Jim Neal in Asheboro

Submitted by Mac Whatley on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 11:39am

It was a little more formal than the Kay Hagan meet-up a couple of weeks ago (driving rain getting everyone soaking wet is a great leveler), but Jim's message was good solid progressive meat and potatoes, and was well received.


(Check out Sam lurking in the background)

A random Republican passing through even signed up to change his registration during the event! I'm not sure how many signed offers of support Sam went away with, since our few party faithful have been hit harder than ever by candidates in need of warm bodies. Not just US Senate or Governor, but Congress, Lt. Gov, Insurance Commissioner, Judges- everyone legitimately needs the help.

This year, for the first time I can remember, we have presidential candidates trolling for poll workers. Randolph County- RANDOLPH County, traditional home of the most hide-bound, bitter, gun-toting, Bible-thumping Republican voters in North Carolina- has even been awarded its own offical Obama organizer! This nice young lady was in attendance at the Neal meet-up, and will be hosting her own inaugural Randolph County Obama meeting at the local bowling alley tonight.

I tell ya, it's hard to be a party chair this year and stay neutral through the primary.

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Jim Neal on the Road - Check it Out

Submitted by Robert P. on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 11:59am.

I saw this webpage some time ago, but I really haven't pushed it yet. It is awesome! The campaign seems to be keeping it up to date very well.

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Submitted by Leslie H on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 12:34pm.

As a lover of small downtowns I surfed to this wonderful little tidbit from that website you posted. I hadn't actually read it before. Shame on me.

But it’s not only urban entrepreneurs and urban growth that North Carolina can celebrate. We lead the nation in rural entrepreneurship as well. About 85% of our state is rural and though businesses operating in rural areas aren’t as large or well-known as SAS, Quintiles, Red Hat or Cree, their innovation and growth are every bit as important to our economic diversity and resilience.

As your next US Senator, I’ll be a proponent of federal initiatives which support the development of homegrown wealth. I will work with the entrepreneurial leaders of our state who have had a hand in the growth and strength of our state’s economy. I believe that it is the responsibility of our political leaders to listen to stakeholders, and work with them to find common-sense solutions.

Homegrown wealth is a fairly simple concept, and it’s worked in Silicon Valley, Austin, and Boston just as well as it has here. The Certified Entrepreneurial Communities Program of AdvantageWest in western North Carolina is an excellent example of how communities can leverage rural entrepreneurial efforts to achieve increased sustainability, better jobs, and better economic resilience.

That’s important, for it will frame a simple concept as legislation which will have broad appeal to my Democrat, Republican, and Independent colleagues alike. I believe in a Federal Government that is a focused partner in establishing a fertile environment for entrepreneurial growth, and then gets behind local entrepreneurial thinking and decision-making.

After all, small business entrepreneurs are the economic engine driving our nation’s growth and that reality is only going to be magnified in the 21st century.

The whole thing is great stuff.

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." - Harry Truman

"They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people a dollar 'n a half just to see 'em. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

Hard to be neutral, but as an individual, you can help. :)

Submitted by Linda on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:01pm.

I visited Moore County's Obama Headquarters today. Great People, but so young! When I introduced myself someone said, "I know that name". I'm not sure that's good or bad. Fantastic folks.

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It's bad

Submitted by Betsy Muse on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 1:27pm.

I saw your name on the Secret Service's Subversive List. They're watching. :D

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.



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My father was very proud of

Submitted by Linda on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 4:53pm.

My father was very proud of the fact that his mentor, as an 85 year old man retired in California, had written enough letters to the editor to make it on to Nixon's enemies list.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Gandhi
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FOI yourself sometime

Submitted by TrueMeckDem on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 2:30pm.

I did a FBI Freedom of Information request on myself a couple of years ago, very interesting stuff. It is amazing what the guvment keeps track of.

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