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Don't Be Bashful

Any help you can give, especially calling people, is so helpful. Even if you're bashful (get your pin here), you can do it. Sign up here. You can call from home. When you get an ornery person on the other end, it's a good opportunity to build personal patience. It's not so bad. Would we lie? (We would not.) Watch Barack make phone calls here.

Remember to watch Obama tonight at 8.00pm (on all networks except for ABC).

ciao-meow,
GG Central

Steady on

We can't afford to slip up in the final days. Volunteer this weekend and into Election Day, November 4th, 2008. http://www.barackobama.com/

Military Wives for Obama

We'll Take That One

Capitalism is still alive, sort of. This is from eanderso's shop on Zazzle. Lots of (funny) merchandise from all over the world posted later today & through the week.

ciao, GG

Ten ways to celebrate Labor Day

From Tula Connell writing on the AFL-CIO blog:

Before you head off to the hot dogs and veggie burgers at the backyard barbecue this weekend (because who can afford the gas money to drive anywhere?), take a minute to celebrate Labor Day in a way that honors America’s working women and men.

1. Send a Labor Day e-card. Click here. (See how easy it is to take action?)

2. Help pass the Employee Free Choice Act by signing a petition here.

3. Get set to walk. What better way to mark Sen. John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Sept. 4 than by talking union-member to union-member about the important issues in this election? Stop by here to see video clips of union members describing why they’ll be walking Sept. 4 and here to read why AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is urging union members to walk Sept. 4. If you’re a union member, sign up to walk here.

4. Read a new report about how unions benefit the environment, workers, business and more. American Rights at Work pulled it together and posted it here.

5. Check out the information and resources available at our Working Families Vote site here. While you’re in election mode, take a few minutes to meet Sen. Barack Obama here and get the real story behind McCain here. Don’t know Sen. Joe Biden? Lots of info on his strong working family record here.

6. Sign up for e-mail action alerts here and get the word out about how Obama supports working families by going here.

7. Keep up with issues critical to everyone who works for a living by signing up for the daily AFL-CIO Now blog news e-mail here.

8. There are a few good employers out there. American Rights at Work has the Labor Day list of employer highlights here.

9. Buy yourself or someone you know a Labor Day treat from The Union Shop Online.™ Stop by the shop anytime.

10. Get all the FAQs on Labor Day here, including basic info, Labor Day history and the union movement’s Labor in the Pulpits program.

Now, go get some barbecue.

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Tula said it all...GG & her editor add nothing except: have a safe day, laugh, see your family &/or friends; and if you have to work, we will work hard to ensure that, unless you are an emergency worker, you will have a paid holiday next year!

Dr. King's Dream & The Rising

GG & her editor are very much looking forward to tonight's speech(es) & music. There's a lot of "yes, Bruce will be there...no, he won't" blathering everywhere in the news, online & off. We'd love it, of course, if he could be there. He's tired, people. Here's the word from the official Springsteen site:

"Just to add to what the Obama Campaign stated earlier today, while Bruce is an ardent and dedicated supporter of Senator Obama, he will not be performing at, and, in fact, had never planned to perform, at Invesco Field this Thursday."

So, put on your CDs or fire up your iTunes account (if necessary)...GG is spinning a Bruce CD, even as her editor works (fume) on her behalf...keep your hearts & minds focused on Obama's speech tonight, the one in Philadelphia, & the one that Dr. King delivered 45 years ago today.

Dr. King's speech text.

Much more later.

Ciao-meow,
xoxo, GG

A More Perfect Union - Reprise

Congratulations Senator Obama!

Giulia encourages all her friends to join Cats for Obama (on my.barackobama.com). We are so excited about the news that the Senator will be our nominee & our President. He has been very helpful in the movement to end the Darfur crisis. We look forward to hearing him speak on the issue in the general campaign. [the YouTube cookie is disabled until you click on it.]

Have a great weekend!