Seattle celebrates! (w/ pics) Marching band and crowd take the streets

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 2:17 AM PST

2008/11/05 · 02:17

First, we worked hard, for Chris Gregoire and Darcy Burner.
Then we celebrated at the Seattle Westin.
Then a cheering and dancing crowd following a marching band took the streets. Follow along with the pictures!...

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How were your streets?

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How were your streets?

Dead as a grave, we're in McCain territory

12 votes

Some noises in the distance, like beacons of hope

4 votes

We could hear cheerful neighbors

10 votes

Honking in the streets

4 votes

Dancing and chanting crowds, Seattle-like

9 votes

A human ocean, Chicago-style

4 votes

Girl Power in WA (with Pics!): Janet & Kathleen, Maria & Patty, for Christine & Darcy

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Sunday October 26, 2008 · 9:58 PM PDT

2008/10/26 · 21:58

Awesome demonstration of Girl Power today in Bellevue, WA, battleground of a tight WA-08 pick opportunity by Darcy Burner, and a tight gubernatorial race for Christine Gregoire.

In front of a BCC auditorium filled with activists ready to go canvass the area, Darcy and Chris received an all-ladies support from Maria Cantwell & Patty Murray, our 2 WA Senators, and Janet Napolitano & Kathleen Sebelius, the well known Governors of Arizona and Kansas.

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How many Senators/Governors/Representative did you recognize in the pictures?

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How many Senators/Governors/Representative did you recognize in the pictures?

0, I just know none of them was Sarah

2 votes

1-2, I've seen these faces around

3 votes

3-4, that was fairly easy!

13 votes

6, I got them all, I'm no newbie!

14 votes

5, + the one who isn't quite Rep yet. ;)

19 votes

Darcy's initiative makes Obama's case for Judgement vs. Experience

cyrilb

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Thursday March 20, 2008 · 12:20 AM PDT

2008/03/20 · 00:20

By now we've all seen Darcy Burner and her fellow Democratic challengers' initiative to provide A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq.

It makes a strong case that, in the words of recent endorser Rand Beers, "Democrats can successfully and responsibly discuss national security issues of the first order, and discuss them in ways that represent real solutions to the real problems that we face".

But, being made by Democratic challengers, Congressional hopefuls, it makes another even stronger case, one that really supports a critical argument for Obama: that effective leaders need good judgement, more than experience. That the solutions to our toughest problems, including on national security, don't need to come from the experienced people who drove us into the ditch, but more likely will come from new leaders, people with sound judgement and strong work ethics, not long resumes, who can work together along with reality-based experts (in this case, non-partisan military & counter-terrorism professionals) to come up with the right approach and deliver the right solution.

cyrilb

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Sunday September 04, 2005 · 7:06 PM PDT

2005/09/04 · 19:06

Most of us reading and participating to these forums agree on this, Katrina was terribly mis-managed.

Others though, outside of our liberal blogs, don't necessarily agree on the root causes and effects; worse, they may think that this "natural disaster" should not be politicized.

So What can we do?

We need to focus our time and energy into real action, and reach out to the public opinion, outside the Kossak world. We need to spread our message and point of view, through Letters to the Editors of newspapers, neighborhood papers, ethnic or religious publications, college alumni magazines. Call local radios and TV stations. Write to our legislators.

More to make our message resonate, below the fold...
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TAKE ACTION: Tips to write good Letters to The Editor

cyrilb

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 11:58 PM PDT

2005/09/01 · 23:58

We all have excellent angles to comment on the mishandling of Katrina, our preparedness, our National Guard, our environment etc.

Getting our converging point-of-views through the Media with LTEs is the best way to channel the energy we're getting here into action.

So check out, bookmark and distribute these tips to Write Letters to the Editors that have more chances of getting published (the tips include a link to the Media Database to find local papers to target), and get to work.

And to make sure more Kossaks see this primer and learn the ropes, please Recommend this Diary and Reply to it with extra relevant info: other tips & suggestions, sample letters, newspaper stories to respond to, etc.

See a good sample from this compilation below the fold...
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Seattle celebrates! (w/ pics) Marching band and crowd take the streets

Girl Power in WA (with Pics!): Janet & Kathleen, Maria & Patty, for Christine & Darcy

Darcy's initiative makes Obama's case for Judgement vs. Experience

Katrina was mis-managed. Now: What can we do?

TAKE ACTION: Tips to write good Letters to The Editor