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liberal N proud's JournalDavid Brooks on PBS is an ass!
Did you see the sign? Bazilian Americans for Obama
I had a little chuckle and you all know what it was.
Biden's speech should be hell fired.
If he ramps up the temp in the arena this will be good.
Set - GO!
Has anyone asked Romney where his tax returns are today?
Show us the taxes Mittens!
This is what Ann Romney and Mitt Romney never did.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_breakfast_table/features/2012/_2012_democratic_national_convention/michelle_obama_s_speech_tied_barack_obama_s_personal_story_to_the_way_he_governs_as_president_.html
The Empty Chair interview makes the Weird News section of NBC News.
Click on NBC New - Weird News page and scroll down to find this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4429957/
He made the Web's day: Eastwood's wacky speech goes viral
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/31/13591223-clint-eastwoods-empty-chair-at-rnc-sparks-internet-buzz?lite
Weird indeed!
Here is Westlake Ohio, hoping for rain - maybe it will put the fire out in Paul Ryans pants.
Paul Ryan is scheduled to speak just a few blocks from my office. I am really hoping it rains on his parade today.
The forcast says there is a good chance
Cleveland, OH 44181Tue
11 AM
77°F
Precip: 40%
Thunder storms
12 PM
78°F
Precip: 60%
Thunder storms
1 PM
78°F
Precip: 60%
Thunder storms
Romney To Flood Victim: 'Go Home And Call 211'
For those who were away all weekend...
Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) spent close to an hour meeting with first responders and local officials. Romney shook hands with National Guardsmen outside the U.S. Post Office and talked with a local resident, Jodie Chiarello, 42, who lost her home in Isaac's flooding.
Chiarello said she told Romney, "I lost everything" and that the presidential contender advised her on how to get assistance. "He said that he was going to do the best that he could for us," she said.
"He just told me to, um, there's assistance out there," Chiarello said of her conversation with Romney. "He said, go home and call 211." That's a public service number offered in many states.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/mitt-romney-211_n_1848432.html
A Reminder: The History of Labor Day
I thought we all should remember what this day is all about. I heard a news comentator today say that Labor Day was 130 years old. The guy sitting next to him said so that means there have been 130 years of cookouts and festivals.
So as a reminder to the reason for the day:
Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
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The First Labor Day
The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.
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A Nationwide Holiday
The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio, and television.
The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership the American worker.
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm
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