Dean is first!

Candidate Richard Renner,

Congratulations on your endorsements and thank you for running for political office.

Much success to you!

Looks spectacular. 

Lots to learn here but ir looks a little like a basic Word Perfect.

Danny, well done. Love it!!!!!

Nice new look, it will be good to get instructions and see the polishing.

Richard ~ Best wishes to you for a successful campaign.

btw ~ DFALink messages can be found by clicking 'dashboard' at the top-right of screen under your login name.

♥'s to all

Kindness is free!

It's good to see time stamps, and posts in order (so far)

thanks Tim Watson - your hard work is much appreciated!

http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs04262008.html

When we think of Paul Robeson, those of us who know  his work hear that bass voice professing a melody like no other voice bass ever recorded.  His voice on “Ol' Man River” is the undercurrent of that mighty river pulling the silt across its bottom and leaving the oppressed working people along its shores behind.  His version of “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” provides a new depth to the meaning of forlorn.  These songs, barely political, speak to us of the despair that has been the historical situation of the African-American since the first one was sold to the European slaver and packed into the hold of a slaving ship.  They also resonate with a hope that the more fortunate often find difficult to comprehend.

Freedom Archives of San Francisco, California, recently released a CD of oratory from  Robeson titled <em>Words Like Freedom</em>.

Although there is no music on this cd, the orations are like music to this ear.  The depth of passion one hears on Robeson's musical recordings is equaled in these excerpts.  The people that put together this CD hope to see it enter libraries and classrooms so that it can serve not only as the study of a great man who never wavered from his principles despite the temptations of wealth and the threats of his government, but also as an inspiration to those who listen to it.  <em>Words Like Freedom </em>is historical proof that artists and performers can be successful in the capitalist culture of the US without selling their heart or their soul.

http://www.counterpunch.org/camejo04262008.html

Without the Democratic Party's support, Bush's war policies could never have been implemented. The Democrats voted in Congress a resolution that included the phrase, "unequivocal support for George Bush's conduct of the war in Iraq."

They have voted for all the funding requests for the war in Iraq. In 2005 at the State of Union address, the entire Congress, with few if any exceptions, gave George Bush 39 standing ovations in one hour. They rose to their feet and applauded every time Bush used the word Iraq even before he finished his sentence.
Earlier, 100 percent of Senate Democrats voted to confirm the right-winger Antonin Scalia for the Supreme Court.

In 2004 the Democrats ran John Kerry for President -- the same John Kerry who said he could implement Bush's war policies better than Bush especially in increasing militarization in America and promoting the war in Iraq.

What confuses so many progressively inclined people is they do not really understand that our society is controlled by the corporate power of concentrated money.

The corporations and the super rich -- through their domination of the government, the media, and educational institutions and of course the two parties -- run our society.

OK I went out and came back in and it's letting me post -- Guess I'm not supposed to 'reply' to main post -- also I'm now in the old 'text' mode (which always worked for Safari) but w/o the bells and whistles.

Anni, only hit "reply" if you are replying to a specific comment.  Looks like BFA is including nested commenting.

If making a general comment, just fill in your remarks and click Submit comment.

Tim - sometimes it puts me in in old 'text' mode which works great, but when it brings me in under the cute stuff that looks like a word processing toolbar, it won't let me post in the body. I work in mac/safari and the old version wouldn't let me do it either -- it's just that it seems to be whimsical as to whether it defaults to 'text' or 'toolbar' and when I click on 'dashboard' it says I'm inactive. Not to cause you problems b/c I love it -- but figure you want the feedback.

What do I think of the new blog format ?

Well, it seems ok but is a tad too much, in that it clearly is an attempt by Danny et all to say ...

http://www.pumpkinglow.com/JballGD/images/BlowAway.jpg

Safari Users:  Safari was developed for the Macintosh computer---the MAC Operating System. 

<em>It’s all about numbers
Obviously, businesses like to please their customers, but they also must follow business models which are profitable. Right now, browsers statistics indicate that over 85% of the population uses a PC of some sort. Only about 4% of the population uses a Macintosh. And as much as those that have owned a Macintosh try to convince others what they’re missing out on, the truth is - it’s just easier and cheaper to own a PC.</em>

HQ should not spend a plug nickel trying to adapt this platform for Safari.  It simply makes no business sense.  Download free Firefox and blog with that.  Not trying to be rude but a 4% problem isn't worth the effort, economically.  HQ has provided a new, perfectly functional solution.

<em>Test post.</em>

lkfjlsdfja;fj;fjfj;fl;kf   test body.

The first time i tried it with opera, it crashed the browser. Now, however, I'm in and the comment box works. I have no images on now. Back on the linux box, in firefox, although I was able to login, the blogbutton didn't work, neither did the about us--the others did.

Firefox on the MAC still wouldn't accept login. It sends me back to the front page.

Thanks to all who made it happen!

This blog software was likely developed for the Microsoft Operating System....not Linux, not Mac OS.  Most likely anyone attempting to use it on another OS will not be able to utilize the richer text features, etc.  Again, a sensible business decision on the part of HQ.

Am having the same issue with sometimes getting a plaintest comment box.

DFALink messages only shows received, no apparent way to access sent messages.

Anni - try setting 'show' to a minus number at the top of the comments - it may help

Love having the timestamp back - thanks!

♥'s to all

Kindness is free!

"Tim-when you submit it goes to the top and you have to scroll down to the bottom-hard for long thread."======

Anni, click the "end" button on your puter when you log into the blog...that will place you at the bottom of the thread.

"Love having the timestamp back - thanks!"====

Yay!! At least it doesn't look like a conversation in a nut ward;)

Republican Senator John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, says he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because it would lead to more lawsuits. Senate Republicans killed the bill last night on a 56-42 vote that denied the measure the 60 votes needed to advance it to full debate and a vote. McCain skipped the vote to campaign in New Orleans.

"We hope everyone enjoys the new website.

Just want to see w/not the new DFA was up and running; say hello to the blog; and thank staff for their effort to date.

~test~

BBL

Interesting Monica about getting sent messages by deleting - that's a  fix-it tweak I look forward to ;-)

As for getting to the bottom of the page, when refreshing the screen I go to the bottom, but land back at the top after posting.

tweaks ~ all in good time...

Mom's recovery going well, dad gets more news Monday. Catch ya later...

&hearts;'s to all

Kindness is free!

Without details we can't form any conclusions as to the real veracity of this story.

But everyone knows (or should) that Hillary just wants a platform to hurl mud at Obama, because tearing him down is her only desperate hope to keep the Clinton Cabal in control of the Democratic Party. We've had enough "gotcha" debates and trash politics.

Really wanting to clarify. Knowing a little bit about software development I know it wasn't easy getting this new blog up and running. Yes, there are a few bugs, but all in all really well done on their part on what was likely a shoestring budget.

A suggestion: We should come up with a list of bugs/issues and get a consistent list of labels/titles/subject headers to send to hq. This will make it easier for them to organize/prioritize, etc. I made a change and had a hard time getting back in. I think there may be a bug associated with clicking "remember my info" on the login password.

A beautiful day here in the great Golden State, btw:)

....these  "Lincoln-Douglas Style Debates", as the Clinton campaign calls them, would not diverge so much from the modern trend of sound-bite driven campaigning or hew closely to the true nature of the Lincoln-Douglas debates. No, instead of allowing each candidate to speak in a measured, thoughtful and clear manner, laying out his or her case and responding to the other candidate's case, the  debates proposed by the Clinton campaign would just be more in a series of made-for-television, "Crossfire"-like quasi-debates that show less about the quality of a candidate's thoughts and beliefs than they do about the candidate's ability to come up with a biting sound-bite or a funny joke.

"But everyone knows (or should) that Hillary just wants a platform to hurl mud at Obama, because tearing him down is her only desperate hope to keep the Clinton Cabal in control of the Democratic Party. We've had enough "gotcha" debates and trash politics."========

Challenging your opponent to a Lincoln-Douglas debate is good politics/strategy.  I'm not so sure that he should refuse that one regardless of her style or motives.  Sitka the exit polls and general polls are telling us loud and clear that most Americans deplore trash politics.

He should debate her.  If she trash talks during the debate he'd win points for calling her on it.  He should debate her and demand that they address the issues most pressing for a majority of Americans...and it ain't Rev. Wright, Monica Lewinsky or any other bs.

I believe he'd win that debate in a big way.  He said, in the last debate, that HC learned the wrong lesson from the trash-talking that's been done about her from Repubs for over a decade.  It's a powerful point and he could pound on it if she tried that.

Barack needs to discuss the issues more and talk less about hope at this stage of the game.  jmo.