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What does everyone think the title "community organizer" even means???
It is a way of getting people to sign up to vote a particular way in hopes of getting more entitlements for the community.
Community organizers are not people who go in and clean up debris after a flood.
People, get your terms straight.
Obama's definition of Community Organizer, from one of his books:
In theory, community organizing provides a way to merge various strategies for neighborhood empowerment. Organizing begins with the premise that (1) the problems facing inner-city communities do not result from a lack of effective solutions, but from a lack of power to implement these solutions; (2) that the only way for communities to build long-term power is by organizing people and money around a common vision; and (3) that a viable organization can only be achieved if a broadly based indigenous leadership — and not one or two charismatic leaders — can knit together the diverse interests of their local institutions.
This means bringing together churches, block clubs, parent groups and any other institutions in a given community to pay dues, hire organizers, conduct research, develop leadership, hold rallies and education cam*paigns, and begin drawing up plans on a whole range of issues — jobs, education, crime, etc. Once such a vehicle is formed, it holds the power to make politicians, agencies and corporations more responsive to commu*nity needs. Equally important, it enables people to break their crippling isolation from each other, to reshape their mutual values and expectations and rediscover the possibilities of acting collaboratively — the prerequi*sites of any successful self-help initiative.
So rebuilding a community after a disaster (either man-made or weather-related) would fit into "Community Organization". Hope that helps.
You hit the nail on the head! Oprah is a huge racist! She had always been a Hillary fan until suddenly a black man is running against Hillary....then you saw how Oprah changed her tune.
The black racism being exposed in this election is quite ugly.
You say she had always been a Hillary fan, that is true, but she never backed Hillary in a race. In fact before Obama she never gave her political views. Hmmm.
I think a few members on this board are Racist... Just a little chicken to voice their views.
I had always hoped that a woman running for one of the highest posts in our government would be smarter than me. This is not the case with Palin. Unlike her, I've at least seen the world and lived abroad. Hey, I'm involved with the PTA and am "just an every day soccer/hockey mom". So perhaps I should run for office too?
You say she had always been a Hillary fan, that is true, but she never backed Hillary in a race. In fact before Obama she never gave her political views. Hmmm.
I think a few members on this board are Racist... Just a little chicken to voice their views.
You say she had always been a Hillary fan, that is true, but she never backed Hillary in a race. In fact before Obama she never gave her political views. Hmmm.
I think a few members on this board are Racist... Just a little chicken to voice their views.
I flat out said it. No chicken behind that.
So do you think she would vote for Hillary on the democratic ticket or Obama on the republican ticket?
We know she is an obama fan, but why not celebrate the OTHER historic ticket.
What historic ticket?? The democrats had a woman VP candidate 20 years ago. How is it Oprah's fault it took you guys this long to catch up with the rest of the world?
So do you think she would vote for Hillary on the democratic ticket or Obama on the republican ticket?
The scenario is irrelevant, since Oprah has chosen her candidate.
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