For those that missed it on Friday, Bill is taking the day off to recover from a weekend of doing nothing (just kidding I'm sure he did SOMETHING- maybe). So here I am once again, and for once I am actually going to Cheer and Jeer!
JEERS to the continued bad economy and knowing so many people who don't have jobs but
CHEERS to being able to maybe do something about it. Due to all the various things I've been up to the last few months, lately my inbox has been seeing a pretty regular flow of job openings. I must admit a few of them have been tempting to me personally but as StrandedWind reminds me I'm a bit too busy to work a normaljob LOL. So last week I had a brainstorm and now we're putting the Blog Workers Union to good use. If you are looking for a job and would be interested in seeing these openings please do 2 things- go here and join the Union on Facebook and then drop an email to bwiubs at gmail dot com and ask to add to the BWIUBS Jobs Email List. It's that easy. Please remember, I don't guarantee anything other than I will forward any job openings I come across- some are political, some aren't, some involve certain skill sets etc. There are no guarantees but if you DO find a job this way please tell me so we can cheer for you!
CHEERS To being in the right place at the right time and proving that you should NEVER say never. Most of you know the story of the last 9 months of my life (and if you don't here's a pretty good summation but as of last week there's a new chapter to share. Back when Coffee Party started up StrandedWind signed up and then organized the first meeting in the Champaign-Urbana area. In another of the "wow" moments of the last 9 months he ended up sitting next to Lynda Park, the sister of Coffee Party co-founder Annabel Park. As happens when one enters the world of Hurricane StrandedWind, one thing led to another and last week StrandedWind and I were named to the National Team for Coffee Party. I will be helping w/their social media strategy (all together now: duh) and I am now the Program Chair for their upcoming Convention which will be held at the end of September in Louisville. StrandedWind will be doing ummm stuff that involves tech and other languages I don't speak.
Sooo if you maybe are interested in Coffee Party or would be interested in helping to plan the convention, drop me a line and we'll get ya hooked up!
CHEERS For many political junkies tomorrow will be Super Bowl Tuesday- 4 states with primaries (PA, KY, OR and AR) and the continuation of 1 special election (HI-01) which includes some of the hottest races around right now like PA-12's special election, PA's Democratic Senate Race and AR's Democratic Senate Race. Please, please, please if you live in these states please go VOTE...take a friend...take a bus load! And if you live in PA...OMG please please please. And if you don't live in PA...or any of these other states...get on the phone and call these states. If you aren't sure who to phone bank for, email me - I have a bunch of candidates that are doing GOTV phonebanking that would LOVE to have your help.
CHEERS to having a voice at the table. Another in our string of "never say nevers" is our latest project. Teaming with the IAMAW and their Union of Unemployed, some staff from a Southern State Rep's office, a variety of bloggers, and some pretty prominent Progressive thinkers we are going to working to draft legislation for a National Jobs Bill...we think centered on the idea of electrifying our rail system. For more hints you can read StrandedWind's diary from Saturday and if you'd like to contribute to the project, get in touch w/one of us.
CHEERS to GA...as in GA here we come. I don't know dates yet but I was informed over the weekend that The Great Skulk 2 is going to GA in June sometime (I'm assuming The Great Skulk 3 will be Netroots Nation. So if you're in the Atlanta or Athens area you should give a shout so we know who to call while there!
One final CHEERS to all of you...I'm not in the kiddie pool nearly enough anymore but I still call it my DK home. Most of my current crop of "OMG I wanna cry or scream or laugh so I'm gonna call...." peeps are Kiddie Pool peeps. If you're new here...don't be shy...we don't bite (well MOST of us don't) And if you've been around a while...well don't forget to clean up tonight before Bill returns in the morning.
I'll be in and out to check on things in between work and phonebanking. Behave! And if you can't behave, tell us all about it on
twitter!
Forgot to cheer some candidates for tomorrow...CHEERS to Joe Hoeffel, Manan Trivedi, Lois Herr, and
MEGA CHEERS to Ryan Bucchianeri who I swear to flying spaghetti monster has been one hardest working candidates I've ever known.
and one more...Go vote for the new name for Rodney Glassman's RV...voting ends 5/20!