Archive for September, 2008

Hillary Sent Me!

On Friday, September 19, Senator Clinton announced in a conference call that she is initiating a new program called “Hillary Sent Me!”. Through this program she is encouraging all her supporters to get out and work for local Democratic candidates all over the country. Every week she will be choosing a candidate that she will [...]

DNC: Vote D in NC

After all the dramas involving the DNC that has made the Democratic Party look more like the Undemocratic Party I want to use the acronym of DNC to mean something I can support. So I am stating here that the new meaning of DNC is vote Democratic in North Carolina. In NC we have some [...]

My Letter to the Editor Published in The Progressive Magazine

From The Progressive magazine, September editionin reply to Frances Moore Lappé’s article in the July issue calling for more democracy as a way to solve the problem of world hunger.Politics of Food As a longtime vegetarian, I’veadmired Frances Moore Lappé’s perspectiveon the politics and economicsof food (“A Shortage ofDemocracy, Not Food,” July issue).However, I feel [...]

Convention Revisited — Correspondence with Alice Germond, DNC Secretary

Recently I sent an email to Alice Germond, DNC Secretary and Secretary of the Democratic National Convention. Below is my message and her reply follows. From: Marc Friedland 9/3/2008 Alice, I was sorry I didn’t get to meet you at the convention. It was just an incredible experience to go the the Democratic Party convention [...]

Capitol News Connection Interview (PRI)

Click here to hear a radio story for which I was interviewed at the conventio0n regarding the roll call vote from WFDD Winston Salem, NC. Also interviewed is Susan Burgess, Mayor Pro-Tem of Charlotte and member of the NC delegation to the convention.

Why we need to vote Democratic in November

My You Tube video from the convention: There was a booth at the convention where visitors and delegates to the convention could make a You Tube video. One Clinton delegate told me that when he went there they told him that they were instructed not to allow Clinton delegates to make videos. So the next [...]

Dennis Kucinich at the Democratic Convention

This is one of my favorite speeches from the convention. Unfortunately the hall was only about half full. As Kucinich started his speech, people were milling about and hardly anyone paid attention. Listen here to hear how he captured the crowd and had them cheering by the end of his talk.

My You Tube videos from the convention

Click here to see a page of my videos from the convention