Posted in Politics, tagged FEMA, I Own My Vote, IKE, just say no deal, PUMA PAC, Texas, The Denver Group on September 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
News on IKE
FireDogLake sends word from Blue Texan that it might not be going so good:
Three Years After Katrina, Bush’s FEMA Still Sucks
By: Blue Texan Monday September 15, 2008 1:45 pm
http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/15/three-years-after-katrina-bushs-fema-still-sucks
The posturing and positioning is already beginning. (more…)
Posted in Politics, tagged Biden, BRIC, Bush, Clinton, DOW, Economy, FTSE, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Lehman, McCain, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
U.S. stocks slammed; Dow industrials shed 504 points
By Kate Gibson
Last update: 4:13 p.m. EDT Sept. 15, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks tanked on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit with its worst point and percentage drop in nearly seven years after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy and insurance giant American International Group Inc. scurried to raise capital even as its market value was axed by distraught investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average [: $indu] plunged 504.48 points, or 4.4%, to 10,917.51. The S&P 500 ($SPX:
Black Monday: FTSE plunges 212 points as global markets tumble following Lehman collapse
Posted in Politics, tagged Cheney, Feminism, I Own My Vote, Immigration, just say no deal, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 15, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Immigration policy is a feminist issue. Read the article below as an example of why:
WRITERS ON THE RANGE
Female farmworkers are the most vulnerable
ESSAY – September 12, 2008
By Rebecca Clarren
http://www.hcn.org/wotr/female-farmworkers-are-the-most-vulnerable
A western contrarian’s viewpoint about why Palin won’t do:
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Posted in Children, Politics, tagged Charter School, Clinton, Education, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Kennedy, McCain, No Child Left Behind, Obama, Proposition 13, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 14, 2008| 2 Comments »
We trained hard–but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing. And what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.–Gaius Petronius Arbiter
The above quote pretty much sums up how I felt about implementation of the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) Act. If you haven’t read this article yet from a past teacher on the Confluence, be sure and do so:
No Child Left Undamaged
Posted on September 13, 2008 by garychapelhill
[I spent several years working as a high school teacher. I had always wanted to be a teacher and enjoyed it very much. I was going to make it my lifelong career. NCLB ended all that. After George W Bush was appointed president by the SCOTUS in 2001, he was under some pressure to extend an olive branch to the Democrats. Instead, with the help of Ted Kennedy, he offered them a Trojan horse called The No Child Left Behind Act:]
http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/no-child-left-undamaged/
Trojan horse is a perfect metaphor! (more…)
Posted in Politics, tagged I Own My Vote, IKE, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, PUMA PAC, Texas, The Denver Group, Voter Registration on September 13, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Texas Voter Registration Currently Ends Oct. 6th
When one of my daughters lived in Leander, Texas, for several years, she and her husband often had some trouble voting. Even though they registered and lived in the same place, they found that their names were not on the voter list. This happened several times. After the first experience, and the day of the second, she called the registrars office to confirm that they were indeed on the list. However, when they showed up to vote, they had to argue with the poll that they were still registered.
I add this small bit of family experience to the ether. I ask you to consider Lynnette Long’s growing compendium of election fraud in Texas, in line with the following: I just went on line to the Montgomery Co. website in Texas and it appears their server is down. This is probably due to the power outage. However, I think we must anticipate the possibility that the general election vote will be affected by Ike.
It appears that voter registration for the General Election currently ends in Texas on October 6th!! This will not be a lot of time to begin to recover from all the damage Ike is currently inflicting. Re-registering, or assuring you are still registered, may not be at the top of your priority list right now. However, I urge you as soon as you are able, to call your registrars office or go online and ascertain your status, and print a pdf copy if you need to. The State of Texas should make accommodation for this event.
Posted in Politics, tagged Affirmative Action, Allred, Clinton, DNC, Feminsim, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, McCain, Misogyny, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, Steinem, The Denver Group on September 13, 2008| 1 Comment »
We PUMAs were all glad when Olberman and Matthews were demoted but what are we doing about this guy?
Mark Belling called Gloria Steinem a “grizzled old bag,” “old witch”
[Summary: Radio host Mark Belling called Gloria Steinem a “grizzled old bag,” “old witch,” and “embittered old has-been” and also stated that the “previous generation” of feminists “were so ugly you couldn’t stand to look at them.”]
Posted in Children, Politics, tagged Asian Stores, Babies, Chinese, FDA, I Own My Vote, Infant formula, just say no deal, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Remember the melamine in the pet food? It’s not panic time. It’s an advisory for asian markets. However, if you know someone with babies who shops asian, let them know!
In response to reports of contaminated milk-based infant formula manufactured in China, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is issuing a Health Information Advisory. This is to assure the American public that there is no known threat of contamination in infant formula manufactured by companies that have met the requirements to sell infant formula in the United States. Although no Chinese manufacturers of infant formula have fulfilled the requirements to sell infant formula in the United States, FDA officials are investigating whether or not infant formula manufactured in China is being sold in specialty markets which serve the Asian community. (more…)
Posted in Politics, tagged Caucuses, DNC Reform, I Own My Vote, IKE, just say no deal, PUMA PAC, Texas Two Step, The Denver Group on September 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The Houston Press just posted this:
Up with the Boards, Down with the Banners
Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 11:24:56 AM
Olivia Flores Alvarez
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2008/09/up_with_the_boards_down_with_t.php
Last month I posted a blog on the Texas Two Step DNC review with meeting dates. As it turns out one of the meetings was scheduled for tomorrow in Houston. This meeting has been canceled until further notice due to Ike.
However, for those of us who want to end the caucus mess, I’m asking you Texans to make sure all those documents, concerns, and you, are battened down. Good luck. We will be thinking of you this week.
I Own My Vote, Just Say No Deal, Puma Pac, the Denver Group
Posted in Politics, tagged Campaign Finance, Clinton, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, McCain, Obama, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 11, 2008| 2 Comments »
You may remember that Barack Obama had opted out of the public finance system in July-August. Pundits speculated at the time he would need around 55 million a month to complete the race. Then he made some nicey nice about asking donors to 527’s to contribute to his campaign instead. Hah! Lately MoveOn has spent it’s time OPPOSING McCain, rather than supporting Obama. The SEIU just reported on Sept 10th, they spent around $255,000, in Missouri and Kansas canvassing for Obama. They reported another $365,000 canvassing in Iowa. (Local 199.) (more…)
Posted in Politics, tagged Clinton, Feminism, I Own My Vote, just say no deal, Palin, PUMA PAC, The Denver Group on September 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
I was settling down a little, then I found annebellep’s article. Read the first three articles. Then read hers. Can’t forget the the whack attacks about pigs and fish? Palin IS NOT the latest bimbo. However, someone IS hoping you will go there. Palin appeals to us western types in a grown up, real person way. She also has the skills to do the job and that is scaring the bejeezus out of all the minions of the Boys Only Club.
Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Colorado, Missouri, Michigan, Wyoming, parts of California, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, maybe even Kansas, and Iowa.
Take a look at some of the serious ruminations going on below, and think about the states I just listed:
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Grab and Keel 