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She went into Wassila as mayor with 0 debt and left it with 22m in debt.

As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will make them energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state. In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's surplus, borrow for needs.

she can distort the facts and deliver mean-spirited zingers with the best of them. It told us that if Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter ever need a stand-in, she'd be a great pick.

she can be condescending and dismissive of the real work Barack Obama did helping real people on the South Side of Chicago. Ishe can uphold the long Republican tradition of lying about Democratic tax cuts—even though Obama's plan would give Americans a bigger break than McCain's.

Educating the GOP: A Photo History of Community Organizers
by BonnieSchlitz <http://bonnieschlitz.dailykos.com/>  

Thu Sep 04, 2008 at 10:13:06 AM PDT
After watching the malicious speeches the other night mocking Senator Obama, and by proxy, cynically attacking all of us who support our local communities, I thought it would be prudent to educate the Republican Party on the historical role of community organizers. For a quick reminder, let's recap Giuliani's snark: He worked as a community organizer. (Laughter) What?...Barack Obama has never led anything, nothing, nada. And Palin's vacuous follow-up: This world of threats and dangers, it's not just a community and it doesn't just need an organizer. (Laughter.) That these bastions of the GOP would denigrate the importance of community organizers on the same night their party nominates its first female vice presidential candidate shows an utter disrespect for the people of this country and a laughable ignorance of the power we wield.  This is what community organizers do... They change the world. Block by block, city by city, state by state, nation by nation... So, GOP, meet community organizer Susan B. Anthony. She helped guarantee women's suffrage in the United States by giving public speeches and uniting with fellow advocates of change.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=sbanthony385.jpg> Meet community organizer Martin Luther King Jr. He helped end racial segregation and discrimination by inspiring a nation to come together and realize their dreams.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=kingmarching.jpg>
 He said, "Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love."
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=kingwashington.jpg> Meet community organizer Cesar Chavez. He helped farm workers secure labor rights and fair wages. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy called him "one of the heroic figures of our time."
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=cesarchavez1972.jpg> Meet community organizer Dorothy Day. She helped found the Catholic Worker movement to help the poor and homeless, and promote social justice.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=Day.jpg> Meet community organizer Jane Jacobs. She helped rebuild and revitalize city neighborhoods and made people consider the wide-ranging benefits of supporting our urban cultures.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=janejacobs.jpg> Meet community organizer Mohandas Gandhi. He peacefully led the people of India in efforts to acquire labor fairness, women's rights, and ethnic tolerance, and he helped secure the freedom of a nation.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=Gandhi_Saint-James.jpg> Then there's this guy. Meet community organizer Jesus of Nazareth. He advocated for the poor, for the sick, for the socially excluded...and continues to help provide people solace during their "quiet storms." His community helped found the religion known as Christianity. He said "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=Bloch-SermonOnTheMount.jpg> When you disparage community organizers, Republicans, you evince a complete ignorance of the fact that organizers do more with their words than just speak them. They remind people of their shared humanity, of their responsibilities, and of their power as a unified force to face injustice, and oppression, and inspire them to be the change they've been waiting for. Meet new community organizer, Senator Hillary Clinton. She cracked a glass ceiling, and inspired 18 million Americans to recognize the worth of their lives.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=lillyledbetter42408.jpg> This is the story of America . Of women and men who defy the odds and never give up. How do we give this country back to them? By following the example of a brave New Yorker, a woman who risked her life to shepherd slaves along the Underground Railroad. And on that path to freedom, Harriet Tubman had one piece of advice.
      If you hear the dogs, keep going.
      If you see the torches in the woods, keep going.
      If they're shouting after you, keep going.
      Don't ever stop. Keep going.
      If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.
      Even in the darkest of moments, ordinary Americans have found the faith to keep going.  I've seen it in you. I've seen it in our teachers and firefighters, nurses and police officers, small business owners and union workers, the men and women of our military -- you always keep going.      
 And meet community organizer Senator Barack Obama. He worked with congregations and registered voters on the South side of Chicago to help them improve their neighborhoods and hold politicians accountable for their actions. Along with Senator Joe Biden, he currently leads the largest movement for change in the history of American politics.
  <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/cache/?action=view&current=obamaorganizer.jpg> If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress. So you see, Republicans, it's never really about the organizer, it's about the community... <http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll300/thelemonkid/the%20party%20party/?action=view&current=crowd-20-1.jpg> Remember that on November 4th. Re member the power of the people.  

Knowing this is late, I hope you had the best day ever!

Six months after the gassing of Kurds in 1988, the White House lent Saddam a billion dollars.  In 1991, at the end of the Gulf War, US troops stood idly by while Saddam's presidential guards ruthlessly suppressed the uprising by the Kurds that Poppy Bush encouraged and had called for.  In 1980, Saddam was made an honorary citizen of Detroit, Michigan.  He was our friend back then, even though we knew his blood thirsty ways.  We even supplied him with WMD, which we then destroyed with fly over bombing through the 1990's with sanctions placed on the country to weaken it even more.  We also were friends with Osama in the 1970's when we had him and Afghan freedom fighters fight against Russia as we did not want Russia to have control of Afghanistan.  In essence, Osama was trained by our CIA for war.

...why is that?  I hope you don't generally treat your friends this way.

As far as me singling people out to torment -- it would only be you and it would be singular.  Plus, I didn't "single" you out, just saw your posts on a PUBLIC forum and as I said, they looked kind of mean and cruddy.  However, I would say you are the PLURAL stalker.  Come one, come all you will take them on and condemn and mock all that folks say on the liberal board!!  And then accuse them of all being the same person.   Lots of paranoia goin' on in that ole brain of yours, doesn't sound very healthy at all!!!   No, sir!!!

Everybody gets one vote (hopefully only one) to make her voice heard.  One side has to lose.  Be prepared either way. 

few nieces who are biracial and they are absolutely beautiful kids.  I think some of the cutest kids are "oreos."

Just kidding...  But I like the way you post.  I've found you far more interesting than any others on this board that use monikers.  I don't use a moniker because I don't feel the need to, but I also agree to please let this man have some dignity while he mourns his grandmother. 

No President will be able to make any changes overnight.  The President is only as smart as the people around him.

Obama has stated again and again that it will not be easy but that we all must come together.  I have not heard that once from the RNC, but only comments to bash a man because he may have a few beliefs that are different.  He has a beautiful family (without all of the skeletons) and he does not plan for Americans to lose jobs but rather to make more jobs here and give tax credits to companies who hire people right here in the USA.  He does have 2 daughters that will need an education and to prosper on American soil; does anyone not see that or is it just me?

I doubt she would have any credible knowlege.  Obama came out of nowhere.  The first time I and most other people ever heard of him was when he ran for Senator.  I recall the media referring to him as an "up and coming" politician.

The financial collapse just sure came at an opportune time too didn't it?  I shudder to think what's ahead.  As I've said before, I'll put my faith in God and His will WILL be done in the end.

for YEARS, losing weight, constant debilitating pain, weakness, n stamina, low energy.  She knew, as most of her friends knew, that it was probably rheumatoid arthritis (family history).  It was painful for us to watch her get out of her car and try to walk.  She became skeletal, and had to go without treatment for a couple of years, avoiding an official diagnosis, until she finished school, internship and certification to become an LISW so she could get a job with insurance which would then cover her.  Had she gotten the 'official diagnosis' prior to that, she may not have been covered.  Now, with treatment, she is doing much better.

But that was my point about genetic testing.  You can insure your 2-bedroom shack for less money than Bill Gates's mansion.  You can insure your Nova for less than his Rolls.  But unless you do genetic testing or exclude pre-existing conditions, we are all in the same boat on health insurance coverage.  His bypass surgery (not that he can't afford to just write a check for it) will cost just about what yours will.