Tag: poverty
member name: Laura Serena aka AstroGirl
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December 04, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I made a new friend the other day.
I had walked to the drugstore. I always walk, if I can avoid driving. I don't like to give my money to the oil companies and I can use the exercise. . . .
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December 02, 2006 11:06 AM EST --
I read a very inspiring and informative speech last night by John Edwards. If you've read some of my other posts, you know I've made no secret that he's my presidential candidate, if . . .
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May 15, 2007 02:20 PM EDT --
Today I received an e-mail from Elizabeth Edwards, which reads in part,
I am so proud that today in Iowa, John is announcing the launch of our new group: Women for Edwards. Women from across . . .
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July 05, 2007 10:59 AM EDT --
On Monday, I was in Philadelphia to see John Edwards speak at both the NEA annual meeting and the ACORN presidential forum. On Tuesday, I posted a diary on his speech about education to the NEA. . . .
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July 15, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
Tonight, John Edwards kicks off his Road to One America tour with a walking tour of the devastated ninth ward of New Orleans. Tomorrow, he starts off the day with a town hall on Good Morning America from . . .
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July 13, 2007 04:47 PM EDT --
Sometimes I think people reading my blog must think that I'm a professional political junkie or something like that. I know all of my posts are about the Edwards campaign. In the past six months, for . . .
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May 02, 2007 09:04 PM EDT --
Todd Beeton from the Courage Campaign blog recently wrote a revealing comment, after seeing the candidates at the California Democratic convention:
"Yesterday I wrote that Barack has their . . .
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July 09, 2007 07:50 PM EDT --
The Edwards campaign announced today that it will launch a three day tour of poverty-stricken areas in the United States that it is calling the Road to One America tour, on July 16.
“Everyday, . . .
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May 23, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
John Edwards has said he'll continue to fight to lift people out of poverty and help working people, as long as he's breathing. His commitment to it runs so deep that he opened a poverty . . .
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July 18, 2007 05:45 PM EDT --
When John Edwards announced that he would take three days away from campaigning and fundraising to shine a light on the problem of poverty in America and the possible solutions, I knew I had to be part . . .
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November 03, 2008 01:45 PM EST --
We have wandered in darkness too long,
Following idolators of the Golden Calf,
Rushing headlong into the chasm,
Washing our hearts away in the forgetful waters of Styx,
Seeking to possess the . . .
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March 15, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
Yesterday I saw John Edwards speak at Howard University in Washington DC as part of his college tour, so yesterday was a good day! I got there early enough to sit in the third row in the center, . . .
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July 26, 2007 01:49 PM EDT --
This is my third and final diary about the stops on John Edwards's Road to One America Tour that I visited on July 17, 2007. Previously, I've written about the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Cleveland, . . .
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January 21, 2008 09:08 PM EST --
John Edwards spoke today at the NAACP's King Day rally at the Dome on the grounds of the state Capitol in Columbia, South Carolina. He spoke passionately about the importance of speaking out for . . .
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May 24, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
In the latest Rasmussen national poll, Democrat John Edwards leads Republican candidates Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney by 20+ points each.
It's not too hard to see how this is the case. Edwards has . . .
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May 14, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
On Friday, May 11, Jamison Foser at Media Matters published a scathing exposé of the way the mainstream media covers presidential candidate John Edwards and others with progressive economic agendas. . . .
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July 19, 2007 08:24 PM EDT --
This is the second in my series of diaries about traveling along with the Road to One America Tour. The series started with yesterday's diary about John Edwards visiting a neighborhood struggling . . .
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February 02, 2007 07:17 PM EST --
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I just got back from the DNC Winter Meeting, where John Edwards rocked the house and got the best reception of any candidate! (Contrary to what you will undoubtedly hear in . . .
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March 12, 2008 03:03 PM EDT --
On Monday, the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law released its 2007 Congressional Poverty Scorecard . The President of the Center, John Bouman, noted that in states with the highest poverty . . .
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