It appears the media is already bored with fmr Massachusetts Governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. They want to wrap this up after SC and move on. The media was bored with Obama the day after he was elected. Anyone remember how pundits were already picking horses for the 2012 race no less than 24 [...]
I really appreciate Jon Stewart’s earnestness about the importance of people respecting each other’s points of view and being able to work constructively together. I too believe in treating everyone, including my political opponents, the way I would want to be treated, with respect and courtesy no matter how heated the debate. But to hold [...]
I’ve been kind of slipping on updating this blog. It’s not that my belief that creative minds and voices have much to contribute to the civic dialogue has diminished. It’s just that creative minds and voices are also preoccupied with activities that are part of that engagement. Last week was a big Hill week for [...]
I’m behind on my President’s Weekly due to so many other things on my plate and of course the news and other distractions of the past week. I’m so focused on work (thankfully) and the “what next” of health care reform that I didn’t have time to fully address the meaning and impact of the [...]
Republican State Senator Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate seat occupied by Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy since 1962 (until his death last year) in a special election against state Attorney General Martha Coakley. Brown came away with 52%; Coakley 47%. Republicans gleeful; Democrats demoralized and begin to take their usual places in the circular firing [...]
Correction: June 21 is Father’s Day! . Earlier, I posted June 14 – But I still dig the video. The holiday was started in Spokane, Washington, June 19, 1910. Sonora Smart wanted to celebrate the single parent who was her father after hearing a Mother’s Day sermon in chruch. William Jackson Smart lost his wife [...]
The day after election day. I invited friends and family to the Lincoln Memorial to take some pics. I get the feeling we’ll see more American flags in places we haven’t seen them before. Keep an eye on flag sales in the months ahead. I hear more and more people saying “This is the first [...]
Yesterday Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died peacefully in her sleep in her home in Hawaii. Mrs. Dunham was 86 years old. She did cast an absentee ballot before her death and it will be counted in Hawaii. [You go girl!] She joins the ancestors to guide Barack and the rest of us through the [...]
Apparently, someone’s trying to trip up first-time voters in Virginia with a flyer scam: the phony State Board of Elections flyer reads Republicans vote November 4 and Democrats vote November 5. (Third parties were omitted.) The flyer was spoted in Hampton Roads. First of all, we know election day for all parties is November 4th. [...]
Over the past several weeks I’ve been sharing Voter Updates with friends and family on my personal distribution list with the intention of getting the world out about Voting rights and Protection. The Eclectique Citizen is now part of this blog with the intention of making the information more available. I do verify web links [...]
