Comments on: Notes From the Road: Singing Out the Vote in Ohio http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio Girl-friendly points of view from women living midlife with humor and grace, keeping it real—staying young and healthy in heart and mind. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Melissa http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Melissa Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:12:33 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-600 Hi All, Well we are 10 days into a slammin' victory! I've had some amazing experiences in my life, truly inspirational but I have to say the SOTVO Tour and election night rank up there in the top 5. The rally in Marietta where I met Dakota really stand out in my mind. And now to know Dakota's story I am all the more inspired. When I met her I was struck by her bright spirit and personality. A three year old Dakota dancing at a rally for the first African American President of the United States, well her future was bright and now its brighter. This is the kind of promise I look for. Thank you to Dakota and the many,many, who put themselves out there to give us a real shot at an America we've longed for. Hi All,
Well we are 10 days into a slammin’ victory! I’ve had some amazing experiences in my life, truly inspirational but I have to say the SOTVO Tour and election night rank up there in the top 5. The rally in Marietta where I met Dakota really stand out in my mind. And now to know Dakota’s story I am all the more inspired. When I met her I was struck by her bright spirit and personality. A three year old Dakota dancing at a rally for the first African American President of the United States, well her future was bright and now its brighter. This is the kind of promise I look for. Thank you to Dakota and the many,many, who put themselves out there to give us a real shot at an America we’ve longed for.

]]> By: kayla http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-591 kayla Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:49:48 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-591 Melissa, Thanks for letting me know about the picture of Dakota. She was still up with us when Barak gave his acceptance speech, which was one of the most meaningful things I have ever heard. Dakota giggled and cheered for her "Rock 0 Bama!" and is still going strong. She says she wants Rock O Bama to be her friend almost daily. We tell her he already is, he just can't come visit, which she finds an unacceptable answer. Dakota is a voice of hope. Born to a homeless crack addicted mother who was arrested for solicitation when 7 1/2 months pregnant. Mom was taken to the hospital to be checked and doctors did an emergency c section because there was very little amniotic fluid and the cord was calcified. In another few days, Dakota would have been a dumpster baby. She is a miracle. She fought for life and won and she will bring love and hope to all she meets. She says she wants to be a doctor and I could just see it happening if that's what her little 3 year old self sets her mind to. Thank you for enjoying her and letting her help get out the vote. We all have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. The road to change has begun. And send Holly a warm thank you as well as the other musicians who helped put Ohio over the top. Shalom, Kayla Melissa, Thanks for letting me know about the picture of Dakota. She was still up with us when Barak gave his acceptance speech, which was one of the most meaningful things I have ever heard. Dakota giggled and cheered for her “Rock 0 Bama!” and is still going strong. She says she wants Rock O Bama to be her friend almost daily. We tell her he already is, he just can’t come visit, which she finds an unacceptable answer.

Dakota is a voice of hope. Born to a homeless crack addicted mother who was arrested for solicitation when 7 1/2 months pregnant. Mom was taken to the hospital to be checked and doctors did an emergency c section because there was very little amniotic fluid and the cord was calcified. In another few days, Dakota would have been a dumpster baby. She is a miracle. She fought for life and won and she will bring love and hope to all she meets. She says she wants to be a doctor and I could just see it happening if that’s what her little 3 year old self sets her mind to.

Thank you for enjoying her and letting her help get out the vote. We all have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. The road to change has begun.

And send Holly a warm thank you as well as the other musicians who helped put Ohio over the top.

Shalom,

Kayla

]]> By: lala http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-566 lala Wed, 05 Nov 2008 01:30:46 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-566 Today's the day....God/Goddess/Human/Earth willing the outcome will be blessed and hopeful and sweet. I want to pass this on to you all today....it really touched me and I hope it does the same for you. Tuesday, November 4, 2008 "No matter who's elected president, daffodils will bloom in the spring. Men and women will fall in love and, sadly, out of love. Inconsolable grief will still be inconsolable. A broken heart will nonetheless keep beating one hundred thousand times a day. No matter who's elected president, writers will write. Painters will paint. Three in the morning will still be three in the morning. The door in our psyche we don't want to walk through will still be just down the hall. No matter who's elected president, life will hand us the invisible thread that connects us all; love will hand us the needle". -- Sy Safransky, from his Notebook in The Sun, November 2008 Today’s the day….God/Goddess/Human/Earth willing the outcome will be blessed and hopeful and sweet.

I want to pass this on to you all today….it really touched me and I hope it does the same for you.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

“No matter who’s elected president, daffodils will bloom
in the spring. Men and women will fall in love and,
sadly, out of love. Inconsolable grief will still be
inconsolable. A broken heart will nonetheless keep
beating one hundred thousand times a day. No matter
who’s elected president, writers will write. Painters will
paint. Three in the morning will still be three in the
morning. The door in our psyche we don’t want to walk
through will still be just down the hall. No matter who’s
elected president, life will hand us the invisible thread
that connects us all; love will hand us the needle”.

– Sy Safransky, from his Notebook in The Sun,
November 2008

]]> By: Jim Byrne http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Jim Byrne Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:48:50 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-559 Great work all of you! The pride you will feel for the rest of your lives for this effort will be a wonderful inspiration for involvement in many future justice causes. Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow are two dear friends who can always be counted on to give themselves to important causes. They're also pretty super musicians. Kathleen Sengstock, the senior legislative aide to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), has taken a combination of vacation and unpaid leave for the last month to work for the Obama campaign in Toledo. I'm flying to Detroit Thursday to hook up with Kathleen and celebrate an Obama victory with her and her family. If McCain manages to steal the election, we'll be calling the suicide hotline. Love to you all. Jim Byrne Takoma Park, MD Great work all of you! The pride you will feel for the rest of your lives for this effort will be a wonderful inspiration for involvement in many future justice causes.

Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow are two dear friends who can always be counted on to give themselves to important causes. They’re also pretty super musicians.

Kathleen Sengstock, the senior legislative aide to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), has taken a combination of vacation and unpaid leave for the last month to work for the Obama campaign in Toledo. I’m flying to Detroit Thursday to hook up with Kathleen and celebrate an Obama victory with her and her family. If McCain manages to steal the election, we’ll be calling the suicide hotline.

Love to you all.

Jim Byrne
Takoma Park, MD

]]> By: dearpru http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-557 dearpru Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:55:35 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-557 If you stop to think about it, Obama's campaign has been all about music...from Will.I.Am. to Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys to Melissa Howden and Roy Zimmerman! Almost every day, someone sends me some kind of art that has been inspired by Barack Obama. My son has drawn dozens of pictures of him, my friend Carine the Art Dealer (no relation to Joe the Plumber) has Obama art in her L.A. gallery, I've seen dances, pictures, songs, clothing -- all dedicated to the hope this one man, the muse of our age, inspires. He brings out the best in all of us. Love him! Love you, Melissa, for taking your art on the road and spreading the hope and love. Or is that taking your hope and love on the road and spreading the art? Here's two more that arrived in my in-box today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX40RsSLwF4 (from Cheryl B.) http://vimeo.com/1891426 (from Carine) If you stop to think about it, Obama’s campaign has been all about music…from Will.I.Am. to Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys to Melissa Howden and Roy Zimmerman! Almost every day, someone sends me some kind of art that has been inspired by Barack Obama. My son has drawn dozens of pictures of him, my friend Carine the Art Dealer (no relation to Joe the Plumber) has Obama art in her L.A. gallery, I’ve seen dances, pictures, songs, clothing — all dedicated to the hope this one man, the muse of our age, inspires. He brings out the best in all of us. Love him! Love you, Melissa, for taking your art on the road and spreading the hope and love. Or is that taking your hope and love on the road and spreading the art?

Here’s two more that arrived in my in-box today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX40RsSLwF4 (from Cheryl B.)

http://vimeo.com/1891426 (from Carine)

]]> By: christie http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-556 christie Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:08:21 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-556 Sweet Melissa, you are amazing! I believe that everyone who's path you and your troubadours crossed were energized by the experience. What a great country this is for all of us, but most of all for Dakota and all the children who's futures we hold in sacred trust. Thank you from my heart, top to bottom. Sweet Melissa, you are amazing! I believe that everyone who’s path you and your troubadours crossed were energized by the experience. What a great country this is for all of us, but most of all for Dakota and all the children who’s futures we hold in sacred trust. Thank you from my heart, top to bottom.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/10/30/notes-from-the-road-singing-out-the-vote-in-ohio/comment-page-1/#comment-554 Cathy Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:29:07 +0000 http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/?p=238#comment-554 Yay! People are energized and more hopeful than I can remember. Thanks Melissa, Holly, the artists, the students, the everyday people and little Dakota for getting out the vote! Yay! People are energized and more hopeful than I can remember. Thanks Melissa, Holly, the artists, the students, the everyday people and little Dakota for getting out the vote!

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