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Posts Tagged ‘Obama’

25 Jan

A Change is Gonna Come *

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: change, charity, conservation, green, Habitat, hunger, Make a Difference, Mumbai, Obama, poverty, Slumdog Millionaire, starvation, therapy, Third World, yes we can. 7 Comments

Some days I feel like we are falling into a deep hole with no way out, dealing with autism issues, the economic situation, material things that we want and don’t have. Fortunately, every so often some good hard kick in the pants comes along to short-circuit my self-pity.
The Cabana Boy and I saw the film [...]

4 Nov

Vindicated!

Posted by awalkabout in life. Tagged: Obama, racism, small town, University of Pittsburgh, vote, voter intimidation, voter protection. 6 Comments

I’m glad to know I’m not out of touch with our community.
Despite the doom-forecasters in the national political scene, we saw justice done this morning in the polls in our county. I arrived to keep an eagle eye on the proceedings just before 6:30 and met three delightful retired ladies, who accommodated myself and the [...]

30 Oct

Black and white

Posted by awalkabout in life, walkabout. Tagged: ACORN, discrimination, election, McCain, Murtha, Obama, racism, University of Pittsburgh, vote, voter protection. 10 Comments

I got a few desperate calls from Rob, the Democratic “Voter Protection” guy in New York, and called him back, wondering what was up, since I’d already confirmed my voting precinct here in town, signed up for online training, and arranged to pick up my official credentials in Pittsburgh, 90 miles away, on Saturday.
Well. Seems [...]

23 Oct

Keeping democracy honest

Posted by awalkabout in life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: black, law student, legal, McCain, Obama, poll pollwatch, precinct, rural, troops. lawyer, vote, voter intimidation, white. 8 Comments

I received an interesting phone call today from a gentleman named Rob in New York City who wanted me to spend election day as a poll watcher. He was recruiting attorneys, law students and other legal professionals, he said, because they were expecting trouble at the polls.
Now I know, of course, that this election is [...]

23 Sep

Taking a stand

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: abortion, Democrat, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, politics, presidential election, pro-life, Republican, vote. 6 Comments

Since my office is in the same building as Republican headquarters and right across the street from Democratic headquarters, it was kind of inevitable that I’d get flagged as a target for campaign sign placement. After all, I live on a main drag, where lots of people would see the sign every day.
I really hadn’t [...]

3 Jun

The quick-fix society

Posted by awalkabout in life, walkabout, writing. Tagged: attack, author, Bush, Clinton, election, lie, Marcotte, Mark Twain, McCain, Melville, Obama, politics, retraction, Sharon Stone, The Root. 6 Comments

I remember the days when people used to write something–a novel, a newspaper column, whatever–and it stood. Absent some blatant factual error, what you read was what you got.
The same used to be true about what people said, particularly famous people, who speak a lot, in public, with people listening. You researched your topic, you [...]

11 Apr

Issues of the Day

Posted by awalkabout in autism, life, parenthood, walkabout. Tagged: ads, autistic, campaign, candidate, Clinton, education, election, feminism, justice, Lao Tzu, Obama, Pennsylvania, perseveration, rich, SpongeBob, therapy, vote, wealth. 6 Comments

My friends, this is NOT the week to be a registered voter in the state of Pennsylvania.
The phone is ringing at least once a day with someone demanding to know if we understand their candidate’s position on the important issues of the day: Clinton’s a recorded message, Obama’s a live person (point: Obama).
Frankly, I have [...]