Whose Your Maverick Now? 2 days to go...

What are you going to do with the next 2 days?

Dear Voter:

2 days. That's all the time we have. Just 2 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 2 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 2 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 2 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner.

What are you going to do with the next TWO days?

Each day leading up to the election, I'll be sharing a new Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL your friends in need of motivation.

Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know. And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create more hard-hitting videos. For donate here <--- After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

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Whose Your Maverick Now? 3 days to go...

What are you going to do with the next 3 days?

Dear Voter:

3 days. That's all the time we have. Just 3 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 3 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 3 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 3 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner.

What are you going to do with the next 3 days?

Each day leading up to the election, I'll be sharing a new Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL your friends in need of motivation.

Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know. And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create more hard-hitting videos. For donations click here <---

After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...ASK YOURSELF:

JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Whose Your Maverick Now? 4 days to go...

What are you going to do with the next 4 days?

Dear Voter:

4 days. That's all the time we have. Just 4 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 4 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 4 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 4 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner.

What are you going to do with the next 4 days?

Each day leading up to the election, I'll be sharing a new Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL your friends in need of motivation.

Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know. And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create more hard-hitting videos. For donat here <---

After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Whose Your Maverick Now? 5 days to go...

What are YOU going to do with the next 5 days?

Dear Voter:

5 days. That's all the time we have. Just 5 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 5 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 5 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 5 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner. What are you going to do with the next 5 days?

Each day, I'll be sharing a new Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL your friends in need of motivation. Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know.
And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create more hard-hitting videos. For donations, click here <---

After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...

ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Whose Your Maverick Now? 6 days left...

Dear Voter:

6 days. That's all the time we have. Just 6 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 6 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 6 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 6 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner. What are you going to do with the next 6 days? Each day, I'll be sharing a new Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them - one for each day of the next 6 - to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL your friends in need of motivation. Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know. And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create more hard-hitting videos. For donations, click here.

After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...

ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

Donate HERE ---> donate <---

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Whose Your Maverick Now? 7 days left...

Dear Voters:

7 days. That's all the time we have. Just 7 days to alert undecided voters AND those who need motivation about how John McCain has voted with President Bush 90% of the time. 7 days to tell them about how he has smeared Barack Obama with malicious fear-mongering and race-baiting tactics. 7 days to stress how McCain's temper and his health record secrecy could pose national security risks. 7 days to point out that McCain overplays his POW card each time he's backed into a corner.

What are you going to do with the next 7 days?

Each day, I'll be sharing 7 Brave New Films videos outlining the real John McCain. Feel free to take the videos and send them - one for each day of the next 7 - to ALL the undecided voters you know and to ALL of your friends in need of motivation...

Send along a personal note that conveys the time-sensitive nature of these videos and tell them to keep spreading them to all the undecided voters they know. And, by all means, feel free to donate $7 to Brave New PAC so they can continue their efforts to create hard-hitting videos like the 7 you'll be getting.

After TWO stolen elections and the hijacking of Our civil liberties...After eight years of the systematic shredding of Our Constitution...With 40 million Americans' uninsured and 20 million more under-insured...With 1.3 million homes in foreclosure...With what will be a 3 TRILLION dollar bailout using OUR money, the "anti-BIG GOVERNMENT" Republican party has privatized profits and socialized losses...With 9.5 million Americans' unemployed in the worst fiscal disaster since the Great Depression... With an outdated and broken system based on an incredibly shrinking and costly finite resource...With almost 5000 American soldiers dead in a war We were lied into...With a second ongoing war already being waged...With the systematic dumbing down of our children because We've allowed Our elected officials to revamp Our public education system that has left EVERY child behind...ASK YOURSELF: JUST WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

If We allow another stolen election to occur, We're merely part of the PROBLEM and NOT part of the SOLUTION. Sign up to volunteer at a polling station to monitor the voting process...Send out these videos...Knock on doors to encourage people to vote! Whatever You do, DO SOMETHING!

Donate HERE ---> donate <---

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

FAIR USE NOTICE: This blog may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes, to advance understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and social justice issues, etc. This constitutes a ‘fair use’ of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond ‘fair use’, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

Friend’s of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - a Petition.

Today, I signed up as a member of Friends of the U.S. Chamber and wanted to share with readers a little bit about this a new grassroots initiative brought to Us by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Friends of the U.S. Chamber is brought to you by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region. Their goal is twofold.

Firstly, their forum provides the People another opportunity to join hundreds of thousands of concerned People across the country and allows them to add their voices to the debate on important issues impacting People and their communities. Secondly, it's supposed to help educate citizens regarding key bills and issues they care about and to enable the People to respond to action alerts by writing elected legislators. My first course of action was to sign the "Dear 44" - a petition to the next President of the United States. Will the next President favor policies that encourage job creation, lower energy prices and prosperity? - OR - will he take the road of higher taxes, higher energy prices, more regulation, more litigation and more Union corruption?

If you'd like to make your voice heard - please sign the "Dear 44" petition to tell Senators' Obama and McCain you too want a President who supports the pro-growth agenda. When You go to the site, You can opt to receive updates on the issues You choose that are of specific interest to You and also to receive e-mails asking you to Take Action on these specific interests. These tools and resources are designed to promote, protect and advance You and Your community's local business interests. Check it out & pass it on!

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

Thanks for all you do!
Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week: What's it's REALLY about.

Whipping up hatred for Muslims...on a university campus near you!

OCT. 22nd-26th, 2008.

ACT NOW! RESIST!

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LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

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And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

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Term Limits: It’s OUR Decision!

Term Limits: It's OUR Decision!



graphic design: A. Golden, eyewash design - c. 2008

In 1993, New Yorkers overwhelmingly voted for terms limits - two four-year terms for elected officials in New York City. In 1996, New Yorkers voted again to keep term limits, and keep them at just two terms. No matter how you feel about term limits, one thing is clear: it's OUR decision, NOT the politicians. If they want to change term limits, it should be done the fair way, by asking the voters' permission.

But, a new bill introduced in the NY City Council would do just the opposite. The bill would ignore the voters and give politicians a third term (the same politicians who will vote on it). City Hall needs to hear from you. If you're a New Yorker, please sign the petition and make your voice heard: http://itsourdecision.org/ .

You can also see where your Council member stands, see a term limits time line or tell a friend. For more information please visit: http://www.partyheadquarters.org

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

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Live your values. Love your country.
And, remember: TOGETHER, We can make a DIFFERENCE!

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After $440K Spa Spree, AIG gets ANOTHER LOAN!

AIG secures another huge federal loan.

Troubled insurance giant American International Group will take a $37.8 billion loan from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on top of the $85 billion loan it got last month.

(AP) - The Federal Reserve has agreed to provide insurance giant American International Group with a loan of up to $37.8 billion, on top of one made to the troubled company last month.

Under the new program, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will borrow up to $37.8 billion in investment-grade, fixed income securities from AIG in return for cash collateral. These securities were previously lent by AIG's insurance company subsidiaries to third parties.

Last month, the Fed provided an $85 billion loan to the company, which was on the brink of bankruptcy. And, let's see what they did with YOUR money...

From: Scott Vogel, Washington Post
It's the kind of publicity you just can't buy.

Times are tough in the tourism business; accordingly, hotel chains around the world are pulling back on their advertising buys. But that's okay, there's another way tourist-hungry resorts can gain attention in a down economy: host a retreat for AIG executives.

Consider the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort on the sun-splashed California coast somewhere between Los Angeles and San Francisco. In fact, the St. Regis seems to be still reeling from the experience, on the evidence, that is, of its "Last Hurrah" package, which although technically designed for expecting couples in need of a babymoon, sounds just as perfect for the bailout-bound.

Oh, by the way, there's a world-class golf course on the premises where the AIG folks recently racked up almost $7,000 in charges; better yet, -- just to keep this felony theme going -- said golf course was once a favorite of O.J. Simpson's.

And after a hard morning on the back nine, what better place to repair to than Spa Gaucin, where "Each treatment begins with the toss of a coin into our 'Well of Desires,' where symbolically all your cares will be left behind." (Huh. Ya gotta think that that well is clogged with pennies at this point.)

By now we've all heard AIG's various justifications for its $440,000 profligacy, how the conference was planned long in advance of the bailout (you know how those cancellation fees can get you), how it was a standard reward for the insurance firm's top sellers, how it was a way to prevent the brain drain that -- let's face it -- often accompanies a company's descent into insolvency.

But let's go back to the St. Regis. No publicity is bad publicity, remember, which is why the resort is booked solid for the next two weekends, according to the Los Angeles Times. And those seeking a room at the next hot spot on the disaster tourism circuit would do well to immediately call Reservations at the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay further up the coast. It's yet another elegant monument to decadence that sits on yet another bluff overlooking yet another gorgeous strip of the Pacific. And next week, the Ritz-Carlton will also have something else in common with the St. Regis: dozens of AIG executives huddling together in style, whooping it up on another junket of dubious necessity in a time of crisis.

UPDATE:

Thursday, October 9th 2008, 2:00 PM

AIG executives cancel planned California spa retreat

BY: CORKY SIEMASZKO, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Still smarting from their spanking for blowing $500,000 at a swanky resort after getting an $85 billion taxpayer bailout, AIG execs have cancelled a planned spa weekend at a posh California hotel.

The conference for AIG agents at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay next week was scrapped "after a re-evaluation of the costs under the new circumstances," AIG spokesman Joe Norton said Thursday.

Among other things, Norton cited "the need to repay the fed while still serving the needs of our policyholders."

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AIG pulled the plug on plans for a weekend of pampering for a privileged few after the feds agreed to lend AIG another $37.8 billion to stay afloat - on top of the $85 billion the troubled insurer received just last month.

"I cannot fathom how in the same day - the very same day that AIG asked the government for another $37.8 billion loan, the company would even consider moving forward with plans to host another large conference at another large luxury resort," said Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is probing the Wall Street crisis.

This means that AIG will have to figure out another way to "motivate and educate" 150 top agents who were expecting to stay in an ocean front hotel 30 miles south of San Francisco where the cheapest rooms go for $400 a night.

ANALYSIS: THE QUESTIONS EVERYONE WANTS ANSWERED

Among other things, the hotel features candle lit spas and Roman style mineral baths, two championship golf courses, and restaurants that have a tasting menu with wine that costs $167 per person.

Norton did not return an e-mail asking if AIG has cancelled any other expensive junkets for employees and top executives.

But an e-mail mistakenly sent to Bloomberg News revealed that AIG had the chutzpah to consider launching an ad campaign to justify the high-priced junkets.

That's "a really bad idea," AIG's public relations consultant George Sard wrote.

"To spend the taxpayer's money on an expensive ad campaign to apologize for how you used taxpayer money leaves you open to further attacks," Sard wrote to AIG flak Nicholas Ashooh.

Revelations on Tuesday that AIG execs blew $500,000 at the St. Regis resort in Monarch Beach, Calif. drew nationwide condemnation. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino called it "despicable."

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, said in his debate with GOP rival, Sen. John McCain, that AIG should repay the U.S. Treasury for spending taxpayer money at the resort.

LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

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Friday was an historic day - a renewed faith in humanity.

Friday was an historic day. For Jocelyn Voltaire anyway. At 11am yesterday, Ms. Voltaire was scheduled to lose her home in Queens Village - just miles from where the final Presidential debates were held just one night prior, in Hempstead, NY. The home she'd lived in for the past 20 years... The home where she raised her four children...The home in which she worked three jobs and on which she put a VERY REAL US$55,000.00 down-payment - over 20 years ago. In 2007, her mortgage payments skyrocketed from a manageable US$850 a month, to over US$2,000 - literally overnight - when her lending company - Litton Loan Service - sold out to Goldman Sachs. In spite of her oldest son, - a marine soldier - sending her money to help, she was simply unable to keep up.

And, like thousands to come, Jocelyne watched in horror as her home was put on the auction block. Thanks to the amazing video clip by American News Project, Code Pink & Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman brought Jocelyn's plight to attention.

At 9:05 am EST, CODEPINK sent out an urgent call to our their email list. AND, jaws dropped when they saw the response. Donations of $5... $25... $500... even $1,000! Within an hour, they'd raised over $10,000! And the money kept pouring in, along with beautiful messages of support.

Jocelyne was moved to tears. And the mortgage bankers, with CODEPINK's immediate promise of $15,000 at 11am, were "moved" to stop the auction - JUST IN TIME.

We The People, did it!!! While Our government has PILFERED billions of Our tax dollars to bail out the super-wealthy, We came together to bail out one desperate mother. Thanks to The People - in one day - raising over $30,000 from 650 donors, We showered Jocelyne the true American spirit - love and compassion. We modeled exactly what We wanted Our government to do - bail out FAMILIES facing personal disaster, not FINANCIERS!

However, Jocelyne still faces enormous hurdles - both financial and emotional. She must pull herself out of a deep depression from the recent loss of her eldest son. She has to recover her health so she can start working again. She has to fix up her home so she can get renters to augment her income. And, she still has to renegotiate her loan and make monthly mortgage payments.

BUT, thanks to The People, Jocelyne now has a second chance. CODEPINK found a wonderful pro-bono lawyer to help Jocelyne battle the predatory lenders and re-structure her loan. And, after wiring the mortgage company $15,000, CODEPINK will use the funds that keep coming in to help Jocelyne make her monthly payments and get back on her feet.

Jocelyne is feeling exhausted, but renewed. She is ready to unpack the boxes she has been living out of for the past year. She now feels surrounded by people who want to lift her up, not toss her out. More importantly, she wants to use her experience to help others. How's that for a renewed faith in humanity?

At the press conference CODEPINK held on the courthouse steps - surrounded by dozens of cameras - Jocelyne said, "To all of you facing similar disasters, don't be silent, don't be ashamed. Step forward and call out for help. That's what I did, and a miracle happened. These angels came to help me. We all have to pull together and help each other."

You are those angels and CODEPINK members are in awe of the generosity, the compassion, the willingness of people to REALLY stand up for Main Street Americans. Now, they're asking us to PULL TOGETHER in the coming months, as Jocelyne asked us to do, and to move Our government to do the same... BAIL OUT MAIN STREET, NOT WALL STREET!

Thanks for making miracles happen. Here's to Jocelyne, to you and to S-O-L-I-D-A-R-I-T-Y!

Send messages to these CODEPINK members: Dana, Deidra, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jean, Jodie, Liz, Lori, Medea, Nancy & Rae

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LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!

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