Success in San Mateo
On Blog For America Ashleigh Evans, the chair of San Mateo County Democracy for America, posted at 12:39 PM:
I received a voicemail from Betty Carlson, Tom Lantos' representative whom our San Mateo County Democracy for America delegation met with last week, with such surprising news that I had to call and confirm it with her this morning: as a result of our presentation, Congressmember Lantos has signed on to cosponsor Barbara Lee's House Resolution 375!
You'll remember that this is the House resolution that calls for the release of all U.S. information relating to communication with the United Kingdom that resulted in the Downing Street Memos. We asked for full Congressional hearings into whether the President misled us into the war in Iraq and whether he had a plan to get us out.
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I received a voicemail from Betty Carlson, Tom Lantos' representative whom our San Mateo County Democracy for America delegation met with last week, with such surprising news that I had to call and confirm it with her this morning: as a result of our presentation, Congressmember Lantos has signed on to cosponsor Barbara Lee's House Resolution 375!
You'll remember that this is the House resolution that calls for the release of all U.S. information relating to communication with the United Kingdom that resulted in the Downing Street Memos. We asked for full Congressional hearings into whether the President misled us into the war in Iraq and whether he had a plan to get us out.
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Shadow Kudos to San Mateo County Democracy for America!
ReplyDeleteLOL, and Shadow Firsties, too!
ReplyDeleteYou know that's funny: two firsties I've turned down today, LOL!! Here, I kinda felt like I got such GOOD very first firsties ever.
ReplyDeleteAnd there, I thought it would just start someone whining. . . .
puddle,
ReplyDeleteHere, one doesn't feel they must protect the firsties from evil - LOL!
And I didn't want to post the thread and grab firsties - that's cheating. :o))
ReplyDeletejc, the irony is, that is exactly right.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely despised seeing something Howard created being used as a platform to killing. And glorified killing, at that!
"protect the firsties from evil" hahahahahhaa
ReplyDeleteFrom the last thread (shadow lagger over here)
Hi COMMIES!!!
♥
Janet Janet Janet!! hi *waving*
Everything Toscha said up there I agree with - my reason for not posting daily or often anymore too. Of course having a new job plays a part too
ANYWAY, GOOD MORNING!! Or is it afternoon?! I haven't slept yet, wouldn't know!! hahaha
Guess what everyone? JC's alright down there in good ol' Louisiana!!
Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!
Au revoir peewee!!
And cloaking didn't make it any better. Worse, in fact.
ReplyDeleteWas reminded of that by the grandfather (with the hurt granddaughter) over at Kos: Code Talker.
I haven't slept yet, wouldn't know!! hahaha
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Too funny, kimmy: me neither. Wanna see what I was doing? My first blog!
http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com/
PUDDLE you have a blog!! YAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAwwwww and its all witchy and pretty too!
BOOKMARK!
Love ya ma'am!
LOL! Feels like a HUGE step. When I first got online two years ago, I knew about blogs, I *liked* blogs, but all the advice about how to make one totally escaped me. And then came Howard Dean, and Treebeard, and Love, and and and. . . .
ReplyDeleteHaving to learn to navigate a new blog (this one) that came practically with a demand that you create one, I thought, why not at least *try* boob? So I started, and it got so fun. . . .
Who knows how one could use the skills later, ahem?
ok--time to go. We're expecting some of Katrina's leftover rain here tonight.
ReplyDeleteTake care!
So, Oscar. Are the 4 'contributors' like moderators for the blog? If we want to post a blog thread with pics, do we email one of you?
ReplyDeleteCheck out this website advertised on salon. They are looking at former an org that would get consumers 50-70% off of prescription drugs. I am going to sign up. They are just looking for people who will be interested to sign up in advance of a launch...and you don't have to be in L.A.
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You know, I've been getting these, daily, since Howard Dean said that capturing Saddam Housein hadn't made us any safer, and was raked over the coals, and distorted by the now so-called Fourth Estate.
And you also know: I'm really really sick and tired of getting them.
GO CINDY GO!!!!
Puddle, tried to post a comment on your blog but you disabled them. Gotta let me send my love on your blog. :)
ReplyDelete'former' should be 'forming'
ReplyDeleteHow do you do spell check on here, by the way? I use Mozilla Firefox.
cheryl, at the time I didn't know how to delete the bot-spam. Now I do, but I haven't had time to make a new post to let people comment, and it won't let me change the one I already posted. Alas.
ReplyDeleteWanted to tell you all about a website I discovered. www.meetin.org or click my name
ReplyDeletethey are kind of like meetup but simple and easy and still free.
I am using it in Tucson for social networking, but a person can also use it to set up political stuff and they have a political board that you can discuss stuff on.
It might be a way to reach moderate Republicans too, especially for things like movie nights. I am going to try posting it there when the Wal-Mart movie comes out.
It is a really new site but after I posted the link on a local site, we got 40 new people. I went to my first event last week (a museum art show opening night) and it was a lot of fun. A good diversity of people.
If your city isn't listed, you can email the founders that you would like to create one.
I joined to find people with similar social interests to do things with and not have to pay for membership like most activities clubs here. The potential for a lot of more is there also.
Puddle, in your settings there should be a function to make all posts comment enabled including your previous posts.
ReplyDeleteA cool function of blogger comments is that you can set up members and limit who can comment to those members you invite. The options are:
ReplyDeleteAnyone
Registered users
Only members of this blog (most restrictive)
Good to know if we get trolls over here.
If there is, I surely can't find it. S'okay: you can post comments now, and from now on, lol! I'm kinda having fun bumbling through this. Imagine being in kindergarten again, at 64!
ReplyDeleteCheryl,
ReplyDeleteYep - that's about how it works. I'll double-check with Renee (this is her baby) but as far as I'm concerned if you've got something then send it and I'll post it. This is supposed to shadow the BFA blog, but I don't have a problem with the shadow doing its own thing from time to time. :)
Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteFor spellcheck you need to click here and follow the instructions - it's pretty easy.
For those looking for someplace to contribute, Louisiana's Governor Kathleen Blanco just answered that question with the statement that the Red Cross is going to be key with helping.
ReplyDeleteRed Cross
For those interested, click for:
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http://maps.google.com/
Enter "buras la" as the search term and then click the satellite button.
This is the first area that got hit by the eye. People live there. There are homes, schools, businesses (stores, restaurants, motels, etc.) There are also several smaller towns south of this. They support the offshore oil industry and help fill your gasoline tanks.
There is one way out and transport by car, bus, etc. is a long line of vehicles on a highway (not an interstate) - It is a 60 mile trip to reach New Orleans.
There is no easy way to evacuate everyone quickly, and that includes all the people brought in from offshore drilling platforms.
My Governor is now on CNN, struggling to hold back tears.
Great Firsties, again , jc, lol. And ♥s back.
ReplyDeleteFirst comment on a virgin blog. Me yesterday, you today! Are we lucky or what?!
"jc said... 4:40 PM"
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know if DFA is going to be making a group donation? I know someone made the suggestion to HQ.
This is cute. On a grim day, cute is needed. . . .
ReplyDeleteMujibar was trying to get into the USA legally through Immigration.
The Officer said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except there
is one more test. Unless you pass it you cannot enter the United States
of America.
Mujibar said, "I am ready."
The officer said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and
Green."
Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister Officer, I am ready."
The Officer said, "Go ahead."
Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up,
and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar'."
Mujibar now lives in a neighborhood near you and works at a Verizon help
desk. I talked to him yesterday.
HOORAY FOR SAN MATEO!!
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Now there's something I can agree with 100%!
cCool ~~ yeah, that's what they're doing with the kids on both Just say no to drugs, and Just say no til your married. Mindless Bots!!
ReplyDeleteOscar--thanks for getting the new thread up!
ReplyDeleteAs far as what Cheryl asked, I'm totally cool with that...long as you take care of it. My only concern would be with posting images--I want to make sure we don't do the stealing bandwidth thing. So, if we post any images, we need to make sure they are images we have permission to post, and one of them has them hosted somewhere.
denise, don't get too deep in those mines, lol!
ReplyDeleteOkay: would somebody like me to take that joke out? Be glad to. . . .
ReplyDeleteCindy Sheehan's newest Kos diary:
ReplyDeleteGood By to Crawford
puddle said...
ReplyDeletecCool ~~ yeah, that's what they're doing with the kids on both Just say no to drugs, and Just say no til your married. Mindless Bots!!<<<<<<<<<<<
and I really hope that progressives can stick together in the coming elections to defeat
these guys. Every time you think they've done all the damage they can do they sink a bit
lower.
heartbreaking.
Peace out, all.
cCool
Renee,
ReplyDeleteBlogger has the capability for us to upload images to Blogger now, so the stealing bandwidth thing shouldn't be an issue. As to permissions for pictures, I have no idea how that works.
Renee,
ReplyDeleteIf they are national photos you can legally link to them by linking back to the originator of the photo to give credit. You see it all the time on mainstream news blogs. I read that was how you can when I was setting up my own blogs.
If they are our own photos, you should have a free photo hosting in Picassa or Hello that comes with any blogger website.
As far as robbing bandwidth, if you are concerned with the littler sites that don't want you to link to them...then they normally state that right on their website. Most will welcome the link to garner more traffic to their site but smaller ones may have a disclaimer about it. In that case, you can still use the image...just upload it to Picassa, and still give credit to the originator.
I have done both on sites.
Peace out, cCool
ReplyDeletepuddle said...
ReplyDeleteOkay: would somebody like me to take that joke out? Be glad to. . . .
5:03 PM
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Honestly, Puddle. I didn't get it. Was it a racial joke? Or making fun of the way corporations outsource? I didn't get the 'green' thing. The rest I assumed was some kind of an accent?
We outsourced most of our call center work to India.
Oscar, if the photos are already posted on a news story, you can post as long as you link and reference the article. Huffington post does it all the time. I read in some legal thing that is how you do it.
ReplyDeleteIf you just use the photo but not reference the article, then you are violating copyright laws.
Good deal. So if you have a post to put up - if anyone has a post to put up - email me the HTML at ocarter145 at hotmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteThe phone goes ring ring ring, and . . . .
ReplyDeleteNo, actually considering the source, I think it was kinda cute confused republican thinking having to do with immigration rather than outsourcing as a major problem, LOL.
And also, the TROO frustration of trying to deal with help lines (in India, again, lol!)
Okay, Oscar. I don't have anything yet, but Marcia, Lois and several of us will be in DC on the 24th of next month and will likely be blogging our adventures. Lois and I will be traveling for over 2 weeks so we thought it would be fun to blog any political stuff we have.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know how to copy and paste onto blogger (not here, onto your own blog) I can get copy, but right clicking there's no paste function. . . .(Mozilla user here)
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you all know that I did a shout-out about this blog over at My Left Wing, Daily Kos, and Booman Tribune.
ReplyDelete"puddle said...5:47 PM"
ReplyDeleteTry ctrl c to copy and ctrl v to paste.
hmmmmm. Is this working?
ReplyDeleteNo clue how I did this but it did!
ReplyDeleteHi all.
"Yesterday at Camp Casey was, again naturally, an amazing day. Dennis Means from the A.I.M. came with a group of Native American musicians and they made a presentation to me. He gave me a shawl in the tradition of Tecumseh and he pinned a brooch of 5 stars on it from "One chief to another." He also said we should all change our last names to Sheehan and he will be known as: Dennis Means Sheehan! Sheehan is Gaelic for "Peace" which I think is such a cool thing, and not a coincidence. Casey Sheehan's sacrifice will stand for peace forever.
ReplyDeleteI missed the candlelight vigil at Camp Casey I last night, but I heard that the counter-protestors came over and held vigil with us for our killed heroes. I heard it was beautiful and life-affirming. This is what Camp Casey does for us: it transforms bitter anger into righteous, productive anger. It turns hate into love. It brings people together in new love and cements mature relationships. It brings other people together who would normally not ever meet and makes them lifelong soul-friends. It heals broken hearts and mends broken souls. I know Camp Casey has healed my broken soul and heart. A veteran from the Iraq tragedy told me that he is now cured of any bad feelings he had.
Just another day at Camp Casey."
Click my name for Cindy's full post on Kos
I am assuming that the little trash can is used to delete one's comment?
ReplyDeleteI feel like I speaking to my shadow...anyone here?
ReplyDeleteYou really must read Cindy's post above. It is a tear jerker. I read all of hers and this one really moved me the most. Especially where she thanks Bush.
ReplyDeleteWill do. Hi Cheryl.
ReplyDeleteHi, sylvie. Glad you're here!
ReplyDeleteHey Sylvie!
ReplyDeleteSylvie, hi!
ReplyDeleteSo, no more New York after your name?
Yes, the trash can is to delete your own post.
Can't stay, but I wanted to say hi to Sylvie. I have to leave for work in a minute, but I just wanted to say that this place feels like a blog spa! So peaceful, so friendly.
ReplyDeleteSomebody pass me the cucumber slices for my puffy eyes.
Oh, wait, I can't stay. Thanks Renee, Oscar, Demetrius, Barbara, et. al. for doing this. Later.
Demtrius, thank you!! It worked, I now have kimmy's heart on my blog. It's beautiful. Go look!!
ReplyDeletehttp://eatapyzch.blogspot.com/
For anyone who hasn't seen it, Maryscott O'Connor has a post about Liveblogging 9/24
ReplyDeleteSylvie, can you help seashell? She's got a Mac too.
ReplyDeleteAnd Edwin hasn't been able to even register yet, much less post: no matter what name he picks, it tells him it's already in use, lol!! Even Edwin in NYC! (another Mac, so I just don't what to tell him)
BTW, he says HI! and he loves it.
ReplyDeletepuddle,
ReplyDeleteUse the following code and remove the four asterisks. I think you might be leaving out the "href" part, because yours isn't clickable for me.
<*a href=*"http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com" >http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com<*/a*>
http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com
trashcan, Sylvie, takes you to another screen where you can click your delete. Can't edit once you've posted though.
ReplyDeletepuddle,
ReplyDeleteKimmy's heart looks beautiful in red! ;-)
http://eatapyzch.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletejc, I was just using < a > < /a >
clicks for me ~~ wonder why? Anybody else?
puddle,
ReplyDeleteThe one at 6:26 clicks for me. When I first did a link myself, I just used < a > < / a > and it did the same thing. It was just an underlined blue that didn't click. After I added the href part, it worked.
seashell, I don't know what is different about posting on a Mac, as I don't have one, and I figure out most of my web stuff through trial and error. But when I posted as Shadow BFA Blog just a little while ago, instead of posting this link
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I posted this
http://shadowbfa.blogspot.com/2005/08/success-in-san-mateo.html
..which takes you straight to the post *with* the comments included. I think it's kind of like when you click "link" on BFA.
I think, jc, that it's half the colors of that template that make me want to go back and keep trying new stuff. It's soooooooo purty!!
ReplyDeleteAnd kimmy's heart, especially.
Sooner or later, you *know* I'm going to have to try Howard's engine 2008!
puddle,
ReplyDeleteI just loaded the page in Firefox (I've been using IE) and your earlier link doesn't work for me there either. It looks like it should, but it doesn't click. Just blue letters underlined.
Hi everyone, thanks for the welcome
ReplyDeleteJust got sidetracked wathcing the Weather Channel--my basic cable was mysteriously off for the last day. My heart goes to all those poor people affected by Katrina.
Seashell, would love to help you but I really do not understand how I actually got in myself...I went through the "create an account" thing, then quit it when I got to the page that asks you for your blog and url...then came back to this page, posted a comment, and there it was, with my name and all. So it'all a mystery to me.
As for refreshing--what browser do you use?
And Puddle: just tell Edwin to get himself a new name! BTW, there is a difference between "user name" and display name. I bet the problem is the user name, so he can just come up with whatever and still use Edwin as a display name.
Or at least, that what I could make out of it.
wierd, jc, they're both underlined and blue for me.
ReplyDeleteactually, learning this new system makes me feel a lot like I did in January of 04. . . . on the Deanforamerica Blog, LOL!
I like Firefox, but I use IE for BFA for one reason. IE brings me back to the same spot on the comments page after I refresh, and Firefox, for unknown reasons, doesn't.
ReplyDeletejc, I bet you can click your own links, but not others if you do it my way. I just tried seashell's (I told her how, yikes) and it looks fine, but doesn't click.
ReplyDeleteThis is the EASY way. Click my name!
Main page:
ReplyDeletehttp://shadowbfa.blogspot.com
http://shadowbfa.blogspot.com/
seashell: click my name for the mainpage.
ReplyDeleteSeashell,
ReplyDeleteClick and then bookmark. If you need to copy-and-paste then here's the address:
http://shadowbfa.blogspot.com/
Man, I love it when the traffic is high enough that I'm the third person to offer help. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm out for a while. Comics later tonight.
ReplyDelete♥
Sylvie, I think he's tried half the available names in the world. . . . I'll paste your instructions in an email for him though. Maybe he can try again tonight. I'd love to be blogging *with* him again!
ReplyDeletePuddle, tell Edwin to think of the user name just like another password. His user name could be shdsidhjf%.
ReplyDeleteHe can then use the display name he wants.
Sylvie, will do.
ReplyDeleteDid you see his play's been extend another month, to Sept. 25. Hard not to feel mixed about it, LOL! The play is a total hit, and he's loving it. Downside, he was going to come here for my birthday, and we were going to do Sept 24 together.
Puddle, well, there is a solution to that problem....as in, celebrating your birthday in NYC!!!
ReplyDeleteSeashell, are you using Internet Explorer or Safari or something else?
ReplyDeleteseashell ~~ try control, arrow, and see what happens. . .
ReplyDeleteseashell,
ReplyDeleteI go to the main page. Then I right-click on the comments link under the post and open it in a new window. That gives me a comments page with all the controls.
jc, I don't think she *can* right click. Apple mousies and all that.
ReplyDeleteRight click on MAC= press control and left click
ReplyDeleteSeashell, better not go back, bet I just stirred up a hornet's nest. . . .
ReplyDeletejc, too, lol!
ReplyDeleteLOL seashell.
ReplyDeleteThen when a Window user tells you to "right click", to you, that should mean to press "control" and click.
I could maybe help you if I knew what browser you are using...
seashell, lol, I think you're probably ok on the Iraq thing unless the want a truly gifted tango dancer. . . .
ReplyDeleteI can't post under my "user name". Don't know why.
ReplyDeleteOh, sorry, anonymous at 7:21 is me, SusanD.
ReplyDeleteCan't refresh, either.
ReplyDeleteSusanD
AOL adds its own layer of tools that can cause problems.
ReplyDeleteMy refresh is actually working better now. This morning when I refreshed it took me to the bottom of the screen. Now it leaves me where I was.
ReplyDeleteCan I make a suggestion? If this is going to be a permanant thing, maybe we can use something like TypePad. I think it's $25/month.
Jessica, I know this blog isn't perfect, but it's what I can offer, with help from good people like Oscar. I know how to blog on this platform and, yes, it's free.
ReplyDeleteI'm really stressed right now about a lot of things. Our son starts middle school tomorrow, and there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth around here about dress codes and such.
If someone wants to set up another shadow blog on that, they can go for it, but I can't personally wrap my mind around all that would entail.
It was, by the way, a *huge* amount of work setting this up. But I decided that I wanted to, and I did. Now I want to relax a bit and enjoy it.
I absolutlely don't mean to sound bitchy to you, but, like I said, I'm kinda stressed at the moment.
Seashell, Gates actually owns part of Mac. 21% ownership of Apple I believe.
ReplyDeletePuddle, have Edwin use something silly for his login like "Bitemebush", then for his 'display name' he can use 'Edwin'.
Renee,
ReplyDeleteI empathize with you. The Crushie blog took so much work and there are so many limitations to blogger than it limited at least 5 people from being able to do basic funtions. Jessica was one of them.
I think we should use this one for now and then if we get a big turnout, we can discuss funding a blog with more features and getting a volunteer team to help Renee and others with setup, updates, etc.
All my blogs got ruined recently when my photo hosting site deleted all the pics for no good reason. Ugh!
SusanD,
ReplyDeleteTry clicking on 'other' and typing your name in and sending.
susan you can hit "other" and just type in your name. It wont be blue, if you care, lol!
ReplyDeleteNew Thread.
ReplyDeleteRenee,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry.
I really wasn't trying to complain. I would have no idear how to do as much as you have here and many of us appreciate it.
I was just making a suggestion for some time in the future if there is a need.
*snicker* So, now I'm the "other" at the "shadow blog".
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