November 2008

Is This a Memorial to the Ocean Beach Library?

November 14, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

OCEAN BEACH, CA.  Went down to the Ocean Beach Library today, the old building at the corner of Sunset Cliffs Blvd and Santa Moncia Ave. It was around 1:00 and the place was busy. As you may know, when you enter the building, you find it has two opposing wings – on the right – […]

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Reader Rant: ‘We’re not gonna let anyone close our library, period.’

November 14, 2008 by Staff

by OB Joe The library is an issue that regular Obcians will stand up to protect. When people in OB get it together – we get it together. We – people of OB – fought the City to a stand-off and prevented most of the jetty from being built, we prevented the City from selling […]

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What Is NorthCom Up To?

November 13, 2008 by Staff

NorthCom: Asking Questions About Their Activities By Matthew Rothschild / November 12, 2008 / The Progressive This week and into next, NorthCom and NORAD are conducting a joint exercise called “Vigilant Shield ’09.”The focus will be on “homeland defense and civil support,” a NorthCom press release states.From November 12-18, it will be testing a “synchronized […]

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Rally to Save the Ocean Beach Library November 15th

November 13, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

OCEAN BEACH, CA.  Local Ocean Beach residents are rallying to save the Ocean Beach branch of the San Diego library this Saturday, November 15th.  The noon time gathering in front of the OB Library, located at the corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and Santa Monica Avenue, is being organized by a loose network including the […]

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California educators, writers, and advocates call on SEIU President to stop retaliation against reformers

November 13, 2008 by Staff

BERKELEY, Calif.- More than 50 prominent educators, writers, and worker advocates have sent a letter to SEIU President Andy Stern denouncing his ongoing campaign of retaliation against union members in SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW).

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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

November 13, 2008 by Staff

By Bill Ayers: Looking back on a surreal campaign season – On the campaign trail, McCain immediately got on message. I became a prop, a cartoon character created to be pummeled. Whew! What was all that mess? I’m still in a daze, sorting it all out, decompressing. Pass the Vitamin C. Go here for the […]

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Obama Needs a Protest Movement

November 13, 2008 by Staff

By Frances Fox Piven: The astonishing election of 2008 is over. Whatever else the future holds, the unchallenged domination of American national government by big business and the political right has been broken. Even more amazing, Americans have elected an African-American as president. Go here for the article at The Nation.

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Blackwater To Be Fined Amid Allegations Over Shrink-Wrapped Weapons

November 13, 2008 by Staff

Blackwater USA, the State Department’s largest personal security contractor in Iraq, is set to be hit with a multi-million dollar fine for shipping automatic weapons to that country without the necessary permits. Go here.

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City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back

November 12, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

Ocean Beach Library & 6 Others Plus Rec Centers On Mayor Sander’s Chopping Block OCEAN BEACH, CA.  Mayor Jerry Sanders growled at the citizenry gathered today at the City Council hearing on his proposed budget cuts. During his opening remarks, Sanders accused San Diegans questioning his budget proposals of being “fear-mongers.” One local resident – […]

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Reader Rant: There is no ‘temporary’ closing of a library

November 11, 2008 by Staff

by Jon Christensen After a career in public finance I know how common it is for Libraries and Parks to be among the first sacrificial offerings at the budget alter. Please consider these few facts; There is no “temporary” closure of a branch; a branch closed is a branch erased. Book stock will mildew and […]

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Branch Closings and Budget Cuts Threaten Libraries Nationwide

November 11, 2008 by Staff

American Libraries / November 7, 2008 – revised Nov. 10 City governments across the United States prepared in early November to slash public library budgets in the wake of revenue shortfalls and dire economic news. Even if the lame-duck Congress passes an additional economic stimulus package when it returns from recess the week leading up […]

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Save the O.B. Library ! – Save ’em all !

November 11, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

Rally In Front of OB Library – Saturday Nov. 15th Being Planned OCEAN BEACH, CA.  Opposition to the closure of the Ocean Beach branch of the City of San Diego’s Public Library system is growing. Besides emails to Councilperson Kevin Faulconer, residents are urged to attend the public hearing beginning Wednesday, Nov. 12th, and to […]

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First Day

November 7, 2008 by Staff
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Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures

November 7, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

SAN DIEGO, CA. Mayor Jerry Sander’s announcement on Wednesday, November 5th,  that for budgetary reasons, he was set to close 7 libraries – including the Ocean Beach branch – San Diego’s oldest library – has caused quite a stir among the citizenry.  That same day, the Board of Library Commissioners voted unanimously to oppose suspension […]

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Obama – The First Global President

November 6, 2008 by Doug Porter
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Peace Activists Welcome Obama, Will Push Him

November 6, 2008 by Staff

by Aaron Glantz / OneWorld / November 6, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 – An organization that has made headlines heckling George W. Bush and other prominent politicians for their support of the Iraq war has declared “victory” after Barack Obama’s election as president of the United States. After almost eight years standing outside the […]

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Ocean Beach Library Slated to Be Closed, Says Mayor Sanders

November 6, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

SEE UPDATES – GO HERE AND HERE. OCEAN BEACH, CA. On Wednesday, November 5, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced the closure of 7 libraries – including the Ocean Beach branch – and 9 rec centers and a gym, as part of his new budget cuts. These slashes, as well as cuts to the police […]

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Dispatch From St. Thomas

November 5, 2008 by Doug Porter

Obama Victory Strikes Home in the Caribbean St. Thomas, USVI–The woman’s wail cut through the walls of my room. It was after midnight on election day and I’d returned to my hotel room after leaving an election party at a bar down by the beach. Tired of waiting for the moment of triumph amidst an […]

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After US Airstrike Kills 23 Children, Afghanistan President Calls On Obama to Put an End to Civilian Casualties

November 5, 2008 by Staff

Karzai says air strike in Afghanistan killed 40 msnbc.com news services / November 5, 2008 KABUL – Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that 40 people were killed and 28 wounded in an air strike this week in the southern Taliban heartland of Kandahar province. Earlier on Wednesday, the Afghan president demanded that president-elect […]

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November 4th, 2008: An Historic Moment

November 5, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

This says it all.

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OBAMA WINS – 44TH PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

November 4, 2008 by Frank Gormlie
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Election Night – One Million Obama Supporters Pour Into Grant Park in Chicago

November 4, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

Editor: On the West Coast, we’re watching on televsion as thousands of people pour into Grant Park in Chicago to celebrate Obama’s anticipated victory –  it’s such a proud moment for Americans. Obama’s hometown giddy with prospect of victory By CARYN ROUSSEAU – Nov. 4, 2008, 7:15 PST CHICAGO (AP) – Thousands of Barack Obama […]

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Election Day Update – Live Blogging All Day

November 4, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

OCEAN BEACH, CA.  [Times are Pacific] 6:50 pm PST : With Ohio – 20 electoral votes – and New Mexico – 5 votes, Obama now has a projected total of 200 electoral votes. California will go for him with our 55 votes, so will Washington with 11; that’s 266 – Obama only needs 270 electoral […]

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Landslide? Upset? What to Watch for on Election Day

November 4, 2008 by Staff

by John Nichols / The Nation /  11/04/2008 @ 06:30am ET _______________ As the longest presidential campaign in American history finally concludes, polls tell us that Americans are hugely invested in the election that will be decided — they hope — today. A new Gallup survey suggests that 92 percent of likely voters think this […]

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Smokin’

November 4, 2008 by Frank Gormlie
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Tomorrow

November 3, 2008 by Staff

by: William Rivers Pitt / t r u t h o u t | Perspective / Monday 03 November 2008 It has been a long and terrible time since tomorrow mattered as much as it does today. It began with that first terrible election, the media manipulations, the stolen and uncounted votes, the menacing mobs, […]

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Is the Election About to Be Stolen in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Elsewhere?

November 3, 2008 by Staff

by: Cynthia Boaz, Ange-Marie Hancock, David McCuan, Mark Crispin Miller and Michael Nagler / t r u t h o u t/ Monday 03 November 2008 Last Friday, a federal court judge in Cleveland, Ohio, ordered Michael Connell, an information-technology consultant to the McCain ’08 campaign, to give a deposition in a court proceeding. Mr. […]

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How McCain Could Win

November 3, 2008 by Staff

by: Greg Palast / t r u t h o u t | Perspective / Monday 03 November 2008 It’s November 5 and the nation is in shock. Media blame it on the “Bradley effect”: Americans supposedly turned into Klansmen inside the voting booth, and Barack Obama turned up with 6 million votes less than […]

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The Opening that Barack Obama Saw

November 3, 2008 by Staff

Obama Is the First Truly 21st Century Figure In American Politics By E. J. Dionne Jr. / The Washington Post / November 3, 2008 A good politician triumphs by adapting to the times and taking advantage of opportunities as they come. A great politician anticipates openings others don’t see and creates possibilities that were not […]

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The Final Countdown of the Longest Presidential Campaign In American History

November 3, 2008 by Staff

By Daniel Politi / Slate / iPosted Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 Take a deep breath, we’re almost there. As the candidates race toward the finish line, all the papers lead with the final hours of the Longest Presidential Race in History. USA Today and the Wall Street Journal lead with new weekend polls that continue […]

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