Ottawans Warm it Up for the President

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 7:58 PM PST

2009/02/18 · 19:58

I thought I'd share this iReport video that I just came across of Canadians sending welcome messages to the President.

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Thursday November 20, 2008 · 7:19 AM PST

2008/11/20 · 07:19

A great deal has been written on Daily Kos this past week regarding the news that Senator Hillary Clinton might be President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for Secretary of State. Most of the energy here has been spent on whether or not Sen. Clinton is the right choice, and why the President-elect might be keen on working with her in that capacity. Everyone else on the known short list has been given short shrift at best, and much of the little attention paid to others such as John Kerry and Bill Richardson has dwelt on why they would be the WRONG choice. The arguments in many cases have been based on poor or factually wrong information.

This diary will express no opinion on Senator Clinton's appropriateness for State as that matter appears to be out of our hands now. Instead, my intention is to expand the conversation and show why Bill Richardson is not only better qualified than anyone else on the short list at present, but is in fact the precise individual that President Obama needs to represent the President and the United States to the world.

Please be patient with me as I make the case, no matter how you feel. More below the fold.

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Tuesday October 28, 2008 · 12:29 PM PDT

2008/10/28 · 12:29

I spoke to a friend up in Boston, MA last night. Her grandma who lives in Akron, Ohio is in her 80s, and up until a recent downturn in her health, had been campaigning and canvassing for Obama. She would hook up with her friends and do the round of the neighborhoods handing out campaign material. Her main motivation, she always said, is that she never taught she would "live to see this day". She's African American.

So, after small talk last night, I asked Mammie how her grandma is doing and if she's voted. She said, no, she hasn't, because she wants to make it on election day and cast her vote on that historic day. The problem with that is that anything can happen on election day to keep someone from casting that "historic" vote. Which is why it's best to take advantage of early voting, and make sure that vote's in the bag. More over the fold (with early voting deadlines in applicable states).

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Sunday September 21, 2008 · 5:04 PM PDT

2008/09/21 · 17:04

We've all read the news making the rounds. It's on the rec. list. Pelosi has announced that Congress will not hand over a blank check to Secretary Paulson or accept his bailout demand without safeguards. Just what our party leader has called for. While all that is well and awesome, however, there's also ample anxiety among progressive Democrats who wonder: Can we count on Madam Speaker to stand her ground, and not cave in a week? More over the fold.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 2:04 PM PDT

2008/09/04 · 14:04

Numerous comments and quite a few diaries have appeared here since last night in response to the disparaging comments about community organizers that GOP leaders dished out yesterday.

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Sunday August 10, 2008 · 2:43 PM PDT

2008/08/10 · 14:43

Ten days short of his 66th birthday, the original Black Moses, the baddest of the baddest of the cool, Oscar and multiple Grammy award winner, soul and funk master Isaac Hayes died this morning in Memphis.

Another member has posted a single-word diary, but I thought that Mr. Shaft himself deserves a whole lot more than a single-word diary. More over the fold.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 9:04 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 09:04

I almost never write letters to editors, let alone individual journalists, yet given what is rapidly becoming a pattern, of journalists peddling all manner of narratives to try and sway this election this year, I've really felt that we should begin to push back not only as a movement, but as individuals. Which is why after reading Bob Sackamento's rec'd diary, "Why Can't Obama Close the Deal on Fat Americans?" and the article that inspired it, I decided to write to the author of the article at the Wall Street Journal. Letter over the fold.

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Friday June 27, 2008 · 2:30 PM PDT

2008/06/27 · 14:30

First, my tip to raoul78 for his diary currently on the rec list in which he questions the recent decision of the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to halt further lease applications for large-scale solar applications beyond 125 applications already in hand, while BML and the Department of Energy conduct a thorough study of the possible environmental impact of such massive surface installations in 6 states. Having tipped my hat, I respectfully believe that raoul78 (and the NYT and the solar energy lobby) are wrong, and that the BML has made the right decision. However you cut it, one million acres of solar panels is an absolute environmental disaster the impact of which cannot be justified by the prospective energy benefits. More over the fold

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 6:10 PM PDT

2008/06/04 · 18:10

As most clear-headed people have come to agree, what could have been an earth-shaking historic moment in American political history, and to all intents and purposes seemed so inevitable only a year ago, instead came to an end Tuesday thanks to a long string of errors by Senator Clinton, her campaign, and her surrogates including and especially her husband.

And if you thought it would come to end, Hillary continues to add to what has already become a sad comedy of errors.

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 2:08 PM PDT

2008/06/03 · 14:08

She may concede tonight, she may not, but her towel is already in the ring and her corner has packed up to leave the ringside. This marathon fight is effectively over, and even as a staunch supporter of her opponent I cannot help but feel a little sadness for Senator Clinton tonight as she makes her last move, whatever it may be.

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Sunday May 25, 2008 · 4:20 PM PDT

2008/05/25 · 16:20

I know most Kossacks watched the events at Wesleyan live earlier today and the open thread was on the rec list forever (Al Rogers's diary is on now), but not everyone watched the full ceremony live, and one of the items that has not been in the news much is that Wesleyan also awarded Barack an honorary degree of Doctor of Law. Short diary and links over the fold for those who missed the live streaming and also missed Wesleyan President Michael S. Roth's great speech against the politics of fear and intolerance.

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Friday May 23, 2008 · 6:57 PM PDT

2008/05/23 · 18:57

She's a strong woman; we've all come to know and witness that. Elegant, brave, unwavering, far from easy to intimidate. And she wears it all so lightly.

Yet, after Senator Clinton's quip today about a primary assassination in June, I wonder what Michelle Obama and her children are thinking tonight, what they're doing, how they're processing this latest salvo from the other side. The rest over the fold.

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Ottawans Warm it Up for the President

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Call Now and Ask Them to Please Go Ahead and Vote Early

Calling Nancy Pelosi: Will You Please Hold Firm!

We are Proud of Community Organizers

The Black Moses is Gone

My Letter to Amy Chozick @ The Wall Street Journal

1 Million Acres of Solar Panels Could Be A Huge Environmental Disaster

Hillary's Comedy of Errors

I feel a little sad about Sen. Clinton tonight

Barack bags Hon. Doctorate at Wesleyan

What is Michelle Obama thinking tonight?