Thursday, February 11, 2016
Women activists decry Steinem, Albright statements
Women activists decry Steinem, Albright statements: Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tried to shore up her flagging support among young women last week with the help of feminist icons Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Senator Bernie Sanders Phone Bank Volunteering
Most of my work for the #Bernie2016 campaign has been social media related. Working as part of a team I manage several platforms within the group. I decided it was time to do some on the ground outreach.
I was checking out events on berniesanders.com when I came across the NH phone back event in Nashua. NH is an early primary state. It is critical in setting expectations in the minds of many who have not yet had the chance to vote as their state primary is still yet to come. Getting out the vote in the Democratic primary in itself is an important and difficult task. So I decided this was a good place to start.
I signed up for the Nashua office event and I attended a webinar training as suggested on the event page. It appears you can do phone banking two ways. In a group at a physical event, whether campaign hosted or volunteer hosted, or individually via your own resources.
Being a part of a larger group on site phone bank is a lot of fun. You can share your experience good or bad with fellow volunteers. It is also extremely rewarding to be able to see the results of your work tick off in respect to lines on a page which is normally not immediately apparent when social media posting is your normal game.
All in all a very rewarding experience. Find one near you at BernieSanders.com choose events or host one or just sign up for the training at https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/phonebank.
Have fun and feel rewarded.
I was checking out events on berniesanders.com when I came across the NH phone back event in Nashua. NH is an early primary state. It is critical in setting expectations in the minds of many who have not yet had the chance to vote as their state primary is still yet to come. Getting out the vote in the Democratic primary in itself is an important and difficult task. So I decided this was a good place to start.
I signed up for the Nashua office event and I attended a webinar training as suggested on the event page. It appears you can do phone banking two ways. In a group at a physical event, whether campaign hosted or volunteer hosted, or individually via your own resources.
Being a part of a larger group on site phone bank is a lot of fun. You can share your experience good or bad with fellow volunteers. It is also extremely rewarding to be able to see the results of your work tick off in respect to lines on a page which is normally not immediately apparent when social media posting is your normal game.
All in all a very rewarding experience. Find one near you at BernieSanders.com choose events or host one or just sign up for the training at https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/phonebank.
Have fun and feel rewarded.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders | Interviews | Tavis Smiley | PBS
PBS Post-Debate interview with Tavis Smiley
#BernieSanders talks with +Tavis Smiley who can #FeeltheBern
A chance to answer questions not actually explored in the debate.
Tavis admits how his question in July about whether +Senator Bernie Sanders thought he "could hold his own" is answered unequivocally.
Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders | Interviews | Tavis Smiley | PBS
#BernieSanders talks with +Tavis Smiley who can #FeeltheBern
A chance to answer questions not actually explored in the debate.
Tavis admits how his question in July about whether +Senator Bernie Sanders thought he "could hold his own" is answered unequivocally.
Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders | Interviews | Tavis Smiley | PBS
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Bernie Sanders for President 2016
A New England Senator is running for #POTUS2016 . Check it out.
Bernie Sanders is a unique individual running on the Democratic ticket for president but the longest serviing Independant in Congress. He has served in the House and now the Senate for the New England state of Vermont. He was a local politician there before he became a representative from there to the congress.
Check out FeelTheBern.org or berniesanders.com for much more information and how you can help.
Bernie Sanders is a unique individual running on the Democratic ticket for president but the longest serviing Independant in Congress. He has served in the House and now the Senate for the New England state of Vermont. He was a local politician there before he became a representative from there to the congress.
Check out FeelTheBern.org or berniesanders.com for much more information and how you can help.
Friday, September 11, 2015
READ: at link below - Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us
The devout, God Fearing, spiritual, dedicated, reverent, dutiful, righteous preachers in this country are not tied to the BIG Business of religion. They are tied to their flocks. The self-righteous, those that spout their pious ways on TV are selling you something. Preaching is not a TV or radio show unless it is created to make someone rich or powerful. Selling religion to the poor and the elderly through fear mongering or the offer of eternal salvation is as bad as soliciting martyrs to another faith with the promise of harems of virgins for eternity. You can't buy eternal salvation in either of these ways.
Today organized religion is increasingly being used as a stepping stone to politics in the most right wing of circles. The Pope (undeniably a very Christian man) has denounced the holier than though attitude of most of these preachers as anti-christian. You can not look at the least fortunate among us and say (to someone working 40 to 80 hours a week who might be homeless or without health insurance), it's your own fault you are poor; society does not need to help you, while at the same time saying that the wealthiest among us should not give their fare share to support our society because they have earned their loopholes and then say you are following the teachings of Christ.
Conservatism in politics in the past more often than not was used to represent fiscal conservatism. Currently it is openly social and religious in it's message. You can not pick and choose which laws of the land you will obey and not based on your own particular religious beliefs and suggest that you should be the leader of the entire country and lead the free world.
We have separation of church and state for a reason. To protect the many from the few. This really is a not a left or right position. It is the only position that is acceptable. This country was created by people fleeing religious persecution and allowing it to creep back into the highest forms of our government is extremely dangerous. There have always been religious charlatans, but religion in the USA in 2015 is to be scrutinized more than ever before.
Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us
Today organized religion is increasingly being used as a stepping stone to politics in the most right wing of circles. The Pope (undeniably a very Christian man) has denounced the holier than though attitude of most of these preachers as anti-christian. You can not look at the least fortunate among us and say (to someone working 40 to 80 hours a week who might be homeless or without health insurance), it's your own fault you are poor; society does not need to help you, while at the same time saying that the wealthiest among us should not give their fare share to support our society because they have earned their loopholes and then say you are following the teachings of Christ.
Conservatism in politics in the past more often than not was used to represent fiscal conservatism. Currently it is openly social and religious in it's message. You can not pick and choose which laws of the land you will obey and not based on your own particular religious beliefs and suggest that you should be the leader of the entire country and lead the free world.
We have separation of church and state for a reason. To protect the many from the few. This really is a not a left or right position. It is the only position that is acceptable. This country was created by people fleeing religious persecution and allowing it to creep back into the highest forms of our government is extremely dangerous. There have always been religious charlatans, but religion in the USA in 2015 is to be scrutinized more than ever before.
Christian America is an invention: Big business, right-wing politics and the religious lie that still divides us
Thursday, September 10, 2015
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