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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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It’s strangely warm here in Seattle.
Happy Merry Everything West Coaster(and all you tread here). Foggy and cool in SoCal but HUGE swell. The waves have been beautiful the past three days.
Would any of you be interested in some kind of Booman west coast meetup in the spring? Nothing formal. Just a get together for a day or two?
That would be fun.
Feel like throwing it out there in a diary? I have noticed that this west thread doesn’t get used much. maybe shoot for April or May? maybe do a poll to see if there is enough interest?
Worth a shot! I may not post a lot here, but I read on the site at least once a day. I keep forgetting to look at that West Coast tag!
We’ll have something to discuss soon Aloha…the replacement of our congresscritter :->
What are your thoughts about Francine Busby? So far I like her. I did complain to her campaign people about her lack of townhall type meetups. Seems her shcedule is always at some well to do’s house for $250 to meet her. That is disappointing to me but I also understand the need to fund raise. Look forward to trying to have a meetup here in SoCal this spring. Lets start working on it.
It will be an uphill battle, thats for sure. This district is so darn solidly GOP. No matter how disgusted some of the more reasonble GOP voters are with Duke and even the extremist Bush admin, they would stubbornly refuse to vote for anyone with a (D) next to their name. However, she gives us the best chance in years. I agree about her need to connect with the under $250/plate voters. She needs to mix that up, get her face and voice out there and motivate more voters TO show up. While the inland areas of this district are GOP, the coast is not and she needs to make some noise there.
Exactly! Maybe we will find ourselves working together for her this year!! let’s keep each other posted. Deal?
You can email me at
alohaleezy atsbcglobal dot net
West Coast Meet up would be fun….
I’ll try to remember to check the West link more often.
Shall we start getting a little more serious about this SallyCat? I am very interested.
I’m in favor of that…
Southern CA might work best for you and Diane and Manee – I can meet you down that way
Best times for me are the weekend of March 10th and the weekend of March 31st. Surprisingly they are 3 day weekends at the University.
Being an outdoorsy type either the beach areas or the mountain areas of Lake Arrowhead would be cool. But up to about 7+ hours driving or a quick flight I can do on a 3 day.
Very cool. I will put a diary out in the next few days with a poll to see how much interest there might be.
I just had to chuckle at that thought. I can remember being scared to death to put up a diary and how much you encouraged me Sallycat. Thanks for that! It meant so much.
A diary would be cool….and I posted a comment in the FB Lounge today…
We could get some interest before your diary gets there!
Good idea! Time to close the office. See ya!
Me Too!!!
I have a huge overstock of Hugs in my inventory and I need to get to Southern Cal and unload them!!
Keep me in the circle please!
Shirl
Oh that would be great Shirls…lots of hugs always accepted. Will keep you posted for sure!
Ok, I’ve posted a diary SoCal Meetup with a poll. Check it out if you all are interested.
for the locals: January 2-9th Countdown Festival at the top of our driveway! 7:30-9am and 4-6pm daily
These numbers just came over the nightly newscast via the Az Secretary of State’s Office….
Current Voter Registration:
25% Independent
40% Republican
34% Democratic
1% Libertarian
Isn’t that pretty typical of AZ Manny? Need to work on those Indies?
I’m actually surprised there aren’t a few more Libertarians out there in AZ.
Unspeakable windstorm yesterday. Power outages.
Gloriously summerlike today. Coastal Washington State Weather like always. Carry several seasonal changes of clothing if you venture out.
diebold is on the move
http://actionalert.blogspot.com/2006/02/keep-diebold-out-of-california.html
make those phone calls!
please read my post on measure 37 – it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings and we have until July to get an initiative on the ballot.
Will do!
Howdy ya’ll! Everybody’s invited to Memphis! Please see the diary for details.
The Az Democratic Party has a great roundup of Republican shenanigans, tying it into the overall Culture of Corruption meme that is prevalent all over the place. Check it out, they did a great job.
Biggest targets for pickups: JD Hayworth and Rick Renzi
I would be so happy to see JD get beaten. I really don’t like that guy.
to think that I shadowed him for two days in High School when I was toying with the idea of getting into politics. Blech.
you’re not the only one around here that can get the blood pressure surging.
Click the picture for a link to the latest on JD’s fight to keep his seat.
Hat tip to Az Blogger Artemesia Pax for the heads up.
Remember how off-guard many of us were regarding the huge Chicago rally held a couple of weeks ago?
Here’s the information for the Arizona rallies so it doesn’t happen again. I hear a big L.A. gathering is next.
Will this be the Big One? I hope so:
Via Migra Matters:
Full info here: http://www.nohr4437.org/
From the rally this morning in Tucson: linkage. There were over 1000 gathered, which was a good turnout considering the location in the affluent foothills.
In Phoenix, they are getting international headlines with their tens of thousands gathered. I love how the article focuses on the fact that these people were marching on Kyl’s office.
¡Sí, Se Puede!
500,000 reported marched in LA yesterday. Tell me we can’t get people in the streets! Immigration is extremely important.
Dear Respected One,
kindly permit me the opportunity to narrate my ordeal to you and as such seek your understanding in my proposal to you as below.
I am Madam Villaran. Nenita. A complete citizen of the philippines,widow to the late former minister of finance in Philippine who died on 15th of May 2002.
My husband fell sick and he was flown to France for treatment but later died of ulcer and he has been buried.
I inherited a total sum of 12.3 million dollars from my late husband, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company here in Philippine. Due to the instruction I laid down before I deposited the box, that I needed maximum security/safety of my consignment and no body nor government organization can trace the where about of the box until I am ready and prepare to claim it. for this reason the security company used their diplomatic means to send the box out of Philippines to Abidjan- Cote d’Ivoire where they have their underground secrete vault.
This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box that was sent from the philippine to Abidjan-Cote d’Ivoire under a diplomatic coverage for safe keeping.
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In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats, trying to suppress me so that they might have the documents of his landed properties and confiscate them. They have successfully collected all his properties, yet they never stopped there, they told me to surrender all bank account of my late husband,which I did, but I never disclose to them this deposit with the security company in Abidjan- Cote d’Ivoire, because this is where my future and destiny lies upon. The family of my late husband never aware of the secret existence of this deposit which I made with the security company and they can never be aware of it.
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ADDRESS YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS AS BELOW g_villaran@asiamail.com
All the best,
Madam Villaran. Nenita
Here’s the linkage to an extensive gallery of photos from the April 2nd march and rally that gathered 10,000 in Tucson to honor Cesar Chavez’ legacy.
not a damn thing. it seems.
I posted a slew of pictures here at my blog.
Super Manny!! Had a huge debate with the repub sis last night. She is all for sending “them” all home. UGH!!! Keep up the good work my friend!