Archive for October, 2008

Daughter of slave votes for Obama

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

President Bill Clinton, in his first inaugural address, famously said “There is nothing wrong in America that can’t be fixed with what is right in America.”  The following story from the Austin American Statesman reminds me that he was right, absolutely right.

Daughter of slave votes for Obama
109-year-old Bastrop woman casts her vote by mail.
By Joshunda […]

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Barack Obama to visit Columbia, Missouri

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Joe Biden has been here.  John McCain had a fundraising lunch here.   And now Barack Obama is coming to Columbia.

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Human Trafficking

Friday, October 10th, 2008

The effects of human trafficking are often misunderstood, if not completely unknown.  ASSET (Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking) is an organization that explains that we are touched by modern-day human slavery in ways that we likely do not understand.  Visit http://assetcampaign.org/home  and consider signing the consumer pledge.

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