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Bringin' Back the Best of the 70's: Lower Emissions, Funk, and Style!

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:23:31 +0000

The 1Sky Campaign is holding a national Day of Action to carry the momentum from this year's election into the Capitol and White House. On Tuesday, November 18th, volunteers will gather all over the country-with help from 1Sky, the Energy Action Coalition and 350.org--to welcome the President-elect and the new Congress by calling on them to make climate an immediate priority in 2009.

St. Louis Events on November 18th Include:

2:30pm

Obama Is No Country Song

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:04:02 +0000

The opinion community has embraced Obama in a brotherly hug, a lover’s arms, a worshipers supplication, an enemy’s arm’s length grip and in a madman’s clutching. The millions of words swirling in a maelstrom, running hot and cold, all true and all false: Obama, champion of the common man. Obama, the elite’s new face. Obama, the hoped for. Obama, the unknown.

Obama Wins. Where from Here? Peaceworks' Perspective

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:53:54 +0000

Hello friends,

This week we depart from our usual Updates format. We will be sending an event update with Nook News in a day or two. We do want to remind you that our Annual Dinner is this Saturday, Nov. 15. Details are at http://www.midmopeaceworks.org/events.php#258

Good, and Now Back to Work: Avoiding Cynicism and Overconfidence in the Age of Obama

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:58:22 +0000

Let me say this, to some of those on the left -- some of my friends and longtime compatriots in the struggle for social justice -- who yet insist that there is no difference between Obama and McCain, between Democrats and Republicans, between Biden and Palin: Screw you.

A Look Under the Hood at the (Potential) Obama Administration

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:39:18 +0000

Tuesday’s celebration hangovers have finally started to wear off, and the pieces are beginning to fall into place. Change will be coming to Washington in January, but it is difficult to decipher what form it will take. Early clues, however, suggest that Barack Obama’s administration will prove unlikely to alter the fundamental political machinery that has led us into war and economic turmoil. Below is a brief summary of Obama’s potential choices for a few key roles in his administration.

Military Mobilization? DRAFT? Obama–YES; McCain–Yes; Rep. Rangel (D-NY)–Yes!

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:14:19 +0000

Rep. Rangel (D-NY) has been on record for a draft since November 2006:
“"There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way," Rangel said.” See note 1
Rangel admits to “flimsy evidence” for the Iraq War, yet does not call for its end. Note 1

ROTC Get Out, Stay Out! Obama Wants You to Serve Imperialism

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:32:29 +0000

ROTC Get Out, Stay Out!

Obama Wants You to Serve Imperialism

Democrats, Republicans United for Racist War and Union Busting

from Revolution no. 5

Obama is a Honky, McCain is a Slave, and We’re All Still Oppressed by the Whores of the Lesser Womb

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:28:24 +0000

Yes, that got people nodding awake, but not yet stirring from slumber. Because in their hearts there was a quiet murmur that said… yummm… possibility.

Of what though?

FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:55:26 +0000

Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:

KUSA - 9Wants to Know has learned three
men in Denver planned to assassinate U.S. Senator Barack Obama during
the Democratic National Convention in Denver by sneaking into one of
his events and shooting him with a gun hidden inside of a camera,
according to federal court records.

read more

Obama, The Prince of Bait and Switch

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:38:54 +0000

On 12 July, The Times (UK) devoted two pages to Afghanistan. It was mostly a complaint about the heat. The reporter, Magnus Linklater, described in detail his discomfort and how he had needed to be sprayed with iced water. He also described the “high drama” and “meticulously practised routine” of evacuating another overheated journalist. For her US Marine rescuers, wrote Linklater, “saving a life took precedence over [their] security”.