Archive for December, 2006

The Saints are Coming Video (not as seen on TV..)

I love this creative video set to the U2 / Green Day version of The Saints are Coming. It has been out on YouTube for quite a while, but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t going to get yanked for some sort of copyright violation before I linked to it on my blog. I [...]

ONE Campaign Names New Board Members

Very exciting news indeed. It looks like ONE is gearing up to take our campaign to the next level, and this is exactly the right time to do it. The American people have voted for a change, and now it is Congress’ responsibility to step up and do the job for which we pay them. [...]

Immigration, Poverty, and International Trade Policies

I listened to Senator Edwards fielding questions from the Town Hall audience in Iowa yesterday with keen attention. For the most part, he did a really good job of providing thoughtful and spontaneous, almost conversational at times, responses. There were some topics that he was obviously more comfortable talking about than others, but his answers/discussion [...]

Social Activism vs Political Activism

I guess the line between social activism and political activism is pretty thin. I have considered myself to be a social activist for quite a long time (I have always had ’causes’ that I actively support.) But I have never considered myself to be a political activist, in fact, I have tried to avoid being [...]

John Edwards Set to Announce

There is an excelllent post on DailyKos.com by philgoblue that details what Senator Edwards has been doing since 2004. This post also compiles the most complete set of information about the current initiatives and activities that JRE is engaged in that I have seen to date. Since I couldn’t possibly create a more complete and [...]