"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us. It's in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Used in 1994 inaagural speech by President Nelson Mandela, he was quoting Marianne Williamsom.
The quote is attributed to Marianne Williamson from her book, "A Return to Love".
Obama's last year in the IL Senate record
http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=93&MemberID=747
Here is his first year in the IL Senate record
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/sponsor/OBAMA.html
Also click here to get his past years in the IL Senate. Click the years that you're interested in from the drop down menu. Then select "search" under either - legislation & laws, journals, or transcripts within the senate section. Then type in Barack Obama and there you go his records for all to see.
http://www.ilga.gov/previousga.asp?GA=93
vs.
HRC legislative records prior to the senate. Here's the links
www.oops-there-unavailable.comorwww.oops-there-are-none.com
HRC Resume. A repost from Jack's original post._____________________________________________________________________________________________
I urge everyone to read Hillary’s bio and make their own decision as to her qualifications.Here is a list of her career as taken from the White House Bio:• As an undergraduate, Hillary mixed academic excellence with school government• Served on the Board of Editors of Yale Law Review and Social Action• Interned with children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman• Advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge• Member of the impeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives• Member of the faculty of the University of Arkansas Law School in 1975• Joined the Rose Law firm in 1976• Member of the board of the Legal Services Corporation• Served as Arkansas's First Lady for 12 years• Co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families• Served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, Legal Services, and the Children's Defense Fund. • Serviced as US First Lady for 8 years• Chaired the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. • Advocate for expanding health insurance coverage, ensuring children are properly immunized, and raising public awareness of health issues• Wrote a weekly newspaper column entitled "Talking It Over" • Wrote best selling 1996 book It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us• United States Senator for 7 years. These are certainly admirable credentials and accomplishments, and she appears to be qualified to serve in a variety of roles, such as the head of a non-profit organization, the board of a museum, book editor, or perhaps even as the Dean of a University.But I will ask this question once again. Exactly how is Hillary qualified to become President of the United States, the leader of the free world, and Commander in Chief of our armed forces?I challenge anyone to provide a detailed, specific answer to this question.Posted by: Jack | October 23, 2007 2:57 PM _____________________________________________________________________________________________
TO: Interested PartiesFR: David Plouffe, Obama Campaign ManagerDT: October 10, 2007RE: From Grassroots Enthusiasm to Organization in Georgia
Support for Barack Obama’s candidacy has been steadily building in Georgia since he announced his plan to run for president in February. Our campaign is taking our commitment to Georgia to the next level by opening an office in the state and hiring staff that will focus on translating the enthusiastic support for Barack Obama into a successful turnout operation ready for February 5th.
Laying the Groundwork
Barack Obama has visited Georgia four times since he announced, attracting crowds of thousands. Since February, over 50,000 Georgians have signed on as supporters of our campaign. In August, we hosted Camp Obama in Atlanta, where 185 Georgia supporters learned the skills they need to build support for the campaign in their own communities.
Twenty-five field leadership teams been established across the state, in addition to over 200 volunteer groups organized online via mybarackobama.com that are educating their networks about why Barack Obama may not have the experience Washington likes, but he has the experience America needs to bring fundamental change.
Turning Grassroots Enthusiasm Into Action:
Our volunteers are reaching their neighbors in their homes to identify and mobilize new supporters. In June, hundreds of Georgians took to the streets to door-knock in their communities, including 200 in Atlanta and 100 in Savannah. This Saturday, the Obama campaign will hold door-knocking events this Saturday in Atlanta, Decatur, and Savannah to ensure that Georgians know Barack Obama had the judgment to oppose the war from the start, and he has put forward a plan that will end the war as quickly and responsibly as possible.
So many volunteers have joined our Georgia campaign that they have supplemented our efforts in the early voting state of South Carolina. In September, 400 Georgia canvassers spent the weekend in South Carolina telling voters why they believe Barack Obama is the one candidate who can unite Americans to confront the great challenges we face.
On November 1, we will open the doors to our office in Atlanta. The office will serve as a place for supporters and volunteers to phone bank, organize door-knocking in their communities and plan for upcoming events.
Expanding our Georgia Team:
Our primary focus is building our campaign in Georgia from the bottom up. We are composing a state team that will focus on organizing precinct captains, expanding our network of support at the grassroots level and building the infrastructure we need in preparation for February 5th.
The Obama campaign is announcing today that we have appointed Eureka Gilkey, who served as Deputy Political Director for the campaign, as Georgia State Director. Gilkey will be joined by Trista Allen, who served as Southern Field Director, who has been appointed Georgia Field Director.
We are also boosted by a strong base of support from elected officials and leaders in the faith community throughout Georgia who will serve as key advisors in the state as we continue to build our team. Led by our state co-chairs U.S. Representatives Sanford Bishop and Hank Johnson, that team includes Attorney General Thurbert Baker, Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders, East Point Mayor Joseph Macon, Georgia State Senate Minority Whip David Adelman and 23 additional members of the state legislature.
Faith leaders throughout the state have also joined in our efforts to educate Georgians about Barack Obama, including Rev. Joseph Lowery, Bishop Earl McCloud, Dr. DeWitt Smith, Jr., Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley, Sr., Rev. Dr. Matthew Vaughn Johnson, Dr. Kenneth L. Samuels, Dr. C.T. Vivian, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Hale, Rev. Craig L. Oliver, Sr., Rev. Lester A. McCorn, Rev. E. Dewey Smith, Jr. and Dr. Michael Battle.
A Clear Path to the Nomination
It is important to take a moment every once in a while to reflect on all the progress we have made together in this campaign.
When we got into this race as a largely unknown candidate new to the national political stage, we never expected that nine months later at this stage of the race, we would be in a tight three way race in Iowa; leading in the money race; have the largest grassroots organization in modern political history; and have an organizational advantage in the early states and February 5 over a quasi-incumbent from the most powerful political machine in modern political history.
While the press remains focused on the simplistic and erroneous view of national polls as predictors, the Obama campaign has several structural advantages:
Barack is the candidate with the message and biography that is most in sync with the electorate – according to a Gallup poll in September, Democratic voters prefer change to experience by a margin of 73 percent to 26 percent; The largest organizations with the most experienced staff and enthusiastic volunteers in the 4 early states;
An unexpected financial advantage that allows the campaign to compete in multiple contests at the same time; The most donors by far in the race, who as the election draws nearer will get even more active on our behalf, giving us financial sustainability; A significant organizational advantage in February 5th states.
Greeting Fellow Lithonia Georgia for Obama Members.
This Saturday will be my 2nd door-to-door canvass event I've attended. I previously attended the South Carolina canvass event 2 weeks ago. This Saturday I will be canvassing with the Decatur group. Both events will help me in preparing a canvassing event in Lithonia. Although the Lithonia Georgia for Obama group is small now, I am confident that once we actively put the word out we will get more volunteers to help garner more support in the Lithonia area. I am looking at the last Saturday in October to start.
The agenda is simple. I want to concentrate solely on the Lithonia area to promote and canvass for Obama. Here is a sample agenda of specific targeted canvassing. Let me know what you think so far?
Simple things such as setting up tables in front of:
1. grocery stores - Kroger on Covington, Publix on Panola, Wayfield on Max Cleland,
2. Walmart,
3. Stonecrest mall,
4. and the like, to pass out info about Barack.
Also picking a few high traffic street corners for Obama sign waiving to draw attention to Obama, while passing out bumper stickers and literature.
1. Covington & Panola,
2. Panola at Walmart,
3. Evans Mill areas,
4. Turner Hill & Mall Pkwy areas,
5. etc.
Hey guys, we really don't have a lot time left. If we canvass in Lithonia just 2 weekends a month, we will only canvass 4 times before the end of the year and twice in January, and that's it!
If you don't know by now there will be an Obama office opening on November 1st and Barack has recently been to Prince George's county the wealthiest African American community in America. It would be my dream to get Barack to visit and speak at some high school in the second wealthiest African American community in America.
I'll keep you guys up-to-date on how my planning is going.
Thanks for being a part of Lithonia Georgia for Obama.
Lithonia House Party (Countdown to Change)
We're counting down the days until the early primaries and caucuses -- in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina -- and now is the time to leverage our national movement to make the maximum impact in these crucial early contests.
We wil also be blessed with an exclusive conference call with a top Obama staff member. As an added BONUS - VOTER REGISTRATION will be available. So if you know someone who needs to register to vote, by all means, have them stop by to register. Call (678)763-2861 if you want to help support the Lithonia Countdown to Change House Party Event.
Time: Saturday, September 15 at 2:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Host: Yemargura Hall
Location: Hall's House (Lithonia, GA) 6082 Raintree Bend Lithonia, GA 30058
Associated Groups: ATLANTA FOR BARACK OBAMA, Atlanta for Obama 08, Georgia 4th Congressional District, Georgia for Obama, Georgia Women for Obama '08, GeorgiansforObama.com, Lithonia Georgia for Obama, Obama in the Mountain, Obama the South, Professional Black Women for Change
Directions: I-20E towards Stonecrest Mall. Take the Panola Road exit #71. Turn LEFT onto Panola Road. Turn RIGHT onto Covington Hwy. Turn LEFT onto Wellborn Road. Turn RIGHT onto Marbut Road. Turn LEFT onto Raintree Place. Turn RIGHT onto Raintree Bend.
