Quote of the day

“The most important question is, what kind of country do you want to live in? If you want a 'you’re-on-your-own, winner-take-all society', you should support the Republican ticket.

If you want a country of shared prosperity and shared responsibility — a 'we’re-all-in-this-together' society — you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.”

~-Former President Bill Clinton, last night at the Democratic National Convention

Quotes of the day

"If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire, if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores, if women could be dragged to jail for seeking the vote, if a generation could defeat a depression, and define greatness for all time, if a young preacher could lift us to the mountaintop with his righteous dream, and if proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream. Because in the end, more than anything else, that is the story of this country – the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle."

--First Lady Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention

"We can not afford to hand the reigns of government over to someone who wants to double down on trickle down."

"...since 1961, the Republicans have held the White House 28 years, the Democrats 24. In those 52 years, our economy produced 66 million private sector jobs. What’s the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 million!

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us."

"Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats."

‎"Remember this, Republican economic policies quadrupled the debt before in the 12 years before I took office and doubled it in the 8 after I left.

--Former President Bill Clinton, last night at the Democratic National Convention

Our Representative Emanuel Cleaver's speech earlier this evening at the DNC

Very well received, too, by the way.

To repeat, the video they should play at some big, culminating point at the DNC this week

Question for Pat Robertson

God didn't send a hurricane or other natural disaster to Charlotte, North Carolina to interrupt or shorten the Democratic National Convention.

What's this mean?

Remember the 60's?

Remember the riots of the 60's? 1967, 1968, 1969. Remember those? Watts. Chicago. The 1968 Democratic National Convention riots in Chicago. All those? I would nearly bet that this Summer is going to be full of similar demonstrations and riots nearly nationwide, if not totally. Between the election year and the "Occupy" groups and the general breakdown of different society issues, especially of the very rich vs. the very poor, I expect there will be clashes, almost certainly. Cities are already changing their laws so they can act more forcefully against demonstrations. That, and watch Europe, too. With Greece's likely default on their debt and both the extreme debts across Europe, along with deep cuts in so many public programs, look for demonstrations and riots to break out all across Europe, too. I think it is likely to be the 2nd "long, hot Summer." We shall see. I'd be happy--very happy--to be mistaken.

Democrats said to have 4 top cities selected for 2012 National Convention (MO?)

From HuffPo tonight: WASHINGTON -- Recognizing that President Barack Obama faces serious challenges in the Midwest he carried not two years ago, the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday picked three heartland cities and just one in the Republican-friendly South to consider for its 2012 nominating convention. The cities are Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Charlotte, N.C. At least they're considering St. Louis--somewhere in Missouri. Link to original post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/01/democratic-convention-201_n_632177.html