Talkin' 'bout a Revolution. After 246 years, It's here.

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 7:31 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 19:31

Espanola, New Mexico. Obama on the campaign trail, September 2008.
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In case we haven't noticed the upcoming presidential election is like running across a row of crocodiles with dynamite sticks strapped to their backs (and ours). It is clear the old guard is running its course, and hopefully soon it will have a seizure. After the steadfast and severe corruption of the Republic these last several years, lowering its esteemed standing our founding fathers envisioned and created, hijacked by the rabid right's divisive standard of "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you; at the expense of most of its citizens, and how you can thwart every effort to retain democracy", we have come to an historical crossroad.

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 4:56 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 16:56

Yesterday I joined about 3,200 others in an historic New Mexico plaza to hear Michelle Obama speak. An early arrival gave me the opportunity to be near the podium and I was able to make these shots. It was a beautiful sunny day, with clear blue skies that the southwest does so well. The local news interviewed some of us in line and when asked why I was there it was hard not to reply, "Because I want to see our next First Lady in person, silly!" But I didn't. I was very grown up and composed.

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 2:52 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 14:52

I've been writing a piece in my head for days now entitled, Why I didn't vote for John McCain. I'm not sure I'll actually get pen to paper, or keyboard to screen, as I am focusing my attention on finishing a vid to support Obama which will be posted here.

However, what my guts have been telling me about McCain: he lies; he cheats; he's ignorant; he's a fearful fear mongerer and crap stirrer; he is a maverick—a dissenter among his associates—for sure; he has no leadership qualities whatsoever; his desire to be president is to satisfy a twisted genetic obligation as the offspring of two four-star admirals, to fluff his own sorry resumé with the 'ultimate job', and because the legend in his own mind actually feels he deserves to be, has been substantiated in this thoroughly researched and written article by Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone, in the October 16th issue.

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 11:27 AM PDT

2008/10/26 · 11:27

I just caught site of this on the Huffington Post today by Katharine Zaleski. It's an interview with Joe Biden in Florida conducted by WFTV anchor Barbara West. He may bear the brunt on occasion for verbal blunders but this time he nails it, and actually explains what he meant by Obama being tested within the first six months of his presidency regarding foreign affairs.

In her article Zaleski wrote

The Obama campaign responded to Biden's treatment by canceling a subsequent WFTV interview with his wife, Jill. Obama's Florida spokeswoman, Adrianne Marsh, called Biden's interviewer, Barbara West, "both combative and woefully uninformed about simple facts."

The station's news director said they "chose not to ask softball questions."
No, they opted for knuckle ball questions instead!

Here's the link.

New! Obama Site for VOTER PROTECTION

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 4:15 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 16:15

Yes! Today on their blog I found the Obama campaign made a page on their Vote For Change site for VOTER PROTECTION. Hallelujah! I can now sleep at night. Many questions are answered on here and they even have a 'search by rumor' box.

Here's a portion from it:

The Obama campaign has worked with the Democratic Party to build the most comprehensive voter protection program ever put in place. Volunteers and campaign staffers across the country are working to protect your rights on Election Day. We are testing voting systems, examining ballot designs, pushing to reduce lines, and expanding opportunities for early and absentee voting.

We have also been carefully monitoring the voter rolls — we are watching to make sure new registrants get on the rolls, and stay there.

Here is the link: http://truth.voteforchange.com/
Go to! And PLEASE PASS THIS ON to everyone you know who is voting for Barack Obama.

Elections stolen in 2000/2004 to "Save the Babies"

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 6:02 PM PDT

2008/10/22 · 18:02

Why did the GOP rig the machines and suppress voters in the last two elections? Why are they trying to do it again this year? Voters in West Virginia today said when they used the touch screen to vote for Obama it switched to McCain. Other states' voters are reporting similar stories. Why are they trying to do this again?

Amy Goodman interviewed Mark Crispin Miller today on Democracy Now! You can read/watch the whole report here Early Voting Sees Reports of Voter Intimidation, Machine Malfunctions.

The answer to the question: To save the babies.

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 1:10 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 13:10

It would appear that John McCain and his camp-pain are shining a 1,000 megawatt flashlight on an acorn, casting a shadow from it large enough to obscure a dark forest of underhanded voter suppression. It is ironic how a complete misrepresentation of the fact that some employees working on a per registration basis with ACORN who got greedy and lazy and fabricated voter registrants has become in the words of McCain, "maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country, maybe destroying the fabric of democracy.”

In compiling this article I want to express my heartfelt thanks to Greg Palast for writing the story from which I have pulled so much material, and as always, to Amy Goodman for doing what she does and being so darn good at it.

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 10:28 PM PDT

2008/10/15 · 22:28

After listening to Amy Goodman's show last week airing Greg Palast's investigative report on voter suppression I began to wonder if it would actually be possible for one's vote to survive the polls and be counted, and in the same way in which it was cast. I was especially horrified to hear that mail-in ballots would have the most chance of being rejected if the voter didn't include a copy of their identification with the ballot. This just gave me a headache big enough for a hatbox.

So I set about looking into ways each person could make sure they were fulfilling the various requirements, especially with regard to identification. This site is fantastic and it would be great if every US citizen of voting age on a computer had http://www.866ourvote.org/ stapled to their forehead.

It not only has each state's requirements for ID, but where to vote, how to vote, who to contact with questions about the vote, etc. It also had a daily review of what snafus were caught around the country and what rulings are being overturned to help each voter vote and be heard. Here is a scary sampling from their "Newsroom" for 10/15/08:

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Talkin' 'bout a Revolution. After 246 years, It's here.

Michelle Obama in Las Vegas... New Mexico!

McGAIN: Make Believe Maverick

Joe Biden Tells It Like It Is

New! Obama Site for VOTER PROTECTION

Elections stolen in 2000/2004 to "Save the Babies"

Acorn Overshadows Forest of Voter Suppression

Protect Your Vote! Snafus are abounding: stay alert.