Frederick Douglass

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

EEOC issues New Guidelines on Religious Discrimination

From 'What If' to 'Here's How!'

Destination Home is a permanent supportive housing program built on philosophy of 'housing first'. Now that may sound too much like non-profit, sociology, insider speak, but it essentially means this - we believe that we can help solve the problem of homelessness for a number of people by giving them access to the dignity that comes with having the privacy that comes with a roof over their heads, and a key in their pocket.

The Obama Senate record of accomplishments
Whatever one may think of his politics, to say that Obama is all show and no substance reveals either a painful ignorance or a shameful dishonesty.  Go to this link and take a look.  He's accomplished a heck of a lot -- he's tried to accomplish a heck of a lot more!  In a nutshell (packaged for the wingnuts):  Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress; Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005; and Senator Obama has   introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate.

Foreclosure Phil speaks: "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession. .... We have sort of become a nation of whiners."  Now how will those guys with the "These colors don't run" bumper stickers react to one of the GOM* of the GOP calling us a nation of whiners?

• GOM = Grand Old Men

Nancy, what took so long? Kucinich introduces article of impeachment against Bush.

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News clips on Youtube show us the real McCain  Most of it is devastating and ought to be played and replayed throughout the coming campaign.

On your mark. Get set. Grind your teeth!  McCain Campaign Agrees With CNBC Pundit: Americans Making $200,000 Are ‘Not Rich’

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The good Congressman puts the situation plainly.

This is the vote from January 16 on war funding.  Since that time, according to Democrats.com, these Congressmembers have said they will vote against further funding of the war (which they did not do on the earlier vote):

Ray McGovern thinks it was Admiral Fallon.  Scarecrow thinks it was a “group of Pentagon seniors”.

Whoever you were, thank you.  Because of you, the NIE finding that Iran currently has no nuclear weapons program is now in the public eye.  As a result, war on Iran becomes less likely.

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