This is a beautiful Story of Community Building

Needy families in two remote First Nations communities in Manitoba will be dining on steaks and chops thanks to observant Muslims in Winnipeg sharing their feast.
"In Islam when you give to charity you have to give the equivalent of what you provide your own children," said Hussain Guisti with the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation. "And we feed our children steaks and lamb chops."
The charitable foundation is shipping beef, lamb, goat and chicken to Shamattawa and Garden Hill, as well as potatoes, bread, carrots, milk, tea and sugar.
Guisti rounded up the donations from members of Winnipeg's Muslim community to mark Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, to show gratitude to God and to provide for the poor and needy.
"It's one of the most important holidays for Muslims around the world," said Guisti.
Eid-al-Adha marks the conclusion of the Hajj, or pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Many Muslims who are not performing the Hajj celebrate by making charitable donations, visiting friends and family, and enjoying festive meals.  Read the rest of the story here:

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/muslim-group-helping-reserves-178804061.html

Some of the reasons Americans voted for President Obama

There is a lot of work yet to be done.

Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:30:30 -0500


To: Studentforlife2011@hotmail.com

From: info@barackobama.com

Subject: Forward this: 25 reasons from 25 people who are voting Obama




25 reasons from 25 people who are voting Obama:



1. "The Affordable Care Act is saving my daughter's life."

Stacey, Arizona



2. "Obama is for the vets. He helped us wind down in Iraq, he's improved mental health policy with VA benefits."

Joel, Minnesota



3. "Obama stuck his neck out for us, the auto industry. He wasn't going to let it just die, and I'm driving in this morning because of that, because of him."

Brian, Ohio



4. "Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive."

Joe Biden, Delaware



5. "Supreme Court Supreme Court Supreme Court."

Andrew, California



6. "Arithmetic."

Bill Clinton, New York



7. "He cares for the 100 percent."

Shana, Texas



8. "When Obama came into office, he successfully renewed our country's place in the community of nations, making cooperation in tackling the world's challenges possible."

Willis, North Carolina



9. "The actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid."

Colin Powell, Virginia



10. "I was really very grateful to him for standing up for those kids who are having a really rough time out there because of their orientation."

Jane Lynch, California



11. "For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together."

Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey



12. "He has a real plan for rescuing the economy that passes the 'math' test."

Teresa, Virginia



13. "Having someone in office who understands how powerful our voice can be is very important."

Jay Z, New York



14. "I am voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden because I can trust them to care for the middle class and restore the American dream."

Steven, Florida



15. "The first measure he signed into law after becoming president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- so a female high school counselor or physical education teacher can fight for equal pay for equal work."

Connie Britton, California



16. "I believe in the America he wants for my grandchildren."

Nancy, Michigan



17. "We need four more years of repair, of helping the middle class achieve a sustainable economy."

James Taylor, North Carolina



18. "I've watched him fight for our country, stand by the middle class, the working class, the military, the education of our children, universal health care, women, the environment, and matters of national and domestic security."

Susan, Virginia



19. "The gifted 12-year-old I taught, whose parents were deported and left her here with her grandmother, will be allowed to stay and finish her education. She's been in the U.S. since age one."

Jamie, North Carolina



20. "I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics."

Michael Bloomberg, New York



21. "I have four children who are under 26 and able to stay on my health care plan. That's been huge."

Amy, Pennsylvania



22. "He's fighting to defend and better Social Security and Medicare -- because millions of Latino seniors rely on them."

Cristina Saralegui, Florida



23. "Thanks to the President's efforts to keep student loan rates low, I can expect to save nearly $1000 as I work to repay my student loans. And I don't have too many of those, thanks to the Federal Pell Grant program."

Sam, Minnesota



24. "It's been wonderful to have President Obama as a champion for access to health care for all women in this country."

Cecile Richards, New York



25. "Re-electing Barack Obama would lead to a stronger economic recovery than would be the case were Mitt Romney to win on November 6th."

Jared Bernstein, Washington, D.C.





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Thank you America

You have chosen well. You have shown the world that you have grown and matured and will not be lied to anymore.  You will not pander to the racist ideals. You have chosen a President deserves your trust because he is compassionate and really wants to leave a legacy for Americans to be proud of.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/what-propelled-obama-victory-and-sent-plutocrats-and-racists-brutal-defeat?

Romney Changes Colours but the President Remains Black throughout the Campaign

It is shameful and even pitiful to see how Mr. Romney has changed his colours throughout the campaign. He is like a chameleon. He dances to whatever tune is playing and does so with impunity. Can you trust a President who does not know his own mind? I think not.
President Obama has been consistent. He stood his ground and told people what he believed in and why.
Unfortunately, Mr. Romney appears to want power and will do anything, say anything to get it.  It's all about him.
America you give President Obama four more years to solidify his gain otherwise you are going to be in deep  s...t.
VOTE OBAMA FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. HE IS A PRESIDENT YOU CAN TRUST FOR HE TAKES CARE OF THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHAIN WHICH IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE THE ECONOMY STRONGER.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/24/1149319/-Romney-s-record-in-Massachusetts



Wed Oct 24, 2012 at 06:42 AM PDT

Romney's record in Massachusetts

by ybrutiFollow
Romney claims that as governor of Massachusetts he was able to work well with a Democratic legislature. To refute this, I have written a short letter to the editor that might be useful for people writing their own letters. The information comes from a column submitted to the Denver Post by a resident of Massachusetts, Marsha Mirkin, whom I've quoted below the squiggle. I received her column as a viral email with the heading: He will say whatever is necessary to get elected.

My letter:

Romney poses as the successful former governor of Massachusetts, but he left office after one term with a 31% approval rating, having entered the office with a 61% approval after seeming to be a fiscal and social moderate. Contrary to his claim that he got along well with the Democratic legislature, he vetoed proposed legislation a record 800 times, and most of his vetoes were overriden, sometimes unanimously. For example, he vetoed a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsourced state work to other countries. He vetoed emergency contraception. He vetoed a bill to fund stem cell research which as a candidate he had favoured. He vetoed bills that would have strengthened preschool education. From his record in Massachusetts, we can expect that as president, Romney would revert to the "severely conservative" he has called himself.

The viral email:

Here I am, a resident of Massachusetts listening to my former Governor speak convincingly and with seeming conviction at the Denver debate. I was startled by my déjà vu experience and by the assumptions held by my out-of-town friends about Mr. Romney’s governorship. So, as an editor and author of articles and texts about social and political contexts, I wanted to reach out to my distant neighbours in Colorado and share my understanding of Mr. Romney’s governorship and the implications for the Presidency. Massachusetts is known as a liberal state, but we often vote for Republican governors, and the three governors who immediately preceded Mr. Romney were Republicans. Mr. Romney was a one term governor who left office with a 31% approval rating, the 3rd lowest in the entire country. What does our experience in Massachusetts say to the country?

Mr. Romney claims to have experience reaching across the aisle. Maybe he did do some reaching, but not much of it went toward the Democrats. In his first two years of office, he vetoed legislation at more than twice the rate of Republican predecessor Governor Weld. Governor Romney had a record 800 vetoes (most of which were overturned, sometimes unanimously). One example is when the legislature provided a budget amendment to stop contracting with companies that outsource state work to other countries. Governor Romney vetoed the provision. This meant that he supported outsourcing jobs at the expense of U.S. workers. He also started a huge campaign to unseat Democratic legislators, but failed and ended up with even fewer Republican seats than before he took office.

Governor Romney correctly claims that Massachusetts rose to #1 in education — but it was based on former Governor Weld’s education reform plan. Governor Romney moved in the opposite direction--he vetoed bills that would have strengthened preschool education.

However, the issue is not so much how he voted, but that Mr. Romney won the governorship by presenting himself in one way, as a social and fiscal moderate (some saw him as a social progressive), and by the end of his single term, he had acted in an entirely different way. He said during his campaign that he favoured stem cell research and then vetoed a bill to fund it. He argued for a lower minimum wage than the state legislature ended up passing (over his veto). He vetoed a bill funding hate crimes prevention, and took back money approved by a former Republican governor for a bullying prevention program. He denied all requests for commutations and pardons, including one from a soldier serving in Iraq whose was convicted at age 13 for a BB gun incident. He vetoed emergency contraception. He raised many fees in my state — even quadrupling the gasoline delivery fees.

Governor Romney certainly approved some pieces of legislation that I did support but that does not change a major problem: Mr. Romney re-created himself and changed his positions during the first Presidential debate in your city because he must sound more moderate in order to win the independent vote. After that, all bets are off. We in Massachusetts know all about that. We elected a governor expecting him to be one thing and then he did something totally different and got on the national stage. He entered the governorship with a 61% approval rating and left with an abysmal 31% and with many of us scratching our heads and wondering whom we elected. The difference between then and now is that you have Mr. Romney’s speeches and positions from this past year and the contradictions during the debate. You can get nonpartisan information from factcheck.org. And, you now know what he was like in Massachusetts. So, I hope the country doesn’t have to go through what Massachusetts went through. Regardless of your political beliefs, this constant turning into something we didn’t vote for is no way to run a state, never mind a country.

Marsha Mirkin, Wellesley, MA

Professor of psychology

Lasell College in MA

Thank you President Obama You Did us all Proud

President Obama you made your point last evening. You stood your ground, you took time to explain to the American people the difference between you and Romney and what is at stake without the hype and drama as some people were pushing you to do.

America has to stop dreaming in Hollywood and know that voting for your next President is not a movie. It is real life.

On the other hand Mr Romney was his usual bullying self. His behaviour was anything by gentlemanly. He bullied the interviewer for more time, he pointed his fingers at Obama actually calling him a liar when he said he announced it was a terrorist attack in the Rose Garden.  For a moment I thought he would have pushed President Obama.  I think that kind of a behaviour is unbecoming for a person who wants to be President. It is clear that Mr. Romney will be quick to take American into another war if the chance presents itself.  For a former priest he does not seek peace.

President Obama's final response was powerful. Romney was very weak.  He might have fared better if he told the American people how he would raise all the money he intends to raise, how he would create millions of jobs, bring down the debt, lower taxes for everyone - where in tarnation would he get the money to do that?  I can also get up and say I would do this that the the other but when wait till I get into office you would see?  That is the most ridiculous proposition I have ever heard of a contender.  This man has thinks he is acting in a Hollywood movie or something.

I can sum up Mr. Romney in one sentence having paid attention to what he has been saying. He does not have a plan for the poor and middleclass America but he does have a solid plan for the rich people in American to become even richer.

On the other hand President Obama's plan is to continue on his plan to solidly put America back on the map, to be a Present of all America and to ensure the country no longer rides on the backs of the middleclass. Vote America, Vote Obama. A Vote for Romney means you want to return to the days that Mr. Bush left behind when everyone was running helter skelter as the economy bled as it has never bled before. Mr. Obama has a solid plan but Mr. Romney has no plan and as the saying goes
when you fail the plan you plan to fail

Tonight's Debate

Many of President Obama's supporters and would be supporters are waiting to see him knock out Mitt Romney but I urge the President that he does not have to stoop to cheap tactics get the facts straight, tell it to the people once, tell them again and again.
It will not help any of them to have this back and forth rant like kids on a ball field or sparring for fun. This debate is not about looking good even though many want their president to be a lot of show and little substance.
This is the fight for survival for your daily bread and to feed and clothes your family. It is not a game. If people bury their hand in Hollywood fantasies, you will soon wake up with the collection man comes knocking at your door at 2:00 a.m. in the morning and you have no way of paying your bills because you have just lost your job. That is the Romney scenario.
You know where you are going with Barack Obama, he has laid it out for you clearly but Mr. Romney's plans are still being cooked and the ingredients change every day depending on whose coming to dinner.

I urge people do not vote on the strength of who looks or sounds better on TV - listen to the words of these people. Take notes, be critical and then decide to vote for President Obama - four more years - there is no better option at this time.

Even Fox News has called down Mitt Romney's new Maths

Romney does not know of what he speaks about Vote a man who does, Vote President Obama. Let Obama finished what he started.  If given a change he will make history as the President who like a David struck the heart of Goliath and slayed him. He will turn the economy around.
Americans, put your vote where your livelihood is, do not gamble with a change at this stage of the game. You will be turning back to what Obama picked up at the beginning of his tenure. It was not a pretty sight.
Many of the same people who are now saying vote Romney, did not believe that America would stand on its feet again so quickly but it did, so you must give credit to the man who brought it about and his incredible team.
Don't be fooled, don't risk your house again, your job and your children's future. Romney is aching to fight another battle using your children?
It should be mandatory for war mongering politicians must send their own children to war - maybe then they would not be so quick to want to go to war. Our children are dying for nothing. Stop all war, stop the war in the Middle east. America has no hope in hell to win any war within the Middle East. The war may subside for a little while but as soon as the soldier leaves, the people revert to their own ways. The solution to end any way in the Middle east must come from the people not from America.


http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/even-fox-calling-out-romney-dishonesty?