Senator Daniel Inouye Passes Away!

Thank you for your service, Senator Inouye. 

The longest serving U.S. Senator from the state of Hawaii has passed away. President Barack Obama was notified of the passing of Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) yesterday. He was suffering complications from a lung infection.

A senator since 1963, Inouye was the most senior senator at the time of his death. He was also the second-longest serving U.S. Senator in history after Robert Byrd. Inouye continuously represented Hawaii in the U.S. Congress since it achieved statehood in 1959 until the time of his death, serving as Hawaii's first U.S. Representative and later a senator.

Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and later the first in the U.S. Senate. Before then, he served in the Hawaii territorial house from 1954 to 1958 and the territorial senate from 1958 to 1959. He never lost an election in 58 years as an elected official. At the time of his death, Inouye was the second-oldest current U.S. senator, after Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey. He was also a World War II Medal of Honor recipient.

Because of his seniority, following then West Virginia senator Robert Byrd's death on June 28, 2010, Inouye became President pro tempore of the Senate; this made him third in the presidential line of succession after the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

A veteran of World War II, Senator Inouye enlisted into the military after the United States dropped its internment program in which it imprisoned Japanese Americans, on fears of espionage.

He was at the Pearl Harbor attack December 7, 1941 as a medical volunteer. In 1943, when the U.S. Army dropped its enlistment ban on Japanese Americans, Inouye curtailed his premedical studies at the University of Hawaii and enlisted in the Army. He volunteered to be part of the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team. This army unit was mostly made up of second-generation Japanese Americans from Hawaii and the mainland.

Inouye was promoted to the rank of sergeant within his first year, and he was given the role of platoon leader. During a fire fight in Italy, Inouye was badly injured. He had his arm amputated after a severe injury during a combat fight.

A dedicated public servant to the constituents of Hawaii.

Although Inouye had lost his right arm, he remained in the military until 1947 and was honorably discharged with the rank of captain. At the time of his leaving of the Army, he was a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart. Inouye was initially awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his bravery in this action, with the award later being upgraded to the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton (alongside 19 other Nisei servicemen who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were believed to have been denied proper recognition of their bravery due to their race).

Due to the loss of his arm, Inouye abandoned his plans to become a surgeon, and returned to college to study political science under the G.I. Bill. He graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He earned his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. in 1953 and was elected into the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. In 1953, he was elected to the Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, and was immediately elected majority leader. He served two terms there, and was elected to the Hawaii territorial senate in 1957.

Midway through his first term in the state senate, Hawaii achieved statehood. He won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as Hawaii's first full member, and took office on August 21, 1959, the same date Hawaii became a state; he was re-elected in 1960.

In 1962, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, succeeding fellow Democrat Oren E. Long. He was reelected eight times, usually without serious difficulty. His only close race was in 1992, when state senator Rick Reed held him to 57 percent of the vote—the only time he received less than 69 percent of the vote. He delivered the keynote address at the turbulent 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and gained national attention for his service on the Senate Watergate Committee. He was chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence from 1975 until 1979, and chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 1987 until 1995 and from 2001 until 2003. Inouye was also involved in the Iran-Contra investigations of the 1980s, chairing a special committee from 1987 until 1989. During the hearings Inouye referred to the operations that had been revealed as a "secret government" saying:

"[There exists] a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law itself."

Criticizing the logic of Marine Lt. Colonel Oliver North's justifications for his actions in the affair, Inouye made reference to the Nuremberg trials, provoking a heated interruption from North's attorney Brendan V. Sullivan, Jr., an exchange that was widely repeated in the media at the time. He was also seen as a pro-Taiwan senator, and helped in forming the Taiwan Relations Act.

President Barack Obama with Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts), Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts), and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont).

In 2009, Inouye assumed leadership of the powerful Senate Committee on Appropriations after longtime chairman Robert Byrd stepped down. Following the latter's death on June 28, 2010, Inouye was elected President pro tempore, the officer third in the presidential line of succession.

In 2010, Inouye announced his decision to run for a ninth term. He easily won the Democratic primary–the real contest in this heavily Democratic state--and then trounced Republican state representative Campbell Cavasso with 74 percent of the vote.

Prior to his death, Inouye announced that he planned to run for a record tenth term in 2016, when he would have been 92 years old. He also said, "I have told my staff and I have told my family that when the time comes, when you question my sanity or question my ability to do things physically or mentally, I don't want you to hesitate, do everything to get me out of here, because I want to make certain the people of Hawaii get the best representation possible."

It's On!

Julian and Joaquin Castro are the power players in the Democratic Party. Julian is the mayor of San Antonio and thought to be a rumored 2016 U.S. Presidential Candidate. His brother Joaquin was elected to be a member of Congress.

Joaquin Castro, Tammy Baldwin, Ted Cruz, Kyrsten Sinema, Angus King and many others will join the United States Congress.

Castro, a Texas state representative won easily a U.S. House race and he'll take the seat of retiring Congressman Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas). His twin brother Julian, is the mayor San Antonio, Texas and is floated by some as a potential front runner for the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Castro is one of the political voices the nation will be hearing from in the coming years. Joaquin being a resident of his brother's city will be a representative of his constituents.

Baldwin is a Democratic U.S. Congresswoman from Wisconsin. After a resurgence of embattled Governor Scott Walker, and former presidential nominee Mitt Romney picking Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), Republicans saw Wisconsin in play for the 2012 U.S. presidential elections. The state was expected to be a pick up for the Republicans. They've thought wrong! President Barack Obama carried the state easily and it helped Baldwin squeeze out a victory in the U.S. Senate race against the former Republican state governor and perennial candidate for president Tommy Thompson. Baldwin is the first openly gay person to be elected to office. Her victory rides the coattails of Elizabeth Warren, a consumer advocate who trounced Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) in a hotly contest race.

King is the former governor of Maine. Best known for his independence from the political parties, his victory came as no surprise. The Republican senator Olympia Snowe was a sure shot for victory. Her frustration with her Republican leaders led to her departure. She is one of the few pro-choice members of the Republican Party. She and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) are looked upon by President Barack Obama when it comes to tie breaking votes in a filibuster. The Republicans were hoping that they could win back the Senate on the basis of frustration with the president. The president hasn't put much influence in the senate races because of him being slightly toxic in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri, Massachusetts, and Montana. Maine was different. Some residents were not fond of the direction of Tea Party endorsed Republican governor Paul LePage and Maine doesn't tolerate partisanship. The Democrats weren't fond of their candidate so they've decided put their efforts into a spoiler. King easily beat out the Republican and Democrat in the Senate race. And while it's likely he'll have committee with the Democratic majority, he'll push forth his brand of independence from the political fray. He and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) will be the only elected members who aren't politically affiliated with national party.

Arizona welcomes its first openly bisexual woman Kyrsten Sinema to the House of Representatives. The Democratic nominee beat out a tight race against a Republican Vernon Parker. Arizona and Florida are the hub of controversy in the wake of long waits for voting. The president in his victory acceptance speech promised he'll deal with voter intimidation.

Congressman Ron Barber (D-Arizona) may be able to squeak out a victory if the recount goes his way! He is a tough fight for a full term. Barber was also a victim of a tragedy. His boss Gabrielle Giffords resigned from Congress this year after a traumatic injury resulting from a shooting from Jarrod Lee Loughner. Loughner opened fire on her and others killing six and injuring 30. The shooter was sentenced to life in prison for the tragedy. He may face the death penalty for the killing of a federal judge. Barber was picked to succeed her.

Ted Cruz, the Tea Party endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate won easily in the race in Texas. The state of Texas is a Republican stronghold. But to senate-elect Cruz, he's stated: "Not so fast!" Texas is a minority-majority state. Over 55% of the state's population is minorities. So that means approximately 35% of the state's residents are non-White Hispanics (or purely Latino) citizens. Blacks are 10% of the state's population and 15% are of other races (Native American, Asian American or mixed). Whites make up only 45% of the state's population. It leaves it open for a Democratic takeover if the Republicans stop the war on minorities. The Republicans are still two feet in the manure over immigration reform. The Cuban-American was born in Canada, ran against Texas lieutenant governor David Dewhurst in the Republican senatorial primary.

Tammy Duckworth was elected to serve as a congressowman in the state of Illinois. She beat controversial politician congressman Joe Walsh (R-Illinois)

Tammy Duckworth beats incumbent Republican congressman Joe Walsh in a hotly contest race. Her victory comes after many years of delay from the obstructionist Republicans. The president wanted to appoint her as a member of  The perennial candidate for higher office achieved her goal of being a voice of the disabled veterans. Duckworth is the first Asian American elected in the state of Illinois. She served in the Iraq War in 2003 and was severely injured in an attack. Duckworth lost her right leg near the hip and her left leg below the knee from injuries sustained on November 12, 2004, when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter she was co-piloting was hit by a rocket propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents. She is the first female double amputee from the Iraq war. The explosion "almost completely destroyed her right arm, breaking it in three places and tearing tissue from the back side of it." Duckworth received a Purple Heart on December 3 and was promoted to Major on December 21 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where she was presented with an Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal.

Crash Course!

                           

  +96,000

    8.1% 

    FED SET TO PUMP 

    368,000 DROPPED OUT OF WORKFORCE

Ok, the conservatives are going to cry foul. 

The job reports are out and now we're seeing a modest improvement. The Labor Department has reported that 96,000 jobs were created in the month of August dropping the job rate to 8.1% 

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Conservatives will think the books are being cooked to help President Barack Obama win reelection. The progressives will say that jobs are here and the president is delivering. The only thing standing in their way is Republican obstruction.

Republicans and Democrats will debate over the remaining term trying to pass an extension of the national debt, another jobs bill and making tougher decisions to keep the economy rolling.

Now as for the Drudge Report's siren, it's a trademark of a juicy story sponsored by the conservative agitator. He rang the alarm signaling the conservatives that there's something big or something deceptive about this one!

President Barack Obama is an embattled president. He just finished his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. He acknowledged that the path to the future isn't solved in four years. 

Mitt Romney is the weakest nominee for president.

The Republican has crafted himself as a successful business executive (not a former governor and perennial candidate for higher office). He leads in the national polls as the best one to handle the economy. But his poll numbers are sliding downward.

He maintain his stance as a effective problem solver and yet he hasn't put forth policies that could match or better the embattled president. He has been practicing for the national debates where he could use a backdrop of failed policies or controversies such as the job report to hammer the president.

Congress is at is worst. The Republican-led House of Representatives hasn't achieved much of their goals. They've pass the infamous Paul Ryan Austerity Bill only to be stopped by the Democratic-led Senate. The President's job package is passed by the Senate but halted by the House. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is the vice presidential nominee of the Mitt Romney ticket. He's a longtime fixture in Washington, DC. He hasn't really produced much until his rise in late 2010. 

Congress job approval is at a record low of 10% according to Gallup.

President Barack Obama is right now feeling a convention bounce which could tip him over the watermark of over 50% in the coming days. But it will decrease very soon. The issues of high gasoline prices, still unemployment is over 8%, the debt is over $16 trillion and the war in Afghanistan are dragging him and Congress down.

Mitt Romney wanted to be a Washington insider for most of his political life. He's failed. His only bright side to the issues that the world is facing, is the fact that Romney is a new face to Washington.

Even though he's long been out of office, Romney thinks he could be the best one! 

President Barack Obama urges patience. The country is on the right path. The constant obstruction from his political rivals stalled progress and the American public should know this.

If it wasn't for the third rail, I guess he would be more effective.

Update: Republican nominee Mitt Romney stated that the unemployment drop in simple fashion. 'If Last Night Was The Party, This Morning Is The Hangover'.

The White House released a statement saying that there's sign of modest growth in our economy.

133 Days: The Democratic Supermajority!

For 133 days not two years, President Barack Obama's Democratic Party had a majority of the Congress.

When will the Republican Party ever tell the American people the truth?

Fox News, The Drudge Report, conservative talk radio and the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign have produced the message, "Are You Better Off 4 Years Ago?"

Stephen Colbert debunks the claim.

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If they thought the Democrats had two years of filibuster proof U.S. Senate, they're completely wrong.

The Democrats managed to obtain 60 senators after two events. First things. You have conservative Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and liberal Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). They caucus with the Democrats which gave them 58. Arlen Specter, the Pennsylvania senator who was a moderate Republican endorsed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (The Stimulus). When Republicans ceased their fundraising for the senator, he defected and joined the Democrats giving them 59 votes.

The Minnesota recount. When Minnesota senator Norm Coleman and then GOP governor Tim Pawlenty challenged the count of declared winner actor/writer Al Franken, they delayed his seating for six months. The victory of Al Franken finally gave the Democrats 60 votes in July 2009.

This short lived supermajority had its effective strategy to passing legislation. But when it came to the final leg of the year, they've seen the death of Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy. That put the Democrats in a vine. They had an interim senator fill the void. But the seat was then occupied in January 2010 by Scott Brown, a little known state legislator who rose to become a voice of the conservative Tea Party Movement.  The death of West Virginia senator Robert Byrd put the Democrats at 58. The people of West Virginia elected their governor Joe Manchin to fill the remaining term of Byrd. Manchin has hinted that he'll defect to the Republicans if he manages to win reelection in 2012.

So what the Democrats had was 58 senators. In 2010 U.S. Midterms the Democrats lost seats in Illinois, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Indiana, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania.

Overall the Democrats have 51 members with two independents and Republicans have 47 members. The Republicans are likely going to recapture the United States Senate.

When Republicans and their conservative allies appear in the media, you'll hear them lie about the so-called Obama Majority. They'll claim that the Democrats managed to pass everything that the president wanted. They claim that the Democrats and President Obama failed.

You also got to admit that members of the Republican Party had openly stated that they'll never support President Barack Obama whatsoever. Rush Limbaugh, the conservative agitator declared he hope the president failed. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) stated his only mission for his Republican allies is to deny the president a second term.


Whenever the president or his campaign team go onto the Fox News Channel, they're expected to have a combative interview with the host.

Whether it's Chris Wallace, the folks over at Fox & Friends or even the primetime conservative agitators, President Barack Obama and his team understand the purpose of the network.

The network is conservative. It's pro-Romney. It's misled viewers with stories that paint the president as an enemy of the state.

“The claim that Obama ruled like a monarch over Congress for two years — endlessly intoned as a talking point by Republicans — is more than just a misremembering of recent history or excited overstatement,” the Chicago Tribune‘s Eric Zorn wrote. “It’s a lie.”

“It’s meant to represent that Obama’s had his chance to try out his ideas, and to obscure and deny the relentless GOP obstructionism and Democratic factionalism he’s encountered since Day One,” he explained.

“They seem to figure if they repeat this often enough, you’ll believe it.”

Democrats only had a filibuster proof majority for 133 days.

The president goes back on the campaign trail. The president's DNC speech was overshadowed by former president Bill Clinton. But still it was the most praised acceptance speech by President Barack Obama.

Like Republican Mitt Romney, the main headliner was overshadowed by Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) and actor Clint Eastwood.

A bonus feature.

Talking Points Memo is a liberal investigative blog. The website debunks the Republican National Committee's newest campaign ad. It features a former Obama supporter who actually is a paid RNC staffer.

The recent commercials and the Romney/Ryan ticket have produced the new slogan "Obama's Isn't Working!" They're desperate. They are now trying to find "disappointed Obama voters" to make it appear that the president's likability ratings are negative. This is also the infamous video in which a "white woman is upset with a Black man over an issue!"

We know what it means, grab the dog whistle and blow again!

Barack Obama: We're Moving Forward!

President Barack Obama makes his case for reelection.

What did he say?

How would you grade this speech? A success or a flop?

I know it's not the passionate speeches from First Lady Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton, but it's worth the wait. It wasn't a boring speech. It was way better than Mitt Romney's acceptance speech for the Republican nomination.

President Barack Obama accepts the nomination for the Democratic Party. The embattled president is facing  a tougher reelection this time. And tonight's speech on the floor of the Time Warner Cable Arena is......modest at best. I mean I was hoping for the dazzle and sparkle, and the magic of 2008.

Well, I mean they did canceled the Bank Of America stadium event due to "rain"! It seems like he couldn't fill a soup bowl.

President Barack Obama didn't bring out the best, but it was well worth the wait. I mean the president acknowledged his achievements and knocked his rival Republican Mitt Romney for lacking the courage to stand in the face of an economic crisis.

The optimism is growing but will it help.

The election map is looking better for the president but still it's a long road ahead.

Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nevada, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, and New Hampshire could make or break President Barack Obama.

The map has the president sitting at 247 electoral votes and Mitt Romney at 191.

If President Barack Obama wins either Ohio or Florida and any state he's carried in 2008, he wins.

Mitt Romney has a long way to go in order to beat the president.

Tonight the president accepts the nomination for reelection.

The Passion Of Joe Biden!

A then young man who became a Vice President. From the state of Delaware a senator becomes Barack Obama's running mate and now the second man to the presidency.

The passion of Joesph Robinette Biden. The average "Joe" as most describe him. The president's right hand man makes a spiritual speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Biden was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and lived there for ten years before moving to Delaware. He became an attorney in 1969, and was elected to a county council in 1970. Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 and became the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. He was re-elected to the Senate six times, was the fourth most senior senator at the time of his resignation, and is the 15th-longest serving Senator in history. Biden was a long-time member and former chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

His strong advocacy helped bring about U.S. military assistance and intervention during the Bosnian War. He opposed the Gulf War in 1991. He voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution in 2002, but later proposed resolutions to alter U.S. strategy there.

He has also served as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dealing with issues related to drug policy, crime prevention, and civil liberties, and led creation of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and Violence Against Women Act. He chaired the Judiciary Committee during the contentious U.S. Supreme Court nominations of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.

Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988 and 2008, both times dropping out early in the race.

Barack Obama selected Biden to be the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Biden is the first Roman Catholic and the first Delawarean to become Vice President of the United States. As Vice President, Biden has been heavily involved in Obama's decision-making process and held the oversight role for infrastructure spending from the Obama stimulus package aimed at counteracting the late-2000s recession.

His ability to negotiate with Congressional Republicans played a key role in bringing about the bipartisan deals that resulted in the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 that resolved a taxation deadlock and the Budget Control Act of 2011 that resolved the United States debt ceiling crisis.

Joe Biden has been instrumental in deal making with the stubborn Republican leaders in Congress.

This year, the election took at turn with the vice president's "put y'all back in chains" comment. Just like the president's "you didn't build that" comment, the Republicans seized upon the comments and took it to the campaign.

Tonight Vice President Joe Biden makes a passionate plea for the reelection of Barack Obama for president.

Deval Patrick: Grow A Backbone Dems!

Governor Deval Patrick (D-Massachusetts) brings forth a rousing yet partisan speech at the Democratic National Convention. The governor succeeded Mitt Romney in 2007. Romney is a perennial candidate for higher office. He achieved his goal as the Republican nominee for the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election.

 
The Democratic National Convention is on. I am watching it. First Lady Michelle Obama and Julián Castro will be the headliners of this "Save Obama" National Convention.

The speakers included the president's sister Maya Soetoro-Ng, his brother in law University of Oregon Basketball head coach Craig Robinson, San Antonio mayor (possible 2016 U.S. presidential candidate) Julián Castro, Newark mayor Cory Booker, Tammy Duckworth, candidate for U.S. Congress, Lily Ledbetter, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Subileus, Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel, Ted Strickland, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Congressman Jared Polis (D-Colorado), and Democratic National Leader (Congresswoman) Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida). 

One thing that got me inspired was the speech from the Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.

He spoke clearly of the need to bring forth an united front to reelected President Barack Obama.

He spoke of the dispirited supporters and their frustrations with progress. He told a tale of the Republican's strategy to bully the president right out of office. The governor is the predecessor of former governor and perennial candidate for president Mitt Romney.

Besides the heartwarming tribute to the late Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy, we heard from Tammy Duckworth a disable war veteran running for congress against Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh.  We heard the inspiring speeches from Martin O'Malley the governor of Maryland. A former managing executive Lily Ledbetter who was underpaid after 20 years of service to her company. Her legacy is an imprint on President Barack Obama. The first legislation signed into law as the Equal Gender Pay Act (known as the Lily Ledbetter Act).

When Governor Patrick came to the stage, it's turned out to be one of the most interesting things of the night.

Patrick was reelected in a nail-bitter election after the resurgence of Republicans. The Tea Party elected Scott Brown, a state legislator to the United States Senate ending the Kennedy legacy with an overwhelming victory over the Democratic opponent.

Patrick the father of two grew up with a single mother in the city of Chicago. He managed to win a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner at the age of 34. In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Patrick Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct. Patrick returned to Boston in 1997 to work in private law. In the following years he worked as general counsel for Texaco in New York City and Coca-Cola in Atlanta, which were both facing large racial discrimination settlements.

Somehow I gotten the the spirit back in me when the governor told the American voters to get a backbone and look at the risk if you elect Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan. The price the American public could pay. They could undermine the progress that President Barack Obama's successes.

He told his party faithful that under the leadership of then governor Romney, the state of Massachusetts is ranked 47th in the United States job growth. Patrick managed to keep the state unemployment at level. His state's unemployment is 6.1%, below the national average of 8.3%.

Patrick gave one of the most rousing speeches so far. The media is loving it. But is the American voter buying it?

Patrick's partisan speech may give the Democrats a little spirit but could this impact help reelect President Barack Obama?

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No Church In The Wild!

                           
Republicans are gleeful that the economy is tanking. They practically rooting for the president and the economy to fail so they could get back into power.

This month's recent job reports shows a slow growth. The nation's unemployment has uptick to 8.2%.

The Republicans are looking to bring forth austerity measures to cut domestic spending.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada)

Across the Eurozone there's a high jobless rate having 11% unemployment. China, the fast growing economic sector is slowing down.

We see how our partisan bickering and grandiose brought us.

More problems.

This gives the Republican nominee Mitt Romney an opportunity to bring forth ideas that can better or match that of President Barack Obama.

Most people who aren't familiar with common terms like austerity. Look at what the state Republican legislators and governors are doing! Look how the U.S. House of Representatives accomplished. They want to eliminate government. So that means cuts in the public sector.

That means laying off workers that may be key to the safety, health and infrastructure of the United States.

I mean we had a Republican House and Democratic Senate. They are trying to defeat each other with bills that increase massive spending or bills that increase massive cuts. Each are met through either a filibuster in the U.S. Senate or a test vote in the U.S. House. And of course threats of veto from President Obama.

Now we got to get things straight here. We didn't get into the mess overnight and we're not going to get out of it in a mere two to six years.
                  
We seen what the political parties offer and yet none of them are pleasing the American people.

We lost more jobs in the public sector than in the private sector. Look here, that's the state and federal jobs that most people are crowing about. Those public sector workers who include teachers, police officers, fire fighters, maintenance workers, and those in the federal work force.

The Republicans want to cut the U.S. Postal Service. That eliminates over 400,000 jobs already.

The Republicans are not willing to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires.

School districts have enough trouble trying to pass levies because the voters aren't concerned with paying teacher's salaries or funding school activities to keep children away from the streets.

Both parties are going to put pressure on the president to break the fold. But what could happen if he does?

Will the left blame him for compromising? Will the right blame him for not compromising?

Speaker of The House John Boehner (R-Ohio)

It wouldn't matter anyways. According to the Gallup Poll, most figure that Americans' overall mood about the state of the country is not favorable for an incumbent seeking re-election, given that a president's re-election partly depends on voters' satisfaction with his first four years in office.

About one-quarter of Americans, 24%, are currently satisfied with the way things are going in the country, while 74% are dissatisfied. This is comparable to the dour mood found in 1992 before George W. Bush lost his re-election bid, and is far worse than that seen in 2004, 1996, and 1984, years in which each of the sitting presidents won. Still, the current satisfaction rating is more than double where it was last August and September.

The economy still dominates Americans' views of the nation's Most Important Problem, historically a negative sign for an incumbent seeking re-election.

All in all, Americans' relatively low satisfaction ratings, and the fact that the economy remains by far the top problem in voters' minds, present a formidable challenge for an incumbent president seeking re-election.

So President Barack Obama,  you got work to do! This is the summer months of an election.

Mitt Romney hasn't sealed a strong front against the president. We'll wait until he'll pick his running mate and of course his debate performances.

Mitt Romney will have to prepare for a debate with the president in October. Romney comes off as a weak debater and yet still delivers knock out blows. I haven't seen much of plan from the camp, but expect it to go negative like it did against Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: We Shall Overcome

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born January 15, 1929. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, this young man who envisioned millions to believe in change. A change that demanded all Americans are to be treated equal in the racially segregated South. A man who would be celebrated across the country on this third Monday, a leader to envision Civil Rights for all Americans. If Dr. King was still alive, he would have celebrated his 81st birthday.

According to Wikipedia, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in January 1957, in the afterglow of the Montgomery Bus Boycott victory and consultations with Bayard Rustin, Ella Baker, and others, Dr King invited some 60 black ministers and leaders to Ebenezer Church in Atlanta. Their goal was to form an organization to coordinate and support nonviolent direct action as a method of desegregating bus systems across the South. In addition to Rustin and Baker, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth of Birmingham, Rev Joseph Lowery of Mobile, Rev Ralph Abernathy of Montgomery, Rev C.K. Steele of Tallahassee, all played key roles in this meeting.

Today, the SCLC still holds true to these standards, combat discrimination, focus primarily on education, voter registration, and support for local struggles.

As we celebrate the birthday of Dr. King, I want to remind those who are reading that King was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.

In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.

Somehow politicians and organizations are quick to take credit for the success of Dr. Martin Luther King.

National Black Republican Association claims that Dr. King was a Republican.

The Democratic National Convention in Denver hosted SCLC President Bernice King and her bother, Emeritus Martin Luther King, III.

To bring an end to racism will take time, patience and continuation of the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Crazy" John Mc Cain chooses Gov. Palin of Alaska as his second...What will the hardcore misogynist Radial Right think about this?

Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo Novajoservo: "Crazy" John Mc Cain chooses Gov. Palin of Alaska as his second...What will the hardcore mysoginist Radial Right think about this?

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So, John "I can say Gook if I want to" McCain has finally announced his running mate, "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-defined "hockey mom" who like Democratic Party pick Barack Obama has only recently entered political service is the "surprise" GOP Vice-Presidential candidate.

I for one cannot understand why anyone would be surprised since she logically helps balance McCain out with the Christian Right. She accepts Creationism, opposes abortion rights, laughs at his off-colour jokes and evidently does not personally see a problem with McCain's anti-female screeds that offend most everybody else. In effect, she is the perfect comic foil to McCain's Colonel Klink who will, as he has for the past several months, continue to stumble, misidentify or gaffe his way through his presidency should he be elected, or appointed by the corporate class like George W. Bush.

Being female she could sucker some of the disaffected among Hillary Clinton’s firm supporters but in the end it’s a White woman representing the elite classes versus the “Black Muslim” from the anti-White church with the White mama and funny name.

I could go on, but others have done the work already:
Who’s That Lady?
Poll: Voters uncertain on Palin
Palin currently being investigated for abuse of office
McCain VP pick laughed as radio host called Alaskan Senator a 'b*tch' and a 'cancer'

Exclusive: Chief Fired by Palin Speaks Out
Palin's Wikipedia Entry Gets Overhaul

Thanks To Palin, It's All About Abortion Now

Fox Pundit: Alaska ‘Right Next Door to Russia’
“Fox & Friends” co-host and international relations genius Steve Doocy filled some time before John McCain’s official VP unveiling extravaganza on Friday by suggesting that McCain’s chosen She-publican, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is actually a formidable player on the world stage because of Alaska’s proximity to Russia.