Yesterday evening, my Congresswoman, Democrat Jane Harman of California’s 36th District , showed up in Santa Monica for an event at the new West L.A. Democratic Club headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard. I’m pretty sure this is the first time that I have ever met my Congressional representative face to face. Harman, whose district extends from Venice down through the South Bay beach communities to the Port of Los Angeles, officially came to kick off her 2008 re-election campaign. Her most important message, however, was that area Democrats need to gird themselves for a very close, very tough national election, and they need to do everything they can to elect Barack Obama President, with a larger Democratic majority in both houses of Congress.
The diminutive Harman, while friendly and personable, is a firebrand. Harman earned a reputation for toughness during eight years on the House Intelligence Committee, including four years as Ranking Member. Her ...
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by Linda Milazzo According to the local Los Angeles newspaper, California Congresswoman, Jane Harman, a blue dog conservative Democrat, is up for a high-level intelligence position in the Obama administration. The positions being considered are CIA Director, Director of National Intelligence, and Secretary of Homeland Security. If this speculation becomes fact, and Harman is appointed overseer of the freedoms of the American people, the peoples freedoms are toast. Conservative Democrat Harm... more
The Lamorinda Democratic Club’s Friday, October 17, meeting will feature Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher and Democrats who are running in local elections this November. The club’s business meeting this month will begin at a special …
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The Latina Democratic Club of San Joaquin County has announced endorsements:
In this article: Dean Andal , Joan Buchanan , Jerry McNerney , Abram Wilson ,... more
Nana Fires Up From: modernghana.com Post Date: 2008-10-27 01:27:02
The Presidential candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Friday made a triumphant entry into his home base, the Eastern region, where he told a milling crowd at the Jackson Park in Koforidua that his party does not need to rig elections in order to beat the main opposition National Democratic Congress (N ...... more
From Mathew Ayoo, Wa THE National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said it would pay special attention to the growth and proper development of women when voted in to power in the December 7 general election. It said 40 per cent of political positions and other positions of trust would be allocated to women when it assumes the reigns of governm ...... more
Republican John McCain, behind in the polls and looking for a comeback, argued Sunday that voters should elect him president to create a check on a Democratic Congress that he says is determined to increase taxes and the size of government.... more
Sarah Palin talks turkey during shocking video New York Daily News,NY- 59 minutes ago By MICHAEL SHERIDAN In an odd bit of political theater, Palin took part in the tradition of pardoning a turkey in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. ... Sarah Palin's Turkey Pardon Fiasco About - News & Issues (satire) all 2 news articles ... more
Sarah palin after a long time seen in the interview and she demonstrating her high level executive skills by pardoning a turkey in the lovely hamlet of Wasilla, Alaska.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared in Wasilla in order to pardon a local turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving. Scenes include the worker behind Palin and clearly in shot slicing a turkey’s neck, bleeding it out and twisting its head off. Palin Not Realizing Incongruity Of Her Words Versus Her Backdrop.” Liberals. sh... more
To Kill a Turkey From: snowflakesinhell.com Post Date: 2008-11-21 15:11:19
I think MS-NBC wants me to frown on Sarah Palin for not having a problem with the backdrop for her interview, but I agree with Breda that it makes her just that much more awesome . ... more
For years — and especially these last few months biking along Venice Boulevard — I’ve spied the substantially sequestered circular Globe A1 signage that’s barely visible atop the ramp and at the rear of second parking level serving the Crossroads Mall situated between Culver and Robertson boulevards. Even though the screengrab below of Google’s Streetview is crapastically bluriffic, it adequately shows how easily missed the sign can be (its location indicated b... more
You voted and the top choice was….drumroll….Gamma Gamma Hey! So I sent it in today and received our Certificate of Participation. (You can click on the image for a much larger version that you can then download and hang proudly in your home or office.) (No, that’s not geeky at all, why do you ask?)
Thanks for participating. I’ll let you know when the official name is announced later this summer. (I know you are all DYING to find out wha... more
Driving through the Cahuenga Pass with the moonroof open, listening to my kid sing… Sure is lovely.
I’m coming up on my six year anniversary of moving to Los Angeles, and I haven’t regretted it once yet. But it’s nice to be reminded.
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Curb sneakers , noun
1. drivers who speed into the right turn lane at a red lights, then cut back into traffic when the light turns green ahead of the rest of us suckers.
2. bastards, assholes, scumbag alpha males
LADWP’s Festival of Lights , noun
1. the tackiest holiday display in the city
2. annual car only event billing itself as “eager-to-green” while marked by miles long lines of idling, emissions spitting vehicles, moving through at a snails pace while ... more
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