It's not warm when she's away



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
She's gone much too long
Any time she goes away



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone



Wonder if she's gone to stay



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away



I know
She's gone to stay
It's breakin' me up
Anytime she goes away
Gotta leave the young thing alone
There ain't no sunshine when she's gone





Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's gone much too long
Any time she goes away



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I wonder if she's gone to stay
There ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't a home
Any time she goes away



I know
She's gone to stay
It's breaking me up
Any time she goes away
Gotta leave the young thing alone
There ain't no sunshine when she's gone



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
I wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Any time she goes away
Any time she goes away

Written By: Bill Withers

So, you're going to win and you know it. Meanwhile, there are still a lot of people in New Orleans and the surrounding Gulf Coast region that could use your help. This week, U2 and Green Day are releasing "The Saints are Coming," the song that they played at the Saints/Falcons game in late September. (It has been playing on Sirius radio for a few weeks now.) All proceeds to the single will benefit Katrina victims and help them get back to work and some sense of normalcy.

This thread is not for discussing the sellout status of U2 and/or Green Day. No, my friends, it is for you to kick and recommend! Get the word out, and help Katrina victims!

The CD single is available for sale on Amazon, here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=...

DU forgive me, it has been a couple of months since my last Good News post. Nevertheless, I'm back, to post all of the progressive goodness that has taken place since that time. Some you may be aware of, some not...so enjoy! (NOTE: It is REALLY hard to find positive stuff in the news!)

Democrats projected to win house:

Electoral-Vote.com: 229 Democrats, 205 Republicans

Electionprojection.com (favors GOP): 222 Democrats, 213 Republicans

CQ Politics: 209 Democrats, 207 Republicans, 19 tossup

More importantly, this is because the depths of GOP corruption are finally coming to light. And in two weeks, for the first time in history, the most powerful person in our government will be female. When Nancy Pelosi ascends to the house speakership, the Senate will be closely divided, the Chief Justice is still new, and the President has already been a lame duck for some time.

Overall, the ramifications are that the leadership of the House of Representatives will be much more diverse..like the United States of America.

Most likely seats to change hands:

TX-22 (Tom Delay), FL-16 (Foley), AZ-8 (Kolbe), IN-8 (Hostetler), NY-26 (Weldon), PA-7 (Weldon). A recent RT Strategies poll has suggested that New York's delegation could become completely Democratic.


Jeffrey Skilling gets 24 years in jail, ordered to pay $45 million for Enron corruption scandal

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/...

Firefox 2.0 released today!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6078...


Rhode Island becomes the 2nd U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage...sort of:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/30/us/30gay...


Iraqis could control their own security within 18 months...

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?...


A Dem victory in Arkansas will give control of the Southern Governors' Association to Democrats: In case you missed the last three Democratic presidents, the South is a really important political region.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Gove...

Evangelicals on board against Global Warming...from the religious left AND religious right.

The evangelical left, Quakers, etc. have always respected the environment...but it's only been a couple of months since even Pat Robertson said he believed in global warming. And here we are:

http://www.thegreatwarming.com/calltoactio...

As many of you know, I regularly compile a list of all the good things that have been happening in the progressive community lately. In the last few weeks, there have been so many good things going on, that this time it was relatively easy. Enjoy!

DB

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THERE ARE ONLY FOUR RED STATES!

As discussed in http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu... > this thread, which gave us http://www.surveyusa.com/50State2006/50Sta... >this wonderful link, if an election were held today, President Bush would win only Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Oklahoma. In the entire South and Midwest, Bush's disapproval ratings are higher than his approval ratings.

Connecticut Democrats give Lieberman the BOOT:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14228351 /

side note: Pat Robertson now has believes in global warming:

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/197/story_1...

Israel/Lebanon ceasefire holds: Israel pulling out troops:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...

In a Congress with a 99% incumbency rate, two GOP candidates have withdrawn from the ballot:

First, Bob Ney of OH-18 has http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/... >withdrawn from the ballot. Meanwhile, his replacement Joy Padgett may also be ineligible to run; upon official declaration of her candidacy, the Ohio Democratic Party will sue her butt off. In a state where the GOP is in big trouble, Padgett's departure from the ballot would almost certainly earn Zack Space a victory.

Meanwhile, in TX-22, Lampson seems set to win Tom Delay's house seat, as he is running with no Republican on the ballot, http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nyt... >several Republican write-in candidates, and a Libertarian.

In NY-24, Democrats lead in the currently Republican district by 4%

Democrats lead in 5 of the 6 races needed to regain control of the U.S. Senate. Even with "Green" intervention, Casey still leads.