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Is Candidate Obama Back?

2011-09-23T09:26:00.003-05:00

Dear Friends,

I have been out of the country for almost three weeks and when I returned, I found that the Barak Obama that I supported, campaigned for and voted for may have returned in my absence. The legislation that he is proposing still falls short of what is needed but it is clearly a great step forward, and I congratulate him for putting forth his plan.

But more than putting forth his plan, President Obama deserves credit for taking the fight to get his legislation passed to the American people. It is clear that the Republicans in Congress will not pass any plan that President Obama puts forth unless they fear the wrath of the voters in 2012. President Obama seems to understand that and is now going to the American people and letting them know who is holding the economy back and who is keeping the unemployment level high.

Here are a couple of segments from the Rachel Maddow Show last night that highlighted President Obama's speech at a bridge between Kentucky (home state of Senator McConnell) and John Boehner's district in Ohio.

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I have hope that President Obama will continue to fight for a real jobs bill as he did yesterday.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal

Science

2011-08-30T22:55:00.000-05:00

Dear Friends,

Tonight I attended an event to cultivate donors for the University of Minnesota Medical Foundation and particularly its neuroscience work. The speaker was Dr. Karen Ashe. You can read about her here. She is an amazing scientist/physician. I was completely blown away by the work that she has done, her ability to explain it in a way that was understandable, her passion for what she is doing and her willingness to work for years to accomplish a goal.

She is a true scientist whose work will undoubtedly lead to advances in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's. Her first major accomplishment was to develop mice that have Alzheimer's so that potential treatments can be tried. She did this at the University of Minnesota and now because it is scientific research those mice are now available to and used by researchers worldwide.

When national politicians and their followers deny science and ridicule academic pursuits, I wish they would be forced to spend just a few minutes with Dr. Ashe. Maybe then they would recognize all the good that scientific research has and will do. The dumbing down of America is going to ruin this country. We must work to reverse the trend.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal

Protests

2011-08-30T22:41:00.000-05:00

Dear Friends,

Today I spent several hours protesting President Obama's wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia, Pakistan, etc. when he came to Minneapolis to speak to the American Legion convention. It was really a protest about priorities. We spend trillions on war and fail to take care of our veterans, our children, the poor, the infrastructure, the schools, etc. What kind of a nation have we become when military spending is more important than people?

I do not really think that my protest will change anything, but I can always hope, but I am glad that I exercised my Constitutional right to protest. I hope that my grandchildren will be able to exercise their Constitutional rights when they are my age, and I hope they do.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal

Protest President Obama

2011-08-28T14:16:00.000-05:00

Dear Friends,

President Obama is coming to Minneapolis to address the American Legion convention on Tuesday, August 30 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. A protest has been organized against President Obama's harassment of anti-war activists and the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. It starts at 9:30 am on Wednesday. Please join me at the Convention Center so that our voices can be heard.

You can read the announcement from the website of local Veterans for Peace chapter (here):

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal