Climate Change - Leaders Lead

We cannot risk having leaders in Washington who turn a blind eye to the threat of climate change and the devastating impact it's having across the nation.

It's time to act on climate change.

Reflections - A reminder of where we've come from

We all tend to have a short memory about current events, and the advertising blitz of the current political campaigns makes it even harder to put our economic situation in perspective.

It is easy to be dissatisfied with the current state of the economy when we don't clearly remember just how close to a total financial collapse we were.  In 2008, for Thanksgiving, 800,000 people lost their jobs.  In the next month, for Christmas, 800,000 more people lost their jobs. Thousands of our troops were dying in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting two unfunded (and off budget) wars.  The country was failing, the stock market was in a free fall, and a de-regulated Wall Street had lost Billions of dollars while defrauding investors with exotic derivative investments based on bad home loans.  No one wanted to see or hear from President Bush, with good reason.

Four years later, not a single Republican candidate, even through the entire primary cycle, would dare mention the former President's name.

When I reflect back, I see just how much President Obama has accomplished, and knowing that there is far more to be done, I am proud of what he has done so far.  Here's a video that will put it all together for you.

Ballot Tampering Alert - Clackamus County Oregon

This story breaks in Clackamus County Oregon, where a temporary ballot worker was caught and accused of modifying cast mail-in ballots by filling in votes for Republican candidates.

"We can confirm we are currently investigating criminal felony violations of Oregon's election laws, which allegedly took place in Clackamas County and allegedly involved a temporary county elections employee tampering with cast ballots," said Jeff Manning, a department [of Justice]spokesman.

This is the Oregon Secretary of State's worst nightmare.  They don't know how many ballots have been tampered with, and the concern is that this is mostly about down-ballot candidates.  The Oregon state house is split 30-30 between Democrats and Republicans, and with the typically close elections there, this ballot fraud could sway control of the state house. 

It is unlikely that we will know prior to election day  the impact of this event, if it is isolated, or if it is part of a wider attempt to tamper with the vote by Republican operatives

"Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don’t believe most of what he says."

Said conservative publication "The Economist" in a balanced critical analysis of Obama and Romney.  With it comes an Endorsement for Obama.  Not a enthusiastic endorsement, but certainly a thoughtful rejection of Romney and of Obama being better for America (and Europe and the UK).
 Recommended Reading - especially if you are still struggling with the choice over economic issues.

Romney Profiteering from TARP bailout of Auto Industry

It turns on that Mitt and Ann Romney made huge profits from the Auto Bailout through their share of the hedge fund takeover investments of Delphi Automotive.  Estimates are from a minimum of $15 Million to as much as $115 Million or more that are now held in offshore accounts. As part of that takeover, 25,000 union jobs were wiped out and shipped to Mexico and China, worker's pensions were dumped on the Government Pension Guarantee system and their healthcare insurance cancelled.

The UAW and others have filed formal complaints with the US office of Government Ethics.  The complaints involve Romney's failure to disclose the investments, his non-disclosed 2009 tax return and connection through Bain Capital.  Now we know why he's refused to reveal that tax return.  To do so would reveal how much money he's made (so far) from those backdoor investments.

The detailed investigation by Greg Palast was published in The Nation.

Profiteering while wiping out Jobs, Pensions and Healthcare for 25,000 people, then sending Paul Ryan out
to Blame Obama for the job losses.
That's Helping People - Romney Style

Remember - "Corporations are People" too

How to Destroy your Own Credibility - Romney Style

Romney thinks that Ohioans are all named Forrest Gump.



He must be thinking we are Stupid Stupid Stupid. Well Romney's Completely Wrong again.
Prove it - Vote Obama, Vote Democrat !

What would life be like with President Romney?

Obama ad outlining day 100 of a Romney Presidency. Don't let this happen !