Paul Reiser Knocks it Out the Park (Huffington Post)

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Sunday September 14, 2008 · 7:03 AM PDT

2008/09/14 · 07:03

I was always a fan of the classic 90s comedy "Mad About You" with Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. I also loved him--in a bad way--as the evil corporate guy in the second "Alien" film with Sigorney Weaver. So to my surprise and amazement of how Reiser so incredibly made clearer the tactics of McCain/Palin and that of Obama/Biden to a schoolyard. And his call to action is one I think most of us here at the Kos can do.

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From the Huffington Post

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/09/13 · 07:41

"Looks like I"m the only going downtown to do some phone banking," I said to my Obama contact. I would be heading down to Dayton to the headquarters and do some major league phone banking among my city's supporters. Since I live in a suburb of Dayton I don't get downtown as often as I used to so to see who comes in and what's happening would be a treat. The only thing bothering me about it is I'd have to miss my six-year-old's soccer game.

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67 votes Show Results

Any volunteers for Obama?

67 votes Vote Now!

Any volunteers for Obama?

Oh yes! Here we are! Let's hit the streets running!

33 votes

No. I wish we could, but can't for many reasons.

5 votes

No. But I did send money his way.

16 votes

Not sure. Still thinking if I could ever do this type of thing.

3 votes

O-H (Yes, we're working in the battleground areas) I-O!

10 votes

For the fallen...(on 9/11/01) with video

Abacab

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 1:18 AM PDT

2008/09/11 · 01:18

I was on a bus heading to work at a now defunct bookstore in Dayton, Ohio downtown. I had on my headphones of my CD player a song from the 2nd Chapter of Acts (Christian group). The words still haunt me as they are as prophetic as they are meaningful to me:

NO ONE WILL HAVE A SECRET
NO ONE WILL TELL A LIE
THINGS THAT WERE DONE IN HIDING
ARE GOING TO REACH TO THE HIGHEST SKY

Abacab

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Saturday September 06, 2008 · 5:25 PM PDT

2008/09/06 · 17:25

This has been an eventful start in the "getting out the vote" phase of the campaign. Man, while Grampy McSame and Caribou Barbie made a show in St. Paul we got a family of three and another woman to join the area Obama leader to plan how we would do our part for the next nine weeks to get the word out to our neighborhood and to get as many Obama/Biden supporters to come make the change in Washington we all need.

Abacab

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 7:35 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 19:35

I got a call from my area Obama field manager asking me to be the group leader for our neighborhood. I never thought I'd be ask to help on this level before, but to tell you the truth after seeing this convention, the eight years of this inept administration, the GOP dragging out our nation's greatest tragedy, I'm SO ready to put a fork in this sad affair and get Obama/Biden in the White House.

Abacab

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 1:08 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 01:08

Amazing.

As an American, a person descended from African slaves, and an Ohioan if you are not amazed by the way (newly minted) Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama performed before a crowd of 84,000+ dissecting the GOP, John McCain, and the Bush administration you're dead or blind. I dozed off for a bit only to wake up by Gretta Van Something or another from Faux News have some lady who was a "democratic consultant" blather about how this speech didn't hit the mark.

As soon as I'm done here my sweetie is going to get a wet willey!

Seriously, the man looked like Muhammad Ali coming back after taking blow after blow from his challenger picking him apart till he's ready to crumple. He embodied everything we wanted in a Democratic candidate and more.

And now, the serious work begins.

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14 votes Show Results

What do you plan to do in the next 9 weeks to support the Obama/Biden ticket?

14 votes Vote Now!

What do you plan to do in the next 9 weeks to support the Obama/Biden ticket?

Canvassing and Phone calls

1 vote

Opening our home

0 votes

Donating money

3 votes

Help with supplies needed by the local campaign staff

0 votes

Talk to my neighbors, friends and family

0 votes

Put signs on my car, lawn or windows showing my support

0 votes

Wearing a button or T-shirt offering my support

0 votes

All the above

8 votes

None of the above, leave the campaigning to the professionals

1 vote

I'm thinking of something else I can do

1 vote

Dayton, Ohio among America's Dying Cities

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Thursday August 07, 2008 · 2:26 AM PDT

2008/08/07 · 02:26

I saw this coming years ago.

Ten cities including four from Ohio are listed on Forbes.com list of America's fastest dying cities. My hometown of Cleveland was on the list (for many reasons) but the town I live at and call home now Dayton is on there too. Youngstown and Canton are there as well.

The rest of the cities: Detroit and Flint, Michigan, Springfield, Mass, Scranton, Pa, Buffalo, NY, Charleston, West Virginia. I've been through Detroit and Buffalo and I can tell you it looks like the Grim Reaper himself visited these towns. Go up the road to Pontiac and it is a different story. The money coursing out of those cities is frightening.

Guess all of my concerns and warnings I made to city officials and in the media makes me look like the Lorax. My only question: Will it be time to pick up my tail and head off into the sky loosing all hope of ever seeing greener pastures again?

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87 votes Show Results

Do you think there is any hope of the cities surviving beyond this point?

87 votes Vote Now!

Do you think there is any hope of the cities surviving beyond this point?

There's always hope, yes.

37 votes

Does the song "Knock, knock on heaven's door" mean anything to you?

14 votes

Not sure. I'm still trying to put sandbags to keep the flood from coming in.

9 votes

I hear San Diego is a nice place to live.

27 votes

UPDATE: Pres. Bush visits Olivander's Wand Shop

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 2:06 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 14:06

Update: In one of his last official trips overseas, President George Bush took time out of his schedule to head to London and visit Diagon Alley in hopes of repairs to his magic wand at the famed wand maker: Olivanders. The 393 year-old shop and its shopkeeper, Mr. Olivander, offered to fix Bush's wand following worries conveyed to the nation at Tuesday's news conference of trying to conjure a spell to rid the United States of high gas prices, economic issues, and the current downtrend on the financial market.

Mr. Olivander declined to comment on the visit, but said, in a statement, he is honored to "help the leader of the free world on his personalized wand given by the Minster of Magic as a token of good will between our worlds. Any questions on how the wand is used should be referred to the Minister on matters of the state."

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 7:38 PM PDT

2008/07/14 · 19:38

And to think I wanted to be just like them.

I wanted to be like Carl Bernstein and Bob Wooodward; I wanted to be like Max Robinson and David Brinkley. Instead, all I've seen the past few months (years) are pretenders and fake prompt readers who couldn't investigate a story if it bit them in the behind. I used to think I was something if I read the New York Times on a daily basis or check out Time and Newsweek; I used to think watching PBS made me smarter if I caught the McLaughlin Group every so often to shore up my knowledge.

These days I keep waiting for the punchline and realize I don't have cable or satellite anymore and the folks posing as news reporters are actually news reporters and not John Stewart or Stephen Colbert. So I am silently making my own private MSM protest by reading the blogs and checking out credible outlets overseas and independent journalistic sites.

Abacab

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Sunday July 06, 2008 · 2:06 PM PDT

2008/07/06 · 14:06

I picked up the Sunday Dayton Daily News today before pumping $25 of a $3.99 a gallon tab. I took a minute to look at the front page for a bit. Along with the stories about trade and how it has hurt this ecconomy and a side note on the country's mood regarding the current situation we all face was a very interesting piece: "Precinct is wary about its choices"
You can read here

Then the sub-story shows how the people of New Lebanon is torn between both candidates.

"I'm not really thrilled with McCain. We're back to the lesser of two evils, I guess."

More of it here too
Lesser of two evils?

The ecconomy is going in the tank and this is the best way to view this years election: the lesser of two evils??

Abacab

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 8:03 PM PDT

2008/07/01 · 20:03

The following diary takes place between 10:30p.m. and 11 p.m.

As much as the Fox TV show "24" is labeled as a conservative show making the case for torture and treatment of the terrorist threat in the 21st century it is a good show to suspend the imagination (at least for a while) that one man can save the world in a day. One tag I see on my Cleveland Browns fan site says it best about 24: "If people listen to Jack Bauer 24 would be reduced to 12."

Maybe that's why I think the writers of the series must be sitting back thinking they may have helped along history by casting Dennis Haysbert (currently of CBS "The Unit") as the presidential candidate, and later POTUS. The couldn't see by doing this casting back then would help the nation ease into the possibility of someone of color (or gender) to be the leader of the free world.

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Tuesday June 24, 2008 · 8:35 PM PDT

2008/06/24 · 20:35

We all felt it.

All of us hungry and trying to find something in the refrigerator or cupboards to cook or whip up to keep us from starving. Thankfully we had enough to get something for Wendy's but then there's tomorrow...and the next day...and pay day. Payday is spoken for because we'll have to use most of my money to cover for groceries and already the prices are getting outrageous. Eggo Waffles are twice the price as they were a few weeks ago.

I told my girls to brace for a very rough few months, but I also made a promise I will do everything I can (provided the steady hours I am getting now at work hold up) to keep food on the table while mom catches up on the bills. Tonight (thank the Lord) we didn't go to bed hungry tonight. Tommorow? Well, take one day at a time.

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Paul Reiser Knocks it Out the Park (Huffington Post)

Notes from an Obama supporter in Ohio: Week Two (with poll)

For the fallen...(on 9/11/01) with video

Notes from an Obama supporter in Ohio: Week One

We have two months to end this nonsense!

"Yes, YOU can!" (Or How a little bit means so much)

Dayton, Ohio among America's Dying Cities

UPDATE: Pres. Bush visits Olivander's Wand Shop

My Own Private MSM Boycott

Lesser of two evils?

Sen. Barack Obama thank "24's" Sen.David Palmer

Did you go to bed hungry tonight?