Supper is served at the cookhouse
looking up 300 feet
"The Living Rooms" performing on Saturday afternoon
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Pamplin Grove Community Cookout 2008
Supper is served at the cookhouse
looking up 300 feet"The Living Rooms" performing on Saturday afternoon
Election Night Nov 4th 2008 Columbus Hotel Ballroom
Richard and Janelle, co-deputy field organizers
"West Side" Columbus, OH.
Obama Campaign for Change Headquarters
Crowd shot, viewing results on election night, when they called Ohio for Obama.
Norm, Eileen and Chicken, 3 stars of the West Side Headquarters!
Obama Hdqts. "West Side" Columbus Ohio
Dave Muehlenkamp, Richard Salzman, Nancy Goodban, Will PackerThe original team that opened the West Side / Hilltop Headquarters for the Obama Campaign for Change in Columbus Ohio USA - October 2008 (Janelle Eagle would join soon after)
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
"This Land Is Your Land" Like Woody Wrote It
watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg0wiOHc9tI
http://www.truthout.org/011909R
"This Land Is Your Land" Like Woody Wrote It
Sunday 18 January 2009
by: Tommy Stevenson, Tuscaloosa News
Bee Branch - At the conclusion of today's concert for president-elect Barack Obama 89-year-old Pete Seeger joined Bruce Springsteen for a sing-along with perhaps half a million people of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," which I dare say practically everyone in the country knows from childhood.
But sly old Pete, who actually hoboed with Woody during the Depression and Dust Bowl, had the crowd sing the song as it was actually written, as not only a celebration of this great land, but as a demand for workers' and people's rights. That is, he restored the verses that have been censored from the song over the years to make it less political:
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
The "relief office," of course, refers to the ad hoc soup bowls [actually these were offices that gave out small amounts of money to some] and such set up during the Depression before the New Deal began to get the social security net we have all depended upon since the 1930s in place.
Seeger, like Guthrie, has been a controversial figure at times during his life, questioned by the witch hunting committees of Congress in the 1950s, black listed, and even banded from television as late as the late 1960s.
...it was wonderful to see the gleam in his subversive eye as he did his call and response with the throngs in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Somewhere Woody - and Leadbelly, and Sonny and Cisco and the rest of the great balladeers of that bygone era - are smiling tonight.
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Full Lyrics
This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Chorus (2x)
sign the petition to give Pete Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize:
http://www.petitionthem.com/default.asp?sect=detail&pet=3774
read more:
http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/pete-seeger-deserves-the_b_159172.html
http://polizeros.com/2009/01/19/pete-seeger-from-blacklist-to-presidential-inauguration/
http://www.truthout.org/011909R
"This Land Is Your Land" Like Woody Wrote It
Sunday 18 January 2009
by: Tommy Stevenson, Tuscaloosa News
Bee Branch - At the conclusion of today's concert for president-elect Barack Obama 89-year-old Pete Seeger joined Bruce Springsteen for a sing-along with perhaps half a million people of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," which I dare say practically everyone in the country knows from childhood.
But sly old Pete, who actually hoboed with Woody during the Depression and Dust Bowl, had the crowd sing the song as it was actually written, as not only a celebration of this great land, but as a demand for workers' and people's rights. That is, he restored the verses that have been censored from the song over the years to make it less political:
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
The "relief office," of course, refers to the ad hoc soup bowls [actually these were offices that gave out small amounts of money to some] and such set up during the Depression before the New Deal began to get the social security net we have all depended upon since the 1930s in place.
Seeger, like Guthrie, has been a controversial figure at times during his life, questioned by the witch hunting committees of Congress in the 1950s, black listed, and even banded from television as late as the late 1960s.
...it was wonderful to see the gleam in his subversive eye as he did his call and response with the throngs in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Somewhere Woody - and Leadbelly, and Sonny and Cisco and the rest of the great balladeers of that bygone era - are smiling tonight.
-----
Full Lyrics
This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Chorus (2x)
sign the petition to give Pete Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize:
http://www.petitionthem.com/default.asp?sect=detail&pet=3774
read more:
http://www.nobelprize4pete.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/pete-seeger-deserves-the_b_159172.html
http://polizeros.com/2009/01/19/pete-seeger-from-blacklist-to-presidential-inauguration/
Monday, December 15, 2008
Block appointments to the CPUC
Governor Schwarzenegger's stealth reappointment of Commissioners Rachelle Chong and Michael Peevey to the Public Utilities Commission (see article below) is a real slap in the face to all Californians. Chong and Peevey have been advocates of exactly the type of deregulation that has caused so many of our current woes and has cost the ratepayers and consumers of California so much in dollars and in lost protections that were once available through the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) regulations.
These two are basically nothing more then lobbyists for industry, posing as watchdogs. The proverbial wolves in sheep's clothing.
What you can do:
Contact Nettie Sablehouse if you want to be put on the record as opposed to the appointments. She is the Rules Comm staffer responsible for appointments.
Contact Darrell Steinberg's office directly, 916. 651.1529, as he is the key to blocking these appointments, and tell him "no to industry, yes to ratepayers"!
Contact your own State Senator: http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.HTP
In Humboldt County: write and/or call Pat Wiggins
707/445-6508 or 916/445-3375 patricia.wiggins@sen.ca.gov and CC: zuretti.goosby@sen.ca.gov
and darrell.steinberg@sen.ca.gov
and ask her to pressure the members of the rules committee to block these appointments.
If enough people object, the Senate might possibly listen to us, the citizens of California, rather then the industry lobbyists who are oh so happy to have two of their own on the CPUC.
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http://www.turn.org/article.php?id=788
No Change, No Hope for consumers — Governor reappoints deregulation fanatics to CPUC
by California Political Desk, California Chronicle
December 1st, 2008
San Francisco — TURN today said Governor Schwarzenegger's stealth reappointment of Commissioners Rachelle Chong and Michael Peevey to the Public Utilities Commission was a step backward for California and a blow to consumers. TURN, California's statewide utility consumer advocacy organization, said that change is desperately needed at the CPUC, and without it consumers have little hope. The previous terms of Commissioners Peevey and Chong have been marked by higher utility bills, reckless deregulation similar to that seen in the banking industry and excessive ratepayer costs for overpriced utility projects such as "smart" meters. "There is widespread agreement throughout the United States that change is needed to fix our country's economic problems," said TURN executive director Mark Toney. "California can and should be at the forefront of that change. To do so we need to move away from reckless deregulation toward responsible regulation in the public interest. But Commissioners Chong and Peevey have done everything in their power to take our state in the opposite direction." Both Commissioners have a track record of siding with corporate interests over consumer interests. President Peevey has played a pivotal role in energy policies that are costing California consumers billions while providing no discernable benefits, and is actively attempting to undermine the clear legislative prohibition on more electric deregulation. Commissioner Chong's decisions have lead to substantially higher rates for essential phone service at a time when Californians can least afford it, and are allowing AT&T to suck more and more money out of our state into their corporate coffers in San Antonio. Toney said consumer groups had hoped to see some fresh faces on the CPUC in 2009. "The Governor should appoint Commissioners who put affordability, accountability and sustainability first, rather than taking us back toward the dark days of deregulation," he said.
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These two are basically nothing more then lobbyists for industry, posing as watchdogs. The proverbial wolves in sheep's clothing.
What you can do:
Contact Nettie Sablehouse
Contact Darrell Steinberg's office directly, 916. 651.1529
Contact your own State Senator: http://www.sen.ca.gov/~newsen/senators/senators.HTP
In Humboldt County: write and/or call Pat Wiggins
707/445-6508 or 916/445-3375 patricia.wiggins@sen.ca.gov and CC: zuretti.goosby@sen.ca.gov
and darrell.steinberg@sen.ca.gov
and ask her to pressure the members of the rules committee to block these appointments.
If enough people object, the Senate might possibly listen to us, the citizens of California, rather then the industry lobbyists who are oh so happy to have two of their own on the CPUC.
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http://www.turn.org/article.php?id=788
No Change, No Hope for consumers — Governor reappoints deregulation fanatics to CPUC
by California Political Desk, California Chronicle
December 1st, 2008
San Francisco — TURN today said Governor Schwarzenegger's stealth reappointment of Commissioners Rachelle Chong and Michael Peevey to the Public Utilities Commission was a step backward for California and a blow to consumers. TURN, California's statewide utility consumer advocacy organization, said that change is desperately needed at the CPUC, and without it consumers have little hope. The previous terms of Commissioners Peevey and Chong have been marked by higher utility bills, reckless deregulation similar to that seen in the banking industry and excessive ratepayer costs for overpriced utility projects such as "smart" meters. "There is widespread agreement throughout the United States that change is needed to fix our country's economic problems," said TURN executive director Mark Toney. "California can and should be at the forefront of that change. To do so we need to move away from reckless deregulation toward responsible regulation in the public interest. But Commissioners Chong and Peevey have done everything in their power to take our state in the opposite direction." Both Commissioners have a track record of siding with corporate interests over consumer interests. President Peevey has played a pivotal role in energy policies that are costing California consumers billions while providing no discernable benefits, and is actively attempting to undermine the clear legislative prohibition on more electric deregulation. Commissioner Chong's decisions have lead to substantially higher rates for essential phone service at a time when Californians can least afford it, and are allowing AT&T to suck more and more money out of our state into their corporate coffers in San Antonio. Toney said consumer groups had hoped to see some fresh faces on the CPUC in 2009. "The Governor should appoint Commissioners who put affordability, accountability and sustainability first, rather than taking us back toward the dark days of deregulation," he said.
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