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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Around the Blogroll and Elsewhere: Special Yes We Can edition
Posted by Jill | 7:12 AM

Well, yesterday Barack Obama soundly trounced Hillary Clinton by twenty three points in Wyoming, which of course means that Wyoming is by the Clinton campaign's definition, Not Important™. Actually, it's a double Not Important, becuase a) Clinton didn't win, and b) it's a caucus state, and of course Clinton says that caucuses are inherently unfair and shouldn't be counted. Doesn't this "only states that vote for me should count" attitude remind you of someone else; someone who's been occupying the White House for the last seven years? Maybe Bill's BFF Poppy Bush has rubbed off on them.

My absolute favorite Wyoming residents: "Vernice Sack, 80, and her husband, Paul Sack, 83, counted themselves among the first-time caucusgoers. They both supported Mr. Obama, they said. “He’s got the right ideas,” Mr. Sack said."

Yes we can indeed.

So let's go for a Sunday morning drive:

William K. Wolfrum's mom is battling leukemia, and he's working with the National Marrow Donor Program on a donor drive to be held March 29 in Victorville, CA. But he takes time out to recognize that for all that Americans are susceptible to having the reptilian part of their brains tapped, and for all that they can be xenophobic and selfish, the vast majority are good people. Can Americans help people like his mom? Yes we can.

Can the Democrats pick up Denny Hastert's old seat in Congress? Yes we can.

Can anyone in the media show the talking heads of the news networks how to ask John McCain the tough questions? Yes he (Jon Stewart) can.

Can we as citizens come up with viable plans to revive the economy? Yes we can.

Can bloggers help Sibel Edmonds finally be able to tell her story? Yes we can.

Can ordinary citizens prevent Blackwater from building a paramilitary training camp in their community? Yes they can.

Can we cut through the bullshit and get to what election campaigns are REALLY about? Yes he can.

Can we come up with really cool and weird things to do to get attention? Yes we can. And so can they.(Don't miss this one, it's awesome.)

Can we let our representatives in Washington know en masse how we would vote on pending legislation? Yes we can.

Can we start thinking about what's in that box of frozen convenience food we're tempted to buy because it's just SO much easier than cutting the stems off all that broccoli rabe, or chopping all those peppers, or making marinade for that chicken? Yes we can.

Can we really say there's been no terrorism in the U.S. since 9/11/01? No we can't.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Can we support the Pakistani lawyers in their activism to strengthen the rule of law and advance a Constitutional democracy?

Yes, we can.
3/9/08, 10:50 AM  
Blogger Distributorcap said...
jill

too many good bloggers to little time

now can these people go and vote! hehehehe

i am so happy about the Illinois special election -- i hope it is tell tale
3/9/08, 5:40 PM  
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