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I received the following email from a friend the other day and had to think about it for a bit before knowing how I wanted to respond to his concerns that Obama was not performing as advertised. (Links added to flesh out the conversation.) Hey, Emily!Sorry I haven't written earlier. And it looks like it takes an emergency to make me do so: I am greatly afraid--especially since I now dwell in

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Please share this around!!!

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I ran this article (and added images to it) almost exactly 3 years ago. We've replaced the President and taken back the U.S. Congress, with intelligent human beings (thank the goddess) and yet from the safety of their media enclaves the radical right wing minority continues to spew disinformation about basic human rights. The current issue under attack is of course (again) health care in America.

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As my friend, a family member, a fan of my artwork and/or blog, but mostly as a fellow human being I ask that you take the time to watch this free online full feature film by French director, Yann Arthus-Bertrand. I can't say I've ever been affected by a film this way...especially a documentary.CLICK HERE TO WATCH ON YouTube UNTIL 6/14/09:HOMEFrom the film's website:A hymn for the planetHOME is

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If you are registered for permanent absentee ballot you should probably mail it in today.Here is some advice from the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club a terrific progressive Bay Area group:_______________________________________On May 19th Vote NO! on all the propositionsPROP. 1A – Imposes a permanent spending cap based on a rolling 10- year average of revenues, extends recently approved tax

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Here's how it's done folks:Filmmaker David Silberberg beautifully captured our recent Ocean Beach memorial for Tom Kennedy.R.I.P.per

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Tom Kennedy and wife Haideen Anderson at ArtCar Fest 2008Photo © Emily DuffyI'm not fully able to write here yet about my friend, artist Tom Kennedy, but I do want to at least post this acknowledgement of his sudden departure from our ArtCar community. I'm basically still in shock about his drowning on Easter Sunday so need to process further before I can do a proper dedication to the

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From Think ProgressDuring a radio interview yesterday, corrupt Congressman Don Young (R-AK) expressed his hope that the corrupt former Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens, might make a run against the corrupt Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin:"Personally I’d like to see him run for governor, and that’s my personal feeling,” Young told the Alaska Public Radio Network on Thursday. “So, we’ll see what

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Obama Hope by Shepard FaireyFrom MoveOn.org (the organization I've been volunteering for over the past 6 years):Want to see what change looks like? Real change?Well, here it is. Last week, President Obama unveiled his budget—his blueprint for America—and it's ambitious, amazing, and unapologetically progressive. As Paul Krugman said, it will set America on a "fundamentally new course."1President

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Human Peace SymbolFrom Artist Kim Ritter, Houston, TX:It is my firm belief that art can act as a bridge towards world peacePeace Expedition’s First Trunk Show“Peace Offerings”Call for Submissions from Around the Globe for Theme “Peace Expedition”Currently I am creating a new art car called the Peace Expedition. An integral part of my mission is to showcase small format 2d and 3d artwork in a

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Brave New Films is collecting foreclosure stories.

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"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

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From the Sacramento BeeMormon church reveals deeper involvement in Proposition 8By Shane GoldmacherSunday, Feb. 01, 2009The Mormon church has revealed in a campaign filing that the church spent nearly $190,000 to help pass Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that banned gay marriage in California.The disclosure comes amid an investigation by the state's campaign watchdog agency into

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It's Our's Again!

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My fellow progressive activist, Rob Dickinson, sent this out late last night. I found it reflected a lot of what was on my own mind at this auspicious moment in America.Dear friends,Within a few short hours, the national nightmare of the Bush presidency, if you can call it that, will be coming to an ignoble and much awaited end. For eight long years, we've endured assault after assault on our

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TERRIFIC VIDEO AND SONG (Thanks to Erika Nelson for the tip):Watch history unfold before your very eyes on the big screen in both El Cerrito and Oakland:January 20, 2009Parkway Speakeasy Theater and Cerrito Speakeasy TheaterDoors open at: UPDATED!!! 7AM!!!SIGN UP HERE!!!

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Duke by Rick McKinneyMy friend Rick McKinney is a terrific writer. He's also a very entertaining fellow and I've enjoyed many trips across the West with him over the past decade. Today, he wrote this on his blog, Paris Hilton Ate My Ferret, and I thought you might appreciate it as much as I did:[With fore and aft excerpts from "Charles Bukowski Screams from the Balcony, Selected Letters 1960-1970

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I want to apologize for not posting more often since the landmark election on November 4th. Believe it or not I'm almost busier now with my MoveOn.org work than I was before the election!?! I'm working on the cool merchandise they've been offering such as posters and stickers designed by graphic artist Shepard Fairey:Which you can order (for a short while longer) HERE.And a new Inauguration tee

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See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

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