The Democratic Convention Is Rocking!

Update Sept. 6th, 2012
Amazing Convention!  Remember if you missed it go to the link below to see it all. Obama/Biden 2012 We Still Have Hope and Know We Are Still Moving Towards Change!-Mem   "We were so young, so in love,so in debt!"-Michelle Obama

2012 Democratic National Convention
Charlotte, NC September 4-6th
This has been an amazing convention and it's only the beginning.  If you have missed any of it or want to hear some amazing speeches, you can find it all right here! 

Sept. 5, 2012 Highlight of the Convention
I loved the tribute to Senator Kennedy so wanted to post it.
But if you want to get right to the part where they show the debate between Kennedy and Romney here it is. Romney hasn't changed much...still saying whatever he thinks will continue to pay for his big boats and keep the flow of money going into his overseas accounts.
Update Message From Joe Biden

The Difference Between Barack Obama/Joe Biden and Romney/Ryan is in the Platform!

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2012 Democratic National Platform

Moving America Forward

In 2008, Democrats, independents, and many Republicans came together as Americans to move our country forward. We were in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the previous administration had put two wars on our nation’s credit card, and the American Dream had slipped out of reach for too many.

Today, our economy is growing again, al-Qaeda is weaker than at any point since 9/11, and our manufacturing sector is growing for the first time in more than a decade. But there is more we need to do, and so we come together again to continue what we started.

What follows is our 2012 platform—a declaration of how we plan to move America forward over the next four years and beyond.

When a man loves like this.... he will move mountains to get the ship safely to the other side!

When a man loves his wife and his children this much, he will do anything to protect them. He will always make decisions for this Country with those he loves in mind. When a man is down to earth, proud of his love for his family he will always make decisions for this Country with those he loves in mind! When a man can love like this..he will move mountains to get the ship safely to the other side!


When "so called Christians" can be honest about "family values" and who really has them, then I will stop calling them "so called Christians". -Mem

Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012.

 (my goal for 2012 is to be at this convention-Mem)

Memory,

I am thrilled to make sure you are the first to hear some very exciting news. Charlotte, North Carolina, will host the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012.

A Christmas Message From The Obama's

I wanted to take this time to wish my friends and family the best of Holidays. I wish for you and yours the spirit of giving, rather then receiving. I wish for you and yours a life fulfilled without any regrets. I hope that the new year will bring you love, health and much happiness. I wish for you the means to have what you need and a little extra for that which you want! Stay safe wherever you are! ♥ Mem


What This Day Means To Me-Mem

This is one of the reasons I have so much respect for the President and his family

When you see the inner heart you see everything you need to know about a person-Mem
  
Thanksgiving is a holiday that asks us to be thankful for what we have and generous to those who have less. It’s a time to spend with the ones we love and a chance to show compassion and concern to people we’ve never met.-Barack Obama

Isn't it time the media starts giving equal time to Palin's buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?

I think since Sarah Palin is still on the road questioning the President and the first ladies love for this Country, it is time the Country takes a long hard look at the Palin's love for the AIP who hated America! (Especially since Sarah Palin keeps hinting that she will run in 2012)  If the media won't do their jobs then the people need to.  I hope all viewers will share and make this topic go viral!-Mem

Article from the elections in 2008:

Michelle Obama's Awesome Speech

Fox's "baby mama" drama: just the tip of the iceberg

Fox attacks the Obamas

Tell them to stop the smears

Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans the message that our country's first viable Black candidate for President is not "one of us."

We've seen this before from Fox. They won't stop until it becomes too painful to continue--until the public calls them out and advertisers start getting worried.

Now is the time to draw a line in the sand by putting Fox on notice that their behavior won't be tolerated. In less than a minute, you can help us do that. Then invite your friends and family to do the same. Just click here:

After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife gave each other a "pound" in front of the cameras. Fox anchor E.D. Hill called the act of celebration a "terrorist fist jab."¹ Then last week, a Fox News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby mama"²--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child. It was a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative cultural stereotypes about Black people, an insult not only to Michelle Obama but also to women and Black people everywhere.

Last month, a Fox guest pretended to confuse Obama's name with "Osama," associating him with terrorism, which has happened before on Fox. But then she goes further, stating that the assassination of both Osama and Obama would be a good thing.^{3, 4} It is unconscionable for an organization that calls itself a news network to advocate for the assassination of a presidential candidate.

After each of the incidents mentioned, Fox issued some form of weak apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, apologize the next day, then slap him or her again on the third? It means the apology is meaningless.

Now is the time to call out Fox for these attacks and their fake apologies. The first stop is Fox. Next will be their advertisers and the FCC. If we don't push back now, we will see more of the same from now until November. Please join us to demand that Fox answer for its behavior:

These aren't one-time incidents--they're part of a pattern that continues no matter how often Fox is forced to apologize. Fox has a clear record of attacking and undermining Black institutions, Black leaders, and Black people in general.^{5, 6} Their team of producers and on-air personalities uses innuendo to prey on fear and racist stereotypes that ridicule the progress, politics and personalities of Black America.⁷

But this pattern grew even more noticeable when Barack Obama became a serious presidential contender. Fox's smears against Obama are part of a larger effort, working together with anonymous emails⁸, outrageous statements by right-wing pundits and officials⁹ and fear-mongering ads paid for by local chapters of the Republican party¹⁰. These tactics have deception at their core, and they're designed to take advantage of the racist fears and prejudices ingrained in our society.

Fox plays a very specific, key role in this effort. It uses its position in the media to inject racist attacks on Obama into the mainstream political conversation. Because Fox paints itself as a news network and has a large audience, it's able to give credibility and exposure to unfounded rumors and bigoted, extremist statements.

Stopping Fox will take a sustained effort, but we've done it before¹¹. Once you've signed the letter to Fox, you'll be the first to hear about future racist smears and how we can fight them.

Please Join Us In The Fight Against Fox

Obama's 2002 Speech

Michelle Obama spoke a famous quote at a rally a few weeks ago in reference to her husband when asked about a speech he made in 2002 at an anti war rally . "The measure of a man is NOT what he does when the whole world is watching, but what he does when no one is looking" This was before he was a member of the US Senate, before he was asked to be the keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic convention and before he decided to run for President.

This speaks to the measure of Senator Obama.

The speech does not exist on video in it's entirety, but here is the complete text.

Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.

The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil. I don’t oppose all wars.

My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and he did not fight in vain.I don’t oppose all wars.

After September 11th, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported this Administration’s pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
I don’t oppose all wars.

And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.

What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income – to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression. That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

Now let me be clear – I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He’s a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, or to his neighbors, that the Iraqi economy is in shambles, that the Iraqi military a fraction of its former strength, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history.

I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a clear rationale and without strong international support will only fan the flames of the Middle East, and encourage the worst, rather than best, impulses of the Arab world, and strengthen the recruitment arm of al-Qaeda.
I am not opposed to all wars. I’m opposed to dumb wars.

So for those of us who seek a more just and secure world for our children, let us send a clear message to the president today. You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s finish the fight with Bin Laden and al-Qaeda, through effective, coordinated intelligence, and a shutting down of the financial networks that support terrorism, and a homeland security program that involves more than color-coded warnings.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure that the UN inspectors can do their work, and that we vigorously enforce a non-proliferation treaty, and that former enemies and current allies like Russia safeguard and ultimately eliminate their stores of nuclear material, and that nations like Pakistan and India never use the terrible weapons already in their possession, and that the arms merchants in our own country stop feeding the countless wars that rage across the globe.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to make sure our so-called allies in the Middle East, the Saudis and the Egyptians, stop oppressing their own people, and suppressing dissent, and tolerating corruption and inequality, and mismanaging their economies so that their youth grow up without education, without prospects, without hope, the ready recruits of terrorist cells.

You want a fight, President Bush? Let’s fight to wean ourselves off Middle East oil, through an energy policy that doesn’t simply serve the interests of Exxon and Mobil.

Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.

The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and pay the wages of war. But we ought not – we will not – travel down that hellish path blindly. Nor should we allow those who would march off and pay the ultimate sacrifice, who would prove the full measure of devotion with their blood, to make such an awful sacrifice in vain.