Comments on: In defense of Community Organizers

By: Linda Chambers

Linda Chambers — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:54:43 +0000

Thanks to everyone for your enlightened comments. We all benefit from the work of community organizers. I guess Republicans forget that if there platform is less government, community organizers are critical to fill in the needs of communities accross America.

By: Susan Woods

Susan Woods — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:38:50 +0000

These candidates offered no ideas or plans to deal with our economic crisis. They are so out of touch. And Sarah Palin has no excuse for that. She’s young. Her attitude toward continual killing of wolves and wildlife is ignorant and brutal. The ruination of Alaska would not even provide enough oil to the next generation. Neither she nor John McCain is in touch with community needs. They would have benefited from the “community organizer” experience. They are not acknowledging the real issues and show no signs of awareness.

By: Sophi Zimmerman

Sophi Zimmerman — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:18:38 +0000

Thanks so much for your comments on community organizers. I have benefited from their work and find it preposterous that the GOP believes they don’t have any actual responsibilities!

By: Frances C Ibarley

Frances C Ibarley — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:49:25 +0000

It is these community organizers who DO get things done when so often not even city, county, state or national government (because the needy can’t wait due red-tape) manage to get whatever needs to be done. Thanks to these community organizers of whom many are probably volunteers!

By: Monica Kuehn

Monica Kuehn — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:11:32 +0000

This sentence was an editing mistake on my part: “It [PNAC] claimed they wanted “extraordinary events” to shock people to have people hurting and wanting wars and anti-environment policies which neocons.” It should have read, “It [PNAC] is on record saying it wanted an “extraordinary event” to speed the poosibility of traumatizing, catalyzing the US people into wanting war, and wanting the “good” changes the neocons want — such as “peace” which they SAY will be only possible by controlling people.” Read the PNAC document, “Project for the New American Century” — it’s DISGUSTING. But it’s all couched in terms of “peace” and “prosperity” if we toe the line. Heard of the “Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America” (SPP)? It’s what Prime Minister Harper (Canada), George W. Bush (USA) and Felipe Calderon (Mexico) are pushing. Silently. It is an EEC government blending of administrations, policies, military (“security”), etc. They will sell it to you as being “good for you” because of “terrorism” and the “need for sharing commodities”. What they don’t say is it will rob Canada of its water, allow US military policies to pressure and involve Canada and Mexico, and ruin environmental and health and educational differences (sovereignties). Point being: learn, grow, fight them. You people are the possibility … because you know what’s at stake: our communities (humans) and our natural planet. You go, people!

By: Monica Kuehn

Monica Kuehn — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:59:33 +0000

Thank you people for being real. I will be unpartisan here. Any people — Republican, Democrat, Independent, etc. — who espouse world domination and “peace” meaning “pacified” will also hate comunity soul, leadership, humanity. It is not a political party issue (in the UK it’s the Labour Party who is espousing the anti-tariff, anti-border policy, and the war with Iraq). If you are unware of what PNAC (look it up) was the neocon cartel’s “think tank”. (Neocons are not “right”, and not “left”). Palin, McCain, etc., have the earmarks of not true “right” Conservatives, but neoCons. PNAC (Cheney, Rumsfeld, etc. were in it) was the “think tank” (cartel’s voice). It claimed they wanted “extraordinary events” to shock people to have people hurting and wanting wars and anti-environment policies which neocons. 10,000 scientists (including Nobel Prize winners and Gold Medal winners) have signed that the Bush administration (not the Republican party) has covered up environmental and other science, to further political agendas. Neocon stuff can be found in all parties and non parties (the populace or other branches like CIA, etc.) My point here is keep it straight — so you can stay strong, be real, be community aware, be wonderful! And fight wherever you can. Perhaps under a Democrat leadership the 9/11 lies and other things will be opened, NOT because Dem’s are better or something, but the cover-up didn’t happen under their rulership. Keep trying to be real. We need real people, real community leadership, and NO WOLVES SHOT, by the way.

By: joshua kahn russell

joshua kahn russell — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:53:44 +0000

Thanks for posting this Debra. Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAc0OmQ1PpY

By: David Weinstein

David Weinstein — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:59:09 +0000

The democrats need to shine the light on the anti-democratic ideology of Mc
cain and Palin, to call extremists extremists.

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:21:49 +0000

I was SO embarrassed to hear Gov. Palin making a mockery out of Senator Obama’s commitment to community organizing. Community is what makes or breaks a society if there is no cohesiveness. It seemed so juvenile, that behavior. I am an undeclared voter, not affiliated with any party and it is obvious now more than ever why I chose this way. I am livid with the seeming arrogance of Ms. Palin and her outright disregard for people who live with less. Sarah and Todd Palin live in a mini-mansion on Lake Lucille. As Alaska’s governor, she spends more time apparently in Wasilla than Juneau. Sounds a bit like Mr. Bush and his ‘western’ Whitehouse. Palin is a former beauty queen — albeit Mr. McCain is enamoured by her — after all he has a Barbie-doll wife. See any connections?
Condolezza Rice for GOP VP candidate would be an improvement in monstrous proportions!
Can anyone imagine Sarah Palin dealing with countries of strict Muslim or modest faiths with her outspoken, ‘maverick’ self? The same Sarah Palin that was scantily clad on the cover of Vogue magazine…I wonder if Mr. McCain saw that issue?

By: SusanM.

SusanM. — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:13:27 +0000

I was first shocked, then angered by the Palin comment about community organizers not doing any “real work”! It was down right untrue, as well as a highly offensive statement. I sincerely doubt that Palin actually knows what a professional community organizer does;including the skill level required or how little they are paid.