Magdaleno

Over the years I learned that you must learn to organize, march, rally and on occasion learn to laugh and to celebrate. Our opposition also often has much to laugh about given some of our statements and actions. Perhaps if we got together and laughed we could actually do good work for our country.

In one political campaign our US SENATE CANDIDATE whose last name was Dick .. We heard during the campaign of the many off color slogans the opposition created using her name. And on occasion over drinks at night our campaign staff tried to outdo our opposition by coming up with even more outrageous innuendos using the candidates last name. She the candidate did not always appreciate our ribald humor. But it was a difficult campaign and laughing helped us to continue the fight for what was right.

Today we have a problem that the statements and actions on one side are so harsh that I am afraid that they could evolve into more violence than just damaging property. In fact we have seen this violence at clinics that serve women who want abortions. I am worried that we will see even more violence. And fear that innocent people will be hurt.

In our response to violent statements and actions should not be more violence. We must be smarter and better that those who flame hatred and violence. We must be an example of the best of humanity.

And we must always be searching for common ground and perhaps if we get there we can laugh and work together…doesn’t mean you always have to agree.. Just be willing to listen…

Below you will find an adaption to a wonderful YES WE CAN u tube video that came out during the presidential campaign. I think that this will make you laugh till tears roll down your eyes..

check this out

NOW FOR MY VIEW OF THE NEWS

a.    They give the crazies the media attention
b.    Spring and violence have sprung
c.    Cesar Chavez according to Martha Garcia
d.    Old man in my bath room

GIVING ATTENTION TO THE CRAZIES AND FORGETTING THE RATIONAL

There were three key demonstrations in Washington DC on the 20-21 of March but only one really got news coverage.
There was the march for Immigration Reform which drew over 100,000, then there was the Anti War March which had 10’s of thousands and finally the Tea Baggers (anti-health bill) Rally which numbers ranged from about 300-1,000.

Fox News obviously gave more coverage to the TB folks but what was even worse was all the attention by other media sources to this small band of demonstrators who had racists and other horrific signs and cat calls coming from what we on another day would see as GOOD GRAND PARENTS.

In today’s environment we cannot get the media to be fair.. Thus we must find a better way to get our news to the public.. Perhaps via the internet and via Ethnic news. Often our movements doing pay enough attention to the Spanish speaking media and other ethnic press.

In the mean time let’s continue to gather our ideas, our supporters and do what we need to do to DELIVER ON CHANGE.

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Spring has Sprung and 
So Has Violence

The shot through his campaign office window and I have received threatening e mails claimed republican Congress man Eric Cantor of Virginia. This he said on the heels of calls and actions taken by elements of the right wing. And another Republican Congress woman has a recording of an awful call to her office

These horrific acts are minimal in number when you look at all those things done against Democrats. These have included racist and homophobic name calling, windows shot out and broken gas lines, vandalizing of homes and multiple threats including a fax with a noose sent to an Afro-American Congressman

Congressman Cantor criticized the Democrats for using these attacks as political canon fodder. At the same time Cantor was not willing to release the threatening emails he supposedly received. Me I don’t think that they exist. And the bullet according to the local police investigation was not shot at the building where Cantors office is located but instead was a bullet on its way down that accidently hit the building…. seems someone shot a bullet into the air and somehow hit the window on the way down. ..I have not heard of any sniper that shoots in this fashion. Recently a Mr. Norman Leboon has been arrested for making a threat on Cantor and his family .. I watched the rambling and bizarre video of Leboon.. he makes threats of harm coming to the President, Speaker of the House, and Leader of the Senate ..This man is nuts but still could be dangerous.. now I am still waiting for all those e mails that Cantor said he received.

Remember when Lou Dobbs claimed that people were shooting at his house and endangering his wife because of his immigration stance. Turns out it was a stray bullet that was far from the living quarters and no evidence that Lou was targeted

During the last presidential campaign we saw the beginnings of outrageous statements, signs and actions by those whose emotions were inflamed by Sarah Palin and others. This should have been curbed then by the leadership of the Republicans. There have been many major threats and property damage to Democrats.

Instead they threw gasoline on the fire by organizing screamers to go to the HEALTH CARE TOWN HALL MEETINGS and have these misguided citizens yell out the most incredible things. And this ultimately became the TEA BAGGERS PARTY… who have some of the most horrific signs and statements..And these rallies and actions have been encouraged by the republican leadership and Fox News.

And we will now see the Tea Bag Express .. a bus filled with misinformation and rabid spokespersons making 44 stops and spreading their hate and lies. This tour begins in Nevada targeting Senate Leader Harry Reid and ending in Washington DC on April 15th. At their opening rally near Harry Reid’s home town in Nevada they drew 5-7,000 primarily older Americans to hear Sara Palin and other spew their propaganda and their call to VOTE THEM OUT…

One of the organizers was asked about their rallies encouraging recent violence against Democrats he responded by saying WE ARE CONSTITUTIONALISTS AND THE PREMIER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION …and I thought perhaps I should tell Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch that they have serious competition… Perhaps you will get to see this so called premier human rights group in your community.. Please welcome them with the truth and common sense.

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Cesar E. Chavez…a man his movement and his supporters..Celebrate his birthday March 31st

On April 27, 1993, I was at his funeral along with 50,000 other mourners.  It was in Delano California and it was the celebration of the life of Cesar Chavez, President and founder of the United Farm Workers Union.  It was fitting that the funeral consisted of a procession, a march, because of the many marches Cesar had participated in and inspired. We walked from Delano to a place two miles out of town called Forty Acres, which had previously been the headquarters of the Union and where huge white tents had been erected for the ceremony.

I first met Cesar more than 20 years prior to his death when my husband, Jim and I, while on vacation in California, stopped by Delano to visit him.   Jim had known Cesar for several years.  As they renewed their friendship, I felt as if I were in the presence of greatness.

I’ve experienced this feeling one other time when I was fortunate enough to see Nelson Mandela when he spoke in Oakland CA shortly after his release from his 20 year imprisonment at Robin Island.

Like Nelson Mandela, Cesar Chavez was a soft spoken gentle man.  Having suffered discrimination and injustice did not make them bitter but emboldened them to espouse non-violence as their credo.

Cesar’s inspirations were Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.

Like Gandhi, Cesar participated in several fasts in order to bring attention to his cause.

I had the opportunity to see Cesar again when he visited Denver to give speeches to his supporters and to raise funds for the United Farm Workers.

Denver was a place that was very progressive and we were active in the boycotts of table and wine grapes, picketing liquor and grocery stores that sold these items from California, so Cesar made occasional stops at our city.

Cesar always stayed at supporters homes when he was away from home.  On one of his visits to Denver that had been arranged by Jim, Cesar was scheduled to stay at our house.  Unfortunately, that day he received a death threat, which sadly was not an isolated instance, so at the last minute his lodging location was changed.

Especially in the early days of his fledgling organizational efforts to bring better working conditions to the farm laborers, he and his followers were greeted with much violence in the form of verbal and physical abuses and many other humiliations.  In one instance a farm worker was run over by a truck and was killed right there on the picket line.  Nothing was done by the authorities.

In spite of these atrocities, Cesar remained loyal to his principle of non-violence and was able to influence his followers to follow suit.  His nonviolent standard also led him to oppose the Viet Nam War.

This remarkable stance of non- violence has been an inspiration to me.  If a person who is subjected to such indignities can remain non-violent, anything is possible.

Although it took many years of hard work, The United farm workers have many contracts now and have affected the lives of non-union farm workers as well.  The first union contracts required rest periods, toilets in the fields, clean drinking water, hand washing facilities, protective clothing against pesticide exposure, the banning of pesticide spraying while workers are in the fields, outlawing DDT and other dangerous pesticides.  These are accepted conditions in the state of California today.

The United Farm Workers now enjoy Health insurance and retirement benefits but, what Cesar considered his most valued accomplishment was the abolishment of the short handled hoe.  That infamous hoe forced the workers to bend over continually and subsequently crippled generations of farm workers.  This short handled hoe is in the Smithsonian Institution commemorating the contributions of Cesar Chavez.

Cesar began his career as a community organizer; he coined the phrase, ¡Sí Se Puede! This has been chanted on many a picket line and march.  Another former community organizer in his recent run for the Presidency used the same slogan Yes we can!  ¡Sí Se Puede!

At the funeral, we saw many friends from Colorado, including our great friend Magdaleno, who had been active in the farm labor and peace movements.   Thousands of farm workers from Florida to California attended the service as well as religious leaders celebrities and politicians, (we were sitting next to Jerry Brown and several of the Kennedys).

There were many speakers at the service, some made us laugh, some made us cry.  Cardinal Mahoney from Los Angeles officiated.  It was an inspirational ceremony, just as Cesar’s life was.

His plain pine coffin, built by his brother and carried those two miles by family and friends, was a symbol of his humility and his unassuming character.

It was a great honor and a privilege to have known this exceptional individual, Cesar Chavez, who dedicated his life for the benefit of this oppressed segment of our society, migrant farm workers.

Martha Martínez García
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THERE  WAS AN OLDER MAN IN MY BATHROOM THIS MORNING

Today as I was shaving and getting ready to head off to work on my next book when I looked up and saw a balding man with silver threads of hair in his beard and on his side burns. I wondered what he was doing in my bath room and if I should scream and call for help… instead I smiled at him and he smiled back. I guess he has nothing better to do than follow me around.

My best
leno

I went to work for the union as an organizer in 1970-74 and worked for $5.00 week for wages and $10 for food. It is amazing that thousands of individuals worked for this paltry sum of money.  And we performed miracles with little or no money. Cesar and all the union leadership received the same compensation.

Later in 1992 while working for Amnesty International in Los Angeles I was invited to a UFW convention in Delano. Cesar introduced me to the workers as one of his great organizers from the old days.. I was proud to be recognized by Cesar in this way .. While I did do some good organizing .. I was also a stubborn young man who then had more ego than brains.

Later that day we were picketing a Safeway store in Delano and for a moment I was walking along side with Cesar. He turned to me and said WHY DON’T YOU COME BACK AND WORK FOR US ..I looked at him and asked WHY WOULD I WANT TO DO THAT ???

He smiled at me and said WE DOUBLED THE WAGES

WOW CESAR YOU DOUBLED THE WAGES.. FROM $5 to $10

YES He replied .. By that time he was holding onto my elbow keeping me close to him

Then I was suddenly rescued by an older woman in a flowing colorful skirt and sporting a mane of white hair who wanted to speak with him.. It was great .. I had escaped Cesar without giving him an answer.

The next year Cesar died unexpectedly..Those of us from the farm worker movement were in shock at this loss
I and my daughter Aviva like 50,000 others went to his rosary and then the funeral in Delano. It was the most incredible event. I saw people from my many years with the union.

Some months after the funeral I was invited to meet with the leadership of the Union and some of Cesar’s family. As we ate lunch in Los Angeles I was asked to help them start a foundation in Cesar’s name. After much conversation they asked if would take the job as Director of the foundation.

WHAT ARE THE WAGES??? I asked

$10  a week they responded and they all  smiled.. .

WELL LET ME CHECK WITH MY FAMILY AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW …

6 Weeks later I was at the Union headquarters working on setting up the foundation for $10 a week. I could just see Cesar some place smiling and acknowledging that he got me at the wage he wanted.

NOW FOR MY VIEW OF THE NEWS

a.    Immigration reform one taco at a time
b.    March 31st Cesar’s bday
c.    HEALTH CARE PASSES
d.    The Red Rep. John Boehner
e.    Red Rep. Boehner
f.    Meet new friends

Immigration Reform, One Taco At A time

“Through Tacos for Justice the simple act of eating is converted into an act of social justice,” said Erin Glenn, Executive Director of the Asociación de Loncheros L.A. Familia Unida de California. “Our trucks will give a 10 percent discount to every patron as well as donate to the National Immigrant Justice Campaign for every Tacos for Justice coupon used in a purchase of the ‘Justice Menu’ at our participating trucks.” Valley Star, Mar. 17, 2010.

This notice was sent in by Kinza.. Now I am going to LA in April and want to know where to get my TACOS FOR JUSTICE COUPONS..

100,000 plus marched in Washington DC for immigration reform on Sunday the 21st . In addition there were marches in other cities on this day. (mean while the right wing had hundreds in DC under the TEA BAG BANNER trying to stop the historic health care bill) now tell me who represents the people of America.

In Seattle we will have a rally on April 10th and a March and Rally on May 1st.  hope you can participate in events in your community.

We must all raise our voices for COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM.

MARCH  31ST  THE BIRTHDAY OF CESAR ESTRADA CHAVEZ

On the 31st I will take a moment to celebrate Cesar’s birthday. And in doing so I will be recognizing all the men and women who worked with him so many years ago in CSO Community Service Organization. This was the precursor to the United Farm Workers Union. This is where Saul Alinsky student Fred Ross began organizing Latinos.

I also will be recognizing the many Filipino Farm Workers who were the first to go on strike and then joined by Mexican farm workers being organized by Cesar, Dolores, Gilbert, and others.

I also want to take a moment on this day to honor all the strikers, the boycotters, the donors and the many who prayed for success of the union. Every year I run into many who helped to make the union successful.  These heroes and sheroes come in all shapes and sizes and from every imaginable community. And to think that I was part of this historic movement. The UFW spawned many an organizer and that is gooder than good can be.

In the next Ahora a nice remembrance of Cesar Chavez by Martha Garcia

HEALTH CARE PASSES 120-111

This is a historic moment and we must thank not only those who voted but all those who worked for so many months to pressure our elected officials.

Now the tea baggers and the ultra right wing will have to get shriller and crazier in the months ahead.. but those  who will health protected by this new law will not listen to their lies.

We can take a moment to celebrate and then get back to work.
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Rep. John Boehner ..Why the strange skin color and red nose?

The Alcoholic Nose.. While I am not a doctor .. I have seen this before. In my home town we had an old farm worker who had pretty pale skin and as he went through life his skin got redder as did his nose. And his nose began swelling at the end as he continued his drinking of cheap wine… it seems that alcohol shows up early on the skin and the nose.

Now for a long time I thought that Republican John Boehner the House Minority Leader was spending too much time in a tanning salon… now I am beginning to think that his skin color and nose are a result of alcoholism. Just take a look at the tip of his red nose… either he is coke addict, becoming Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer or he is in fact a stone Alcoholic.

With alcoholics their liver goes and or they do something really stupid while under the influence of Alcohol… well Boehner does stupid things already so now we just are waiting on the liver to start acting up…

Jimmy Luna a dear friend and Huelgista/striker when I was with the farm workers union suffered the same outward appearances on him. Finally his liver stopped working and we had to bury him in La Garrita miles outside of Center, Colorado.

Okay .. okay .. I know what you are saying LENO IS NOT A DOCTOR.. But then you give me an explanation for his red nose and orange skin… and no I do not think that he is an alien from another planet… nope.. He is just one very very strange man from this planet.
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DEATH TO THE DEATH PENALTY.

This week, Virginia executed Paul Powell for murdering a 16-year-old girl and raping and attempting to murder her 14-year-old sister. Reading the details of the crime, your instinctive response is utter revulsion and a cry for justice to be done. But state-sanctioned killing — unless it is for reasons of national security — is not something we as a society should be doing. In America, 139 people on death row have been exonerated. And a study on death penalty appeals found two-thirds of all death sentences were overturned due to serious errors, including prosecutorial misconduct. Then there is the cost: it is much more expensive to execute a prisoner than to send him to prison for life. For example, California could save $125 million a year if it eliminated the death penalty. That’s a lot of money for a state cutting social services to the bone. It’s time for the death penalty to be put to death.

MEETING NEW PEOPLE

This past weekend I was a Global Donors conference where I saw some old friends but met many new potential friends. When I got to this conference I went into my INTROVERT SHELL but soon I was taken out of this bunker and I was meeting many new and interesting individuals.. And I had a good time meeting so many interesting spirits.  The hard part was getting started.

Take a moment and meet someone new.. And open the door to another world.

My best
Leno

At the end of this month leno will go to a final traffic court in Seattle. I was caught supposedly speeding. It was early morning and on my way to work when a motorcycle cop stopped me ..

He was silent and would not talk to me about the process and if given a chance I thought he might give me instead a warning…

After all I was not going super fast, I was sober, and polite. Plus I thought I was going only 23 not 25.. hair splitting and spiting.
So I sent in a form and got a preliminary court date and went. I felt like a criminal there amongst many other criminals all hardened traffic law abusers.. At this community court I tried to question the policeman’s actions and was not allowed and told I would have to regular court hearing .. Before I left the room I asked the judge if I could plead INSANITY… She smiled and said NOT ON A TRAFFIC TICKET.

At my next court date I hope to enter MY TOYOTA DEFENSE… no I do not drive a Toyota… I drive a 2000 dodge caravan.

Okay so why the Toyota defenses you ask? Well I am going to suggest that my knee replacement made of titanium could have been made by Toyota… and that my knee got stuck in an extended position and thus the heavy foot on the medal…
It is not clear that this will be a successful argument but it is the last defense tactic I have as of today in my bag of tricks… WISH ME LUCK.

NOW FOR MY VIEW OF THE NEWS

a. Healthcare
b. Boys and girls clubs
c. The tea baggers
d. Dolores Huerta and census
e. Gear up for 2010

HEALTH CARE … we can’t stop now

Today we must begin our final push to get health care legislation. It will take all of us working together…We will have to all make some compromises in order to get some progress done.
We will all have to be on the phone, sending emails, visiting elected officials, and demonstrating… we must do this Now.
FIRST THE REPUBLICAN SAID THAT IF OBAMA DID NOT GET HEALTH CARE THROUGH THAT IT WOULD BE HIS WATERLOO… AND NOW THEY ARE BEATING THE DRUM THAT IF OBAMA GETS HEALTH CARE THROUGH THAT THE AMERICAN VOTERS WILL TURN ON THE DEMOCRATS AND THAT THEY WILL LOSE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND EVENTUALLY THE PRESIDENCEY

If the Republicans really thought passing the health care program would destroy the democrats then why are they fighting the passage so much? And why aren’t the media asking the Republicans to clear up this obvious contradiction..
The Republicans and their lobbyist friends have a lot to lose if health care passes… and they know it… they are running scared..
Now we must turn up the heat on congress and get this passed. And let the republicans worry about how to sell their opposition to health care to the millions who will benefit from the passage of this reform bill.

THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS spend too much on their Executives, and support

While I think that every non profit should be careful how much it spends on its Executive and related perks … I at the same time would like my congress to pay more attention to the billions of our tax payer dollars stolen in Iraq and possibly now more in Afghanistan. These same elected officials who bark about the cost of the Boy and Girls Clubs might want to spend some time talking about all those who stole all this money from the Iraq war effort … some of the meaning leaving in duffel bags, and suitcases filled with cash and many contracts paid but not completed.

The right wing of the congress is slow to seek investigations or yell about it in the press because many of their donors and supporters might be indicted if all the truth comes to the surface.

TEA BAG MOVEMENT..a magnet for the uncontrollable and angry element of the right …

Most of the minutemen, the screamers from the town meetings, the anti-immigrant, and the anti abortion crazies, the anti science crowd, and the misguided Medicare recipients (who want government out of their health care) and many other reactionary groups… We know them and have been fighting them and now they are gathering under one tattered umbrella… I believe that they will be a major thorn in the political plans of the Republican National committee. And many Republicans are worried.

As I youth have worked on a turkey farm and they were uncontrollable nor could you organize them … This Tea Bag movement seems to be just another herd of turkeys… DANGEROUS BUT NONETHELESS TURKEYS.

DOLORES HUERTA AND THE CENSUS

This past weekend Dolores was in Washington State to inspire many and talk about the importance of the census. She is almost 80 and is more active and alert than many much younger than her.
She spoke out against racism against Immigrants, people of color and of the right wing media. We need more leaders out speaking to our public and pushing them to be and do more.

GEARING UP FOR 2010

I am hoping that you will take time to find a candidate that you can support this election season… We should take some of our time and money to support good candidates who will stand up for us and our communities.

EARTHQUAKE

Not being a scientist but it seems as if this year there are more  earthquakes than before.  Could it be that we are just better at reporting these quakes or is something going on with mother earth. The most recent was one in Los Angeles. Something is shaking in this world of ours.

My best
leno

Let me explain… I will take it slowly because I know that this could confuse you. Three years ago I was approached by the Mexican government and asked if I would join their winter Olympic team.. I was excited beyond belief.. me going to the Olympics with the Mexican Team… just wish my parents were alive to see all this.

I soon began training in my key sports, the 5,000 meter ice skating race, Cross Country skiing, and the bobsled..did you wonder  about all the times when you could not reach me..well .. that was because I was in training… it was a hard road … and it was not until recently that I found out about the new drug testing… and I got worried about what they might find…

Seems that they are now testing for jalapenos, green chili, and refried beans. On the surface and below the surface this is a most racist and imperialist attack against all Mexicans and Chicanos…

The IOC.. the International Olympic Committee alleges that Jalapenos and green chilis are like an athletic Viagra.. that it allows some athletes to perform beyond their normal abilities.. and the IOC also alleges that a constant intake of refried beans could give a special tailwind booster that could shave seconds or perhaps minutes in a race. And I did not want to allow myself to be tested. What part of my anatomy would they be testing I wondered and feared.

Well I did not want to be disqualified and have it all over the media so I decided to quietly remove myself from contention… I know that I have disappointed many including the government of Mexico but I have to have my jalapenos, green chili –and refried beans.

THE 1968 OLYMPICS let us know that there was a movement that was brought to millions  by two black American athletes that raised their fists when receiving their medals.. This action changed their lives and the life of a young Australian sprinter who supported their human rights and took the Silver Medal that day. SALUTE a wonderful documentary directed my Matt Norman should be seen by all …to arrange a showing of this amazing film please contact Michael Favelle…michael@odinseyeent.com.

Another amazing companion piece to this is film is a wonderful book called SOMETHING IN THE AIR…this gives a comprehensive review of the entire 1968 Olympic team and the racist politics of the time.

The more you learn about 1968 the more you will want to know … could start you on a road to the revolution…

NOW FOR MY VIEW OF THE NEWS

a.    Tea Baggers over shadowed by those wanting more revenue
b.    Joe el plomero
c.    To learn how to play quitar
d.    HOPE HOWSE
e.    Kennedy of the Supreme Court
f.    Giving to your community

TEA BAGGERS OVER SHADOWED BY COALITION FOR REVENUE

On Monday Feb. 15,   2,000 Tea Baggers arrived at 10 am at the capitol in Olympia to hold a rally asking for more cuts to the state budget and no new taxes.. I was there and could see that these folks mostly white except for about 10 people of color were cheering actions that would be against their own interests.. it was laughable because one speaker said that they were RADICALS and were the NEW REVOLUTION.. it was funny because they really don’t like radicals or revolutionaries

This was followed up by Coalition of 6,000 two hours later at noon calling for revenue and no cuts sponsored by the Coalition for Our Economic Future. This was a wonderful spirited rally which was very diverse and included many ethnic groups, races and people of different ages …it was a beautiful picture of the coalition.
Below is clip of the Rally and a follow up PSA which you should see. Yep leno is in both.







NOTE FROM Fuse on the PSA
We now have the PSA that is being aired on SCAN TV up on our website too.  

It is on the front page if you want to check it out and use it: 
www.oureconomicfuture.org 

A big thanks to Heather at SEIU for pulling this together. 

Also we have paid ads up on several of the newspaper websites too including Seattle Times and Publicola.

Jim Dawson 
Campaign Director 
Fuse Washington 
jim@fusewashington.org

Joe the Plumber goes off on McCain, says he ‘screwed up my life’

By Eric Zimmermann – 02/14/10 11:12 AM ET

Joe the Plumber is no longer a fan of either Sarah Palin or John McCain, it seems.

Joe, also known as Sam Wurzelbacher, told an audience in Pennsylvania this week that McCain “is no public servant.”
“McCain was trying to use me,” Wurzelbacher said, according to public radio correspondent Scott Detrow. “I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy.”

“I don’t owe him s―,” Wurzelbacher continued. “He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it.”

In fact, Wurzelbacher’s dislike for McCain is so strong that he no longer supports Sarah Palin simply because Palin will campaign for McCain’s re-election.

As for Obama: “I think his ideology is un-American, but he’s one of the more honest politicians. At least he told us what he wanted to do.”

LINE UP IF YOU WANT TO LEARN GUITAR

..now that the word is out many want me to teach them just like I taught Steve Earle.
Now Clotilde Nougaret of France is asking me to teach her guitar.. I hope that she can learn quicker than Steve… Clotilde writes to and visits a Death Row inmate in Texas. I will meet this woman at the FAST AND VIGIL at the Supreme Court the first week of July…we will have many hours to kill or should I say use up… so if you want to be part of this abolitionist guitar seminar contact scott@langleycreations.com  and he will sign you up.

I hope to see ya all at the steps of the Supreme Court as I introduce you to Clotilde.

HOPE-HOWSE featured on NPR’s KUNM.

I would ask you to go to (http://www.hope-howse.org) and check out this interview with Jane Davis founder of HOPE-HOUWSE and Singer Activist Steve Earle. This is a good program for healing and peace located in New Mexico.

GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

There are many ways to give to your community.. take a few moments and give something back. A little bit of your time can make a big difference in some ones life.. make the time to give. Or join an organizations working for change. You can always join the Social Justice Fund and work for change. You don’t have to live in the Northwest to become a member.. you just need to do more and do it now.

My best
leno