9/26/08
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: On the current ‘financial crisis’… Foreclosures seem to be starting a chain reaction. A homeowner is foreclosed upon when they can’t pay the mortgage anymore. This begs the question: How … Continue reading →
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9/20/08
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: In a recap of the last week… We met with students of St. Paul’s Outreach at Ohio State University in Columbus. This group of Catholic Christians live in community, pray together every morning, … Continue reading →
9/15/08
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: Ohio got hit by it’s first (Category 1) Hurricane, ever, yesterday. Hurricane Ike arrived in the Buckeye State with wind gusts of up to 76 mph. We were driving our campaign vehicle/camper … Continue reading →
9/12/08
Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont.: It’s been somewhat of a whirlind since we launched on this final tour through Ohio. We stopped in Yorkshire, Ohio, where we met with the Kremers and the Smiths, both organic farming families … Continue reading →
9/10/08
Buckeye Back Road Tour cont.: Barack Obama spoke in Dayton yesterday and John McCain spoke in Lebanon, Ohio, yesterday, some 30 miles south of Dayton. Meanwhile we split the difference, stumping in Germantown, Ohio, yesterday, which is about … Continue reading →
9/4/08
Buckeye Back Roads Tour cont: A reporter frm the Wapakoneta Daily News noted that I would like to see a cutback in lifestyle in America and a shorter work week. This would free up more time for … Continue reading →
8/30/08
Buckeye Backroad Tour cont.: We talked with a woman today in Bluffton, Ohio, who said she was quite disturbed with the Olympic: clothing. She said, for instance, that the women marathon runners, the women sprinters, etc. were dressed, … Continue reading →
8/27/08
Buckeye Backroad Tour cont: We headed further west where we interviewed Clyde, Ohio’s Dave Woodruff. He is the founder of the organization Blue Collar Community. He is also a former employee of the Whirlpool Corporation, which has … Continue reading →
8/26/08
We traveled further west to Norwalk, Ohio, where we were asked to participate in a Farmer’s Market that’s coordinated by Chrissy Houtz. Houtz is a Vegan vegetarian who opposes the cruelty of factory farming. We also discussed, among … Continue reading →
8/25/08
We have launched on our final tour of Campaign 2008… In Amherst, Ohio, a barber named Ariel at the Olde Time Barber Shop told me he drives a $500 car and his wife drives a $1,000 car… “so … Continue reading →