Out Here In The Field Redux
Posted by Lorie Cavin - February 1, 2012 at 9:35 amAs the Republican's "whop up" on each other via PAC fueled/funneled $upport, I have little time to listen to their bile. Why? I am too busy working with OfA and have been for years. Our Neighborhood Team is producing Volunteer Leaders that are working directly with OfA FieldFolk in ways that show how training, during the years that Obama has been President, is paying off. New Volunteers and Voters are working with their neighbors, some of whom have been around the OfA block from the start.
"You'll Never Work in this Blogosphere Again!"
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 20, 2011 at 5:08 pmSome of the folks from the 2008 Obama campaign/blogobamasphere have blogs that I visit.
Obot Obotics, a post of mine from the other day links to a story that just keeps going.
Obot Obotics
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 14, 2011 at 1:16 amAn angryblacklady shared post sums up why I Obot with Obama/Organizing for America.
R U 2 ?
Update: jane-hamsher-calls-obama-supporters-dumb-motherfuckers
Love you too, Jane Repubfucker.
Field Hands: What's Up?
Posted by Lorie Cavin - July 4, 2011 at 8:20 amAs the 2012 election draws US into the new realities of who US really is, I found via blackwaterdog this organizing gem that digs deep into what is at stake in 2012.
So. Fieldhands/OfA folks: Let US know what you are up to. Give US what's going on in your neighborhood.
Sitting on the Back Porch
Posted by Lorie Cavin - May 31, 2011 at 8:24 amMy husband and I were sitting on the porch this morning, before the hot day kicked in. We were discussing "now what" kinds of stuff. Before the loss of his job/insurance, we were managing basics. Two years later, we are making decisions.
This story is pretty close to who we are.
This is a M.Python Flying Circus moment for us.
We are not dead yet.
RIP Gil Scott-Heron
Posted by Lorie Cavin - May 28, 2011 at 1:01 amA journalist had a party. I was 24, divorced, on my own 120 miles away from home. I was in a local musical called "B-Movies from Outer Space". My character, Gloria Dea, had her boyfriend/father of her child abducted by aliens. They left her behind.
When I heard B-Movie by Gil Scott-Heron, well, let's just say that I had an exceptional wake-up call.
I still love authentic journalists and the parties they throw.
Hope you all danced.
School Starts in 6 Days!
Posted by Lorie Cavin - May 5, 2011 at 8:08 amTake a moment to read/reread the quick biographies of the Class of 2011. They are here for more. Al and the Professors have more to give.
Do you have more to give?
We have 6 days to raise the $$.
I'm in with a US Benji.
Up Against It
Posted by Lorie Cavin - April 7, 2011 at 9:02 amCame across this today: Mark Morford
"To the sneering disappointment of the puritanical left, Obama has turned out to be pretty much exactly what he said he'd be during his '08 campaign: flawed, exceedingly moderate, a resolute compromiser, overly pragmatic when he should've been a badass, temperate when he should've been white hot and furious, offering concessions when he should be bringing the hammer down." Read more
Keep Calling for It...OfA/Field Hands
Posted by Lorie Cavin - April 3, 2011 at 9:25 pmA few thoughts before tomorrow, a busy day all around US.
We Are One Local Rallies around the country 04/04/11. Can you attend?
My husband went through a 3 month process/wait to be one of three given an interview out of 120 applicants for a job with insurance. He came in second or third. They sent a nice letter letting him know.
Organizing for America: Listen Up Real Close Now...
Posted by Lorie Cavin - February 23, 2011 at 9:13 amZombie Citizens United vs Living Breathing USAmericans: Boehner says OfA Colludes with Unions. He must be all Koched up to think that!
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