings missing

And experts on whatever side
You plug your ears, you scream your lines
You claim to have an open mind,
But nobody's listenin'

And don't you think we're smarter than this?

Everybody take a breath
Why are all your faces red
We're missing all the words you've said
You don't have to yell

Draw your lines and choose your side
Cause many things are worth the fight
But louder doesn't make you right
You don't have to yell
Oh, you don't have to ye–ll, ye—ll, ye–ll
You don't have to yell

Everybody take a breath
Why are all your faces red
We're missing all the words you said
You don't have to yell

If everyone would take a step
Back away and count to ten
Clear your mind and start again
We won't have to yell

Draw your lines
And Choose your side
 Cause many things are worth the fight
But louder doesn't make you right
You don't have to yell
Oh, you don't have to ye–ll, ye—ll, ye–ll
You don't have to yell
You don't have to ye–ll, ye—ll, ye–ll
You don't have to yell

"You Don't Have To Yell" by Chris Rice on his upcoming album What A Heart Is Beating For

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