We all mocked it, but turns out it is a real thing (just not what exactly what Mr. Brock had in mind…)
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Flashback to the campaign of 012….
😉
Carry on.
If we truly cherish our kids, more than our money, more than our celebrities, more than our sports stadiums, we must give them the greatest level of protection possible. And that security is only available with properly trained, armed good guys.
Just read the transcript. No commentary needed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
LAPIERRE: The NRA is gonna bring all its knowledge, all its dedication and all its resources to develop a model national schools shield emergency response program for every single school in America that wants it. From armed security to building design and access control, to information technology, to student and teacher training, this multifaceted program will be developed by the very best experts in the field.
I call on Congress today, to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation. And, to do it now to make sure that blanket safety is in place when our kids return to school in January.
Wow.
Sesame Street is urban, multicultural, and very diverse. Where people are always teaching each other new things.
It’s not a gated community full of rich white people whose kids go to private prep schools. It’s a place where people don’t have stock options to cash in so they can finish school without having to work part time or take out huge loans. It’s not a place where daddy can help you buy a nice house in the college part of town. Or where you can own a horse and take a ‘loss’ on it that is worth more than many American’s homes.
People who live on Sesame Street run the spectrum of our country. Some of them are the ‘47%’, some own small businesses, some are immigrants learning the language of the land, some are second and third and fourth generation Americans making the best they can for their kids. Some are grandparents. Same sex couples. Some are people who work in factories. Own the corner store. Take the subway to work. Send their kids to public school. Try to save for college. Sign up for the volunteer fire department.. Volunteer to serve in the armed forces. Teach at the local high school. Work 2 jobs if needed to make it all work.
Sesame Street, it is the street the Romneys lock their car doors on when trying to get home to the burbs.
No wonder he wants to shut it down. The people that live on Sesame Street will never vote for him.
(This is a conversation whose time has come. We would be remiss not to front page it. – promoted by Sue Prent)
Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. And we all have blood on our hands.
When will we have the courage to stand up to the ‘gun’ lobby? When will we have an honest conversation about the limits to ‘freedom’ when it comes to personal firepower?
In a country where it is legal to buy thousands of rounds of ammunition online, (just wait for Amazon’s sameday delivery!), order up near(ly) assault weapons at will, couple them with large magazines, and Fed Ex deliver enough explosives and gear to outfit a small security detail, why are we shocked that these events happen over and over again?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. All of those things dear to any patriot were stolen from those killed and injured in Colorado.
When will we work to guarantee those three things for all? And in that order?
Just in case you missed it (doubtful), I think this is a good start to the Dem’s media message:
(dammit, can’t figure out the embed code crap… any chance GMD can update how the diary side handles images / videos / media)
Now if we could get something done, and hold the Dems to a tougher standard on supporting the middle and lower class…
(This is amazing!
Campaign for Vermont webpage is loaded with out of state stock images. Now that is transparent.Thanks for digging.
– promoted by BP)
Curious to know who some of those happy people are on the Campaign for Vermont Prosperity’s website, I started doing some image sleuthing.
(yes, I know stock images are used all the time for this sort of thing… but I was curious…)
Starting on the ‘Mission’ page.
http://www.campaignforvermont….
The kids using a laptop in a verdant Vermont setting?
No, they seem to come from ‘Michigan Portfolios’, a writing project:
http://www.michiganportfolios….
(and it looks like they edited out some of the other kids… maybe that original image was just a little too diverse?)
Surely the constrcution guy working on framing what looks like a house, he must be a hearty Vermonter?
No, he comes from a German website discussing the pros and cons of materials used for ‘carports’:
http://www.gartenwelt.de/artik…
How about those friendly folks looking at plans?
Maybe some Pizzagalli construction employees?
No, they show up on several EU sites about safety:
http://www.osima.eu/kompetenz….
After the jump: stock winter walk, stock woodworker, stock tractor, etc.
Moving on to the ‘Who we are Page’:
http://www.campaignforvermont….
The folks out for a winter walk? Maybe at Shelburne Farms?
They show up on Target (maybe some subliminal work going on here to bring a Target to Willison?)
http://www.target.com/p/Elite-…
And Weightwatchers:
http://www.weightwatchers.ca/u…
But wait, the woodworker, surely a Vermonter in support of this ‘Campaign’?
He shows up on a few sites originating out of China, and then pops up on the town of Rocklin California’s permit page:
http://www.rocklin.ca.us/gover…
What about that iconic tractor in the sunset on the ‘Electricity and Energy’ page?
http://www.campaignforvermont….
Whoa, thats from the BBC’s ‘Farming Today’ podcast (and a few other hits for a tractor repair place)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programme…
And it goes on.
You see where I’m going.
Yes, I know its a pretty common thing to see ‘stock’ images in websites like this…
But come on… Campaign for Vermont Prosperity?
Couldn’t we hire a few Vermont photographers to snap some pictures of people who believe in the mission? Maybe some ‘real people’? Of the dozen or so images I reverse Googled, I didn’t find one ‘Vermonter’.
Wonder if a local web developer got the work to do the site…
From 7days:
The Vermont Democratic Party has filed a complaint with the attorney general’s office accusing the right-leaning adovcacy group Campaign For Vermont of violating campaign finance laws by running radio ads attacking Gov. Peter Shumlin.
Something most of us have seen as clear as day, that this isn’t a ‘non partisan’ group of work a day, everyday, ‘normal’ Vermonters working to better their state … this is a political vehicle to promote a specific agenda.
It is a curious leap that the Dems are using this:
Ironically, the Democrats are using a relatively recent court ruling that went against them to make the case that Lisman’s group has run afoul of the law. Bragg writes that Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford’s decision in Vermont v. Green Mountain Future “essentially held that an advertisement, costing more than $500 and ran within a year of the election, that reasonably refers to a candidate triggers political committee status. Clearly, the hypercritical and inaccurate declarations contained in the Campaign for Vermont radio advertisement are directed at candidate Shumlin as opposed to merely Governor Shumlin’s legislative agenda.”
to argue that the Campaign for Vermont Prosperity is afoul of election law…
I do shudder to think that not so long from now, we’ll be hearing ‘I’m Bruce Lisman, and I approve this message…’
http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2012…
*edited for spelling
I had a good chuckle with our man of the numbers, Mr. Salmon:
“We passed on auditing BT because we didn’t want to be in a political crossfire,” Salmon told VTDigger. “We have a long history of patiently standing by. But they [city officials] don’t understand that they are not exempt.”
Sure wish he could use that judgement of not wanting to be in the ‘political crossfire’ when it comes to VY and other such policies…
Full read on Burlington getting a smackdown by the state auditor over on the Digger:
http://vtdigger.org/2012/02/19…
Mr. Hoffer has responded to the article, and perhaps JV or Doug will post something far more intelligent than I can about what the State auditor is trying to do by getting into the muck of local politics here in BTV.
Seems the BearCat armored personel carrier / thing is drawing some resistance over in NH:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…
It’s not quite a tank. But the quaint town of 23,000 — scene of just two murders since 1999 — had just accepted a $285,933 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to purchase a Bearcat, an eight-ton armored personnel vehicle made by Lenco Industries Inc.
But those plans are on hold for now, thanks to a backlash from feisty residents.
Wish VT could have been out front on this and forced the VT State Police to let the Feds keep their $$. (but I do wonder if the VT Bearcat has the little piggy graphic…)
Scroll to the end and watch the promotional video… its scary / sad that this is where we are headed.
Really perplexed by this bit over at the Digger:
Hines and Hartnett are also friends. They first crossed paths at Burlington High School decades ago and have stayed in touch. In January, Hartnett helped Hines obtain enough signatures to get her name on the ballot by putting her petitions out near the cash register at his business, according to a witness.
A nice enough start, except that Hartnett is the Democrat running Republican Kurt Wright’s campaign.
The Republican has acknowledged the potential political edge provided by Hines’ presence in the race, but says that he sincerely respects her work and has known her for years. Her candidacy is apt to attract more Progressive and independent voters than Republicans or Democrats, and a three-way race makes it easier for someone to win with little more than 40 percent of the vote.
How convenient that Hartnett happens to be ‘good friends’ with Wanda Hines and was so nice to help get her on the ballot and enter the race as an independent (as a generally left of center independent at that…).
So thoughtful of him, to you know, help spread democracy and all by getting more people on the ballot, especially now that Kurt and Co. have managed to kill off IRV and we go back to 40% to win a plurality.
And it goes on from there:
…and called opponent Wanda Hines a likely pick for a key role in his administration. Her current boss, Community and Economic Development Office Director Larry Kupferman, would be fired.
Responding to rumors about their relationship last week, Wright insisted that there was “no collusion.” However, he retreated slightly from an offer to give Hines “a key role in the administration.”
The whole article is a good read:
http://vtdigger.org/2012/02/12…
And I say, BTV, WTF?