Topic: Obama in Kc this Saturday...
- Oct 2, 2006 07:18pm by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
[b:370f9d4c74]Please join us for a Rally to support
U.S. Senate Candidate Claire McCaskill
And the Democratic Ticket
with special guest
Senator Barack Obama
Saturday, October 7th
9:30 a.m.
(doors open at 9:00 a.m.)[/b:370f9d4c74]
The Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
For your free ticket please go to [url]http://www.missouridems.org[/url]
or if you are in the Kansas City area call 816-356-1659
to find an office location near you.
Paid for by Missouri Victory 2006 a joint fundraising committee authorized
by McCaskill for Missouri and the Missouri State Democratic Committee.
- Oct 2, 2006 07:21pm by nadia
Done and done.
I am so there!
Thanks Miles!
- Oct 3, 2006 01:45am by beatbroker - -beatbroker
HHA/Symbol Heavy/IN crew Location: KCMO
who wants to carpool w/ me?
- Oct 3, 2006 02:13am by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
yo, i just realized its in the morning. just in case yall missed that.
- Oct 3, 2006 08:40am by NRG - livin the art that is life !
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[quote:b8d81f86a0="beatbroker"]who wants to carpool w/ me?[/quote:b8d81f86a0]
count me in beatbroker
nrg call me
- Oct 3, 2006 04:03pm by ldstroy - www.innatesounds.com
dont support these spineless cowards. they are completely enabling the president and his neocons to shred our constitutional rights as he pleases...dont belive me???/ just do a little research on the military commisions act that just passed thursday....it is very scary stuff!!!!!!
the democrats did not even put up a hint of a fight on this one, they just let it pass with zero resistance or debate. we should be ashamed of all our politicians, especially the dems for failing the people over and over and over and over again!!! we need to realize that the deocrats and republicans are one big party. they answer only to big buisness and profits, not you or me. they are just as guilty by allowing this madness to continue. dont be fooled by these people!!!!!!!
dont take my word for it, just do a little research for yourself!!!
peace and respect
lenny dstroy-deep thinkers
ps. come to the record bar tonight to see us rip.
- Oct 3, 2006 05:57pm by beatbroker - -beatbroker
HHA/Symbol Heavy/IN crew Location: KCMO
first off, i am no democrat, i am not a republican either.
everyone knows that democrats are equally responsible for
the horrific turns of events over the last 40 years, and that
the "lesser of two evils" is a sad reality.
however, people such as Barrack Obama are a rarity
in politics. the only reason he is a democrat is the same reason
i vote for democrats.
because voting for an independent (no matter how well intentioned)
is a wasted vote that will do nothing other than extend the reach of
republican rule. not voting at all is even worse, BY FAR.
the fact is that when we last had a democratic administration in power, you and i were better off than we are now on many levels, and that goes for just about everyone who is making less than $150,000 a year.
i do not support dems in their ideals across the board. i do however believe that they are the cliche lesser of the two.
obama is an exceptional pulblic servant though, partisanship aside.
he has my wholehearted support regardless of the party he claims.
i am quite certain that if he had a chance in hell of making an impact as
an independent, then he would not be a democrat.
that however is impossible with the current political climate as it is.
that said, if you don't support individuals (not parties) that are gunning for serious change, such as Obama, then you are indeed equally to blame for the state of things.
we need moderates in places of power.
extremism, no matter the side taken is a bad thing, and certainly the root of most problems.
that goes for anticapitalist, anti-establishment extremism too.
- Oct 3, 2006 07:09pm by ldstroy - www.innatesounds.com
thou shalt not trust politicians!
- Oct 3, 2006 08:49pm by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
well stated beatbroker. i agree.
- Oct 3, 2006 10:14pm by phism
i'm okay with obama. but fuck claire mccaskill almost as much as fuck jim talent.
there's a chance i may vote for her, but i'm considering writing in godzilla.
- Oct 4, 2006 03:34pm by beatbroker - -beatbroker
HHA/Symbol Heavy/IN crew Location: KCMO
Lou Dobbs
CNN
Editor's note: Lou Dobbs' commentary appears every Wednesday on CNN.com
NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit an all-time high and Wall Street firms are posting some of their best earnings ever. For the first time in our nation's history, the Forbes list of the 400 wealthiest Americans includes only billionaires. In fact, having only a billion dollars means you're not on the list. As a group, the Forbes 400 has a collective net worth of $1.25 trillion.
So the rich are doing well. But how about the middle class?
More Americans than ever are living in poverty, living without health care, paying more for housing and for the costs of our public education. And real wages are falling.
Real median earnings of full-time working males fell nearly 2 percent last year, according to the Census Bureau, while the real wages of working women fell by 1.3 percent. Despite that, real median household income did manage to rise slightly last year, though that small gain was the first increase in household income since 1999.
So what has been keeping our middle class afloat in the face of rapidly rising costs? American families have been living on, as well as in, their homes. More than one-third of homeowners are spending more than 30 percent of their income on the cost of housing, a level that pushes the edge of affordability. Nationwide median home values from 2000-2005 jumped 32 percent, and homeowners have been pulling equity out of their houses in order to keep up with escalating tuition bills, health care costs and energy costs.
But not everyone is so lucky. The number of Americans without health coverage rose by 1.3 million last year, up to 46.6 million, according to the Census Bureau. What's worse, more than one in 10 American children are now uninsured. Fewer employers than ever are providing health care to their employees and those who are still lucky enough to receive employer-provided coverage are paying a much larger share: The Kaiser family foundation says the cost of family health insurance, in fact, is up 87 percent since 2000.
The same holds true at the pharmacy. Prices for the most popular brand-name prescription drugs this year rose substantially higher than the annual inflation rate, as has been the case every year this decade. The AARP concluded prices for the top 193 drugs climbed 6.3 percent over the last 12 months ending in June 2006, while inflation went up 3.8 percent. Generic drugs, however, rose 0.4 percent over that period of time.
The costs of higher education are also hurting middle-class families like never before. In this increasingly credentialed society, the total cost of tuition, fees, room and board at four-year public colleges and universities has ballooned 44 percent over the past four years. And the proportion of family income it takes to pay for college is growing for families everywhere. The biggest jump, according to the National Center for Higher Education, is in Ohio, where college costs now take 42 percent of the average family budget, up from 28 percent in the early 1990s.
Our dependency on foreign oil is also hamstringing working men and women. Gasoline prices are back on the decline (for now), but many Americans this summer were shelling out double what they used to pay to drive their cars. And gas prices now, while lower than at their peak in August, are still about 60 percent higher than in January 2001.
Perhaps one of our nation's leading business magazines would like to create something called a Forbes or Fortune 250 Million list, which would reveal the dire financial pressures that our public policies have produced for working men and women and their families. It's time for all of us to focus on that deep chasm we have allowed to open between the wealthiest Americans and the middle class and those who aspire to it.
Otherwise, there will be 250 million casualties in what has become nothing less than class warfare.
- Oct 4, 2006 03:52pm by MILES - [url]http://www.MilesBonny.com/[/url] Location: KCK
my thing is..
how do these people that voted for Bush explain how they didnt see all this coming? he was a scary joke from the beginning.. and NOW those who support him realize he is bad news? (as well as his cabinet)
- Oct 4, 2006 07:47pm by NRG - livin the art that is life !
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since we speak of politics and such
check out this guy. http://www.kleinforkansascity.com/
I had lunch with him and friend a short while back and I laid it on the line about my concerns in kc metro (I was pure fire) and he sat for it and made somewhat of an impression on me, because, he also hit me with some realities regarding my concerns
he's someone I'm looking at for the mayoral race.
use your own judgement please, I'm just saying give him a look see
nrg
additionally consider this email just in from the friend I referred to earlier
Funny how Prospero's just keeps turning up in the darnedest of places.
Check out Prospero's recent cameo in a new TV commercial at: www.kleinforkansascity.com (just click on "watch video")
As many of you already know, The Right Duke (in another lifetime) spent over two decades as a political consultant. Well, it so happens that a friend of mine is running for Mayor of Kansas City - Henry Klein.
There's a lot of reasons that i like Henry:
1. he's not part of a system that just can't seem to get it right;
2. he not only can find 39th St. and Volker on a map, he's
down here all the time.
3. He's progressive in his approach to issues and - to be
honest - he's s! imply not another tired career politician
talking the same old crap, taking care of cronies
and with one eye already on the next election.
Henry asked if he could include Prospero's in his first TV
advertisement. I told him yes because i think he actually
cares about KC's small, unique indie businesses, and is not just
playing lip service to some poll...
And so, meet Henry Klein.
Watch the video (keep an eye for Jason Ryberg slinging books behind the counter and Hammond Robinson chatting politics with the candidate). Check out his website - it was designed by Lazarus Potter and KC's premier web design shop, The Lazarus Group.
if you find the message at all engaging - PLEASE forward on the link to your email list.
As an outside candidate, the $ are hard to come by - your willingness to pass along the news can make a real difference. If you are so inclined, there are all kinds of ways to get i! nvolved: donate (yes, small $ can make a difference - and HK even takes large checks); volunteer, etc. if you would want more info, you can just email me at: [email protected].
Thanks again for your continuing patronage of Prospero's Books and your support of the indie businesses that make KC a great place to live.
Peace,
The Right Duke
