I'd rather be inspired than pissed off

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 3:30 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 15:30

Yesterday I saw the video of extreme conservative Michele Bachmann spewing her hate against fellow Americans with a fake smile. This ambush on my senses catapulted me into action and I immediately decided to give money to the Obama campaign.

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Friday May 09, 2008 · 4:00 PM PDT

2008/05/09 · 16:00

My Bush bribe arrived today. Money in my bank with which he tells me to "go consume." As he told us to go shopping after 911, as he handed out credit cards to Katrina victims instead of shelter and food, as he shipped pallet loads of money to Iraq - the guy only knows how to throw money at disasters - this economic disaster he created is no exception.

I'm going to spend my money on Democratic candidates, because I would like to buy back our constitution, our infrastructure, our health care, our security, and our dignity.

I encourage everyone else to take a bit of their "stimulus" package and rather than ship it over to the oil companies or the credit card companies, send it to the candidates you think will help restore our country.

CAN DEMS SUE Rush Limbaugh?

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Wednesday August 01, 2007 · 12:15 PM PDT

2007/08/01 · 12:15

Can the Democratic Party sue a person for slander? Probably not since he still lives in America with partial free speech.

Limbaugh says the most traitorous things against fellow Americans:

"Democrats assume the role of media PR spokespeople for Al Qaeda" -Limbaugh
http://mediamatters.org/...

Will someone please start raising bucket loads of cash in the name of this American Hater?

Everytime Rush says something like that the DNC should send a thank you letter to him for raising more money for Dems.

Donations, Actions, Info for Katrina

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Thursday September 01, 2005 · 4:15 PM PDT

2005/09/01 · 16:15

Here is some useful info on where to donate, how to get involved, and how to get in touch with people: Read More

Branding Death- Bushco Style

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 3:30 PM PDT

2005/08/23 · 15:30

Families of fallen soldiers and Marines are being told they have the option to have the government-furnished headstones engraved with "Operation Enduring Freedom" or "Operation Iraqi Freedom" at no extra charge, whether they are buried in Arlington or elsewhere. A mock-up shown to many families includes the operation names.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-08232005-531402.html

What's next? Nascar style ads on the coffins? Beside this being really really icky, I would like to point out that identifying someone by military mission, given the constant changes of slogans and defining time frames, could actually put the families of these fallen soldiers in danger. If some insurgent/terrorist gets killed in Operation Enduring Clusterfuck, then their families might take out revenge on the families of the soldiers.

These brave men and women should be simply honored by acknowledging their service to our country and not put on display like a McDonald's commercial to sell us on bad political decisions.

New Politics Think Tank forum on Progressive Media video and pdf link

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Friday July 01, 2005 · 3:39 PM PDT

2005/07/01 · 15:39

Some useful info on creating progressive infrastructure:

This week, NPI held its first major forum in Washington, DC,"Developing Progressive Media" with Air America CEO Danny Goldberg, Media Matters President David Brock and NPI Fellow Jamie Daves. Part of our goal was to understand and show how the conservatives view media. More importantly, we imagined what the future of progressive media could be and made strategic recommendations to begin building a progressive media infrastructure.
To learn more and check out these great speakers, view the video of the forum here: http://action.ndn.org/ct/Vpzunz91gRB7/.
We are also releasing a new study by NPI Fellow Jamie Daves with thoughts on how we can begin to develop progressive media in the future. You can download the presentation here:
http://action.ndn.org/ct/Vpzunz91gRB7/.

Bullies at the Pulpit. I resent Osama Bin Laden.

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 3:59 PM PDT

2005/06/23 · 15:59

I resent Osama Bin Laden.

Because of him I have to watch the president and his minions attack my fellow Americans everyday with the most hateful rhetoric.

Rove gets to roam freely.

Rummy gets to run rough shod.

Condi is continually contaminating.

Dick gets to be a dick 24-7.

Dobson gets to spew and spank all the children.

Frist gets to meddle with the sick.

And George gets to disassemble America everyday.

Never has the term bully pulpit seemed so fitting.

Bullies at the Pulpit.

Strategic Initiatives - how to think big and win

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Friday June 03, 2005 · 3:41 PM PDT

2005/06/03 · 15:41

Strategic initiatives differ from the dominant mode of progressive advocacy which focuses on narrowly-defined problems (e.g., global warming) and then identifies specific solutions (e.g., carbon tax or a sky trust). In contrast strategic initiatives begin with big, positive, visionary solution that solves many problems simultaneously while changing social values.

From http://www.thebreakthrough.org/ a group that is implementing framing, values and strategic initiatives. Check out the "future" and "strategy" sections on their site. (More after the jump...) Read More

Why do Republicans Hate Americans?

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Thursday June 02, 2005 · 3:30 PM PDT

2005/06/02 · 15:30

From Media Matters:

Limbaugh claimed Democrats, terrorists share anti-American agenda.
Audio link here:
http://mediamatters.org/static/audio/limbaugh-200506010003.mp3

LIMBAUGH: Galloway has indeed called for an alliance between Western radicals -- and, by the way, you could really sum up who are Western radicals today by the mainstream of the Democratic Party. The kooks in the fringe of the left actually have assumed status as mainstream Democrats today, and he wants an alliance between people like that and the terrorists because they have common agendas! What is the common agenda? The common agenda is anti-American.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200506010003

I think that we should be asking every time they attack anyone "Why do they hate Americans?"

When they attack those who believe in democracy, voting, liberty, freedom of expression, education, or any other Democatic ideals: Why do they hate Americans?

Political Training schedules

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Thursday June 02, 2005 · 12:25 PM PDT

2005/06/02 · 12:25

DFA training
http://www.democracyforamerica.com/training

Austin, TX (June 19):
Burlington, VT (June 25 and 26):
Northern VA (July 9 and 10):
Syracuse, NY (July 23 and 24):
Gettysburg, PA (Sept. 10 and 11):

Camp Wellstone
http://www.wellstoneaction.com/camp/schedule.aspx

Camp Wellstone: Fargo, ND - 7/8 - 7/10/05
Camp Wellstone: Sioux Fall, SD - 7/29 - 7/31/05

Progressive leadership training
http://www.progressleaders.org/pafellowship/
Pennsylvania Political Leaders Fellowship
9-Months of Leadership Training, Coaching and Mentoring

Eastern PA: October 2005 - July 2006
Western PA: October 2005 - July 2006

Campaign Corps minicamp
http://www.campaigncorps.org/mini-camps/

University of Colorado Boulder, CO - September 10-11, 2005
Princeton University Princeton, NJ - September 24-25, 2005
Clark University Worchester, MA - October 22-23, 2005

DON'T THINK ABOUT ELEPHANTS: Avoid This Trap

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Tuesday May 31, 2005 · 3:00 PM PDT

2005/05/31 · 15:00

I am going to start providing some of the lessons about framing I have found from various sources, starting with this simple one from Frameworks.

"DON'T THINK ABOUT ELEPHANTS:
Avoid This Trap in Your Communications" Read More

Message to Kansas, and How to help Science

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Saturday May 07, 2005 · 7:11 PM PDT

2005/05/07 · 19:11

A message to Kansas

If you take evolution out of the schools, then you can no longer teach biology, botany or zoology. If you succeed in getting evolution out of the schools, then next is the crazy notion that the universe is only thousands rather than billions of years old. You then can't teach geology, or chemistry, or astronomy or physics. That speed of light thing is right out, for that measures the distance and age of the stars. No volcanoes, no dinosaurs, no astronauts. And when you stop teaching science will you stop teaching math? And when you stop teaching math, will you only teach words that appear in the bible? Will you stop teaching English?

We will all end up being a bunch of illiterates, the equivalent of cave men, and then we'll have to start evolution all over again.

If you believe in the bible as God's word even though men wrote, edited, translated and interpreted it, then why don't you believe the actual word of God, which is written in every tree, every cloud, every star, every rock, every atom, every quark, every wondrous thing in evidence in front of you?

How to Help Science after the jump: Read More

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