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Adam E., a Pennsylvania resident attending school at the University of Minnesota, discusses the demographic differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.Adam E., a Pennsylvania resident attending school at the University of Minnesota,... more
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Adam E., a PA resident going to school at the University of Minnesota, discusses the importance of Sen. Bob Casey's endorsement of Barack Obama and what it could mean for blue-collar voters. Adam E., a PA resident going to school at the University of Minnesota, discusses the... more
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Hillary Clinton has slightly increased her lead in Pennsylvania, according to a new CNN analysis of recent polls ahead of the crucial April 22 primary.
In the latest "poll of polls," the New York senator holds a 6-point lead over Sen. Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, 49 percent to 43 percent. Eight percent of likely Democratic voters there remain unsure.
Clinton's margin over Obama is two points higher than it was in a poll of polls conducted late last week, though is still half of what it was two weeks ago.
Tuesday's poll of polls includes one survey conducted in part after Obama's controversial comments about some small-town Americans surfaced. Despite Clinton’s repeated criticism over the comments, a new Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday shows Obama's position has not changed from a similar poll conducted early last week.Hillary Clinton has slightly increased her lead in Pennsylvania, according to a new... more
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"The first fresh poll results from Pennsylvania are in since Barack Obama's "bitter" comments about people in small towns exploded as a news story, and the findings could hardly be worse for the Democratic presidential contender.
Intriguingly, the man in charge of the survey said interviews with voters indicate Obama's tumble in the state has more to do with what the candidate himself has said were ill-chosen words than anything else.""The first fresh poll results from Pennsylvania are in since Barack Obama's... more
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"As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town Pennsylvania parents - one from the coal region, one from Lancaster County - let me assure you that the so-called offensive, condescending things Barack Obama said about the people I come from are basically right on target.""As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town... more
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Michael Nutter endorsed Hillary Clinton last December, a month before his inauguration as Philadelphia's new mayor, because on "...issues he cared most about — combating crime, creating jobs, repairing the infrastructure of aging cities like Philadelphia — Mr. Nutter said he liked Mrs. Clinton’s answers best."
In a nomination race permeated with media and American attention focused on who will have the last word--women or minorities--Nutter is a walking contradiction that some people, including those in his ward can't wrap their heads around.
In a race obsessed with Obama's possible benchmark candidacy, how do we get past the old racial politics?Michael Nutter endorsed Hillary Clinton last December, a month before his inauguration... more
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PA Union members let Hillary Clinton know that they don't agree with her assesment of Barak Obama's comment about rural Pennsylvanians being "bitter." Watch the video and hear for yourself!PA Union members let Hillary Clinton know that they don't agree with her... more
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Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has come under criticism for saying that small town Americans deal with bitterness by clinging to their guns, religion, and nationalism, has found himself on the defensive facing what appears to be a slam-dunk shot for the Democratic nomination, provided he can break even with rival Hillary Clinton in the final primaries and shore up votes from the questionable yet all-powerful superdelegates. Senator Clinton has dubbed him as elitist and out of touch with American Values. Here's his response:
"Now, I have to admit that I expected some of this out of John McCain. John McCain said I was out of touch, he said I was being condescending and elitist, 'people aren't bitter.' And I'm thinking to myself, 'Here's a guy, it took him three tries before he actually came up with a plan to deal with the millions of people who are about to lose their homes because of foreclosure, who wants to perpetuate the Bush tax cuts.
"And he's saying I'm out of touch. Do you think I'm out of touch or do you think he's out of touch?! So I expected this out of John McCain. But I've gotta say, I'm a little disappointed when I start hearing the exact same talking points coming out of my Democratic colleague Hillary Clinton. She knows better. She knows better! Shame on her! Shame on her! She knows better!"
Meanwhile, Hillary's campaign has fired back about Obama's "shame" remarks. In a written statement released Sunday, Clinton spokesman Phil Singer referred to Obama’s remarks as an “outburst.”
“For months, Barack Obama and his campaign have relentlessly attacked Hillary Clinton’s character and integrity by using Republican talking points from the 1990s. The shame is his,” Singer said. “Sen. Clinton does know better — she knows better than to condescend and talk down to voters like Senator Obama did. Senator Obama’s outburst won’t change the fact that he has embraced his characterization of the millions of Americans who live in small towns.”
I say shame on US!Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama, who has come under criticism for saying... more
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A Drunk in the White House?
Oh great. Just we want in the White House....when that 3AM phone call comes in.....A DRUNK?
First Hillary proposes a vodka drinking contest with McCain in 2004 on a Congressional trip to Estonia (see link above) and NOW she's slamming one back on camera for these primary campaigns? What kind of message does this send our teens when we're telling them not to drink or do drugs? Why doesn't the media focus on this?????
A Drunk in the White House?
Oh great. Just we want in the White House....when that... more
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(Marquette, Michigan) - The new non-profit Earth Healing Initiative, based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, is honoring faith-based and Native American environmental projects across the Great Lakes.
The interfaith Earth Healing Initiative (EHI) is currently collaborating with the USEPA to promote the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge iacross eight states including providing faith community volunteers and spreading the word in churches and temples.
The EHI is one of several faith-based environment projects created by the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan.
Rev. Jon Magnuson said it's important for people of faith to protect the environment because the Christian church is at a “tipping point” in its relationship with itself and the Earth.
Quoting nineteenth century theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, Magnuson said “if a man or woman wants to be a Christian - she or he - must stand over and against things as they are and condemn them in the name of a higher conception of life revealed by Jesus.”
“I believe the environmental crisis that we are now involved in is a great tipping point in the church’s own evolution of its self-understanding,” Magnuson.
Roman Catholic theologian Thomas Berry “talks about three rivers converging at this time in human history,” said Magnuson, Cedar Tree Institute/Earth Healing Initiative founder.
“The first river is an avalanche and explosion of scientific knowledge that is pointing to the interconnectedness of everything,” Magnuson said. “The greatest polluter of Lake Superior (is) a major factory in China."
“We have atmospheric loading here where contaminants are carried over by wind currents and then deposited in rainfall,” said Magnuson. “The second stream is the health crisis that is facing us - the CDC (reports) 80 percent of all cancers are environmentally triggered."
“The third river Thomas Berry calls ‘Indigenous wisdom” - wisdom from the native communities around the world that is resurging,” Magnuson said. “For instance, their protection and use of plants both in Latin and South America as well in parts of north America - the protection of sacred sites."
“We realize now these are connected to protection of plants, animals and an ecosystem that holds great medicinal qualities for communities and individuals,” Magnuson explained.
“So these rivers are coming together,” said Magnuson. “It is an historic time - it is a tipping moment, a tipping point - the church needs to be here."
Magnuson recognized the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin that has three projects connected to the Earth Day Challenge and thanked the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and other tribes that participated in Cedar Tree Institute events like the four-year restoration of Upper Peninsula wild rice beds by at-risk teens and tribal elders called the Manoomin Project.
The KBIC participated in the three Earth Keeper Clean Sweeps that saw the public turn in over 370 tons of hazardous waste, pharmaceuticals and electronics across northern Michigan. The annual Earth Day (2005-2007) collections were part of the interfaith Earth Keeper Initiative.
“The Native American community has been a partner with us from the very beginning on everyone of our projects,” Magnuson said. “They sent volunteers (and) provided several trucks to be able to haul polluted materials and hazardous waste.
“So we are thankful to many of the tribes here in northern Michigan for being partners and we look forward to working with tribes in the Earth healing Initiative,” Magnuson said.
The Cedar Tree Institute co-founded the Earth Keepers who work closely with ten faith traditions on environment projects that include college students, at-risk teens, American Indian tribes and others.
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The CTI Earth healing Initiative is developing the same relationship with these faith communities in northern Michigan and others across the Great lakes.
The faith communities: Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Methodist
(Marquette, Michigan) - The new non-profit Earth Healing Initiative, based in... more
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An Introduction: The interfaith Earth Healing Initiative and Earth Day 2008
Numerous faith communities, American Indian tribes and many others being encouraged to volunteer or participate in a large eight-state Earth Day 2008 project with events across the Great Lakes Basin through mid-May.
The new Earth Healing Initiative (EHI) is organizing faith communities. The EHI is one of numerous environment and Native American projects founded by the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan.
Collection sites will accept old/broken computers, cell phones, TVs and other electronics to be recycled, and old/unwanted medicines to be properly disposed during the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
The EPA is awarding grants to some of the collection sites where residents can drop off e-waste and old/unwanted pharmaceuticals.
The Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative, co-founded by the Cedar Tree Institute, have alliances with ten faith traditions across the Upper Peninsula, and the EHI is coordinating the same relationships with religious communities across the Great Lakes and beyond.
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Earth Healing official website::
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
EPA GLNPO Official challenge link:
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/index.html
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/events.html
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EPA Press Release on challenge:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D48F2AD96EC624E38525740B003AEE57
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The co-founder of the Michigan Earth Keepers, ELCA Lutheran Rev. Jon Magnuson created the Earth Healing Initiative in March 2008 to spread the word about interfaith and Native American environment projects.
The EHI is offering free media assistance to environment projects including press releases, press contacts, internet and high definition digital videos, podcasts and vast internet postings.
For more details call Greg at 906-401-0109.
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An Introduction: The interfaith Earth Healing Initiative and Earth Day 2008... more
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Clinton said in an interview with Philadelphia Gay News she would eliminate inequalities in federal law for gay and lesbian domestic partnerships.
Obama and McCain have not interviewed with the Philadelphia Gay News. Obama made commitments to eliminate inequalities earlier in the campaign, though. The Philadelphia Gay News website posted blank columns where an interview would go if they agreed.
Clinton said she opposes an attempt to ban gay marriage in Pennsylvania, "I would be very distressed if Pennsylvania were to adopt that kind of mean-spirited referendum and I hope it won't happen."
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The Clintons get an endorsement from a man who formerly tried to get them indicted for murder and other acts of desperation of the day.The Clintons get an endorsement from a man who formerly tried to get them indicted for... more
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Hillary Clinton’s determination to remain in the presidential race may spell bad news for small businesses in the states that have yet to vote.
Clinton's staff has left a trail of unpaid bills and trashed offices across America in the past three months, raising fresh doubts about the viability of her run for the Democratic nomination.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.
A property manager who let rooms to the campaign last summer in Clinton, Iowa, said that he found rubbish, rotting food, holes drilled in the walls and permanent stains on the carpet. He did not receive unpaid rent until last month — but kept the $500 (£250) deposit to cover clean-up expenses.
In Portsmouth, New Hampshire, landlord Terry Bennett went to the media to complain about late payment from Clinton campaign tenants who, he said, “left enough trash for a small army” — but no rent. When he eventually got his check, he donated it to Barack Obama.
Senator Clinton’s biggest debts are to her pollsters, strategists and advertising consultants. She also has hundreds of outstanding bills for catering, security, printing and hiring venues.
Hillary Clinton’s determination to remain in the presidential race may spell bad... more
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Numerous faith communities, American Indians tribes and many others being recruited to volunteer or participate in large eight-state Earth Day 2008 events across the Great Lakes Basin.
Collections sites will accept old/broken computers, cell phones, TVs and other electronics to be recycled, and old/unwanted medicines to be properly disposed during the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
The EPA is awarding grants to some of the collection sites where residents can drop off e-waste and old/unwanted pharmaceuticals. The new Earth Healing Initiative will be organizing faith communities
For more details read the article or check out these links: Or call Greg at 906-401-0109.
Earth Healing official website::
http://www.EarthHealingInitiative.org
EPA Press Release on challenge:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/D48F2AD96EC624E38525740B003AEE57
EPA GLNPO Official challenge link:
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/index.html
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/earthday2008/events.htmlNumerous faith communities, American Indians tribes and many others being recruited to... more
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A judge known for creative sentencing has ordered three Spanish-speaking men to learn English or go to jail.
The men, who faced prison for criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, can remain on parole if they learn to read and write English, earn their GEDs and get full-time jobs, Luzerne County, PA Judge Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said.
The men, Luis Reyes, Ricardo Dominguez and Rafael Guzman-Mateo, plus a fourth defendant, Kelvin Reyes-Rosario, all needed translators when they pleaded guilty Tuesday.
"Do you think we are going to supply you with a translator all of your life?" the judge asked them.
What do you guys think...Outlandish or progressive? YOU decide?!A judge known for creative sentencing has ordered three Spanish-speaking men to learn... more
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The prospect of a Hillary Clinton victory in Pennsylvania's April 22 Democratic primary isn't swaying some of the state's superdelegates, who are hanging back while they calculate whether rival Barack Obama might prove a stronger draw at the top of the ticket in November.
While the New York senator is leading in polls, some undecided superdelegates -- elected officials who get an automatic vote on the party presidential nomination regardless of the primary's outcome -- say they are concerned that her nomination would motivate greater numbers of Republicans to turn out in November to vote against her, and other Democrats too.
``If we nominate Senator Clinton, it is possible we are going to stir up the passions of people on the far right who otherwise would not be very excited about this election,'' said Representative Jason Altmire, a freshman Democrat in a competitive re-election race. ``And I do have that concern.''The prospect of a Hillary Clinton victory in Pennsylvania's April 22 Democratic... more
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Rob and Will report on Hillary's Walmart problem, McCain's grande dame, and the reappearance of Mike Gravel. Also on The Lunch, polling, party switchers and pennsylvania. For daily campaign coverage, visit www.PoliticalLunch.com.Rob and Will report on Hillary's Walmart problem, McCain's grande dame, and... more
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Exit polls show that about 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary in Ohio, 119,000 in Texas, and about 38,000 in Mississippi.
I was in Texas just before the Primaries there and I heard from several Obama supporters that there was a real fear that GOP loyalists were going to vote for Hillary because they thought she was less likely to beat McCain. Apparently encouraged by conservative talk show radio hosts...
Exit polls show that about 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary in Ohio, 119,000 in... more
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Pittsburgh's economy is not exactly on fire. Though we have several big universities and trade schools, we don't have many ways to employ (and therefore retain) the masses of educated, motivated and massively indebted young people in town.
So you can imagine, plans for the economy will play a key role in this presidential election.
Kelly Horvath takes a break from her three jobs to talk about her electoral concerns and who she might vote for. Pittsburgh's economy is not exactly on fire. Though we have several big... more
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