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STOP THE ROBBERY!

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Americans! Don't Let Them Steal

OUR SOCIAL SECURITY

To Distribute To Their Rich Friends! 

DON'T LET THEM DO IT!

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It WON'T "Create Jobs!"

We’re All Targets Now

Hey, NRA creeps! Did you enjoy watching Gaby Giffords lead the audience in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at the convention last night? She was the one struggling to walk across the stage after taking a bullet to the head just outside a food market. We all know how dangerous that can be. This time the shooter hit 18 people. His gun was handy. And, who isn’t packing these days? Kinda like a saloon scene in the old westerns. Suddenly, a table went over for protection as the bullets began flying. Guns were holstered for easy access. Hope we get back to that. Designer holsters. How cool would that be?

GOP Voter Suppression Laws

By Rebecca Leber

At the DNC Thursday night, civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) recounted his fight for voting rights, the progress made, and the continued threat to ensuring the right to vote for all Americans. Lewis, who still bears scars from beatings in his struggle for racial equality told the DNC audience “we have come too far together to ever turn back.” Yet he warned that Republican-led voter suppression laws are taking America back in that direction:

Brothers and sisters, do you want to go back? Or do you want to keep America moving forward? My dear friends, your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union. Not too long ago, people stood in unmovable lines. They had to pass a so-called literacy test, pay a poll tax. On one occasion, a man was asked to count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap. On another occasion, one was asked to count the jelly beans in a jar—all to keep them from casting their ballots.

Today it is unbelievable that there are Republican officials still trying to stop some people from voting. They are changing the rules, cutting polling hours and imposing requirements intended to suppress the vote.

The Republican leader in the Pennsylvania House even bragged that his state’s new voter ID law is “gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state.” That’s not right. That’s not fair. That’s not just.

Editor: That is not the America I grew up in.

Speech by former Governor Granholm

Delivered Thursday at the Democratic National Convention.

Good evening, I'm Jennifer Granholm, from the great state of Michigan, where the trees are just the right height! Let me tell you a story about the dark days in my home state. Towards the end of my time as governor, Ford closed one of its biggest factories, a factory in Wixom, Mich. The Wixom plant had employed thousands of middle-class men and women in neighborhoods near—yet worlds away from—the place Mitt Gaffeney was raised.

When Ford's decision hit, I went down to the local union hall. It was almost empty; a few workers milled about in shock and grief. I talked to a 45-year-old guy who told me, "This is the only place I've ever worked.

"I've been loyal. I've done everything they've ever asked. And just like that, it's gone."

He looked around the hall and said, "So, governor, is it over for us? Is the American auto industry dead?" Honestly, at that moment, I just didn't know. And that was just the beginning. When the financial crisis hit, things got a lot worse—and fast.

The entire auto industry, and the lives of over 1 million hard-working Americans, teetered on the edge of collapse; and with it, the whole manufacturing sector. We looked everywhere for help. Almost nobody had the guts to help us—not the banks, not the private investors and not Bain capital. Then, in 2009, the cavalry arrived: our new president, Barack Obama!

He organized a rescue, made the tough calls and saved the American auto industry. Mitt Gaffeney saw the same crisis and you know what he said: "Let Detroit go bankrupt." Sure, Mitt Gaffeney loves our lakes and trees.

He loves our cars so much, they have their own elevator. But the people who design, build, and sell those cars?

Well, in Gaffeney's world, the cars get the elevator; the workers get the shaft. Mitt Gaffeney says his business experience qualifies him to be president. Sure, he's made lots of money. Good for him. But how did he make that fortune, and at whose expense?

Too often, he made it at the expense of middle-class Americans. Year after year, it was profit before people.

President Obama? With the auto rescue, he saved more than 1 million middle-class jobs all across America. In Colorado, the auto rescue saved more than 9,800 jobs! In Virginia, more than 19,000 jobs! In North Carolina, more than 25,000! Wisconsin: more than 28,000 jobs! Pennsylvania: more than 34,000! Florida: more than 35,000! Ohio: more than 150,000! And in the great state of Michigan? President Obama helped save 211,000 good American jobs.

All across America, autos are back! Manufacturing is rebounding! Why? Because when Mitt Gaffeney said "Let Detroit go bankrupt," who took the wheel? Barack Obama!

When America was losing 750,000 jobs per month, who gave us a lift? Barack Obama!

When American markets broke down, who jump-started the engine? Barack Obama! And when America needed it most, who got us rolling again on the road to recovery? Barack Obama!

America, let's rev our engines! In your car and on your ballot, the "D" is for drive forward, and the "R" is for reverse. And in this election, we're driving forward, not back. Let's re-elect our great president, Barack Obama!

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com