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By Khaidji - Nov 11th, 2009 at 7:17 pm EST

Let us salute all those veterans throughout the world. Let us pay close attention to bettering the life of all of them remembering what they did to make us who we are today. But as we remember them let us not forget the surviving veteran from World War I, Mr. Frank Woodruff Buckles. I salute his longevity and recognize the problem that we have just to go across the street to buy some bread yet he has survived a century and more.

Survivor

Served from Aug 14, 1917 in World War 1

US Army received him with others but all others are gone

Remember all who fought and remember him too

Value Frank Woodruff Buckles who served for me and you

Incredible that this 108 years old is the only to survive

Valor has any man who after a century on this earth is still alive

Our Wars and weather, riots and crime

Remember friends all our veterans and Frank Buckles at this time

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Now That I've Heard President Obama's Speech to Schoolchildren...

By Steve Sulkin - Sep 9th, 2009 at 3:26 am EDT

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Now that I've heard President Obama's speech to schoolchildren,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iqsxCWjCvI

I'm even more disappointed in the furor that caused school districts (including my own) to not air it live. Why? Because it was more inspiring than I thought it would be. Interestingly enough, it was a speech any conservative, any Republican president, would have been proud to give. It was about personal responsibility. It gave compelling reasons why school is relevant. And it was clearly effective. How much more could one ask from a speech?

In my quest to continue to understand why my school district did not air this speech on September 8th, I've researched precedent and spoke to those in my school district who were willing to speak about this, a total of one person. All of the letters I wrote, the inquiries I made, only one person from the school called me and it wasn't even the individual who wrote the letter to the parents announcing the banning of the speech.

Because I don't want to publicly express who that person was who did call me, because I did not indicate to them that I would be publicizing their comments, I will use that shadowy press term I've always wanted to use: It was "a very highly placed source." Oooooohhhhhhh.

My source indicated that they could not yet give an official response to my letter I sent to the superintendent, because apparently, there is going to be some official more general reiteration of the district's stance down the road. This confused me a bit in that I thought they already had a stance iterated.

My source did want to assure me that "the District's decision to not air the President's speech live was not politically motivated", though their own letter explaining why they would not air the speech said, "the airing of this speech has already become a very politically charged topic in the press and a significant concern for many of our parents."

I explained that I never made a claim that the board itself was casting a political statement by not airing the speech, but instead, bowing to pressure from constituents who had a political or personal agenda against the President of the United States. Furthermore, I explained, as I explained in my letter, that there were a whole host of other reasons this was poor judgement to not air the speech. Not the least of which is that it would be good for children to hear and not airing it broke with precedent as many other presidents made similar speeches in the past to much less resistance.

While there was some typical partisan dissent in the past, it never elevated itself to the wackyness of the current fervor (child indoctrination claims, brainwashing) nor the wholesale deletion of the event from school agendas. Though to that point, I challenge my board: I cannot definitively find record of my school district airing the Reagan and the George H.W. speeches, but I find no record they didn't either. I would be interested in a public statement from the board indicating what did happen on October 1, 1991 when George H.W. Bush gave the speech and in the 1980's when Ronald Reagan gave his speech. It might prove enlightening, it could even make their case that this is precedent for this school district to not air such speeches (precedent I would still disagree with).

My source also interestingly said that the superintendent had final power re this decision and that the board supported it. Really? The superintendent has final say? Now, I'm no expert here, but I thought in most municipalities that the board is elected and the board had hiring and firing power over the superintendent. Doesn't that give the board final say? How could the person being hired have final say over the person hiring them?

So I looked up some past cases. Here's an excerpt from a legal case in Harrisburg, PA concerning a curricula decision regarding "intelligent design."

HARRISBURG, Pa. - The school board, not teachers, should decide what belongs in the public-school curriculum, said the assistant superintendent of a school district being sued over whether "intelligent design" belongs in science classes.

The Dover Area School Board decided in October 2004 to require students to hear a statement about intelligent design before ninth-grade biology lessons on evolution. Teachers were opposed to the statement, which says Charles Darwin's theory is "not a fact" and has inexplicable "gaps," and which refers students to the textbook "Of Pandas and People" for more information.

The board has final say on such curriculum decisions, Michael Baksa, the assistant superintendent, testified Thursday during the landmark federal trial. "Once the board makes a decision, whether you agree with the decision or not, it's your responsibility to implement it," he said.

Well, that's interesting. If Illinois law re school boards is like Pennsylvania law, then the board should have made the decision about whether to air this speech, not the superintendent.

My source also indicated that the "grade level" of this speech (apparently graded by Microsoft according to my source, who I wasn't aware was in the grading of speeches business) was at "7th grade" and therefore inappropriate (or not understandable) for other grades (below I assume). I tried to wrap my head around this and carry it to it's logical conclusion. One would have to either have the sitting president create 12 different speeches to accommodate each of the grades and in addition, due to curricula concerns my source had, also coordinate with the board (or the superintendent) to correlate the speech to existing curricula mapping of our school district or not give the speech.

Clearly, when one tries to carry this to it's logical conclusion, it simply isn't logical. This speech cannot be measured as though it's part of standard curricula. It's not meant to be and it cannot be judged in that way. It's an historic event. It's an inspirational speech given by our President to help our children and our society. It's simply much ado about nothing to be against airing it live or otherwise. To somehow say that down the road the board (or the superintendent?) will review the speech and then they might air pieces of it "not live"is simply missing the point, besides smacking of censorship. Airing the speech preferentially later would be like airing the moon landing only after review. Yes, I hear the criticism already, "this is not the moon landing." But the speech was historic (first black president, remember?). It's also helpful for our educational system. The point, quite simply, is that it should not have been "banned" because t was meant to inspire kids and who could argue with that?

And there was another issue the source had with my argument. They said the speech wasn't "banned" but they didn't offer an alternative adjective. Then what was it? Temporarily banned? Forbidden but not really? Ban means to forbid something. If you later then allow it, you lift the ban. This is simply semantics to say it wasn't banned. It was clearly forbidden to be aired live. So the live broadcast was banned. Simple as that. This argument over minutia is one of the issues, as it's trying to create rationale through loophole. When things are wrong, we tend to use fine print to make them seem right and that is wrong.

So what did I do with my six-year old that evening of the speech? We watched the speech in bed as his bedtime story. Contrary to concerns about this being above my son's ability to comprehend, he understood quite a bit of the speech thank you. My son, to be fair, wandered at points, he asked questions, he did all of the things we all do when listening to speeches (or reading long blogs). But he got a lot out of it. Though not as much as he would have, had he been with the entire school sitting together in an auditorium. There's a reason we have movie theaters. There's simply something more important about an event when it's shared.

I would hope that the world sees that sharing, tolerance and togetherness, is what we need more of, and divisiveness, hatred and prejudice, is what we need less of.

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The Voices At Arlington Cemetery

By Khaidji - May 25th, 2009 at 7:18 pm EDT

The millions of people who had died for the freedom of America like in Arlington National Cemetery and many lie in unmarked graves. Though the cemetery is often peaceful and quiet, there is one day in particular that there are crowds of people queuing up to get in. Now, on this Memorial Day with the testing of missiles by the North Koreans, there are some Americans eager to go to war again. Thankfully we have a leader like President Barack Obama who believes in diplomacy first.

The Voices At Arlington Cemetery

Today I shed quiet tears

Had a sadness like previous years

Emotions still overwhelm me

Veterans pass by but its like they can’t see

Old friends congregate and one of them says

I lost my friends in enemy bays

Couldn’t find them when we converged

Enemy fire destroyed our vessel as it emerged

Sometimes the stories are dismal and confuse

All the details twisted, the veterans are bemuse

They try to remember but it’s all blank

All they talk about is the approaching enemy tank

Rocket fire was rampant and whistled by

Lieutenant as brave as he was, he wanted to cry

I saw puffs of smoke that swallowed my friends

None survived the blast and now fate sends

Good men to unmarked graves and no one knows

The identity of the men who lay in Arlington’s rows

On Memorial Day many come to honor their lives

No one even knows their children , their wives

Can’t speak with familiarity by the graveside

Eyes are teary though they don’t know who had died

Makes me teary too cause I clearly see

Every friend who returns here religiously

They march slowly and sometimes whistle the Taps

Empathetically they often remove their caps

Remy, gravitates to my strange grave with our kid, not alone

Youth tore me up, he placed items on my unmarked headstone

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Obama's Hamburger Hamlet - Much Ado About Mustard

By Mark Wiznitzer - May 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm EDT

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To be, or not to be medium well, that is the question!

In the most high and palmy District of Washington.
A little ere 100 days the mightiest Republicans fell,
Were storefronts now tenantless, and swine flue fright doth rule,
Did gibber of Ray's Steaks and Hell Burgers in Arlington streets.

Where Geithner and Bernanke proclaimed that
Both a borrower and a lender be;
For loan oft gains both votes and friends,
And borrowing stimulates weary economy.

Find out the cause of this effect,
Because the Commander in Chief hungereth.
Or rather say, the cause of this detect,
For this effect defective comes by cause,
So with his VP escapeth his White Castle.

Not a computer mouse stirring.
And then it started like a guilty thing
Upon a fearful summons.
But, look, the noon, in hungered mantle clad,
Obama rides o'er the slew of yon high shills.
The memory be green of Arugula farmers,
With Biden that less than kin, yet more than kind.
That it should come to this!

"Season your admiration with a spicy mustard."
The President's baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth their ratings tables.

Words, words, words.
Give thy thoughts no tongue, except on talk radio.
Why, Rush, a robustious periwig-pated fellow,
Very like a whale,
Would hang on him,
As if increase of appetite had grown
By what it fed on.

Sean cried "Thrift, thrift, Horatio Alger!
All is not well; I suspect some French socialist Dijon foul play.
Something is rotten in the state of Virginia."

Alas, poor Yokels! We knew them, Ho-radio.
Tis as easy as lying.
What! Frighted with false ire?
The loonies doth protest too much, methinks.
They have a plentiful lack of wits.
More matter, with less condiments.
There is nothing either good nor bad, but thinking makes it so tasty.

"This above all: to thine own self be true,
Medium-well it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Brevity is the soul of wit:
"No ketchup" commandeth the Prince.

Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
For I am more a modern Lincoln than an FDR.
He was a man, take him for all in all,
We shall not look upon his like again.

A king of shreds and patches worthy of GQ.
Not just a rhapsody of words.
For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
Report me and my cause aright
To the unemployed.
Come, my limo!
Good-night sides;
Good night, sweet relish;
Good night.

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Duval County for Change Meeting

By Becky Hussein Obama - Mar 5th, 2009 at 10:39 am EST

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Please join Duval County For Change at our next meeting to be held on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at the Southeast Library, 10599 Deerwood Park Blvd., from 1pm to 3pm. We will discuss the possibility of hosting a Procession for the Future, the Backbone Campaign's touring parade, designed to organize, inspire, educate, and train more effective progressive activists. In addition, we'll encourage everyone to visit http://www.bidthelandfill.org/ and sign the petition, write letters, and phone the city council in support of putting the landfill contract up for bid. Other issues where letter writing may have an impact will be discussed, and we'll exchange ideas about a website, and future guest speakers.

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

By WEBMASTER - Dec 13th, 2008 at 2:26 am EST

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The Pickens Plan: For those who would like to become an active participant in a solution for our nations energy needs I urge you to join with T.Boone Pickens in his quest for a cleaner planet through alternative energy.

Also see Green Wave Energy: Green Wave was founded by Mark Holmes and was formulated for viable alternative energy solutions. Green Wave Energy is promoting state-of-the-art energy-saving products and services throughout the country.

Green Wave Energy understands alternative energy technology will become “main stream” when

individuals and organizations understand that alternative energy technology exists and
when people see the economic benefits of using alternative energy technologies

Call 949.645.1701 for information on how Green Wave Energy can help you save the planet.

Alternative Energy
Source: David Apperson

url: http://veterans.barackobama.com/page/community/tag/alternative-energy

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OBAMA FOR WASHINGTON

By WEBMASTER - Nov 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm EST

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Aberdeen * Alder * Allyn * Amanda Park * American River * Anacortes * Anatone * Arlington * Ashford * Auburn * Bangor * Baring * Battle Ground * Belfair * Bellevue * Bellingham * Benton City * Beverly * Bingen * Birch Bay * Blaine * Bonney Lake * Bothell * Bow * Bremerton * Bridgeport * Brinnon * Brownsville * Burley * Burlington * Camas * Carson * Cashmere * Castle Rock * Cathlamet * Central Park * Centralia * Chehalis * Chelan * Chewelah * Chico * Chinook * Clarkston * Cle Elum * Clinton * Coles Corner * Colfax * College Place * Colville * Concrete * Conconully * Cosmopolis * Cougar * Coulee City * Coulee Dam * Coupeville * Crystal Mountain * Darrington * Davenport * Dayton * Deer Park * Deming * Des Moines * Diablo * Discovery Bay * Dishman * Eatonville * Easton * Edmonds * Elbe * Eldon * Ellensburg * Elma * Enumclaw * Ephrata * Evans * Everett * Ferndale * Forks * Fortson * Fox Island * Freeland * Garfield * George * Gig Harbor * Glacier * Glenoma * Glenwood * Gold Bar * Goldendale * Gorst * Graham * Grand Coulee * Granger * Granite Falls * Grandview * Grapeview * Greenbank * Greenwater * Hansville * Hazel * Holly * Hoodsport * Hoquiam * Humptulips * Husum * Ilwaco * Index * Indianola * Ione * Issaquah * Kalaloch * Kalama * Kelso * Kennewick * Kent * Kettle Falls * Key Center * Keyport * Kingston * Kirkland * Kittitas * Klickitat * La Conner * La Push * Lake Stevens * Langley * Leavenworth * Liberty Lake * Lilliwaup * Little Boston * Long Beach * Longview * Lummi Island * Lynden * Lynnwood * Manchester * Manson * Marblemount * Marysville * Mattawa * McCleary * Mill Creek * Moxee City * Mazama * Metaline Falls * Methow * Mineral * Moclips * Monroe * Montesano * Morton * Moses Lake * Mossyrock * Mount Baker * Mount Vernon * Naches

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OBAMA FOR OREGON

By WEBMASTER - Nov 30th, 2008 at 4:00 pm EST

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Adams * Adel * Adrian * Agness * Albany * Allegany * Alsea * Alvadore * Amity * Antelope * Arch Cape * Arlington * Arock * Ashland * Ashwood * Astoria * Athena * Aumsville * Aurora * Azalea * Baker City * Bandon * Banks * Bates * Bay City * Beatty * Beaver * Beavercreek * Beaverton * Bend * Blachly * Blodgett * Blue River * Bly * Boardman * Bonanza * Boring * Bridal Veil * Bridgeport * Brightwood * Broadbent * Brogan * Brookings * Brothers * Brownsville * Burns * Butte Falls * Buxton * Camas Valley * Camp Sherman * Canby * Cannon Beach * Canyon City * Canyonville * Carlton * Cascade Locks * Cascadia * Cave Junction * Cayuse * Central Point * Chemult * Cheshire * Chiloquin * Christmas Valley * Clackamas * Clatskanie * Cloverdale * Colton * Columbia City * Condon * Coos Bay * Coquille * Corbett * Cornelius * Corvallis * Cottage Grove * Cove * Crabtree * Crane * Crater Lake * Crawfordsville * Crescent * Crescent Lake * Creswell * Culp Creek * Culver * Curtin * Dairy * Dallas * Days Creek * Dayton * Dayville * Deadwood * Deer Island * Depoe Bay * Detroit * Dexter * Diamond * Dillard * Donald * Dorena * Drain * Drewsey * Dufur * Dundee * Durkee * Eagle Creek * Eagle Point * Echo * Eddyville * Elgin * Elkton * Elmira * Enterprise * Estacada * Eugene * Fairview * Fall Creek * Falls City * Fields * Florence * Forest Grove * Fort Klamath * Fort Rock * Fossil * Foster * Fox * Frenchglen * Gales Creek * Gardiner * Garibaldi * Gaston * Gates * Gervais * Gilchrist * Gladstone * Glendale * Gleneden Beach * Glide * Gold Beach * Gold Hill * Government Camp * Grand Ronde * Grants Pass * Grass Valley * Gresham * Haines * Halfway * Halsey * Hammond * Harper * Harrisburg * Hebo * Helix * Heppner * Hereford * Hermiston * Hillsboro * Hines * Hood River * Hubbard

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OBAMA FOR SOUTH DAKOTA

By WEBMASTER - Nov 28th, 2008 at 5:37 pm EST

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Aberdeen * Alcester * Alexandria * Arlington * Armour * Ashton * Avon * Baltic * Belle Fourche * Beresford * Big Stone City * Blunt * Bonesteel * Bowdle * Box Elder * Brandon * Bridgewater * Bristol * Britton * Brookings * Bruce * Bryant * Burke * Canistota * Canton * Carthage * Castlewood * Centerville * Central City * Chamberlain * Clark * Clear Lake * Colman * Colome * Colton * Columbia * Conde * Corsica * Crooks * Custer * Deadwood * Dell Rapids * Delmont * De Smet * Doland * Dupree * Eagle Butte * Edgemont * Egan * Elk Point * Elkton * Emery * Estelline * Eureka * Faith * Faulkton * Flandreau * Fort Pierre * Frankfort * Freeman * Garretson * Gary * Geddes * Gettysburg * Gregory * Groton * Harrisburg * Hartford * Hecla * Herreid * Highmore * Hill City * Hitchcock * Hosmer * Hot Springs * Howard * Hurley * Huron * Ipswich * Irene * Iroquois * Jefferson * Kadoka * Kimball * Kosmos * Lake Andes * Lake Norden * Lake Preston * Lead * Lemmon * Lennox * Leola * McIntosh * McLaughlin * Madison * Marion * Martin * Mellette * Menno * Milbank * Miller * Mission * Mitchell * Mobridge * Montrose * Mount Vernon * Murdo * Newell * New Underwood * North Sioux City * Oldham * Onida * Parker * Parkston * Philip * Pierre * Plankinton * Platte * Presho * Rapid City * Redfield * Roscoe * Salem * Scotland * Selby * Sioux Falls * Sisseton * Spearfish * Spencer * Springfield * Sturgis * Tea * Timber Lake * Tripp * Tyndall * Valley Springs * Veblen * Vermillion * Viborg * Volga * Wagner * Watertown * Waubay * Webster * Wessington * Wessington Springs * White * White Lake * White River * Whitewood * Willow Lake * Wilmot

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OBAMA FOR KENTUCKY [ 1 ]

By WEBMASTER - Nov 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm EST

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Aberdeen * Adairville * Adolphus * Ages Brookside * Albany * Alexandria * Allegre * Allen * Allensville * Almo * Alpha * Alvaton * Anchorage * Annville * Argillite * Arjay * Arlington * Artemus * Ary * Ashcamp * Asher * Ashland * Athol * Auburn * Audobon Park * Augusta * Aurora * Austin * Auxier * Avawam * Bagdad * Bakerton * Bandana * Banner * Barbourville * Bardstown * Bardwell * Barlow * Baskett * Battletown * Baxter * Bays * Bear Branch * Beattyville * Beaumont * Beauty * Beaver * Beaver Dam * Bedford * Bee Spring * Beech Creek * Beech Grove * Beechmont * Belcher * Belfry * Bellefonte * Bellevue * Belton * Benham * Benton * Berea * Berry * Bethany * Bethelridge * Bethlehem * Betsy Layne * Beverly * Bevinsville * Big Clifty * Big Creek * Big Laurel * Big Sandy * Big Spring * Bighill * Bimble * Blackey * Blackford * Blaine * Bledsoe * Bloomfield * Blue River * Boaz * Bonnieville * Bonnyman * Booneville * Boons Camp * Boston * Bowen * Bowling Green * Bradfordsville * Brandenburg * Breeding * Bremen * Brodhead * Bromley * Bronston * Brooklyn * Brooks * Brooksville * Browder * Brownsville * Bruin * Bryants Store * Bryantsville * Buckhorn * Buckner * Buechel * Buffalo * Bulan * Burdine * Burgin * Burkesville * Burlington * Burna * Burnside * Bush * Busy * Butler * Bypro * Cadiz * Calhoun * California * Calvert City * Calvin * Camp Dix * Camp Springs * Campbellsburg * Campbellsville * Campton * Canada * Cane Valley * Caneyville * Canmer * Cannel City * Cannon * Carlisle * Carrie * Carrollton * Carter * Catlettsburg * Cave City * Cave Run Lake * Cawood * Cecilia * Center * Centertown * Central City * Cerulean * Chaplin * Chappell * Chavies * Cisco * Clarkson * Clay * Clay City * Clayhole * Clearfield * Cleaton * Clermont * Clifty * Clinton * Closplint * Cloverport

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OBAMA FOR TENNESSEE

By WEBMASTER - Nov 22nd, 2008 at 7:11 pm EST

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Adams * Adamsville * Alexandria * Algood * Arlington * Ashland * Athens * Baneberry * Bartlett * Baxter * Bean Station * Bell Buckle * Bolivar * Brentwood * Brighton * Bristol * Brownsville * Charlston * Chattanooga * City of Crossville * City of Parsons * Clarksville * Cleveland * Clifton * Clinton * Collegedale * Collierville * Collinwood * Columbia * Cookeville * Coopertown * Covington * Cowan * Crossville * Dayton * Decaturville * Decherd * Dickson * Dover * Dresden * Dunlap * Dyer * Dyersburg * Eagleville * East Ridge * Elizabethton * Erin * Etowah * Fairview * Farragut * Farragut City * Fayetteville * Flag Pond * Franklin * Gallatin * Gatlinburg * Germantown * Gleason * Goodlettsville * Grand Junction * Greeneville * Greenfield * Harriman * Harrogate * Hartsville * Henderson * Hendersonville * Humboldt * Huntingdon * Huntland * Jackson * Jamestown * Jasper * Jefferson City * Jellico * Johnson City * Kimball * Kingston * Kingston Springs * Knoxville * Lafayette * LaGrange * Lake City * Lakeland * Lavergne * Lawrenceburg * Lebanon * Lenoir City * Lewisburg * Lexington * Livingston * Lookout Mountain * Loretto * Lynchburg * Lynnville * Manchester * Martin * Maryville * McEwen * McKenzie * McMinnville * Medon * Memphis * Milan * Millersville * Millington * Monteagle * Monterey * Morristown * Mount Carmel * Mt Juliet * Mt Pleasant * Munford * Murfreesboro * Nashville * New Johnsonville * Newport * Nolensville * Oak Hill * Oak Ridge * Oakland * Old Hickory * Oliver Springs * Paris * Pegram * Pigeon Forge * Pleasant View * Portland * Pulaski * Red Bank * Red Boiling Springs * Roan Mountain * Rockwood * Savannah * Scotts Hill * Selmer * Sevierville * Seymour * Shelbyville * Signal Mountain * Smithville * Smyrna * Soddy Daisy * Somerville * South Fulton * South Pittsburg * Sparta * Spring Hill

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OBAMA FOR GEORGIA

By WEBMASTER - Nov 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 am EST

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Abba * Abbeville * Acworth * Adairsville * Adel * Adrian * Ailey * Alamo * Alapaha * Albany * Allenhurst * Alma * Alpharetta * Alston * Amboy * Ambrose * Americus * Appling * Arlington * Ashburn * Athens * Atkinson * Atlanta * Attapulgus * Auburn * Augusta * Austell * Avondale Estates * Axson * Baconton * Baden * Bainbridge * Baldwin * Bannockburn * Barnesville * Barney * Barretts * Barwick * Baxley * Bemiss * Berkeley Lake * Berlin * Blackshear * Blairsville * Blakely * Bloomingdale * Blue Ridge * Bogart * Boston * Bowdon * Bowens Mill * Bowman * Braselton * Bremen * Brinson * Bristol * Bronwood * Brookfield * Brooklet * Brooks * Broxton * Brunswick * Buchanan * Buena Vista * Buford * Bushnell * Byromville * Byron * Cairo * Camilla * Canton * Carnesville * Carrollton * Cartersville * Cave Spring * Cecil * Cedartown * Centerville * Chamblee * Chatsworth * Chauncey * Chester * Chickamauga * Chula * City of Calhoun * City of Summerville * Clarkesville * Clarkston * Claxton * Clayton * Cleveland * Clyatteville * Clyo * Cobbtown * Cochran * Cogdell * Cohutta * Colesburg * College Park * Collins * Colquitt * Columbus * Commerce * Conyers * Coolidge * Cordele * Cornelia * Council * Country Club Estate * Coverdale * Covington * Cox * Crawfordville * Crescent * Culloden * Cumming * Cusseta * Cuthbert * Dacula * Dahlonega * Daisy * Dakota * Dallas * Dalton * Damascus * Danielsville * Darien * Dasher * Dawson * Dawsonville * Decatur * Denmark * Dillard * Dixie * Dock Junction * Doerun * Donalsonville * Doraville * Douglas * Douglasville * Dover Bluff * DuPont * Dublin * Dudley * Duluth * East Dublin * East Point * Eastman * Eatonton * Ebenezer * Edison * Edith * Egypt * Elberton * Eldorado * Ellabelle * Ellaville * Ellenton * Ellijay * Enigma * Euharlee

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GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF

By WEBMASTER - Nov 20th, 2008 at 5:32 pm EST

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Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss is a few points from Democrat Jim Martin for U.S. Senate in current polling in the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff race. Senate Runoff in 35 Language Translations. Runoff election to be held Tuesday, 2 DEC 2008.

Any help you can give polling voters is greatly appreciated. Democrats want to win this race!

The more Democratic Senators in office the easier it will be for President Elect Obama's economic policies to be implemented without a chance of a partisan filibuster.

REGISTERED GEORGIA VOTERS ARE REQUESTED TO VOTE DEMOCRAT

To register, contact Geneve [ gbergeron@martinvictory.com ] or call 815.252.9684

Ted, Vote Builder Administrator [ techsupport@georgiademocrat.org ] or call 678.278.2103

Georgia Voting Locations [ PDF ]

Want to vote - call 404.748.2754. A Jim Martin for U.S. Senate volunteer will be happy to hand-deliver an absentee ballot application to you home or office.

Obamagelicals are requested to distribute this message to friends within the Obama groups and to other individuals you feel comfortable asking to help on your mailing list.

Thanks - David Apperson

GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFF SEARCH QUERIES
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Arlington / Lexington Regional Democratic Office

By JJ Krawczyk - Sep 28th, 2008 at 10:53 am EDT

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Hello everyone,

I am still hearing that a lot of people out there do not know about the existence of our office, so here is the information.

The Regional Democratic Office, located at 148 Massachusetts Ave in East Arlington, was funded and opened by the Arlington and Lexington Democratic Town Committees. Our mission is to support the Democratic candidates up and down the ticket. The focus is on the presidential race, so we have a lot of activity going on for the Obama campaign.

We are making voter ID calls into New Hampshire almost daily. Our usual schedule is Monday through Thursday evenings, 6:30 - 8:30 PM (skipping nights this week and next due to the Jewish holidays), Saturdays 2:30 - 5:00 PM, and Sundays noon - 5:00 PM.

Canvass trips to do door-to-door voter ID in New Hampshire originate from the office and Lexington High School every Saturday and Sunday. Saturday trips leave at 9:00AM, Sunday 10:30AM.

To sign up for any activity, you can call the office at 781-316-2889 daily from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (and later on phone bank nights). You can also send email to ArlingtonMAForObama =at= gmail =dot= com OR LexingtonForObama =at= gmail =dot= com.

Finally, our office is a distribution hub for campaign material orders from the state party. Order forms and checks are due each Tuesday at noon and the materials are promised by late afternoon the Friday of the same week (they arrived at 6:30PM last week, somewhat due to the poor weather). For more details and to get an order form and pricing, email LexingtonForObama =at= gmail =dot= com.

JJ Krawczyk

Vice-Chair for Campaigns, Lexington Democratic Town Committee

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Turning Virginia Blue

By asdaf - Sep 24th, 2008 at 11:49 am EDT

Late last evening a friend sent me the raw data from the latest Washington Post/ABC presidential poll, showing that Senators Obama and Biden are widening their lead in the presidential campaign. I woke up this morning with hope for the first time since the financial system started its seemingly-unending convulsions. I truly believe Senator Obama is the person to see us through this ongoing crisis.

And I'm happy to say that here in Virginia, I'm not alone.

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Phone Bank Day 1

By Vance - Sep 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm EDT

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I decided to really start to volunteer and get off of the bench. The election is just around the corner and the Republicans are having their convention this week. I made calls for the Arlington Office of the Obama Campaign for a couple of hours. Everyone there was both friendly and professional. I may canvas this weekend as well.

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Amazing Grand Opening at the new Arlington for Obama HQ

By Jeremy Caverly - Aug 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 pm EDT

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Check out the great pictures of all the fun at the Obama office opening in Arlington this Saturday!

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From lions to off-shore drilling: Obama supporters discuss global sustainability in Arlington, Va.

By Zach Everson - Jul 16th, 2008 at 1:51 am EDT

While I've donated money to Sen. Obama's campaign before, tonight I attended my first fundraiser, sponsored by the Global Sustainability Network for Obama. The event, at Busboys and Poets in Arlington, Va., featured four speakers talking about different aspects of sustainability, ranging from reducing the United States' dependance on oil to pending legislation that affects African wildlife.

The highlight, however, was the gregarious Rep. Jim Moran. He didn't mention it during his remarks, instead focusing on Obama's strengths (and the problems with the current administration), but he is running for re-election too and is worth supporting.

For more information about the Global Sustainability Network for Obama, check out <a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/GlobalSustainabilityNetworkforObama">its webpage</a>.

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Hillary Didn't Win Texas- But Can She Steal It?

By Leo - Mar 9th, 2008 at 6:06 am EDT

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I just saw a disturbing news story regarding 3 precincts in Arlington, Texas, (precincts 2461, 2027, 2235) that will have it's delegate votes disqualified because it's voters did not have the proper paperwork. Read More »

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The Future

By Greg L - Jan 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pm EST

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Yesterday, we witnessed democracy in action.

Yesterday's results should be a clarion call to redouble our efforts. To find more people to change America. To rally the soul stirring deep within.

As democracy spreads to Nevada and South Carolina, our turn will come in Virginia on Feb. 12 and after tonight, that night may prove to be even more important.

Our prep work. Our calls. Our e-mails. Our sweat.

From Reston to Arlington; from Sterling to Woodbridge, we say "Yes we can."

Throughout this historic year since the campaign began, we have described, defended and depicted the ideas of a nation, the ideas of a party, the ideas of a man.

We have raised our voices in singing a song about a movement committed to lifting citizens to new levels, to lifting spirits to new clouds and to lifting the American dream to a higher note.

And we act, not from scheme, but from commitment, not for recreation, but for re-creation.

We do this because we are composers, in the midst of creating a song about America in the 21st century.

We do this because our music is ringing clear; our lyrics have created optimism and hope.

John Mayer sings of "waiting on the world to change."

We're not waiting. We're doing.

On this night, in the streets and in our cities, we must boast louder than ever, more energized than ever, more empowered than ever.

Why? Because we're on to something good.

Because we have a man who is ready to fill that role of writing the next great stanzas in the American song. This is a man who has the experience necessary to mobilize the American choirs.

Elections are always about choices, and in this historic year, the choice is great now and it will be even greater in November.

Barack Obama has embraced, extolled and energized millions of Americans to do the great tasks this country was founded on.

So we must let democracy ring from coast to coast and border to border in this great land of ours. What kind of America do we want as our voices become more diverse?

Well, that is up to all of us, from families to farmers, from entrepreneurs to educators, from soldiers to scientists.

If this living mosaic wants a real leader, let us raise our voices and shout support for Barack Obama, the face of America's new fortune and future.

Yes we can.

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