Today is a united effort to get the word out about the misuse of tasers by law enforcement officials. “Say it ain’t so”, you may be thinking. Well we know how helpful….and how harmful law enforcement can be. Feel free to Google the numerous stories of how the usual suspects with racial and gender biases [...]
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I’ve been sorting through my thoughts and feelings since I got back from Austin. I am new to blogging afterall and must do the work of defining this blog and my goals for participation. I had a very distinct impression of my time spent at NetRoots Nation, but I wanted to sit on it for [...] or “How I Learned to Not Let A Good-Looking Man Sway Me From ‘hatin‘ “ Let me start by saying I have a few posts to add about my time at NetRoots Nation. They’re coming. I am still recovering from the extra long flight back to San Fran fraught with delays due to fog! Typical. I [...] Ok I just sat through this Keynote with Markos Moulitsas and Harold Ford Jr. and it was one big YAWN! WTF. I’m at NetRoots Nation and I have to say this was my first time attending and may very likely be my last time. After last year’s Meet the Press show where Kos and Harold [...] 855pm – HoDe is in the house! He’s on a bus tour that began in Crawford and will continue to Louisiana and Mississippi next. He made a point to mention how nice Crawford is a nice town full of warm people – eager for a change. He made a little joke about how it was [...] 823pm - General Wesley Clark is speaking before Howard Dean gives the address. He has touched on some valid points concerning our rights to health care, stemming any US aggression towards Iran, the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo. He calls for various attendees who are military, community volunteers, medical staffers, public servants to stand and [...] 545pm - Fundraising. Money Talks! An Act Blue rep is in attendance and explaining what they do. This is a way many blogs can pool their resources together for one sizable amount. They have raised $57M. Yup. $57M. There’s a candidate running for a congressional district in CA who discusses how giving a minimum of $1oK [...] 5:35p - Have Black bloggers been approached by the Obama campaign and what has that outreach produced? Those that have been approached have been given tremendous access but the response time and breadth needs work. We should not rely on the campaign for setting the agenda when we are better able to approach the campaign [...] 5:27pm - Topic of conversation is how Obama’s lifestory and history of not being a descendent of slaves and is there a cultural disconnect between his experiences and the average African-American voter. How the Obama campaign has served as an impetus to take ownership in the political process. What he looks like has had an [...] 5:17pm - Open discussion: Race issues and how it relates to the Obama campaign. How a lot of white progressive blogs may not know [care or understand] how to frame this discussion. The importance of the concerted voices of POC. How dangerous John McCain’s campaign is to POC and his continued free ride in the [...] |
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