I’m generally clueless about money, but I do know, from too-frequent experience, when I’m about to be screwed.
If ever you needed to call your reps in Washington, this is the time. This plan, by bipartisan consensus, right/left, up/down, backwards/forwards, is NOT. GOOD. FOR. US.
(No particular order within the groupings.)
Who to read for info on details of the… Read the rest
If you’re in or near OKC this afternoon (Sunday, Sept. 21), you should drop over to Myriad Gardens to see hundreds of local children display their “pinwheels for peace” as a celebration of the International Day of Peace.
I went to this event last year, which was the first time this project came to Oklahoma City, and was very… Read the rest
Transcript in this Daily Kos diary, along with the day-long discussion about getting it on the air in swing states. Truthandhope.org has been helping such grassroots video work get the production assistance and funding to be seen nationally, and they are hoping to do the same for this one (per comments in the links diary).
Naturally, tv… Read the rest
If you plan to vote for Obama, but haven’t yet made a contribution — maybe you’ve been meaning to, but just haven’t gotten around to it — this would be a very good time.
The campaign has a goal of 100,000 new donors by midnight tonight — and throws in a nice incentive for those only able to make… Read the rest
I get most of my news about the upcoming election from blogs (as I get most of my news in general). Here are the ones I follow most closely for information and analysis of the campaigns, media coverage and polls. (No particular order, but my top recommendations for those with limited time are indicated with *.)
Among the seven killed in the helicopter crash in Iraq the other day were three Oklahoma National Guardsmen from the Lexington unit (initial reports listed five deaths).
Family members of 36-year-old Brady Rudolf confirm he was killed in the chopper accident. Rudolf was a graduate of Durant High School. His brother is a member of the Durant Fire Department.
If you truly believed in Jesus, you would try to be like him and love us, fags and dykes and feminists all. God bless you, even you. You fucking fuckers.
Margaret Cho says God gets her, but I think she really gets God. I’m an atheist, which basically means that I don’t “get” most “religious” people, who are really… Read the rest
(transcript of video here)
Obama spoke about the current economic crisis in Colorado yesterday; video and text of speech as prepared at link.
And, for those who keep saying that Obama hasn’t been giving “specifics” of his policies, please see his web page on the economy, and, last but far from least, the speech he… Read the rest
Happy Constitution Day! Yeah, I don’t feel much like celebrating either.
But I read something today that made me proud to be an Oklahoman (albeit a relatively new one), and gave me a little hope.
The amazing Glenn Greenwald, whose blog you should read if you aren’t already, posted Tuesday on the lack of Congressional oversight in general,… Read the rest
