The conversation I just had with Sestak's staffer over the phone:

"Hi, I want to leave this message for Cong. Sestak, and then when we are done speaking I will ask you to remove me from your mailing list.

...cont...

Thank you Pennsylvania.

Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, young and old, who ran a brilliant campaign here in my home state.

I met so many wonderful people who in the last few weeks. The energy at the Springfield and Allentown offices was electric. A big hearty shout out to all those dedicated folks who went without much sleep over the last few weeks.

Warm fuzzies after the jump

I was at the Obama rally on Friday in Philly and I want to share my experience with you. I got there at 5pm and the crowds were already huge. It took me about 2 hours to wait in line and get through security. It was well worth the wait.

Come wander with me after the jump

I am aware that there is already a diary dealing with the mystery poster on the Rec list. I thought the current diary only began to scratched the surface, so I wanted to provide this as an archive of sorts of all of the comments being made by this person, as it can be quite time consuming to sort them out.

This is a long diary so sorry for that. Before you get to the end please give this a rec. if you want more to see this, since it will take a while to read.

Lets start of with a quote from out mystery poster:

Remember, this information is open. Anyone can do this. The key is to notice the leverage We the People have on Congress, the President, and US government.

and

Do what you have to do. The problem is simple: The clues are emerging; the issue is whether people want to see them, then dig. The answer are not hidden, they are not as deep as you might think. One thing surfacing in one area, sheds light on what else is happening in other areas. Take the larger perspective.

Well said. Lets take the jump...

From Raw Story:

"A growing number of state and local officials are getting cold feet about electronic voting technology, and many are making last-minute efforts to limit or reverse the rollout of new machines in the November elections," reports Ian Urbina.

Now is the time to push this one hard. Let's turn those "cold feet" into action.

But I digress. I figured I would do some data mining of my own. Google offers many tools to the savvy sleuth who seeks the truth, but the tool I will explore today is Google Trends. With this new tool we can see what the world is searching for. This peek into what is on the minds of every day folks can be very telling.  Type a word into the box and Google Trends shows you, in chart form, the search levels for that term for the last 2 years. Type 2 words separated by a comma and you get a comparison chart.

Thusly:

Now that you have a handle on the possibilities lets jump right in....

Follow me...

(Bandwidth Alert)

Come with me....

The numbers after the jump...

I am tired of Republicans and their false outrage. They are outraged that a man like Martin Luther King, who lead a life speaking out for what is right, should be celebrated by speaking out. They are outraged that bubble boy Bush had to witness what people really think of him. They are outraged at the public support against Bush that grows stronger with each new day. Where was the outrage when King was shot? Where was the outrage when Blacks were unable to vote? Are Republicans that eager to be seen by the world as the racists they are? The audacity of the GOP to claim that the heartfelt words that were loudly spoken at the King funeral showed a lack of respect is ridiculous. The people stood up and cheered! They shouted out in agreement and joy that truth was being spoken in a loud voice. This is the real reason for the false outrage. We are standing up and speaking out. We are daring to spread hope.

Come with me to the other side....

Of course he knows that his budget does more harm than good, je knows that Republicans are supposed to spend less. He knows that his budget is destroying the middle class. he knows that he has managed to convince middle America to vote AGAINST their own interests. He needs to keep from the public eye any information that would shed light on how his budget will effect this country.

There is more, just a hop skip and a jump away...

The full text of the article is below. You can be sure I'll be keeping everybody up to speed on how this story progresses being that the Governor is on the verge of calling for a "special election" based on his touting of how many signatures were gathered by these men, who used these tactics and misrepresentations to do so.

We are happy to report we released our evidence today, and have officially called on the Secretary of State, with the help of Assemblyman Mark Leno, to open an investigation into the actions of these petition gatherers and the companies that hire them. We've got taped recordings, testimonials, and a whole lot more. Here's the link to the original posting on this issue a few months back: Arnold cronies and scare tactics

And, here's the press release sent out today, and the executive summary of our case:

From the desk of  The Free Speech Zone  With help from Zack kaldveer. Zack is a member of the 'Anti Arnold Media Task Force, and can be reached at kaldveer- at - yahoo.com

Last week  I mentioned the story of Erica, who encountered  an angry mob of people who she encountered as she was standing outside of a Target wearing a sign that read, "I'm a teacher against Arnold's special election. Ask me why."

However this is just the beginning of the unwrapping of this story. There is much more below the surface. What if those signature gatherers hired by Arnold were hired illegally? What if Target stores had, as part of their store policy, a policy of not allowing ANY signature gatherers outside of their store? What if we found out that Target, was a major contributer to the Arnold Campaign, and that Target had made an exception to their own anti-petition gathering policy to allow only Arnold's people to petition outside their doors. Time to do a little digging......

Got your shovel?

More after the jump....

Once again with the help of Zack kaldveer, I bring you news of the fight to stop Arnold.

 My LAST DIARY told the story the media won't touch, about how our California Governor has lowered himself to scare tactics and bullying, while trying to wrap himself in the guise of being the 'peoples governor'.  Well enough is enough. It is time to call the Governor out.

Sign this petition and pass the word down to the left.

Read her story after the jump....

From the desk of  The Free Speech Zone with special thanks to Zack Kaldveer, who is a part of an anti-arnold media task force, and who brought this to my attention. Questions can be directed to him at 'kaldveer - at - yahoo.com'

More intimidation and scare tactic from the Right. This time it is Arnold cronies who are doing their best to make sure the opposition is stiffled. Below is the personal account of a woman engaging in her first ammendment rights when she was confronted in a rather frightening manner by those who wish her message would never be heard.

Read her story after the jump....

From the desk of  The Free Speech Zone


So I was reading this Diary about a young Democrat who wanted to hear first hand what Bush had to say about Social Security, but was kicked out of the event. Imagine my surprise. He was caught blue handed committing the ultimate crime. He wore a shirt proclaiming he was a Democrat.

So this got me thinking. This is a fantastic chance to get this kind of thing more attention. I am just sick and tired of the Bush team talking about how bipartisan they will be, and then throwing everyone out the door who wears anything resembling a Democratic T-shirt. It  is as if the peace sign is like cryptonite to them. And that is how my idea was born.

QUESTION: what would happen if you wore a T-shirt with a peace sign on it and below it was a recent Bush quote speaking about peace?

Read my challenge after the jump....

This time I tackle George Bush and social security. The image below is a photoshop collage of 4 different images.

Please use this artwork as you see fit as a visual tool to help get the message accross that there is no crisis.

To add the image a smaller version of this image , linked to http://www.thereisnocrisis.com, to your site just   copy the html found here and add it to your page.

Mojo is nice but recommending this so more people can use it is oh so much better!

More of my artwork is available on my web page

Commentary and Social Security article after the jump

Today is the day our "leader" tells us how our great country is fairing. How we are the beacon of light shining as an example of the world. If you ask Bush, we represent all that is good and great. If you ask any other country we represent the greatest  threat to world peace that currently exists.

My State of the Union Prebuttle after the jump.....

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