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by Anonymous |

Jan 14, 2008(6 months ago) |

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Mike Whack
Charleston, SC
(H) 843-225-1567; (C) 843-259-8226
mwhack@knology.net

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THE "BAM"... The OBAMA Handshake!
PASS IT ON AT THE NEXT OBAMA RALLY!

Having caught "Obama fever" like so many others rallying in support of Barack, I experienced something at a Barack Obama Rally on Thursday, January 10 at the College of Charleston here in Charleston, South Carolina, which I felt was both inspirational and spontaneous!

As Barack worked the line following the close of his speech, there was a surge of people moving forward hoping to get close enough to shake Barack's hand. Since I was standing about 20 feet back from center stage in the crowd, I felt the crowd down front tighten as many of us stood on our toes, stretched our bodies forward while reaching out to Barack. I noticed that a six foot tall guy who was standing in front of me had stretched far enough above the crowd and shook hands with Barack. As the guy drew back his hand I asked him, "You shook his hand didn't you?" Happily the guy said "Yes." I then said, "give me some of that" and the guy shook my hand with the same hand he had just clasped with Barack's. A woman friend of mine who was standing next to me saw me shake hands with the guy. I turned to her and said "He [the guy] just shook hands with Barack," to which she responded..."Hey, give it up." We then shook hands. She then turned to the person next to her and shook hands. This chain of hand shakes went on for about five or six more persons.

I did not know the tall guy in front of me; he is white, I am black. But at the moment we shook hands, I felt some solidarity with this stranger, consummated by a handshake and signifying some unspoken agreement presumably about Barack Obama and his core message of UNITY!

I call this hand-shake scenario the "BAM" because, descriptively, it takes a bit of Obama's name and it's the sound of a collision, of People Coming Together!

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by lerichards |

Feb 29, 2008(4 months ago) |

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Lawrence E Richards 352-585-5466
7272 Landsdale St.
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Mar. 01, 08

Satellites used in Home surveillance

No citizen is entirely without danger of being harmed by the U S Governments’
Space Satellite programs using high frequency energy, lasers. Similar to the
surveillance used during the Viet Nam War, these units are able to penetrate just about
anything, characterizing human bodies as they walk though their homes. There are
very few places within a home that cannot be spied upon, depending on where the
systems are directed–bathroom, kitchens, bedrooms, throughout the home, spying and
doing their dastardly thing.
Mobil ground units operating in an equivalent way are able to penetrate walls of
buildings doing surveillance and harming Citizens. Much like satellites, ground units
assault using multifrequency energies, lasers, directed by coordinators, causing
damage to joint and nerve tissue of any part of a heat generating body. Seldom, if ever,
individuals who are harmed realize what’s happening to them. Doctors will treat the
inflection as a common ailment. The suffering may go on for years without the
government ever stopping it, in some cases causing death.
Fortunately, the incoming satellite and ground energies can be detected and
identified, by using an effective barrier partitions. It's a trail and error in most cases, a
matter of using barriers, checking to see if the pain continues. The End

by americausa |

Jun 04, 2008(about 1 month ago) |

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I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits ran out last month. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. Totally disgusting. So anytime I am not looking for a job, I will spend time and dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well.

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Term Start	Term End	Role	State	Party
2007	2008	Representative	MD	Democrat
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Committee Membership

Most Recent Sponsored Bills

Bill	Status	Last Action
H.Res.1159 Recognizing the historical significance of the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as a surviving witness to the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and a leading participant in America's effort to end the practice.	Introduced	Apr 29, 2008
H.R.5549 Deamonte Driver Dental Care Access Improvement Act of 2008	Introduced	Mar 06, 2008
H.Con.Res.310 Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for Harriet Ross Tubman.	Voted on by House	Apr 02, 2008

Recent Voting History

The votes below were taken by roll call, a voting procedure that records a vote from every Senator or Representative on the bill under consideration. This Member of Congress may have voted on other bills by the process known as "voice vote", but these votes are not recorded.

Bill	Voted
H.R.6184 America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H R 6184 America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act	Aye July 09, 2008
H.R.3329 Homes for Heroes Act of 2007 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H R 3329 Homes for Heroes Act	Aye July 09, 2008
H.R.5811 Electronic Message Preservation Act On Passage: H R 5811 Electronic Message Preservation Act	Aye July 09, 2008

Voting Trends Analysis

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Most often votes with: Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10]
Least often votes with: Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6]
Republican most often votes with: Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
Democrat least often votes with: Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12]

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Elijah Cummings in the News

July 03, 2008 Steny Hoyer

Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Cockeysville) and John Sarbanes (D-Towson) plus US Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville), ...