The final year of the Chimp. Yea!

I think the only thing that will hand us the Democratic win is honesty. There is one item that is designed to remind all of us every month of the election year 2008 that the democratic precess stands on truth: and that item is a political calendar called Conversations with Gore Bear adn Bush Bear Calendar 2008. As you turn the pages of this calendar you are reminded of Bush's months of lying to the Americal public about energy consumption and global warming. After viewing the calendar you will want to ask any candidate who their choice is for Science Advisor during their term as President.
I think this one item has the power to persuade even the 'undecided' that always telling the truth about an issue is the best way to go.

Thanks

Judy Wilken MS
Science Educator
StarChild Science
Thanks
Judy Wilken MS

Michael,

A few hours a week is not too big of a deal if we all would do it.

So get involved, everyone. Find a candidate, an issue, or a Democratic club that you'd like to help and reach out and introduce yourself to the political process.

It might not be a bad idea for the DNC to do some publicity on just how much one concerned person can accomplish if they take pride in being a citizen and sharing their talents and time with neighbors.

Butters gave us a verse to live by today on the Open Thread.

Isaiah 43:16 and 18-19

This is what the Lord says, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."

. And when the GOP wasn't battling some corruption story, they were busy attempting to prevent anything from getting done. Indeed, they set a record for number of filibuster threats. They blocked health care for children and bringing our troops home from Iraq, among other things.

Yet the Democrats (I am registered Democratic btw) in Congress continue to fund the war in Iraq, will not commit to take our troops out immediately, or support the majority of Americans who oppose illegal immigration.

Still, Democrats managed to pass ethics reform, an increase in the minimum wage, the 9-11 recommendations, earmark reform, and an energy bill. Democrats cut the interest rate on student loans and passed funding for wounded veterans.

HHAHA, you've got to be kidding me, the Democrats are wasting our money on earmarks all the time, the interest rate on student loans is minimal, and the 9-11 recommendations have not been put in place (we don't even have secure ports and borders).

We need a non-corporate elitist Democrat in office is there is to be any real change. Democrats are not much better than the Republicans these days. They are out of touch with the American people and they betrayed our trust in 2008, it's time to make real change.

I will not support Hillary Clinton in the election.

I'm with Millenial.

Dems are always looking for things to point out about the Reps. Try looking in the mirror.

The minimum wage hike is a joke. Immigration is changing America into a Mexican Flop House (Mexicans are not lazy people, but they should stay and fix Mexico; not run to the U.S. for their fix. However, Americans are too distracted and afraid of our government to do any real demanding, so I guess it's going to take a foreigner to change America-but to what?)

Hillary is an ambitious fake! Yes, when Bill was President the economy was good for all classes. But, a tremendous amount of damage has been done to the institution of America with the help of the Self Righteous Right, the Loosey Goosey Left and the Silent Scared Majority. Lawlessness in government is afoot and it will take a very, very strong person (A George Washington or Abe Lincoln) to turn this around. If it can be. And it can't be done by electing a new President alone without cleaning House!

In the final analysis, Americans tolerate too much wishy washyness in government. They repeatedly re-elect the same loosers again and again, expecting better results each time! Government is a true reflection of its people!

Hillary is an ambitious fake! 2008 at 02:09 AM

By "sommersby" is sommersby Danish operator in the USA election?

Your lines could be taken out of the right wing fascist political environment in Europe where fascism is fully legal. Remark USA is USA.

Mr. Sommerby what is your origin?
Mr. Sommerby How was USA created about people?
Mr. Sommersby Why are millions of people now living in US of A?

Mr. SOmmersby how will you have Mexicans to have freedom and free economy in Mexico under the existing leadership?

Mr. Sommersby why Democrats are not faking in the new set of goals and promises for all in the Agenda (Energy etc.), is why Mr. Sommersby?

You can mail me at in private:
peter-c-s@hotmail.com

Happy New Year

From the headline:
"Still, Democrats managed to pass ethics reform, an increase in the minimum wage, the 9-11 recommendations, earmark reform, and an energy bill. Democrats cut the interest rate on student loans and passed funding for wounded veterans. To get a handle on just how much we got accomplished, check out the graphic in this post on Speaker Pelosi's blog."

PELOSI IS THE GREATEST SPEAKER EVER!!!

SHE TOOK OVER IN THE WORST OF CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SHE HAS MADE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS. SHE IS THE BEST SPEAKER IN DECADES. SHE IS A REAL LEADER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. PELOSI STANDS FOR IMPORTANT PRIORITIES.

YES, SHE HAS NOT ENDED THE WAR, BUT ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN END THE WAR. SHE CAN NOT JUST CUT OFF THE FUNDS BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DEBATE TO "SUPPORT THE TROOPS." IMPEACHMENT IS TOO DISTRACTING TO LEGISLATING THE REAL NEEDS OF AMERICANS.

PELOSI HAS DONE MUCH TO GET CONGRESS BACK ON TRACK.

Millenial and Sommersby,

If you are happy with the ways things have been done over the last 7 years( 8 by election day), then vote Republican or do not vote at all for the Democratic candidate, and you will get 8 more years of it.

If you want change, if you want to take our country and Constitution back, polish our World image again, fix the economy and stop the debt and deficit, stop the flow of Right Wing Judges to the courts where they will turn rights back 100 years, then vote for the Democrat, NO MATTER who it might be! If you feel you have to hold your nose, then do it, but let's get this country back under Democratic control and go from there.

We need Democratic candidates, who will stand up to the corporate interests and their K-street minions. It's not just the presidential candidates we need to look at, but the senatorial and congressional candidates, especially those candidates who have repeatedly shown themselves to be Republi-lites in their actions.
We need to closely question ALL candidates on their positions on the Iraq "War" of lies, on the very costly "free" trade agreements, and on their stances on healthcare, The Bill of Rights, and campaign and election reforms, and real environmental issues, not just those who will benefit only a few huge corporations.
We need to get out country back, we need candidates who will show the American people that there IS a difference between Republicans and Democrats, and we need kick butt and take names, stand up candidates who will help take this country back for the American people.
As for the immigration issues, we need to stop hiring over paid contractors to stop building useless fences, and re-negotiate NAFTA and CAFTA to provide more worker safeguards for Mexico and Central America and work with those countries to restore their farm economies, stop dumping agricultural products that destroyed their national farm economies, go after the sweatshops and their owners that hire illegals, provide H-2 workers with more protections against exploitative employers, and realize that the Republicans are stirring this post with their racist views to take the heat off their own lack of ethics and their corruption while in office.

That should read "stirring up this issue with their racist views....".

We seem to be having more and more Reagan Republicans coming in here upset with the performance of their new GOP masters. Instead of trying to blame their frustration on someone else who doesnt pocess the power, think about turning a new leaf in 2008.

Doing the same stupid thing over and over again with the same disasterous results only makes the suffering worse...and it's a pretty stupid use of your time and resources.

Vote for real change this time. If you think some of our candidates to too Centralist or tied to corporate interests, get to work at the grass roots and make sure we offer bettter alternatives.

The Republicans don't care about the Middle Class, stopping the hiring of cheap foreign labor and exporting our jobs, creating alternative fuels to get us out of the Middle East for good, providing affordable medical care, or equalizing the tax system.

They certainly don't care about you. Have you ever asked yourself why they keep borrowing and spending/encouraging debt, destroying the Bill of Rights (#2 will surely go next) ignoring recommendations of the 9/11 commission, weakening our military?

Start facing the consequences of letting yourself be manipulated time and again by an elitist bunch of greedy, incompetent, and perverted class of corrupt criminals. They joined forces with foreign forces 30 years ago and have been killing the American Dream ever since.

If your won't do it for yourself. Do it for the sake of the country.

Maybe you haven't noticed but Russia and China are now winning the real war on terror. If you think a handful of disgruntled Arabs can cause you grief, imagine what a dedicated group of Communists could do to a weakened America.

Snap out of it. Grow up and take control of your destiny. Nobody is looking out for you unless you join those who are trying to bring change.

Happy New Year. Make the most of it.

I'm a democratic and will always be a democratic no matter how much the republicans lie and steal elections. But the sad thing is, is that the democratic party is not very smart. There are many times the democrats have lost elections because they
have not listened to the voters. They have been asleep for so many years and let the republican party ruin this country. And its going to get worse because the people are going to put the republicans back in power. All the people care about in this country are guns and war and NO taxes. Who cares about peace, health care, compassion when you can have atomic bombs, tanks, fighter jets and the best military in the world to kill at a moment notice. So we put all of our taxes in to war and not helping mankind. Just what the republicans love. No wonder I see no future for my grandson.

here's a real scandal. Want to talk about paranoia and fear mongering... Here we gooo...

A scientific view point on God and all things spiritual has fouled up the evolution of society again. Proof positive. No democrat can refute....

ADHD & ADD are seen as disorders. And thus treated as such. Thus medication to inhibit the disorder is the goal.

If the practical opinion that God created humanity with purpose was held up,.. then people would understand that add is a gift of thought process,.. and thus work with the gift.

Just like how dyslexia is a visual mindset that has weaknesses tied into picturing letters (easily fixed with molding letters out of clay),.. add can give people free reign thought process to multiply free thinking.

Science has failed again. Lets see how they rationalize and justify their failures. They bit off more then they can chew... PERIOD. They have their head so far up their own asses that they cannot see one half of other people points of view. They took on responsibility they weren't able to handle and failed. Miserably stumping the growth of society by stumping gifts that would enable real growth. These failures they choose to make won't be seen until 40 years down the road. Even bigger the foul.

But God made retards (says the liberalist scientist). No God made a society where the sins of the father are passed down through the generations. Thus adapting to alcohol makes people who are born the the alcoholism gene have a higher tolerance to alcohol and feel more natural the first time they drink,.. both signs of building a tolerance to alcohol. Thus we see the scientific term of adaptation,.. but scientists BELIEVE in random mutations. Yet another contradiction of faith. Nothing is random.

Ohhh,.. the rest of the retardation is not having enough of what is needed for development.

Do you want to discuss anything else about Christianity? Cause not a single word of God has been disproved.... It's just scientifically believed there is no reason to look in that direction. Just like there is no scientific reason to look at the soul. So spiritual depression from having false expectations is a mental disorder that needs to be medicated. They say God fouled up everything. Surprising that they believe anybody Godly would foul up everything they touch also.

Science is brainwashing by limiting perspective. The only believable lie is one that is based in truth. Thus they make assumptions from a limited pool of facts. They make huge half truths up and expect us to have faith in them over God. Huge assumptions that are used to replace Godly thinking in order to redirect and change our entire society.

You democrats have failed the world by allowing these huge misdirections of truth to get more clout then any word of God. You failed every kid that grows up believing spirituality is a sin. All because the bad apples of religion are aloud to define religion. Even the hate crimes against Christianity get swept under the rug to fit your agenda. Define Christians by their weak and call all gays saints. Thus you have taken the democratic vow.

Democrats need to be worrying about lowering cost of living. Wouldn't that make health care more affordable? Instead of raising taxes on the rich (witch get passed on in the price of goods. And creating a welfare state (teach a man to fish is biblical). Instead of creating bigger pollution laws, make the overhead of a better house more affordable. You see democrats do foul up everything they touch. Now I know why,.. you need to blame others for what you are guilty of.

what are you talking heyarnold ADHD & ADD is very hard to deal with and what your point ?

it's very hard to deal with add when you don't deal with it right. What is the right way to deal with it. By suppressing the overactive mind instead of tring to stimulate it. Create the drone you always wanted. Instead of trying to understand things that are different then you.

But then you made the same democratic mistake all you democrats have made. You set the standard to appease your human made sence of morality. Sooo. Since your the standard. And christians don't add upp to your standard. And add people don't add up to your standard. How do you solve the problem. By suppressing it with medication. What a hypocritical philosophy. It really reaks of being slapped together to fit the agenda you desire.

Pelosi is a SF California nut job.A left wing liberal that lives in a fantasy world.

"YES, SHE HAS NOT ENDED THE WAR, BUT ONLY THE PRESIDENT CAN END THE WAR. SHE CAN NOT JUST CUT OFF THE FUNDS BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DEBATE TO "SUPPORT THE TROOPS." IMPEACHMENT IS TOO DISTRACTING TO LEGISLATING THE REAL NEEDS OF AMERICANS.

PELOSI HAS DONE MUCH TO GET CONGRESS BACK ON TRACK."

Big_Yellow_Dog

She can cut off the funds, she is too worried about appeasing the Republicans, which is a huge mistake. No funding= war over.

Pelosi has been a terrible speaker although I do agree with a lot of her politics. She said herself she thinks Congress isn't doing a good job.

"If you are happy with the ways things have been done over the last 7 years( 8 by election day), then vote Republican or do not vote at all for the Democratic candidate, and you will get 8 more years of it." by PamB

You cannot attribute everything to Bush, the Democrats have a lower approval rating in Congress than Bush, yet were overwhelmingly more popular. They haven't accomplished any of the main reasons why they were voted in.

This voting for the lesser evil stuff is exactly why we keep getting the same thing. I would like a Democratic candidate to win, I am not voting for Republican lite.

I voted Kerry in 2004 and look where he is now. Nowhere.

The Republicans don't care about the Middle Class, stopping the hiring of cheap foreign labor and exporting our jobs, creating alternative fuels to get us out of the Middle East for good, providing affordable medical care, or equalizing the tax system.

"They certainly don't care about you. Have you ever asked yourself why they keep borrowing and spending/encouraging debt, destroying the Bill of Rights (#2 will surely go next) ignoring recommendations of the 9/11 commission, weakening our military?"

The Democrats are just as bad with spending, they just spend on other things, they have failed to overturn the Patriot Act, and fail to bring the troops home.

Democrats need to start waking up.
They need to oppose illegal immigration more openly, cut spending and cut taxes, get out of Iraq, restore our Civil liberties, and oppose giving out foreign aid.

Democrats are good on the education issues, and mediocre on social issues, they need to support abortion and gay marriage openly if they are to be taken seriously as an alternative, imo.

I personally wish there was more of a libertarian presence within the Democratic party, I think it would go over well in the West and places that have high tax burdens, which tend to vote Democratic.

I AM ASHAMED TO BE A DEMOCRAT WITH OBAHMA IN THERE.

I HOPE EDWARDS GETS THE NOM.