Congratulations Senator Al Franken

Finally! The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that Al Franken is indeed the winner. Read the opinion here.  Governor Pawlenty needs to do his job now and sign the election certificate. The sooner he does that the sooner he can get back to running for president. I have updated my side bar to reflect Senator [...]

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Obama/Biden Transition Website

UPDATE November 08, 2008: I really appreciate the traffic I have received on this post but for those people that want to leave a comment or suggestion for President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden, please click on this link: Change.Gov: Office Of The President-Elect. Thank you. CHC. End Update   The Campaign For Change utilized [...]

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Dancin’ In The Streets

Over the past few months I had been actively working to help elect Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States. Sometimes it was tedious-setting up phone banks, door knocks, work-site visits and recruiting volunteers. As November 4th grew closer the anxiety and excitement became more intense. The poll numbers were looking good but nobody [...]

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Trumka’s Impassioned Speech About Racism.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivered this fiery speech at the United Steelworkers convention in July of this year. Take the time to watch it. It is worth it.     Peace & solidartiy, CHC

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Winners and Losers, You Make The Call.

WordPress just added this new cool poll feature so I had to try it out tonight.     Peace & solidarity, CHC

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My Friends

UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED   END UPDATE   Just in case anybody was wondering. He may have said it a gazillion times tonight but I am not convinced that John McCain thinks of me as his friend. Peace & solidarity, CHC

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LinkFest

Since I will be dedicating my time to GOTV efforts my ability to provide content on this blog for both of my readers will be curtailed. I do have a number of recommendations for the faithful. For news and views about southern Minnesota and the 1st CD’s Tim Walz, the first place I go to is [...]

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Change is in the Air

At least at Corner House Comments. The next seven weeks will see me working full time on GOTV (get out the vote) efforts on behalf of Labor in Minnesota. In the interest of disclosure, this is a paid position. I have taken a leave of absence from my regular Union (UFCW)  job as a forklift [...]

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The Fundamentals Of Our Economy Are Strong?

If you say so John. I guess I am one of the American workers that McCain is talking about. Does that make me a Fundamentalist??  Anyway, here is a short video essay I put together.       Peace & solidarity, CHC

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Takin’ It To The Streets

Election Day is bearing down on us quickly and many people and organizations are working hard to elect their candidates. One such group is the Minnesota AFL-CIO  which has gathered over 500 delegates in Duluth this week to listen to candidates, pass resolutions, and get fired up for the remainder of this election cycle. Monday, [...]

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