The law as a roadblock to solving hunger in America

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Monday February 16, 2009 · 9:39 AM PST

2009/02/16 · 09:39

One piece of the puzzle to solving hunger is to have community gardens. A lot of us have gardens or balcony veggie pots.

My family used to have a quarter-acre garden. We threw out bushels of tomatoes and sometimes apples when we had excess. I harvested 150 potato plants mainly by myself. I enjoyed digging down and guessing how many potatoes were under each plant top. Gardeners know the potential.

I know of only 1 community garden in my rural area and its not close. There are tens of thousands of acres of farmland within 10 miles of me.

What's stopping us from having more community gardens ? Liability is the big one.

Spruce

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Tuesday January 06, 2009 · 7:57 AM PST

2009/01/06 · 07:57

Let me push forward the following as an amendment to the Constitution:

No member of Congress shall hold a position with the Legislative Branch after reaching the age of 75. This amendment will take effect one month after being ratified by three-quarters of the states.

I've long been dissatisfied with stagnation in Congress. This story in USA Today pushed me to write this proposal. I simply don't want rickety old farts in charge of my future. I believe that the most concentrated group incompetent or petulant members of Congress are found at this age. Yes, there are exceptions to this. But I like the new blood concept a whole lot.

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70 votes Show Results

Boot out the Senators and Representatives at age 75 ?

70 votes Vote Now!

Boot out the Senators and Representatives at age 75 ?

Excellent idea

24 votes

Good idea. Let me think about it.

6 votes

Good idea, but I want to revise the wording

4 votes

Hmmmm

8 votes

Against the idea

28 votes

Tips jars vs. Recommending

Spruce

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Saturday November 08, 2008 · 8:59 PM PST

2008/11/08 · 20:59

I thought I would share my feelings on the Rec List and Tip Jars.

I'm going to save my Recs for stories which need attention. These might be the most important policy issues of the day, such as environmental destruction, Middle East peace or energy policy.

Or, I would save my recs for stories which are Action Alerts. These might be that Joe Lieberman is going to give a speech and someone should be there to protest, or record some video, or whatever.

Spruce

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Tuesday November 04, 2008 · 10:20 PM PST

2008/11/04 · 22:20

CBS has 100 % of the precincts reporting in North Carolina.
and President-elect Obama has a small lead.CBS

Spruce

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 6:07 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 06:07

My mom made the following observation yesterday.

In speeches, Obama talks about policy. He talks about voters that he knows. He keeps going with his speech.

McCain is different. He stops a lot. He makes a zinger and waits for the applause. [allow me to repeat] ------>> McCain is WAITING for the applause.

I didn't see Saturday Night Live last night. I wonder if it was the same style.

Spruce

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 9:16 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 21:16

Announced this evening

After voters spent about an hour and a half in line to cast a ballot this week, the Madison city clerk's office has extended its hours for early voting because of the demand.

The city clerk's office will be open for early voting from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

On Monday, the clerk's office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Spruce

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 6:00 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 18:00

Some friends of Barack Obama that you have not seen up close. Two things to start off from Japan. A slideshow and a music video.

Spruce

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 2:05 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 14:05

YouTube and its competitors, plus the many video camerapeople around the world, have made politics a spectator sport for everyday of the week around the clock. Obama's ground game and the Orange to Blue campaign are changing politics to a participation sport.

Herein I've included links to some of my favorite media events of the year and my favorite diary in Dkos. All ages are in the videos. All ages are in the campaigns around the country. Maybe some of these are your favorites too.

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17 votes Show Results

Having seen all of these links, you were most inspired by

17 votes Vote Now!

Having seen all of these links, you were most inspired by

Dwanye Elizondo Mountain Dew Comacho's State of the Union speech in 2505

2 votes

Barack Obama's speech on racism in March

5 votes

Barack Obama's clinching the nomination speech in June

2 votes

Hillary Clinton speech at the Democratic Convention in Denver

1 vote

the Israelis for Obama video

0 votes

Canvassing in Dallas, Texas: the story of dagan68, Kai and Kai's friends

4 votes

other speech or diary

1 vote

I have not seen all of these, yet.

2 votes

Wisconsin poll: 80 % think country is heading in the wrong direction

Spruce

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 7:40 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 19:40

Yes, that's right. A poll by Channel 3 of Madison, Wisconsin (WISC-TV) says that 80 % of respondents think country is heading in the wrong direction.

You want a link ? You got it.

Margin of error ? plus or minus 4 %. No internal data is linked to in the WISC-TV webpage.

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66 votes Show Results

My friends and neighbors are just as concerned about the direction of the country as Wisconsin people are.

66 votes Vote Now!

My friends and neighbors are just as concerned about the direction of the country as Wisconsin people are.

Yes indeed. The smell of burnt bacon is everywhere.

42 votes

Probably.

11 votes

Maybe not. Low-information people

9 votes

No. Too rich too care or incredibly isolated from reality.

4 votes

GOP bad absentee ballots, more in Wisc

Spruce

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 5:39 PM PDT

2008/09/16 · 17:39

Wisconsin voters and GOP absentee ballots mailing: DKos diary

Well, the GOP is still at it. I just received a robocall from "Mike" with the GOP blah blah to use that ballot and vote GOP.

Tell your Wisconsin friends to NOT use that ballot, but to lock it up. This ballot is likely to be ruled invalid by election officials.

I already contacted the Madison, WI office of the Obama campaign with the info on the robocall.

I don't know the motivations or goals yet of this GOP mailing.

Spruce

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Tuesday September 09, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/09/09 · 07:41

Today in the headlines:

Bush announces Iraq troop cuts: CNN story

National Guard (in Wisconsin) gets largest callup since WW II : Fond du Lac Reporter

Spruce

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 · 8:20 AM PDT

2008/07/29 · 08:20

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a typical mainstream newsprint, seems to have 2 reporters with a story on their hands: Donations to the Obama campaign are higher or roughly equal to McCains in the Republican areas of counties surrounding Milwaukee.

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