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tempest Tuesday …&some News
The President will be handing out the Medal of Freedom to Rep. John Lewis -we support this action and love John Lewis with all the things he has done for the rest of us so that we might be able to move forward, have access and achieve great things in our own lives as well as our children and their children in the future. Congratulations to Rep. John Lewis.
Day 3 of snow has the 206 gripped in panic closed schools and more snow on the way. The snow that fell yesterday has turned into a sheet of ice and in some parts of the 206; more snowfall is on top of that. The roads definitely look okay –they are not so stay home if you can because folks are clogging stalling and blocking the work that the people, who snow plow, dump salt, and or dirt. The ice is the problem currently causing a whole lot of accidents so again be safe than sorry and call in or ride the bus which is also causing delays what with all the SUV’s thinking they have this and obviously they do not or the number of cars trucks and SUV’s parked on streets would be a lot less. Stay home and let the good people do their jobs so people can begin to drive again. !
How odd it was to be watching the late night shows when all of a sudden breaking news that N.Korea opens fire with several rounds of fire on S.Korea and while there has been frayed contentious relations between these two the idea that a war ..An actual war could or would break out seems very strange and disturbing to say the least. The background story is that S.Korea usually holds drills at this time of year, they let N.Korea know a head of time but instead of dealing with this N.Korea decided on pre-emptive strikes against S.Korea and is by far not only violent in that several S.Koreans were injured at least 2 of their troops was killed.
The last thing for today
“Never doubt that a small Group of thoughtful, committed citizens change the World. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
The 2008 Machine needs to get started now for the 2012 campaign -the base needs to hear from you!! Latinos, Women, Gays, the young ,our elders and with only 4.7% Blacks voting for the mid-term elections we need to go deep -rural as well, and last -Progressives need to be rubbed the right way to get their votes
Other News …
Rep.Ortiz concedes House race in TX
Plouffe to WH, Axelrod may exit sooner
Battle over who speaks for Tea Party movement
Jawbone not Holloway’s
S.Korea leader calls for enormous retaliation against NKorea
FCC updating 911 for the texting generation
11 arrested in terrorism probe, Belgian officials say
Wesley Snipes says no to being arrested by the IRS
Winter blows in fast and hard in the NWest and could complicate Thanksgiving travel
CSPAN …
American Association for Budget and Program Analysis 2010 Fall Symposium
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Just this month, a man drove barreling through the gates of a chemical plant in Texas, shouting, “We’re all gonna die!” before slamming his SUV into an 18-wheeler. On the very same day, one worker was killed and another injured by an explosion at a chemical plant in New York. Chemical plants across the country present a real danger to nearby communities. In fact, millions of Americans are at risk. If an accident or a terrorist attack happens at any one of 484 chemical plants, 100,000 or more people would be at risk of injury or death.
Despite these clear and present dangers, Congress has so far failed to protect us. But right now, there’s a window of opportunity to pass legislation before the end of the year to make water treatment plants safer. The Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, and more than 100 non-profits, including major unions, fire fighters, environmental and public health groups are all in favor of this legislation. But Congress needs to hear from YOU. Safer alternatives are already being used in hundreds of plants. It’s up to all of us to convince Congress to protect us. Please, take just a second to tell your friends. The time you take could help save lives.
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Weekend rant -up &some News
On Saturday we saw President Obama in action who is definitely good for America in general and his determination to get the START treaty taken care of and revitalize our relationship/alliances with other NATO countries is something we should all be proud. This man is doing the work of the people and America unlike the Republican Tea Party who put Party, Profits and the Bush tax givaways before the People of American.
Yesterday, the weather here was giving off definitely vibes of a sharp drop in the temperature and a possibility of snow and while the skies were white and the temperature did, drop the rain trumped the snow but we have a whole weekend to deal with and apparently, some parts of our city did get some snow. This morning it is very crisp and the sky is blue –rain is on the way and a whole lot of sports here such as the UW Huskies are in Maui for the first time playing BB in an EA 3-day tourney -awesome and the Seahawks play the Saints on Sunday.
To say that the media is not the same conglomerate it use to be is stating the obvious and putting it mildly. When it is clear that reporters are giving out bad info and not correcting it even after someone from the Military actually comes on to be interviewed, makes a correction or i guess tries to make sure the public understands what is actually happening. I just do not understand why the cable heads cannot make the correction instead of fueling the inaccuracy of it all. Is it such a bad thing to either just correct it move on and or say they information has been interpreted several different ways and they think instead of telling the public that the Obama Admin has made changes to the draw down in Afghanistan. It is a very telling process and yet another issue we all need to be aware of and question each and every time we watch what seems to me the unfair and i guess unbalanced news coming from cable unless we see and hear it from the President himself or anyone else for that matter. That old saying about hearing a comment from the horses mouth is the only way to get the truth is to hear it from the person themselves, not that folks don’t know that already but the reality is that folks have chosen not to and that is sad.
While i am definitely happy about the Senate passing HR 4783, the Black and Native American farmers settlement despite folks like Sen.Coburn’s efforts to block it. There are still many more Republican hurdles for the settlement to jump before any money can be handed out. According to an interview with Boyd the next hurdle to be conquered will happen after Thanksgiving in the House of Representatives. If HR4783 passes it could then take up to a year to be interviewed, maybe court cases, signed and or disbursed to the many farmers who have been waiting for decades. The 50 or 70 thousand per farmer sounds great at first thought but it does not seem enough to pick up where a farmer left off and those who died waiting for this overdue settlement hopefully are looking down upon the others with at least a smile.
Other News …
Wesley Snipes has yet to turn himself in
Judge halts Murkowski cerification
China Reins in Bank Reserve rules
DMX arrested in AZ
the Show -Teen Mom- has one of theirs charged with domestic violence
The Senate confirms President Obama’s budget chief
Gases delay the rescue for 29 at N.Zealand mine
President Obama tells GOP to stop holding up START treaty
Be a Seed for Change 
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