Hey everyone: We're three days off from the big Ring Around the White House that is turning into a big, beautiful gathering: we're expecting many thousands of people, all carrying banners with quotes from Barack Obama '08. That's the guy we want to conjure up if we can.
There's enormous energy building, and the White House is taking notice. A great story three hours ago from Reuters showed that the president's advisors were getting worried--and they should be, when there are great Americans like Julia Louis-Dreyfus telling him what's what! (as usual, I can't figure out how to embed video, but the link is here, and no kidding you will love it!)
But the biggest deal came out minutes ago from one of the Huffington Post's reporters, Joshua Hersh, who in the first of a two-part series demonstrated that the State Department review of the project was not only corrupted by TransCanada, but also hopelessly, tragicomically inept. Read it Then weep, then get over to tarsandsaction.org and sign up to join us on Sunday. 2 pm, Lafayette Square. Remember--we may not be able to occupy the White House, but we can surround it!