Been following Hunter's breaking coverage of "We Surround Them"! Best laugh I've had in a while: "Logo for 'We Surround Them' Day. Also international symbol for radioactive gonorrhea."

What is it with the architects who have been building apartment buildings in the downtown area lately? They seem to have their imaginations trapped in a box, and that's what they have been producing. From Smallwood to Lofts On College, all they have been building have been big, ugly boxes. My "favorite" box is the one on 11^th St. just east of Morton with the most hideous green doors I have ever seen.

Oh, yes please. By all means, let's give that "strike" a go. I'll tell you what, "achievers" -- you keep your Collateralized Debt Obligations, and we'll keep the food. You take away your energy futures trading, and we'll keep the actual power plants. You run off to your own private island with your structured corporate insurance derivatives, and we'll keep the automobiles, and the boats, and the oil, and the coal, and the grain, and the batteries, and the electronics, and the cows, and the roads and bridges, and the drinking cups, and the indoor plumbing, and the light bulbs, and the televisions, and the art, and the music, and the trees that grow the fruit, and the lumber, and the recycling centers, and the actual pills to cure what ails you, and the fishing lines, and the books, and the buildings, and the railroads, and the little metal clips that hold the little hydraulic lines that keep that gigantic, thundering airplane you're on in the air. We'll keep the borax, iron, salt, aluminum, and steel. We'll keep the corn, the soybeans, the lettuce, and the water. We'll spot you as many U-haul boxes as you need to pack up your money and your stock certificates, and then please, by all means -- teach us a lesson.

Go live your Randian fantasies....

This is why I love this guy. Hunter is always worth full reading.

This just in from DFA:

It is hard to believe it's been five years since we started Democracy for America.

When my campaign for President ended in 2004, the political pundits and talking heads said our movement was over. They said you'd give up, you'd walk away, and politics would never hear from you again.

They got it wrong.

Five years later, DFA is stronger than ever. We started with a solid 300,000 members. Today, we boast over a million.

the upcoming DFMC Linkup on March 5th at 7pm. We'll be in our usual venue, in the backroom at the Village Deli. We have a good program planned, which will be about the current economic crisis and credit crunch. Monroe County Recorder Sam Allison will speak to us, along with Trent Deckard from Baron Hill's office, and others.

This list was created by DFMC members at the Linkup on January 8th, 2009. (Names in parens indicate who is "in charge" of each item. My own later thoughts/notes are indicated. -ets/Eric)

Issues:
- Sustainable local agriculture (Eric)
- Credit crisis and foreclosures (Sam)
- Alternative transportation, HSR to Indy
- Voting machines (Dave)
- Find a candidate for Clerk
- Repeal of Kernan-Shepherd (sp?)
- Health care

Public Service:
- Youth outreach (Cathy)
- Food campaign
- BB/BS BFKS (Chaim)
- Party outreach (I think this belongs in a fourth category* -ets)

Training:
- Precinct organizing
- DFA Academy road trip
- Campaign management (local version of DFA Academy? DFMC Academy? -ets)
- Organizing in rural areas (goes with Prec-org)
- GOTV (Eric)

*Operations: (My afterthought was that this seemed to be a separate "meta-category" that actually spans Public Service and Training, but isn't entirely encompassed by either. -ets)
- Party outreach and cooperation
-- GOTV
-- Recruit precinct people
-- Organize rural
-- Do some things the party can't (my own later addition -ets)

Welcome to the new online home of Democracy for Monroe County!

We are moving to a new server, and will begin fresh with new articles, blog diaries, and users (yes, you'll need to re-register), for a New Year and -- thankfully -- a new Presidential Administration! (You only need to register if you mean to post blogs or articles (DFMC members only), or to comment on content.)