CrossKosed from: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/5/15241/9575

Today (Sunday) I will be touring in the district with General Wesley Clark and tomorrow (Monday) President Bill Clinton and Senator Max Cleland will be here.

While it may be hard to fathom, we are now 48 hours away from our last best chance to save this Nation that we call the United States of America.

48 hours to save it from the leadership of one political party that would spend our children and grandchildren into economic ruin.
48 hours to save our Nation from power hungry leaders who would do anything to stay in power.
48 hours to save our Nation from officials who would federalize each and every classroom and wipe out two centuries of local control of schools all because they see public education as a failed proposition. Instead of solving the problem they only make it worse.
48 hours to save our fellow Americans from a Government that would give Billions in tax rebates to the large oil companies while those same companies are reaping the largest profits in the history of the United States, and all in the name of short term quarterly stock reports instead of long term national wealth.
48 hours to save our Nation from a government that would sell out the very people that they are charged with protecting by exporting our manufacturing base overseas with no care about the consequences. And, finally, we have
48 hours to save our Nation from a government that would involve us in an endless war of occupation and attrition and then throw a continuous stream of Madison Avenue slogans at us to try and divert attention from their failures.

We are at a crossroads and only our phone calls, door to door Get-Out-the-Vote election district walking, and last minute financing will make the difference. We are at a crossroads and only we can direct which direction we will go. Here in the 29th Congressional District we have the luxury of old fashioned lever machines and we will be watching like a hawk at the polls. And here on the ground we are working around the clock to get out the Army of folks whom we will need to motivate and mobilize the voters. But across this Country we will all have a choice to make: Stay the Course or Change the Course. And only we can select which it will be.

We need new leadership that has the fearless backbone to stand and demand the impeachment of the Secretary of Defense because calling for his resignation has not been enough. The President has announced and his Vice President has affirmed that despite what the American people want they will not change their failed policies in Iraq . We must act with strength, vigor and purpose.

We need new leadership that has the fearless backbone to reverse five years of a failed energy policy that panders to a few top oil companies instead of moving forward with bold strokes to realize the dream of true energy independence. The President has failed to fund the very initiatives that he described as his Administration's contribution to that goal. And his Vice President has affirmed two things: One, that the American people have no right to know what secret negotiations created his failed energy policy; And two, that anything other than increased drilling for oil and remaining dependent on fossil fuels is a failure. And he says this despite what the entire scientific community says.

CrossKosed from: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/22/145946/07 

If you really want to support the troops you have to do more than just put a magnetic sticker on your vehicle. Among other things, it means that you stand up for both our troops in the field and for ongoing care for our Veterans at home. And at a time when we have tens of thousands of new disabled veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, that latter part is especially important.

This weekend has brought some disturbing news for veterans in the 29th District that directly relates to this issue. It appears that the Acute Psychiatric treatment ward at the Canandaigua VA Hospital, just down the road from Rochester, is slated for closure just after the election. (What interesting timing!) This hospital is already the only center of its kind in the area and, in recent years, has faced dramatic cuts in its other medical services. Now, with the impending loss of in-patient psychiatric treatment services, disabled veterans and their families will be forced to travel to as far away as Buffalo.

Yes, it's late; but by this weekend, I hope to be 100% moved'in. :D

Here are some highlights on Eric Massa's (NY-29) DC fundraiser event 2 days ago ... :/

But breifly, it was a great evening for Massa in DC, a fundraising event was held at the beautiful home of Barb Leash. Eric Massa was really fired up for this event. I guess it must be his Navy spirit, but "Rubberstamp Randy Kuhl" is a battered man in this contest against Massa on the ground. Massa held no punches against this incumbant. There's a clear reason why Eric will be victorious, he fights for the people.

Patriotic & Common Sense: RI US Senate Candidate CARL SHEELER

Carl states, “Our response after September 11 was fear and anger, then distrust in government. We have four more years of the “Decider” who has been a national disgrace as a divider. Yet, the terrorists could not take away the most prized freedom many have died to defend – our democratic right to vote.

The political machines’ power presumes people may complain about their elected, but seldom take action. Machine politicians promise the world, but rarely deliver. It’s the politics of the “one night stand”. They’re helped by special interests wanting power.”

I was so irrate about this today that I posted this on kos at noon, forgetting that it was midnight ET in America. But here it is again!

I personally laud the DCCC and CSCC as well as the various PACS for getting behind candidates in this crucial mid-term election. So nothing I say here is to be taken as a criticism of the organizations and individuals involved - only the tactic of pitting Dems against Dems, vets and non-vets alike.

We have no choice but to endure the primaries which pit LOCAL candidates against each other, but now we are seeing this taken to a regional and national level. The DCCC chose the strategy of putting large amounts of cash into a relatively few targeted campaigns. This produced a great deal of strife between Fighting Dem Vets and other Fighting Dems - something that should not have happened. Many of us advocated rather a leveling of the playing field so that candidates in areas where even 5,000 bucks would make a huge difference could benefit from increased funding.

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Bernie Quigley

Haverhill, NH

Born in Texas

“I am delighted to be here with you this evening because after listening to George Bush all these years, I figured you needed to know what a real Texas accent sounds like.”

Ann Richards

Could be that we are all destined to be born again as Americans in Texas. Could be that something will happen in Texas to make us different kinds of individuals in the world and a different kind of country. Something from which there will be no going back. Could be that destiny awaits us in Texas. The great visionary Salvador Dali saw a cosmic man-child, Geopoliticus Child, born there in the desert; hatched there, hatched out of a world egg. A new man for a new millennium beholding to none who came before.

They attacked Bush last year and they aren't baclomg down!

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Forgive, sounds good
Forget, I’m not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I’m still waiting

I’m through with doubt
There’s nothing left for me to figure out
I’ve paid a price
And I’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice
I’m not ready to back down
I’m still mad as hell and
I don’t have time to go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
‘Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is you think I should