Just say thanks....to our friends and family in the service and overseas.

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! It is FREE and it only takes a second.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.

This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you. Please take the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank you's.

Thanks for taking to time to support our military! 




Gifts for our loved ones........


Happy Holidays To All.....

We need your help........

There are so many issues being distorted by right wingers, tea partyers and so called strict constructionist followers of the Constitution.
The time has come to be involved with grass roots movements in your community. It will take little time to be involved and you can do as little as signing on-line petitions to our political leaders or you can become an involved activist.

If you live on Long Island(NY), specifically Nassau County contact me to discuss how you can help. It really feels good to be part of a grass roots movement and we can do some good for the people of our county and America. E-mail me at allen.bauman@yahoo.com if you have an interest in the following subjects or organizations:

Democratic politics
Energy independence
Energy conservation
Green issues
Real estate tax reduction
Taking back control of our government through the election process
Supporting local candidates
Issues affecting Long Island
Grass roots politics

PickensPlan.com
RepowerAmerica.com
Change.org
NassauCountyDemocrats.com
Yeswecanli.org

Sign petition for energy independence.....

It's almost over!!!!!!!!

Of course I'm talking about the election campaign. I used to love this stuff and since there were no incumbents running I thought this one would be very interesting. Obama has lots of people excited and more interested than in most elections. McCain upped the anty when he chose that 'mavericky' girl Sarah Palin. What was he thinking??? It was a stupid Dan Quail type of move. Oh well as I said earlier it's almost over.

The best thing I've gotten out of this campaign was to see the start of a new energy initiative from the grass roots level---if you can call T. Boone Pickens a grass roots kind of guy. He has presented the Pickens Plan for energy self sufficiency. He's using his own money to fund the movement and seems to have some savvy tech people working on his sites and blogs. He's even traveling around the country and having town hall meetings to explain the plan and get feedback from the general public. If you are unfamiliar with the Pickens Plan I highly recommend that you go to his website and learn about it and even get involved on whatever level you want. Right now my only participation is to sign petitions to my representatives and e-mail my friends and relatives to join the "army". That's the Pickens Plan Army. He's trying to get 1.5 million people to sign the petitions and has done a great job virally since he's up to about 1.3 million.

This is a great opportunity to get Obama and McCain to produce their own energy plan or adopt the Pickens Plan. Pickens' plan is just common sense and a significant part of it can be acted upon immediately. For example, the first step would be to use natural gas as a fuel for cars. We have tons of it right here in the USA and the technology exists to make it practical. Since retrofitting gas stations with natural gas would take around 10 years he suggests starting with trucks and truck fleets. Trucks account for a large portion of gasoline usage. But they can either be retrofitted for natural gas or be mandated to use natural gas on new trucks. Truck company's can fill their fleets with it and truck stops can extend the geography for long haul truckers. While this is going on entrepeneurs such as Pickens or anyone else with balls can start working on solar cell farms and wind farms.

The Plan is practical and straight forward, it just gets me really excited. But again we need to put political pressure on our representatives and the new administration to help smooth the way with incentives. Pickens is 80 years old. He appears to be in good shape but he needs massive backup to get this movement going. Google search the Pickens Plan and see if you don't agree with me and want to get involved either with your computer or locally on your own. We can make this happen, I really believe it.......I'm just saying....let me know what you think!