News, Notes, and Platforms
Well, today is a big day at the Thieman household – yes, we received our first order of DFIA/Blog for Iowa
merchandise that graphics artist “jc” created for us. As I write
this blog entry, I am sipping iced tea from a really huge orange DFIA
mug! Now, that's living.
To purchase your very own DFIA/Blog for Iowa merchandise, go here. The site offers mugs, t-shirts, mouse pads, lunch boxes, totes, caps, sweatshirts, and tanks.
The Democratic Party Platform is now online for all to view. Go here.
What's even MORE interesting is the Green Party Platform. You can check it out here.
I
would post a link to the Republican Party Platform, but I'm pretty sure
it's top secret and hidden away in a bunker with Dick Cheney.
Here are a couple of interesting links sent our way by Christina Butts, at-large delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
1) I suppose VoteToImpeach.org
is self-explanatory; you can sign the petition, if you like.
400,000 disgusted Americans have thus far, but I dare say, wear
protective goggles before you gaze upon the photos of the “smirking
chimp” and his smirking, foul-mouthed daddy figure;
and
2) At the non-partisan ElectionMall.com,
they believe the Internet is the “great political equalizer” for
elections, allowing everyone a fair voice in the electoral process.
They have created a “one-stop shopping” experience by offering the
ability to purchase traditional campaign products as well as
nontraditional, technology-based services from a collection of 21
different sites. Check it out!
According to a report in the Quad-City Times,
the 57 members of the Iowa delegation at the national convention will
be front-row center, right next to the Massachusetts delegation.
That's Kerry's way of thanking Iowa for, oh, I won't say it.
Someone will yell at me. Anyhoo, at least our peeps will have
good seats. I'll bet Gephardt gets the BEST seat. Oops. It slipped out. Go, Iowa!
Hey, look at this!
Blog for Iowa got our link posted over at the IDP website. They
even added a new category for us: grassroots. (I requested that
category. It was either that or “non-conformist trouble-makers –
I couldn't decide.) Well, that is just totally cool. Just
to show the IDP how grateful we are, I will add the IDP website to my
list of Iowa sites over on the right sidebar of Blog for Iowa. Was
going to do that the other day, but spaced it off.
Say, go visit our link on the IDP website and click on us to make it look like somebody cares. Thanks!
I'm thinking of having a Blog for Iowa slogan contest, since my
original suggestion, “Because we're not really thrilled with either
party,” seemed kind of lame. Although, now that I think of it, “non-conformist trouble-makers” has a nice ring to it.
Thanks,
Christina, and best of luck to Christina and all our delegates
(Darrell, Dave, Sally, Dr. Alan, and Elesha) as they make their way to
the convention this week!
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