when you learn better, you do better...

Protecting the election - an opportunity to play a key role

In the last two presidential elections, hundreds of thousands of
voters--maybe millions--were blocked from voting or having their vote
count. What we've experienced over the last 8 years is the result. We
can't let that happen again.

Unequal distribution of voting machines caused long lines at the
polls--especially in urban areas, including several with large Black
populations. Voters had to wait for up to 10 hours, sometimes in the
rain.1 Many walked away without voting, either out of frustration or
because they couldn't wait any longer. With a huge number of new
voters, it could be even worse this November.

Together, we can help fix this problem before election day.

We're recruiting an army of volunteers to find out where there might
be problems and work to solve them ahead of time. Participating
won't take much of your time, and you'll be helping us
create the most comprehensive map of voting infrastructure that's
ever been created.

It's simple. We'll ask you to call an election official, ask some
questions, then tell us what you heard. And we make it easy by giving
you everything you need. Can you help?

http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632

In 2004, in Columbus, Ohio alone, between 5,000 and 15,000 voters
left the polls without casting ballots.2 Voters in majority-Black
neighborhoods in the city waited for hours, while voters in majority-
white suburbs breezed in and out of polling places in about 15
minutes.3 Similar situations played out across the country that year,
and again in 2006, with thousands of people prevented from voting in
key swing states--enough to change the outcome of a close election.

In some places, long lines are a result of poor planning by election
officials. In others, they're a result of deliberate manipulation by
partisan election officials trying to affect the outcome--one tactic
that's used to suppress votes.

In both cases, we can address this problem before the election by
making sure election officials know we're watching. With your help,
we'll identify areas where there are likely to be long lines, and
hold officials accountable for preventing them. If they're not
planning well enough, we'll try to get them the resources they need.
And if it seems they're operating in bad faith, we'll shine a
spotlight on them and make sure they don't get away with it.

But we can't do it without you. Please join us--you'll be our eyes
and ears in an unprecedented grassroots effort to monitor the
election and protect voting rights:

http://colorofchang e.org/protect08/ ?id=1593- 67632

-- James, Gabriel, Clarissa, Andre, Kai, and the rest of the
ColorOfChange.org team

presidential debates transcripts are worth reading

In case you missed the debates like I did and want to read them, here they are online! You can also see them on YouTube, but there's nothing like reading them word for word for yourself so it can sink in. There's nothing like seeing b.s. in fine print.

Enjoy!


The First McCain-Obama Presidential Debate
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008a.html




The Second McCain-Obama Presidential DebatE

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008c.html





The Third McCain-Obama Presidential Debate

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008d.html



The Biden-Palin Vice Presidential Debate

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008b.html

Attend Clerk Dorothy Brown's MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE EDUCATION SUMMIT

The Honorable Dorothy Brown
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
Along with Honorable Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
Honorable Eugene Moore, Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Representative Karen A. Yarbrough
Alderman JoAnn Thompson, Kennedy-King College
The Dorothy Brown Scholarship and Community Development Fund and
The Illinois Department of Housing Authority (IDHA)
presents a Mortgage Foreclosure Education Summit
AT THE NEW
KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE
740 W. 63rd Street, Bldg.U, Chicago, Illinois
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2008

8:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
8:30 AM - REGISTRATION
Free on-site Attorneys

On-site information on:
The Foreclosure Process, Lender Options, Reverse Mortgages for Seniors, Know Your Legal Rights (Tenants & Owners), Getting Your Mortgage Surplus, Bankruptcy, Credit Counseling, Resource Vendors and more
For additional information, Call 312-603-5200 or 312-603-4719

learning from spoiled children

What good does it really do to spoil a child?
Parents want their children to have a better life than they did, but they don't realize that if the children don't experience trials and tribulations at an early age in their lives, they will most likely experience them as adults.
Beyond a certain age, it's much more painful.

I have the pleasure and honor of assisting my God sister in the art of raising a daughter who is so spoiled, I can not stand it! I am learning so much more patience than I ever intended! This child trys my patience from the time I pick her up from school until the time I drop her off at her mom's. Motherhood is the greatest challenge in life. Believe this!

I recieved this email from Oprah and it was right on time!
If you're a parent, auntie, uncle, sister, brother, sitter or other and you're helping raise a child, you've gotta visit this site.


http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahandfriends/sboteach/20080814_oaf_sboteach