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Washington DC, Sat.Mar 21st - Be There. Details Below.
admin @ February 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Washington DC, Sat.Mar 21st, March on the Pentagon - Be There. Details Below.
Pt. 3-Eyewitness to History: A Volunteer’s Experience With the Obama Campaign
admin @ February 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Pt 3 - General Election 2008
There was no let up in the campaign after the Fellows Program ended. Quite the contrary. Iona, Dawn and Peter were hired as Field Organizers. We quickly began building upon the work we had done in the summer. Field Organizers were divided up into township areas for the general election. Andrew was assigned the Greater Media and Great Middletown teams. Peter was assigned to Chester and soon after the summer the Obama campaign opened an office in Chester. Dawn was assigned to greater Yeadon and Iona to greater Chadds Ford. Julie was assigned to Upper Darby and Jessi to Ardmore. The Ardmore office was the third to open. As the campaign moved on, Josh was hired for the Ridley area, Matt was hired to work with Andrew and Omari was hired to work with Peter in Chester. Offices were opened in Darby, Upper Darby and Ridley later in the campaign.
News/Activism: I Have a Date With the Army
admin @ February 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
I have a date with the military.
March 12, I’ll attend a board hearing in St. Louis, Missouri, to determine what the nature of my discharge from the Individual Ready Reserve will be. The Army has alleged “misconduct” and they’re shooting for a “general discharge,” but I’m pushing for “honorable”, as my refusal to deploy was not an act of misconduct.
I will attend this hearing in uniform as ordered, but only for the purpose of these administrative proceedings. I’m not contesting the fact that I did not report as ordered to deploy to Iraq. However, I intend to paint a clear picture of my convictions to the military, and I seek to corroborate them with first hand accounts of occupation.
No person is bound to act against the dictates of conscience, let alone their understanding of the law. I know the occupation of Iraq and further the Global War on Terror to be an illegitimate and ultimately murderous campaign waged for economic gain, fueled by misinformation and greed. I know it to be in violation of not only international law, but the U.S. Constitution. Far more importantly, it is against the dictates of my own conscience, and never again will I compromise my humanity to support or ignore the crimes of my government.
Ashlee Simpson Saves America
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To me her words will always represent the Obama presidency. We all witnessed the historic day, the millions who gathered in Washington, D.C. and around the world. We saw their faces, laughing, crying, cheering. We heard the speech of the great orator and new president as he set America on
a path to repair and to be great again. Notice that Mr. Obama never ends his speeches with God bless America, but rather, God bless the United States of America. No more red and blue states, just united states, a United States worthy of God’s blessing. A United States that will again be loved by
world, a place not so hasty in making fun of Ashlee’s big sister. OK he didn’t say that last part, but we know that’s what he meant.
Opinion/News: “President Obama: Meet Citizen Bob Who Answered Your Call!”
admin @ January 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Bugliosi’s case against George W. Bush differs from the war-crimes case under discussion by Constitutional scholars in that the war-crimes case centers on torture and illegal wiretapping and Bugliosi’s case deals with traditional murder in which Bush, like any other murder defendant, would stand trial in an American court and if convicted could face the death penalty or life in prison. It is Bugliosi’s belief that no citizen is above the law and that the American criminal court is suitable to try Bush once he’s out of office.
Undoubtedly, if there’s any American prosecutor able to craft a murder case against George Bush, it’s former Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who first gained fame for trying the notorious Charles Manson Tate-LaBianca murder case in 1970 and ‘71. In that case Bugliosi won first degree murder convictions for all defendants, including Manson who wasn’t present at any of the crimes. Bugliosi was so consummate in his prosecution that Manson was charged with first degree murder for crimes he hadn’t physically committed. Bugliosi’s passionate genius, mastery of the law, and fearlessness in the face of Manson family threats, enabled him to prevail in the prosecution, much like his genius and fearlessness would compel him to prevail in this case he has crafted against George Bush.
Pt 2: Eyewitness to History; A Volunteer’s Experience Within the Obama Campaign
admin @ January 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In April 2008, the Obama campaign sent out a notice to volunteers that they were starting an unprecedented summer internship called the Obama Organizing Fellows Program. The purpose of the program was to transition the campaign from its primary campaign victory to the general election campaign. The program was instituted in seventeen battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota, and Colorado.
I will always remember the video that Senator Obama made for the application that said the work would be hard but the experience would be something we would never forget.
EyeWitness to History:An Obama Volunteer’s Report Cont’d
admin @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
So for your enjoyment in the meantime, please peruse some of the photos that John took from the ground level of the Mall. His Ianuguration Day randon photos can be viewed by clicking HERE .
iPhone report: Reflections on the Inauguration
admin @ January 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United
States was an emotionally charged event for me and the people I met
today.
I met people from all over the country since I arrived Sunday night
and they all spoke of our new President as a poltican that will engage
the country and bring us together as a people.
Today was a huge celebration of our democracy.
Eyewitness to History: A Volunteer’s Experience with the Obama Campaign
admin @ January 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Some moments of your life catch you by surprise. You work on Day One and the next thing you know, you are working nonstop and do not stop for seven months. Some of these moments are the culmination of a lifetime of interest. Some come because you feel like you can have an impact on something greater than yourself. A spring inside you has been flowing for most of you life and now it has been tapped. This moment introduces you to experiences and people you would have never experienced if Day One never happened. And as you look back on it, that moment, that one instance when you put one foot in front of the other and marched, was one of the greatest experiences of your life.
mini Relaunch Update-Orginal Inauguration Coverage
admin @ January 12, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Everything is on track for the break-slash-content relaunch and we just wanted to inform you…