I'm Takin' My Country Back

For all you Cass County internet "honkey tonkers" out there....a pep rally!

Pink- Dear Mr President - Live

For some of the more progressives in Logansport...I keep thinking and wondering how Rep. Chocola can continue to be a rubber stamp for this administration with a clear conscience.

Check Your Votes!

I'm not trying to start a conspiracy, but please, please check the review screen when you vote to make sure its right.

Broward Supervisor of Elections spokeswoman Mary Cooney said it's not uncommon for screens on heavily used machines to slip out of sync, making votes register incorrectly. Poll workers are trained to recalibrate them on the spot -- essentially, to realign the video screen with the electronics inside. The 15-step process is outlined in the poll-workers manual.

This is the truth with touch screens, so please make sure your votes is counted for the right candidate!

Well this is Reassuring

Over 14,000 weapons bought for Iraq's defense forces have gone missing, and many more cannot be repaired due to no parts and lack of manuals according to a government audit.

The Defense Department cannot account for 14,030 weapons — almost 4% of the semiautomatic pistols, assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons it began supplying to Iraq since the end of 2003, according to a report from the office of the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction.

I'm not even sure I want to know what the "other weapons" are in a list that includes RPGs. But the bigger questions are how many of these weapons have fallen into the wrong hands, and how many US soldiers will be injured or killed by them?

The Final Week

Indiana Second CD is currently rated a top 10 pickup for the Democrats this year. From the National Journal to internal GOP memos everybody is saying that Joe have every chance to win this race. But he still needs help. Here in Cass County we will need a lot of help to get the vote out on Election Day. The best way to help is to volunteer, we'll need a lot volunteers, especially working the phone the last four days to make sure we get out the vote for Joe.

So please if you have any time the last four days please call 574 722 3554 and volunteer today.

Run its Nancy Pelosi!!

Jack Colwell writes today on the single thing that scares the GOP more then anything. No, not that their ill-conceived war in Iraq has lead the US to withdraw resources from Afghanistan allowing the Taliban to begin to re-establish control there.

Instead they fear Nancy Pelosi. They seem very worried about her being from San Fransisco. I'm not sure if the 49ers porous defense make them think she'll be weak on national security, or that Barry Bonds will lead her to require that all Little Leaguers use the cream and the clear, but they sure are scared of her.

My question is, are we really supposed to trust a party afraid of a 66 year old grandmother to protect us?

Those Who Fail to Learn from History...

The New York Times (reg. req.) has a story today about corporate America and the Bush admin. attempting to repeal the more stringent laws put in place post Enron. It's goal?

The groups are drafting proposals to provide broad new protections to corporations and accounting firms from criminal cases brought by federal and state prosecutors as well as a stronger shield against civil lawsuits from investors.

Less then 4 years after Enron and Worldcom and they're already trying to go back to business as usual. The idea that we should protect these people from paying for their wrongs is laughable, but most likely will occur as the S.E.C. will pass most of these "reforms" as administrative policies. The only way to stop these policies, which are scheduled to be announced the day after the election is by an act of Congress.

So ask yourself who is more likely to vote to uphold the more stringent law, Joe or Chris "Big Business's best friend" Chocola?

Great News!

To everyone in the Cass County Dems I must say, I have been hearing great things about you! I talked to Andrew from the Donnelly campaign and he said that you had around 15 vols for a canvass. Wow! I know that the Donnelly race is the least of your worries. I know that we need to get people who listen(Dems) in all levels of government. Election day is a week and a half away and we must get the people out to vote! Remind your friends, neighbors, spouses, everyone needs to vote this year. All the work that we have been doing is not going to mean a thing if we don't hit the phones and doors hard over these last few days. I must say that I am proud to be hearing that Cass County is coming alive! Everyone on the Hodes for Congress Campaign in New Hampshire knows about you guys! I think that Matt and Dave deserve a standing ovation! Give them Hell Cass County Dems!

Out of Touch

There is no other way to describe a person who would donate money to Katherine Harris. How can Chocola make any claim to being capable of sound fiscal management when he thinks giving Katherine Harris money seems like a good bet?

NYT: In a GOP Stronghold, 3 Districts in Indiana Are Now Battlegrounds

Second District

Representative Chris Chocola, a Republican, and the Democrat, Joe Donnelly, a lawyer and businessman, are in a race that was never supposed to be so close, though the district has elected Democrats in the past.

The economy and immigration loom as large as Iraq in this blue-collar district. Many auto-parts plants have closed or been cut back. Workers are nervous, and some say that Mr. Chocola does not understand their predicament because he is independently wealthy.

Plant workers blame Washington for higher gasoline prices, which hurt demand for automobiles; for spending money on Iraq that could be spent at home; and for failing, as they see it, to stop illegal immigrants from taking jobs in nonunion shops.

Mr. Chocola soundly defeated Mr. Donnelly in 2004, but polls now show Mr. Donnelly ahead. Mr. Donnelly appears to be benefiting from spending by independent groups and national Democrats. (Republicans recently stopped broadcasting advertising for Mr. Chocola, cautioning they have not given up on him but declining to say if the advertisements will resume.)

“Billions of dollars go to China, they’re taking away our jobs, and they call it free trade,” said Richard Rittenhouse Jr., leaning against a friend’s pickup after their shift at the AM General Hummer H2 plant in Elkhart.

Illegal immigrants, whose numbers are relatively small in Indiana, but are concentrated in some areas, are “working hard and cheap” in nonunion plants Mr. Rittenhouse said, while union jobs are trimmed.

He and his friend, Steve Patton, said they were also frustrated by high property taxes, the leasing of a state toll road to a foreign entity and changes in the local daylight saving time.

Mr. Chocola said he was not worried.

“This district is always competitive,” he said, after addressing students at Penn High School in Mishawaka. “Nothing unusual.”

Mr. Donnelly, who criticizes Mr. Chocola for supporting the president on Iraq and foreign trade, sounds equally confident.

“We’re going to change the country,” he said in a South Bend pub.