http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1 Change Begins With Us Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:16:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The campaign and election of Barack Obama as our next President has inspired people all over the world. A new generation of community organizers has stepped forward with a new spirit of determination in making change a reality where they live. During the election I was honored to help start ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2009/01/01/change-corps/ I celebrated the victory of President-elect Barack Obama, and later in the evening what should have been a tremendous day of celebration was marred by the passing of Proposition 8 in California - banning same-sex marriage after the California Supreme Court had declared the marriages to be legal. Whether ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/11/07/propostion-8-and-the-lesson-of-electing-barack-obama-president/ Yesterday I took the day off of work to help with the Obama campaign's final push to the polls. Working with an office filled with volunteers I made phone calls to Virginia and Iowa and New Mexico. I was completely paranoid all day yesterday. While I called voter after ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/11/06/yes-we-did/ Plumber Joe's taxes McCain has entrepreneurs spooked about tax hikes, but fewer than 2% of small business owners would pay more under Obama's plan. By Stacy Cowley In speech after speech, presidential candidate John McCain hammers on the claim that his rival Barack Obama will raise taxes on many small businesses. At the debate ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/10/17/plumber-joes-taxes/ http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/10/15/it-only-takes-one-time-to-regret-it-forever/ A little light-hearted humor. http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/10/10/something-for-fun/ I think this video says it pretty well. http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/10/03/seriously-just-do-it/ Senator McCain was scheduled to be on "The Late Show: with David Letterman" this evening; however, he cancelled his appearance because, according to his campaign, he had to immediately fly to Washington in order to deal with the economic crisis. The Senator himself placed a phone call to host ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/09/25/john-mccain-even-lies-to-his-celebrity-friends/ http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/09/24/the-economy/ A person has to wonder what color is the sky in Senator John McCain's world? Because it's becoming more and more clear that he is not inhabiting the same world as the rest of us. As middle-class families continue to struggle to make ends meet in an economy ... http://hopeactionchange.org/blog1/2008/09/24/john-mccain-is-wrong/