Obama HQ in Bloomington, IN (corner of 9th & Walnut) needs more volunteers!
10 am & 2 pm at the Bloomington Office on Saturdays to canvass
and
2 pm Sundays to canvass……
October 7, 2008
Strategy update & Tonight’s debate
Liz –
I was in North Carolina with Barack yesterday — getting ready for tonight’s debate — and I took a break to record a short strategy update for you.
Yesterday, millions of Americans learned the details about John McCain, his political patron Charles Keating, and their role in the last major financial crisis and taxpayer-financed bailout of our time.
The truth makes it even clearer why a senior McCain adviser admitted to a reporter, “If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we’re going to lose.”
But it’s not enough to merely inform voters — we’ve got to turn them out to vote.
You live in a key battleground state where the race is neck-and-neck, so you can make a huge difference right in your own community.
While we’re focused on persuading and turning out voters, John McCain has given up talking about the issues that are central to this election — especially the economy. Instead, he’s running the most negative presidential campaign in modern history.
In the past few days, we’ve seen the beginning of a major offensive that McCain is about to launch, filled with distortions, personal attacks, and flat-out lies about Barack.
But you can help fight back by getting involved at the grassroots level — knocking on doors, making phone calls, and talking to undecided voters about what really matters in this election.
Commit at least one day to make sure Barack gets the votes we need to win:
http://my.barackobama.com/giveadayvid
Thanks for everything you’re doing,
David
David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America
P.S. — Don’t forget to tune in to the debate tonight at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. And make sure your friends and family watch Barack talk about the change we need in this country.
Paid for by Obama for America
Dear God….
Dear God,
The lady reading this is beautiful, classy & strong and I love her.
Help her live her life to the fullest.
Please promote her and cause her to excel above expectations.
Help her to shine in darkest places and love where it is impossible to love.
Protect her at all times, lift her up when she needs you the most and let her know that when she walks with you; she will always be safe.
Send to all the ladies u love. I just did.
10/07 Today’s Buddhist Food for Thought
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
What will the future be like? No one knows the answer to that question. All we know is that the effects that will appear in the future are all contained in the causes that are made in the present. The important thing, therefore, is that we stand up and take action to achieve great objectives without allowing ourselves to be distracted or discouraged by immediate difficulties.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 (Buddhism Day by Day)
If you remain sincere in your interactions with others, you will one day find yourself surrounded by good friends. And among those people, your friendships will be as strong and unshakable as towering trees. Don‚’t be impatient. Work first on developing yourself, and you can rest assured that an infinite number of wonderful encounters await you in the future.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 (Daily Wisdom)
It seems to me that on the path to attain Buddhahood it may invariably be when one has done something like lay down one’s life that one becomes a Buddha. I think that perhaps it is encountering such difficulties as have already been explained in the sutra ? being cursed, vilified, attacked with swords and staves, shards and rubble, and banished again and again ? that is reading the Lotus Sutra with one’s life. My faith springs up all the more, and I am confident about my next existence.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 202
Banishment to Sado
Writen to Enjo-bo in October 1271
Full Version-Keating Economics:John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis
From BarakObamadotcom:
For corrected audio version and more info visit: http://www.keatingeconomics.com and pass the video on in doing your part to inform the rest of America more about the truth of John McCain.
