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Entries from June 2008

You Can View All Booklobbies Without a Facebook Account

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Did you know you could view all booklobby content without a Facebook account? Give it a try.

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Will Barack Obama Inherit the Yes Men Like Kennedy Did?

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Kyle Johnson of Bumperactive has a Booklobby message for Barack Obama.
My concern is that you will inherit a government such as Kennedy’s, where the ablest minds have been culled, and only the yes men remain.

Kyle appears to have been busy with Bumperactive now offering a state-by-state bumper sticker featuring Senator Obama.

Here are Kyle’s comments […]

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Tell Us What you REALLY Think: Joe America Lobbies on YouTube.

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

This has been re-posted from BookLobby: Energy.
Joe America has done a great job as a video lobbyist. His YouTube video has exceeded 500,000 views as of this note, and I’ve personally received it by email from three different sources.
As a Booklobbyist, we often must walk the line between passion and informed statesmanship. Does […]

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The Traditional Republican Base is No Longer Powerful Enough to Elect a President

June 17th, 2008 · 358 Comments

It is unprecedented that a candidate with such a strong position as Hillary Clinton — strong financially, politically, and organizationally — should be defeated for the Democratic nomination by a relatively inexperienced unknown like Barack Obama.
I want to offer you a word of warning: Mr. Obama’s success is a symptom of a cultural […]

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MindOH! Blog Introduces BookLobby to Students and Teachers

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I wrote a post on the MindOH! blog discussing how students can use BookLobby to be politically active, even if they can’t vote.
What do corporations and students under the age of 18 have in common? They can’t vote in America. Yet, corporations exert a great deal of influence over elected officials who are writing and […]

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Seventy-one Senators are in need of a good Booklobbying

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

George Bush is off to Saudi Arabia to persuade the Saudis to increase oil production. Ninety six senators voted to stop filling the strategic reserves. This is all being done in the hopes that increases in the supply of oil will result in a price decrease at the pump.
George Will wrote in his Washington Post […]

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How many windmills could you build with $100B/yr over 10 or 15 years?! Holy smokes, you could power every house in America!

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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Booklobbyist Casey Gum chimes in on the energy debate. Join the BookLobby: Energy policy page on Faceboook for more.
Dear Senator Hutchison,
I know we produce a lot of wind power in Texas, but I […]

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