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Human Rights Compaign – Buying for Equality

The Human Rights Campaign made their 2008 version of Buying for Equality. Download your own copy and use it. We can and do make a differnece by  how we live our lives and spend our money. The URL for getting a copy is http://www.hrc.org/buyersguide2009/ You can download the guide in PDF, request a print copy,  or […]

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2008 11 28 ernie Interesting Web Sites Comments (0)

Post-election comics

Here are some that show the optimism and euphoria following Obama’s election 2008.  

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2008 11 10 ernie Politics Comments (0)

Post-election Editorials, Services for Nonprofits, & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-09

Election  Op-Ed Columnist – Obama and the War on Brains – NYTimes.com Barack Obama’s election is a milestone in more than his pigmentation. The second most remarkable thing about his election is that American voters have just picked a president who is an open, out-of-the-closet, practicing intellectual. (tags: obama editorial) Op-Ed Columnist – It Still […]

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2008 11 09 ernie A Place to Bury Strangers
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Politcal Cartoons – day of the election

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2008 11 04 ernie Politics Comments (0)

Political Cartoons – two days before the election

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2008 11 02 ernie Politics Comments (0)

Obama Ads & A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-11-01

Obama Ads HELP GET THIS ON THE AIR -Local Voices for Obama – Kyle Snodgrass – Jasp… (tags: politics) HELP GET THIS ON THE AIR -Local Voices for Obama – Commander Dalton (tags: video obama politics) [PRES] Obama: Rearview Mirror nice advert (tags: obama video) A Place to Bury Strangers in the shadowplay: Bela Lugosi’s […]

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2008 11 01 ernie A Place to Bury Strangers
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Political Cartoons – four days until the election

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2008 10 31 ernie Politics Comments (0)

Political Cartoons – five days to the election

Here is a selection of some that caught my eye

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2008 10 30 ernie Politics Comments (0)

TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN’T REST EASY

TOP 5 REASONS OBAMA SUPPORTERS SHOULDN’T REST EASY  1. The polls may be wrong. This is an unprecedented election. No one knows how racism may affect what voters tell pollsters—or what they do in the voting booth. And the polls are narrowing anyway. In the last few days, John McCain has gained ground in most national […]

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2008 10 21 ernie Politics Comments (0)

“I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

Thomas L. Friedman uses that quote from Oliver Wendell Holms in his collumn today, “Palin’s Kind of Patriotism,” in which he points out how selfish and wrong-headed her quote abotu paying taxs was during her ‘debate’ with Joe Biden. It is, to me, so infuriating to see her take such an attitude with serious issues. […]

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2008 10 08 ernie Politics Comments (0)