BARACK ‘N ROLL at JULES MAES SALOON

WHAT: Get Out The Vote Event for the Obama/Biden campaign
WHEN: Saturday November 1, 2008
WHERE: Jules Maes Saloon
TIME: 9pm
COST: $5 21+ with ID

BUTTONS 4 OBAMA WILL BE THERE!

http://buttons4obama.com
-From 9-10pm, make your very own campaign button!
-Encourage people to vote by wearing your button during the countdown to Election Day!
-Check out the cool designs by Jody Rodgers and Joann Edmonds-Rodgers.
-Get there early 'cause supplies are limited!

STICKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While supplies last, everyone gets an Obama/Biden 2" round sticker!

INFO and MERCH TABLE

-Tips for Getting Out the Vote!
-Election Protection Guide!
-Free Obama Stickers!
-Free ACLU Voter Empowerment Cards!
-Pocket Constitutions!
AND
3-Way Switch Manifesto Packs!

I have been in hiding for the past two weeks. On October 15th I was not-so-amazed to find out I was being laid-off by Redfin, along with 20% of the company. With the present economic climate being what it is, they really had no choice. I didn't take it badly and focused on studying for the broker's exam- which I passed on Saturday thank you very much. We also played at the Central the day after my birthday, where we were greeted by twitching rats in sticky traps for our load-in.

In case you missed it in last night's debate, McCain subtly stood on one leg and placed his foot in his mouth while talking about Bush's energy plan and who voted for it. He referred to Barack as "that one." Okay, I'm not going to sit here and bellyache about all of the racist things I have witnessed or experienced in my life- because there have been MANY. Referring to Obama as "that one" is not the worst thing I have ever witnessed. It is however a goddamn blazing red flag urging us to look into McCain's psyche. White people, I mean no offense if you already know, but I have to say it: black people are no different than you. We want to feel respected, represented and included. We have families and aspirations and obligations just like you. Belittling us through condescending remarks, even if lacking racist terminology, is not taken as simply an insult to us- it is what racism inherently represents from our perspective. Racist remarks only serve the purpose of attempting to dehumanize someone, therefore any remark attempting to dehumanize us is inherently racist. He didn't say "that guy" or even "that man"...he said "that one." Think about Barack doing that to McCain and how weird it would sound coming from his mouth. Think about how naturally it flowed out of McCain's.

This is so awesome...I can't think of anything clever to say.

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“Bushku use a 3-5-3 syllable form, 'cause 5-7-5 is too darn complexicated, Laura.” Courtesy of http://www.everypoet.com

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fly kills... head
speaks... rat flops... cool throne
points cleanly

rat peeks - uh... ... old
dip bombin´ (Help me, Laura!) dudes spell
huge kind sad

Roves bow... damn
wars leak safely... sheep
fryin´ flags

darn gold fast
mice change... wars cluck... pups
garblin´ fast

rats leak... floors
chew... bugs cringe... long clear
damn votes climb

rare damn fresh
eels fart... thrones fart... tart
snake shovin´

blue brew shouts
skirt peels... fork smilin´
- Gerson, how many sybalulls in Axis of Evil?! –
tamely... moons - uh...

Maybe it’s too late to put in my two cents on this whole bailout for Wall Street mess, but I’m a bit relieved it didn’t pass this morning. Before you start booing me, wait a minute to hear or rather read me out. The whole notion that we need to help these greedy lunatics by buying their crappy mortgage backed securities with $700,000,000,000 of our own money is misleading. I don’t think a single bank would have failed if they weren’t trying to rip people off to begin with.

Why are they demanding that we fix this problem from the top down instead of the bottom up? It doesn’t take a genius to see that if people weren’t foreclosing, there’d be fewer bad mortgages. The banks got greedy and offered exploitative loans to people fully aware of the risk. The banks didn’t care in an up market- they assumed they could reclaim the assets and sell them again on the open market at a profit. It wasn’t until the market became flooded with distressed properties that it became a problem for them.

SIMPLE SOLUTION: have courts intervene and renegotiate mortgage terms. Can’t pay your newly adjusted mortgage amount? A judge helps moderate new terms for the mortgage based on today’s interest rate with a 30 year fixed and the homeowner agrees to pay that lower amount instead of foreclosing on the property. Remove all penalties for the conversion on behalf of the borrower. The banks would still have mortgagors paying money to them, the homeowners would retain their homes and equity and the real estate market would be unencumbered by all of these distressed properties driving down home values for the rest of us. Best part is it doesn’t take $700 BILLION to do this.

Banks lose a lot of time and money trying to market foreclosed properties- it is not in their best interest to foreclose. It might have been five years ago, but obviously it’s bad for everyone today.

Don’t get me started on the fact Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac only RECENTLY stopped allowing brokers to hire in-house appraisers who were all too willing to justify loan amounts. We don’t need new legislation or regulation- we need to simply ENFORCE what we already have.