Cash For Clunkers Ends Monday

You better get yours!

Souce Cars.gov

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Dear Huffington Post, You’re Doing It Wrong

I go to Huffington Post to get my daily dose of news and to source stories for my own blog in their “green” section. They posted the story about PETA busting Ringling Bros. in an undercover video beating elephants and tigers. HP normally posts about a range of animal issues, but what I didn’t expect to see was a front page ad for a discount on Ringling Bros. tickets.

C’mon Huffpo. I don’t want to be reminded of that video every time I go to your front page to read Buzzfeed. I know, I know, ad dollars, but seriously? Did you all not see what I saw in that 5 minute video below? Bull hooks being brought down repeatedly on those elephants? Looks like animal cruelty to me.

Please do not support the most horrible show on earth!

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Must See Movie: Food, Inc.

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Visit the Food, Inc. website

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NAACP vs. Gay Marriage: Do The Right Thing By Raymond Roker

Ok, I lied. Had time to check out some blogs, Twitter and FB and I wanted to share a post my friend Raymond wrote on Huffington Post this past weekend.

Read it, watch the videos, check out the feedback and share your thoughts. 1000 comments so far and he’s done it before with this post: Stop Blaming California’s Black Voters for Prop 8.

Keep on keepin’ on RayRo. xx

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Good F’kin Riddance!!

The wolves and beluga whales in Alaska can be at ease now.

Us humans? Not so much.

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What’s The 411? And Having Technical Difficulties

Hey kids, I always throw up a picture or vid with my posts but something’s broke- it’s either wordpress or my brain- so I’m currently trying to fix that shit. And by “fix that shit” I mean having a noontime cocktail while staring at the screen and wondering why it’s being like that.

Be back soon. For now, please use your imagination- the picture I was going to use was the one of Obama and his fine self walking out of the ocean in Hawaii, dripping wet and..damn, I’ll stop here.

Obama declares June National Oceans Month. The Daily Green

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono urge for ‘Meat Free Mondays.’ Think you could do it? Winnipeg Sun

Tila Tequila writes anti-fur post on Global Grind and Russell loves her for it. See his post here.

Pasadena gets solar powered trash can-compactors. Must LA always be last? CBS2

Oooh Target stores get busted for dumping hazardous waste. Green Biz

Sitting on your ass collecting unemployment? Start training for ‘green’ jobs now. Just Google it damnit.

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PILF + Solar Panels= Oxytocin OD

Obama appears in front of a bank of solar panels as he speaks about using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to invest in solar energy. May 27, 2009 at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nellis has North America’s largest solar photovoltaic power plant. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk with Namaste Solar CEO Blake Jones, left, during a tour of the solar array at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

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Auto-Tune The News

I’m totally late on this one.

Does Auto-Tune become bearable when used to cover topics of gay marriage, legalizing marijane and global warming?

Source Funny or Die

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10 Ways To Change The World Through Social Media

Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President.

Editor’s note: This is first guest post from Max Gladwell.

Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop. They’ll take for granted that they are connected and interconnected with hundreds of millions of people at any given moment. And they’ll take for granted that a black man is or was President of the United States.

What’s most profound is that these represent parts of a greater whole. They represent a shift in power from centralized institutions and organizations to the People they represent. It is the evolution of democracy by way of technology, and we are all better for it.

For most of us, social media has changed our lives in some meaningful way. Collectively it is changing the world for good. Given the pace of innovation and adoption, change has become a constant. Every so often we find the need to stop and reflect on its most recent and noteworthy developments, hence the following list.

Please note this is not a top-10 list, nor are these listed in any particular order. It’s also incomplete. So we ask that you add to this conversation in the comments. If you’d like to Retweet this post or take the conversation to Twitter or FriendFeed, please use the hashtag #10Ways.

1. Take Social Actions: The nonprofit organization Social Actions aggregates “opportunities to make a difference from over 50 online platforms” through its unique API. It recently held the Change the Web Challenge contest in order to inspire the most innovative applications for that API. The Social Actions Interactive Map won the $5,000 first prize. The result is a virtual tour of the world through the lens of social action. “People are volunteering, donating, signing petitions, making loans and doing other social actions as we speak — all over the world. To capture the context of the where, this project uses sophisticated techniques to extract location information from full text paragraphs.” You can also join the Social Actions Community, which is powered by Ning…which now boasts more than one million individual social networks.

2. Twitter with a Purpose: This list could be exclusive to Twitter. The micro-blogging sensation was featured on our first two lists (a three-tweet), and it’s certain to be a fixture. From Tweetsgiving, the virtual Thanksgiving feast, to the Twestival, which organized 202 off-line events around the world to benefit charity: water, it’s become the de facto tool for organizing and taking action. Tweet Congress won the SXSW activism award, and celebrity Tweeps Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Rose Tweeted their two million followers about ending malaria. Max Gladwell recently initiated the #EcoMonday follow meme as a way to connect and organize the Green Twittersphere.

3. Visit White House 2.0: Inside of its first 100 days, the Obama administration has managed to set the historic benchmark for government transparency and accountability. The President’s virtual town hall meeting used WhiteHouse.gov to crowdsource questions from his 300 million constituents, complete with voting to determine the ones he’d have to answer. All told, 97,937 people submitted 103,978 questions and cast 1,782,650 votes. The White House continues to raise the bar with its official Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter channels. In so doing President Obama is not just setting the standard for state and local government in the U.S. He’s establishing the world standard. The Obama administration is spreading democracy not by force but through example. Because you don’t have to be an American citizen to be a friend or follower of White House 2.0.

4. Claim your Zumbox: What happens when all mail can be sent and delivered online to any street address in a paperless form? That’s the big question for Zumbox, which has created an online mail system with a digital mailbox for every U.S. street address. And while the answer to that question remains to be seen, it promises to be as liberating as it is disruptive. A key quality for Zumbox is that it’s closed system much like that of Facebook, only instead of true identity it’s true address. This will enable people to better connect with their communities including their neighbors, local businesses, and the mayor’s office. The primary agent of change, though, might not be that this uses street addresses but that it enables direct and potentially viral feedback, which is a virtue that e-mail and the USPS do not offer. The first methods are to request exclusive paperless delivery and to block a sender, but others are certain to evolve such as real-time commenting and ways to share mail with friends, family, and colleagues. Welcome to Mail 2.0. (Disclosure: Zumbox is a client of Rob Reed, the founder of Max Gladwell.)

5. Host a Social Media Event: This is the year of the social media event. No meaningful gathering of people is complete without an interactive online audience, especially when it’s so easy and cost effective to pull off. Essential tools include a broadband connection, laptop, video camera, projector, and screen. Add people and a purpose, such as entrepreneurship. Promote it through social media channels, and you have a social media event. A recent example in the green world is the Evolution of Green, which was hosted by Creative Citizen, a green wiki community. It celebrated the launch of a new Web property, EcoMatters, while also establishing a new Twitter tag. By posing the question, “How can we go from green hype to green habit?” and including the #GreenQ hashtag, it sparked a conversation between attendees and the Twittersphere in real time. Thus was born a new mechanism for getting answers to green questions via Twitter.

6. Travel the World: More than anyone else, Tim O’Reilly knows the potential for social media to change the world. In his opening keynote at this year’s Web 2.0 Expo, he called for a new ethic in which we do more with less and create more value than we capture. This provided the context for SalaamGarage founder Amanda Koster, whose presentation followed O’Reilly’s. The idea is that social media has enabled each of us to have an audience. Whether through Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, or a personal blog, each of us can have influence and reach. What’s more, it can be used for good. SalaamGarage coordinates trips for citizen journalists (that means you) to places like India and Vietnam in conjunction with non-government organizations like Seattle-based Peace Trees. The destination is the story, as these humanitarian journalists report on the people they meet and discoveries they make. Their words, images, and video are posted to the social web to gain exposure and because these stories just need to be told.

7. Build It on Drupal: You may not have noticed, but the open-source Drupal content management system (CMS) has quickly become the dominant player on the social web. While we still prefer WordPress as a strict blogging application, Drupal has emerged as the go-to platform for building scalable, community-driven Web sites. It powers Recovery.gov, a key part of President Obama’s commitment to transparency and accountability. PopRule uses it as a social news platform for politics. And Drupal will soon become the platform for Causecast, a site where “media, philanthropy, social networking, entertainment and education converge to serve a greater purpose.” This is especially significant because Causecast CEO Ryan Scott is transitioning the site off of Ruby on Rails because Drupal has proved more efficient, user friendly, and cost effective. (Disclosure: Max Gladwell founder Rob Reed is co-founder of PopRule.)

8. Green Your iPhone: Looking for an organic diner within biking distance that has a three-star green rating? There’s a app for that. It’s called 3rd Whale, and you can download it for free. (Except that the star rating is actually a whale rating.) Complete with Facebook Connect, this iPhone app locates green products and businesses in 30 major North American cities. It uses the iPhone’s dial function to select a category (food), sub-category (restaurants), and distance (walking, biking, or driving). In Santa Monica, this might give you Swingers diner for its selection of veggie and vegan fare. You could then get directions from your current location using the iPhone’s built-in Google map, rate your experience on the three-whale scale, and write up a quick review. 3rd Whale recently released a new feature that integrates green-living tips, which can show how much energy or waste you’ll save by taking a given action.

9. Unite the World Through Video: Matt’s dancing around the world video inspired many to tears. Today, more than 20 million people have viewed his YouTube masterpiece, where he performs a kooky dance with the citizens of planet earth. The most recent example of this approach is Playing for Change, which connects the world through song. The project started in Santa Monica with a street performance of the classic Stand By Me and expanded to New Orleans, New Mexico, France, Brazil, Italy, Venezuela, South Africa, Spain, and The Netherlands. The project was superbly executed via social media, complete with a YouTube channel, MySpace, Facebook, and Blog. It’s received tremendous mainstream media exposure and also benefits a foundation of the same name.

10. Rate a Company: The conversation about corporate social responsibility (CSR) takes place across the social web on blogs, Twitter, and YouTube, but a central hub for this information and opinion is still to be determined. SocialYell seeks to address this by building an online community around the CSR conversation, where users can submit reviews of companies together with nonprofit organizations and even public figures like Michelle Obama. The major topics are the Environment, Health, Social Equity, Consumer Advocacy, and Charity. The reviews are voted and commented on by the community in a Reddit-like fashion with both up (Yell) and down (shhh) voting. The site is relatively new and still gaining traction, but there’s no question that a resource like this is needed to shine a bright light on CSR and and other related issues.

11. Publish a collective, simultaneous blog post on a universal topic: As Nigel Tufnel might say, this list goes to eleven. Let the #10Ways conversation begin…

Final note: This is Max Gladwell’s third list of “10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media.” The first was posted a year ago today on Sustainablog.org, and the sequel followed five months later. If a single headline can capture the Max Gladwell raison d’etre, this is it.

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Best Business Sign Ever

Snapped in Little Ethiopia on Fairfax Blvd.

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101 Days Later And I’m Still In Love

It seems like it was just yesterday when this man came into our lives, speaking of change and actually making moves to better the environment.

Obama makes the green section of my heart go pitty pat and for that, I thank him. I raise my glass yet again in honor of all the days to come with him in the White/Green House. Salud!

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All Aboard The O-train

Obama’s vision for high speed passenger train. This will reduce traffic congestion, dependency on oil and help the environment.

Source The Daily Green

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What’s The 411?

Obama in the doghouse: WH pup coming soon and he isn’t a rescue. Obama Dog Blog

Still got love for him. The big O getting 17,000 hybrids for his government posse. Swoon. Washington Post

Mmm. It’s that pesticide flavor that taste so damn good in Mickey D’s fries. Daily Green

5 million w/o water for 36 hrs in Mexico City. Learning to reserve water the hard way. Eco Worldly

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Legalize Gay

Isn’t She Lovely?

About two dozen elementary school students helped first lady Michelle Obama break ground on the first day of spring for a garden on the White House grounds.

The 1,100-square-foot garden, the first of its kind since Eleanor Roosevelt planted a victory garden during World War II, will grow dozens of vegetables, berries and herbs.

The collection of crops, a wish list from White House kitchen staff, will include lettuces, squash, fennel, rhubarb, cucumbers and sweet and hot peppers. White House chefs will use the produce to prepare meals for the family and for official functions, and some of the produce will be donated to Miriam’s Kitchen, a soup kitchen near the White House.

There will also be a beehive.

“We’re going to try to make our own honey here as well,” Obama told the fifth-graders from Bancroft Elementary School in Washington before they got to work on Friday.

The students will be brought back to the White House next month to help with the planting, and after that to help harvest and cook some of the produce in the mansion’s kitchen. The first harvest is expected by late April.

With the garden, Obama initiated a public campaign to help Americans better understand where their food comes from.

I think I’ve made it clear how I feel about Obama, but just to let ya’ll in on a lil’ secret, I crush on Michelle too.

Picture Win McNamee

Source Kansas City Star

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Electric Love Affair

Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced $2.4 billion in new grants for electric vehicle developments, which will come from the $787 billion in stimulus funds.

Obama is making my yes yes hole do the electric boogaloo..

And it goes without saying, I’d hit it in the back of that plug-in beauty.

Source Huffington Post

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Sleep With The Prez

Ever dream of sleeping with the our super sexy President? You might have to bump Michelle out of the way, but here’s your chance!

Calvin Klein has teamed up with artist Jonathan Horowitz to create “Pillow Talk Cases”, pillowcases silk-screened with the names of the president and first lady, among other pop culture pairs such as Sam and Lindsay, John and Yoko, and Bert and Ernie. The pillows are displayed at The New York Madison Avenue flagship store.

Proceeds from the sale of the cases will go to the Art Production Fund, and the limited edition cases can be purchased in-store, at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (where Horowitz’s work is currently on display), or online at the Fund’s website.

Source casa sugar

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Shepard Fairey on The Rachel Maddow

I heart Rachel.

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Van Jones Pops His Green Collar For Obama

I was totally doing the YES dance after learning that one of the “boys we heart” has made it into Obama’s camp!

Author and activist Van Jones will be a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation in the Obama administration.

Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a release Monday that Jones will start work next week to help direct the administration’s efforts to create jobs and help the environment. Sutley said Jones will work on “vulnerable communities.”

Jones founded Green for All, a national organization that promises environmentally friendly jobs to help lift people out of poverty. He wrote the New York Times best-seller “The Green Collar Economy.”

Where can I apply to become Van’s “Tool Time” girl?? That position has my name written all over it. I have references.

Source Huffington Post

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Pluck An Ingrown Hair Outta That Bush

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama urged agency heads Tuesday to ignore a Bush administration regulation limiting scientific reviews of projects that might harm endangered wildlife and plants.

During a visit to the Interior Department, Obama said the review process had been undermined by his predecessor.

“For more than three decades, the Endangered Species Act has successfully protected our nation’s most threatened wildlife. We should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it,” Obama said.

A presidential memorandum signed by Obama on Tuesday puts the Bush regulation on hold until the Interior and Commerce departments complete a review.

While on the campaign trail, Obama said he would fight to maintain the protections of the Endangered Species Act and work to undo what was then a proposal by the Bush administration.

Finalized in December over the objections of environmentalists, the Bush rule made optional what had previously been mandatory for 35 years _ the independent consultations federal scientists have performed on projects.

“We can grow our economy today,” Obama said, “and preserve the environment for ourselves and our children and our grandchildren.”

My crush for the big O is turning into an obsession.

Picture Washington Post

Source Huffington Post

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Ugly, Vicious Palin Vs. Beautiful, Peaceful Beluga Whales

Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales are a unique group of white whales whose numbers have dramatically declined in the past two decades due to pressures ranging from pollution to increased ship traffic. Governor Palin opposes the listing of the Cook Inlet beluga whales, citing the listing as a threat to oil and gas development, despite their genetic uniqueness and the fact that their numbers have decreased from 1,300 in the 1980s to about 350 (wtf!?) today. She has indicated her intention to file suit to block the listing.

I would like to file a suit to block her ass from getting near any and all animals besides the ones she has hanging on the walls of her dragon lair. I wish all her prized taxidermy would come to life one night and wake her up from her sleep and scream “we quit this bitch!” She seriously needs a Twilight Zone awakening.

Source Defenders of Wildlife

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In Case You Missed It

Words from the man that makes me secrete tons of oxytocin out of every hole in my body.

We are a nation that has seen promise amid peril, and claimed opportunity from ordeal. Now we must be that nation again. That is why, even as it cuts back on the programs we don’t need, the budget I submit will invest in the three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future: energy, health care, and education.

It begins with energy.

We know the country that harnesses the power of clean, renewable energy will lead the 21st century. And yet, it is China that has launched the largest effort in history to make their economy energy efficient. We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.

Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders – and I know you don’t either. It is time for America to lead again.

Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy in the next three years. We have also made the largest investment in basic research funding in American history – an investment that will spur not only new discoveries in energy, but breakthroughs in medicine, science, and technology.

We will soon lay down thousands of miles of power lines that can carry new energy to cities and towns across this country. And we will put Americans to work making our homes and buildings more efficient so that we can save billions of dollars on our energy bills.

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. And to support that innovation, we will invest fifteen billion dollars a year to develop technologies like wind power and solar power; advanced biofuels, clean coal, and more fuel-efficient cars and trucks built right here in America.

Source Huffington Post

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Catfight!!! Sarah Palin Vs. At Ashley Judd

Sarah Palin struck back at Ashley Judd’s featured role in an ad campaign accusing the Alaska governor of supporting the aerial slaughter of wolves and bears.

Palin released a statement calling the ad “reprehensible and hypocritical.”

“The ad campaign by this extreme fringe group, as Alaskans have witnessed over the last several years, distorts the facts about Alaska’s wildlife management programs. These audacious fundraising attempts misrepresent what goes on in Alaska, and I encourage people to learn the facts about Alaska’s positive record of managing wildlife for abundance.

“Shame on the Defenders of Wildlife for twisting the truth in an effort to raise funds from innocent and hard-pressed Americans struggling with these rough economic times,” wrote Palin, reports Politico.

C’mon Sarah. It’s a well known fact that you LOVE to hunt. You’re also a fur hag and let’s not forget your infamous interview while a turkey was being slaughtered in the background.

You kill animals for funsies and I would love to see Ashley’s pearls and hoops come off over your stupidity.

Watch Ashley Judd’s video for the Defenders of Wildlife here.

Source Huffington Post

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White House Chef Thinks Green And Local

And homeboy is my new flavor of the week! Read more about him below while I go research how I can volunteer at his soup kitchen.

Dinners at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue might be a little greener these days: the new White House assistant chef, Sam Kass, is an environmentally conscious University of Chicago graduate who founded a home cooking service that focuses on ingredients from local farms.

Kass, 28, the Obama family’s personal chef in Chicago, will assist White House executive chef Cristeta Comerdord, a holdover from the Bush White House. Kass, who grew up in Chicago, trained at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Europe before going to work at Avec, a Chicago wine bar that specializes in Mediterranean food.

Avec chef-owner Paul Kahan has said, “The cool thing about Sam is that he’s very active, very involved with issues that relate to food. His goal has always been to improve the world from a food standpoint.”

After leaving Avec, Kass founded Inevitable Table, which according to the Web site promotes “a healthy lifestyle that focuses on the quality and flavor of food to encourage good eating habits.”

Score one for Locavores.

Source NY Daily News

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Were You There?

If so, I highly suggest you go to this site and find yourself in the crowd. And even if you weren’t, still go check it out.

This is a very detailed shot of the Inauguration during Obama’s speech and it’s pretty freakin’ rad. It’s 220 images put together (1474 mega pixels.)

It’s like Where’s Waldo In Washington. Click the link. Do it!

Buzzfeed via Gigapan Viewer

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130 Tons Of Inauguration Litter

Damn! I guess that’s expected for the turnout of the inauguration. Unfortunately most of it ended up on the ground because many trash cans were removed for security reasons.

I can understand the usual suspects..fliers, drink/food containers and trash in general but what’s up with the blankets, sleeping bags, foldout chairs, pillows, coolers, gloves, and personal items that were left behind? Lazy ass mother #@*%*’s. You got the shit there, you couldn’t take it back with you? And this is the meaning of a “throw-away society.” Short-lived and disposable. I’m sure there are a lot of shelters or homeless people that could have used that stuff.

Other litter that was left behind came from vendors hawking Obama souvenirs including chairs, tables and bags full of unsold merchandise.

At least some people listened to what Obama said that day and stayed behind to pick up after others.

Just came across this blog called Litter Free Inauguration. Check them out on CBS News.

Watch CBS Videos Online

Source Washington Post

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Aretha Gets My R.E.S.P.E.C.T

When I heard the “Queen of Soul” was going to be performing in the freezing cold for the inauguration, I was expecting to see her decked out in one of her usual head to toe fur ensembles. But to my surprise, Ms. Franklin kept it classy and made a totally different statement by wearing this special chu’uch going hat adorned with Swarovski crystals.

You go with that bow Ree-Ree!

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It’s Official. Obama’s In The Hizzle!!!

The man who makes many of us want to be better people just got sworn in to be the 44th President of the United States.

And yes, I totally shed a tear.

Amazing that Mr. King missed it by only 4 years, though the number ’4′ is relevant. 44 years ago — and now we have the POTUS 44.

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Hello Mr. Green Grown And Sexy!!

Out with the old, in with the new! Hallelujah!

See ya, wouldn’t want to be ya.

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What’s Your Pledge?

MySpace Celebrity and Katalyst present The Presidential Pledge

Mine is to intergrate more green practices into my daily life and to continue to spread the word. I also pledge to volunteer more for ones in need and for the environment.

I am the change I wish to see.

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Obama Cakes

Satisfy your sweet tooth and curb your sugar cravings with Obama-inspired cupcakes in celebration of his inauguration as our new President.

Mrs. Beasleys has Obama cupcakes and cookies to order.

According to Ken Harris, the company’s chief executive, is marking the moment with this sentiment: “Mr. Obama’s inauguration is a momentous occasion for all Americans. And we’re happy to know that these cookies and cupcakes along with our other baked goods will become a part of many celebrations, small or large.”

If you couldn’t make it out to DC, throw a little party at the crib and serve up these tasty treats!

Source eater la

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Happy Birthday To Me

Over the past few years, I haven’t really been into going all out for my birthday, but this year..it’s a celebration bitches!

Today is my actual special day, but the real happy happy joy joy starts tomorrow, January 20th, 2009. The best fucking day EVER because the PILF becomes the new boss man of the United States of America! Thanks to all of you for voting and giving me the best birthday/skeetday/bornday gift a girl could ask for.

In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration of President Elect Obama, I will be volunteering my time by writing several letters to injured and disabled vets that have served for our country. Go to the MLK or Renew America sites to find out how and where you can give back to your community in honor of this holiday.

Thanks to Melissa and my other Capricorn sisters for throwing & sharing the fabulous Studio 54 bday party and to everyone that came, dj’d and sauced me up. I had a blast. Mad love to all my friends & fam for the calls, texts & emails.

I also want to thank my parents for bumpin’ skin many moons ago and creating me. I guess good things did come from the Vietnam war.

Green love and organic kisses. xx

Thuy

Bliss Says Bye To Bush

Tick Tock Tick Tock….. Bush (The President) is about to be a wrap!

In celebration of this monumental occurrence, Bliss Spa, is offering to help you ladies get rid of some of your own personal bush, with 20% off its signature Brazilian bikini wax, as well as a selection of waxing and post-waxing products.

Just enter the word “Bush” in your online shopping bag at checkout or print out the coupon above and bring it into a location near you.

To make an appointment, call (877) TO-BLISS.

Source style.com

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Inauguration Get Down In LA

Just because we’re not in DC doesn’t mean we can’t get our party shoes on for the BEST DAY EVER! After having your eyes glued to the TV all day watching the festivities go down in Washington, head over to Blue Velvet and celebrate with the homies Jeremy Sole, J-Logic, Loslito and DJ Jedi (it’s also his birfday.)

CHANGE is finally here. Let’s all lift our cups of jesus juice in unison and get our groove on. Oh and guess what? It’s FREE!! Can I get an AMEN?

RSVP: thankuparty [at] walktalkin [dot] com

Provided by the good folks at Fusicology and MoveOn.org.

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Beautiful Words For What Could Have Been A Tragic Event

Raymond Roker of URB magazine wrote this amazing piece for the Huffington Post. A must read before we all enter into this next chapter.

You too give me HOPE Ray and for that I thank you. xx

Source Huffington Post yayaya

Serve In Honor Of MLK Day

Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican who endorsed President-elect Barack Obama before the November election, has together with the Presidential Inaugural Committee announced the “Renew America Together” initiative, which will kick off on Jan. 19th, the day before Mr. Obama is sworn in as president.

The initiative, which will begin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is a call to “all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country,” according to a release.

“At this moment of great purpose and great promise, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country,” said Powell, an honorary co-chair of the inauguration. “We’re not just asking the American people for one day of service. We are asking you to make an ongoing commitment of your time – an hour, a weekend, whatever you can spare. Because that’s how we’re going to rebuild this country and meet our great challenges –

together.”

To kick off the initiative on the 19th, Mr. Obama, Vice President-elect Joe Biden and their families will participate in community service projects in the D.C. area.

As times are tough right now and many are out of work, this would be the perfect time for us all to give back to our communities. It could be for one day, one week or ongoing.

To find more info on how you can get involved, visit Obamas’ official page Renew America Together-USA Service or The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service page.

Source CBS News

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Shepard Presents ‘HOPE’ To National Portrait Gallery In DC

Simply amazing.

Source Huffington Post

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Obamicon Yo’Self

Make your own version of the ever so popular Obama image.

Available at: Obamicon

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Manifest Hope DC Art Contest

MANIFESTHOPE: DC offered artists and activists from across the United States the opportunity to submit artwork in an online contest and to join the high profile exhibit on display in Washington, DC during the week of the Presidential Inauguration.

These works, based on three themes- HEALTH CARE REFORM, WORKERS’ RIGHTS, and THE GREEN ECONOMY – were then evaluated by a panel of renowned judges, including Anne Ellegood(Curator of Contemporary Art, Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum), David Rolf (President, SEIU Healthcare 775NW), Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation and ESL Music), Laura Dawn (MoveOn.org Creative & Cultural Director, Artist), and Robbie Conal (Artist), Shepard Fairey (Artist, Obey Giant),Spike Lee (Producer, Director, Actor) and Van Jones (Author, Founder Green for All & Co-Founder Ella Baker Center for Human Rights).

Although almost all the 1000 submissions were fantastic, five pieces in each category stood out to the judges’ as the most exceptional works.

Check the site to see the rest of the pieces.

Source Manifest Hope

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Inaugural Balls Go Green

There will be no shortage of parties this weekend in DC . Two balls that are making quite a buzz will also be raising awareness for the environment. Below is a brief description of the two but visit our friends over at Ecorazzi and read their post. “Battle Of The Green Inaugural Balls,” to get the detailed breakdown of both events.

01/17/09: The Green Inaugural Ball: Maximum Celebration, Minimal Impact, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium celebrates grassroots efforts to protect and improve the environment. The carbon-neutral event is open to the public. Tickets for the black-tie gala are $500 apiece and five percent of ticket prices will go to nonprofit groups that have partnered with event planner Event Emissary.

01/19/09: The Green Ball: Inauguration of a New Green Economy. Al Gore and more than two dozen ecological and environmental coalitions are mentioned on the invitation, which encourages attendees to “bring together a diverse coalition of environmentally-forward organizations, entrepreneurs, scientists and advocates, celebrating a commitment to growing the New Green Economy.” BTW, this event is sold out.

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That Was The Best Nap Ever!

It’s what’s his name’s farewell speech and his words were stronger than Ambien, Sominex, Nytol and Lunesta mixed together.

I need an extra strong cup of fair trade coffee pronto!

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Inaugural URB Partay

If you’re one of the lucky people that are going to be in DC for the next few days, be sure to get your party on with the good peeps of URB.

Buy tix at Going.

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Biking From LA To Inauguration

Ran across this story a while ago but never really looked into it until now. Ryan Bowen decided to bike from LA to DC for the inauguration. He left on Dec. 2nd and is estimated to arrive in a few days..on the 18th. He even has a blog to document his journey. Car accidents, racist encounters and all.

I need a cocktail and a nap just thinking about biking to my local farmers market. Homeslice is putting all of us to shame. Two-wheeling for 4000 miles.

Determination is S-E-X-Y.

Source la metblogs via biking for obama

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Obama Swag

Bag by Tory Burch

As the presidential inauguration approaches, designers are releasing Obama-inspired merchandise to support the festivities as part of the “Runway to Change” initiative.

“The new collectible pieces include tote bags by Diane von Furstenberg and Tory Burch; T-shirts by Zac Posen, Donna Karan, Juicy Couture, Narciso Rodriguez, Derek Lam, Rachel Roy, Gerald Matthews and House of Deréon, and a scarf by Alexander Wang.”

The collection is available at the Presidential Inaugural Store at 625 E Street Northwest in Washington through January 21st. It will also be available online at pic2009.inauguralcollectibles.com through February.

T-shirts pictured below by Donna Karan (L) and Zac Posen (R)

Via nitrolicious

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Celebs Say “Thank You” And Go “Green” To Obama.

Gotta love Hollywood and the Sierra Club.

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Obama Says Words That Make My Yes Yes Tingle

“We are now going to start looking at shelters.”

HALLELUJAH! Although it turns out that the two breeds that they are looking for, labradoodles or Portugese water dogs are rarely found in shelters.

Fingers crossed.

Source Social Vibe

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Bush Countdown: 01.20.09

Yea, it’s one of those cheesy countdown clocks but I’ve been infatuated with a few of them since 2008, so I thought I would share.

I come home from a long night of drinking, I check this clock. Just had a guy flake out on a date over text, I check this clock. Hearing about friends getting laid off left and right, I check this clock. It’s that time of the month and I’m PMS’ing, dun dun dun dun…

Nothing seems to really matter when I check this clock. All I know is that in 10 days from now, every little thing is gonna be alright. Ok, not really, but just play along.

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I Love Me Some Jon Stewart

Did Mah Boo aka The Silver Fox aka Anderson Cooper really do this piece on the next White House dog on CNN? Naw, it’s actually a joke he did in partnership with Jon Stewart for “The Daily Show” and I love it.

All jokes aside, we’re still waiting patiently to hear that the Obama fam does right by getting a pound puppy as opposed to one from a breeder aka a puppy mill.

Source Huffington Post

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PILF

Straight up. Sorry Michelle.

Source Bauer Griffin

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Blog Love: The Huffington Post

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One of our favorite bloggers, Arianna Huffington, appeared on Charlie Rose to talk shop about, what else? Blogging. I have been a devoted Huffpo reader ever since I dropped in to read one of Raymond's posts. (Check his past posts here. One controversial topic he wrote about received over 1100 comments.)

The Huffington Post has over 2,500 contributors. DAMN! If you’ve been thinking of starting a blog or already have one and want to expand, watch this video and be sure to get yourself a copy of The Huffington Post Complete Guide To Blogging.

Type. Spellcheck. Publish.

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Source Pure/Roker