Showing posts with label netroots nation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label netroots nation. Show all posts

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Three Million Jobs

Suffrage universel dédié à Ledru-Rollin, paint...Image via WikipediaSend one million mentors into all the low performing schools across the country. Pay them.

Send one million people to white wash roofs across America. Pay them.

Get a million people to do the netroots thing on behalf of democracy movements across the globe. Pay them. Send 50,000 netroots activists to go out into the world to help those democracy movements from nearby countries.

My point being what America needs is a massive jobs program. And I say start with people who you can pay $10 per hour, $20 per hour.

These are people you should be able to put to work with a week or two of training.

Global New Deal Needed
London Has Become Cairo
A Second Stimulus Bill Needed
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Firefighters Booing Hillary: Sexist

Gov. Sarah Palin has breakfast and visits with...Image via Wikipedia
I don't care if you are a firefighter and I don't care that 9/11 happened, if you are a sexist pig, you are a sexist pig, and I would take that exact same logic to so called progressives acting sexist towards someone like Sarah Palin. What is sexist is sexist. Your wearing the progressive label does not change that. And stop cashing on 9/11 that way. That is wrong and disrespectful. Palin has taken plenty of wrong stands, like in Arizona. Got to beat her on ideas. Acting sexist can not be in the arsenal.

Reshma Saujani: Top 10 Women To Watch In America
Reshma Saujani Makes Top 10 List
Barack Obama: The NRA's Candidate
Reshma Saujani At The Netroots Nation
Pelosi Will Continue As Speaker
Why I Am Pressing The Like Button On Al Sharpton
Carolyn Maloney: The Al Sharpton Of Gender Relations
Ed Koch And Carolyn Maloney: Bush Democrats

I hear some "firefighters" showed up at Netroots Nation.







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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Reshma Saujani: Top 10 Women To Watch In America

Image of Reshma Saujani from Facebook


I think it is remarkable that Reshma Saujani is on this list: Reshma Saujani Makes Top 10 List.

This is not just a list of Democrats, there are Republicans on the list. This is not just a list of people running for public office either, although most are. And this is no regional list. Call me an ignorant male, but I did not recognize any other name on the list. Or maybe I am not that ignorant. This is not a list of people who are big today but will be big tomorrow.

I would not be surprised if her Netroots Nation appearance played a small role in getting her on the list. (Reshma Saujani At The Netroots Nation) The list was put together by a blogger, I believe. It is possible the blogger saw her in action in Vegas and then dug up background information on her and got impressed.

I hear she was sitting on a panel next to the brother to the Founding Father of netroots in America: Howard Dean's brother Jimmy Dean.

Reshma 2010 has echoes of Obama 08 for me, although I am clearly biased as one of Barack's earliest people in the city, and one of Reshma's staunchest supporters. Let's start with their names. They rhyme: Obama, Reshma.

Obama 08 did not take any PAC money. Reshma 2010 is not taking any PAC money. (Barack Obama: The NRA's Candidate)

Obama 08 put a major emphasis on field organizing. Reshma 2010 has been doing the same and has been making remarkable strides, "street by street, block by block." This is urban warfare.

Obama went to two top schools. Reshma went to three top schools.

Obama's fundraising made Hillary 08 nervous. Reshma's fundraising on behalf of Hillary 08 made Obama 08 nervous. (There Is An Albert Einstein On The Obama Campaign Staff)

Obama's style rested on positivity. Reshma's style is excellence.

Obama has done as much for race relations as anyone in history, but he has done so without holding talk marathons on race. Instead he will go ahead and pump billions into inner city schools. Reshma will contribute to gender in similar ways. Major strides will be made, big things will get done, and it will all feel normal. But there might not be big, specific talks on gender. Reshma Saujani is the embodiment of the New Woman.

Reshma Saujani is The New Woman.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Reshma Saujani At The Netroots Nation



Our candidate is in Vegas attending the Netroots Nation. And the best way to follow her is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/reshma2010.




Netroots: Taking the Tea Party Seriously Wall Street Journal (blog) The convention founder, blogger Markos Moulitsas, told Washington Wire Thursday that the movement has evolved in to a more sophisticated operation. “I think we’re a key component in mobilizing people online, in funding a lot of candidates, and fueling a lot of grassroots energy that has allowed a lot of remarkable candidates to win a bunch of seats.”
Majority Leader Reid, live from Netroots NationDaily Kos (blog)
Reid praises progressives at Netroots convention‎ CNN
Progressives' next big fight: Elizabeth Warren‎ CNN Political Ticker (blog)
Netroots Nation: Strengthening Social Security AFL-CIO (blog)
Washington Wire Q&A: Markos Moulitsas‎ Wall Street Journal (blog)


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