I've signed up for the We Campaign because I believe that by working together, we can solve the climate crisis. Will you join me? Just click on the link below to sign up and add your voice to the million-plus call for an end to global warming

www.wecansolveit.org/join

The We Campaign is an effort launched by Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection to promote solutions to the climate crisis. It's an urgent issue, but the climate crisis is also solvable if we work together and unite our leaders around solutions like renewable power and enhanced energy efficiency. We can leave the next generation a healthy climate.

Once you have joined the We campaign, think about creating an account on My Community and join the We Action Team:

http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/group/WeActionTeam

I've signed up for the We Campaign because I believe that by working together, we can solve the climate crisis. Will you join me? Just click on the link below to sign up and add your voice to the million-plus call for an end to global warming

www.wecansolveit.org/join

The We Campaign is an effort launched by Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection to promote solutions to the climate crisis. It's an urgent issue, but the climate crisis is also solvable if we work together and unite our leaders around solutions like renewable power and enhanced energy efficiency. We can leave the next generation a healthy climate. Please add your voice by joining the We Campaign today:

www.wecansolveit.org/join

My name is Asher Heimermann and I am the host of a live internet radio broadcast show called "Asher Speaks Live". My show brings; authors, elected officials, candidates, and local celebrities "on air" as special guests to talk about their life and current events.

Asher Speaks Live attracts about 200 and 300 listeners each month. We discuss the latest national and political news as well as topics such as; news, sports, weather, and much more. Asher Speaks Live is a new innovative approach.

Noted guests on Asher Speaks Live include Larry Nelson, George Phillies, Kat Swift, and Judy Stock, just to name a few.

Archives of Asher Speaks Live can also be heard on my official website that is located at www.asherheimermann.com as well as my profile on MySpace, which can be found at www.myspace.com/aheimermann.

Please feel free to contact me for more information or to inquire about booking to be a special guest on the Asher Speaks Live radio program. You are welcome to visit my website to learn more about me and my radio show.


Mr. Asher Heimermann
asher@asherheimermann.com
http://www.asherheimermann.com
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/asher

I have officially endorsed Senator Barack Obama. I have posted my endorsement on my blog, which is is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com and click on Blog.

Please feel free to comment on the endorsement and to vote for the Senator in the 2008 Presidential Poll that is on the right side of the blog.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at asher@asherheimermann.com. Comments should be left on the blog.

Tonight, check with ASHERHEIMERMANN.com for the fastest results and the latest breaking developments for the Iowa Caucuses. The arcane rules governing Thursday's Iowa Democratic caucuses will test even the most organized campaign, but mastery of the process could launch a candidate on a path to the White House.

The Iowa Caucuses start at 8pm ET / 7pm CT and the Presidential Candidates have to show up at caucus sites to vote. Also, the Presidential Candidates must have at lease 15 percent of the voters to be "viable".

Please go to www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog to vote for your favorite candidate in the 2008 Presidential Poll.

I wish you and your family and safe and Happy New Year 2008! I hope that we can elected a Democratic President.

There are two new polls that I welcome you to vote in. Those polls are located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog and you will be able to vote once per day until January 30th.

Below are the final results of the two polls that were located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog.

As for the 2008 Presidential Poll:

- Joe Biden had 1%
- Chris Dodd had 0%
- Mike Gravel had 11%
- Hillary Clinton had 2%
- John Edwards had 11%
- Barack Obama had 53%
- Bill Richardson had 2%
- Dennis Kucinich has 19%

As for the Person of the Year:

- Al Gore had 89 votes
- Wolf Blitzer had 6 votes
- Barack Obama had 125 votes
- Fred Thompson had 10 votes
- Dennis Kucinich had 86 votes
- Ellen DeGeneres had 7 votes
- Anderson Cooper had 15 votes
- Asher Heimermann had 12 votes

We have three new polls that you can vote in until Wednesday, January 30th, 2008. Just go to www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog to start voting!

You have just hours left to vote for your favorite candidate in the 2008 Presidential Poll that is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog before the final results are read live on New Years Eve!

- Joe Biden has 1%
- Chris Dodd has 0%
- Mike Gravel has 11%
- Hillary Clinton has 2%
- John Edwards has 11%
- Barack Obama has 54%
- Bill Richardson has 2%
- Dennis Kucinich has 19%

The final results of this poll will be read on Asher Speaks Live which airs live on Monday, December 31st at 12:30am ET / 11:30pm CT. You can listen to the show live by going to www.BlogTalkRadio.com/asher/.

We've launched another new edition of www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com! We have added more resources and action items on the website. We have also set-up a few groups that you can join to show your support and interest.

We have even added the Asher Speaks Live Schedule so you will know the dates and times of the show! We are still adding a few more pages to the website. We will not have the Issues page up until the third week of January, 2008.

Please feel free to e-mail your comments to asher@asherheimermann.com. These comments will be helpful in making this website better to use and access. Many more cool features will be added in the upcoming months.

I hope that you are enjoying your holiday season so far. It's time to update you on my youth activism campaign.

You can now take a look at some of the videos that I've been uploading to the internet! I've created a profile and a group on YouTube.com so that you are able to see short videos that I have made and will be making. You are welcome to rate the videos as well as comment on them. Feel free to add me as a friend!

As a reminder, I also have a profile and a group on MySpace.com! Click Here to view the profile and Click Here to view the group. We are always looking for new people to add me as a friend on MySpace and join the group. I have been posting upcoming events on MySpace so you can RVSP.

Starting in January 2008, Asher Speaks Live will have all new episodes. We will be adding more interviews and music. We will also be giving away free stuff! We are still having our New Years Eve Special on Monday, December 31st at 11:30pm CT. If you don't have nothing to do, ring in the New Year with me! We will review all of the major news and events of 2007.

As the countdown to 2008 begins, I welcome you to e-mail me your feedback and ideas on how to make my radio show, Asher Speaks Live and my website, ASHERHEIMERMANN.com better. You have gotten my emails and updates and now I'm asking that you take a minute to email me with your feedback.

The next e-mail you will get from me will be on Monday, January 7th. Until then, please check in with my blog that is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog. The is the best place to go for daily updates. Please have a safe and happy New Years and I look forward to a great 2008!

I've been posting a few of my videos on YouTube! I welcome you to check them out! Feel free to rate and comment on them.

http://www.YouTube.com/Asher4President

You are also welcome to add me as a friend and sur to my channel. I will be uploading my video endorsements soon so stay tune and watch for updates here and on ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog!

I would like to wish you and your family a joyous holiday season. I was pleased to meet so many of you this year, and I could not be more proud of the successes we enjoyed in 2007.

As we gather together with our family and friends, let us all take a moment to reflect on the meaning of this season, and to recommit ourselves to keeping the holiday spirit alive. And most of all, for peace on Earth.

From myself and everyone at Asher For America, we wish you a Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year!



Mr. Asher Heimermann
Independent for America
www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com

Once again, I want to provide you with an update to the poll that is located on www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog on the right side.

Joe Biden has 1%
Chris Dodd has 0%
Mike Gravel has 11%
Hillary Clinton has 2%
John Edwards has 12%
Barack Obama has 56%
Bill Richardson has 2%
Dennis Kucinich has 17%

You have one more week to vote in this poll and two others that are located on my official blog. The winners of the three polls will be accounced on my radio show on New Years Eve, December 31st at 11:30pm CDT.

Once again, my official blog is located at www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com/blog and if you have any questions, please e-mail me at asher@asherheimermann.com.

Starting in January 2008, Asher Speaks Live will have guidelines for callers and special guests. The guidelines will be created over the next two weeks. If you have feedback or an idea, please e-mail asher@asherheimermann.com. The guidelines will be posted as soon as they are created and ready for public release. Thank you and keep on listening to Asher Speaks Live!

On Thursday, December 6th, Mary J. Blige, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones and Sheryl Crow join us for CNN's live global telecast honoring ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Find out which of the heroes you nominated have been chosen by CNN's Blue Ribbon Panel. Hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper and Christiane Amanpour. This event will air on all CNN Networks as well as ASHERHEIMERMANN.com at 9pm EDT / 8pm CDT.

On Friday, December 7th, you are invited to attend a free conference call that will take place at 5:00pm EDT / 4:00pm CDT. This conference call will provide a quick overview of my youth activism campaign. You will also be able to ask me questions. Below is information for Friday's call!

Phone Number: (605) 475-4333
Participant Access Code: 86328

Hello! My name is Asher Heimermann of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I enjoy politics and government. I'm fighting for Honest Government, Youth Rights, Education for All, and World Peace.

Please feel free to visit my website at http://www.ASHERHEIMERMANN.com to learn more about myself and my youth activism campaign.

Hey everyone, a short message to say hi!

Don Iarussi (ME) received his MFA in directing from Brooklyn College At Brooklyn College; He worked as an Assistant for two years under the direction of Academy Award Winning Actor F. Murray Abraham. (Amadeus) and NYC Casting Director Stuart Howard.


Directed an acting for the camera video with Mr. Abraham and actor Joe Zaloom. Iarussi has worked on over 100 video productions.
I have won numerous video awards including best PSA/Promo at the Hometown Video festival, Best Music Video, National Broadcasting Society, Best drama, NBA, Best PSA/Promo, NBS, and numerous others. I recently completed a book titled "How to find a low priced apartment in NYC" It is available on the web as an e-book for only $11.99. You can find it on Cafe Press I also just completed "101 Recipes for a Leftover Camel"

I have been a publicist for many talents including Grammy Winning Musician Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, Lynne Arriale Trio, Author Gerald Grimmett, etc. He spent two years in Kalamazoo working on a script titled "The Ferry Woman" and is directing film shorts for submission to film festivals. Also co-hosted "The Bob and Don show". The motion picture, television and commercial production industries require skilled, experienced, well-trained and talented performers to support continued high levels of local production.


It is important the actor be familiar with those specific skills associated with working in front of the camera to take advantage of available opportunities.
The film sector has been one of our fastest growing industries over the past ten years.

Who I'd like to meet:
To Meet? Hmmm people who love the arts and love to act, direct, produce, need a publicist, love vegetable chow fun, Ann Coulter, Wo Hops, Kam Loc, The Jupiter Symphony, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Herrod, Caesar, Pope Pius, Winston Churchill, Socrates, Homer, Jethro? lol, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, Kim Novak, Tuesday Weld, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Vincent Van Gogh, Franz Liszt, Muddy Waters, Woody Allen, Harry Chapin, Moses, I would love to meet Dante and tell him to "lighten up" He had to have been a liberal. He is always whining! Judge Judy? actually met her, no biggie....lol Hillary Clinton. Never knew anyone so tight with Satan, except maybe Ted Kennedy...   Read More »

Since 2000, the progressive grassroots have slowly (sometimes TOO slowly) been getting their act together. We often started with little idea what we were doing and have kind of bumbled through to 2006. By 2006 I saw a marked improvement in the organization of the grassroots nationally and it had a huge effect on elections. Many groups contributed to the growing infrastructure of the progressive grassroots. Wellstone Action was one such group.

Wellstone Action was founded to carry on the work of Senator Paul Wellstone after his death. One of the things they do is train activists. Their training sessions include:

Camp Wellstone, a dynamic weekend-long training program that teaches progressives how to win on issues and elect good candidates;

Campus Camp Wellstone, a training specifically designed for college students interested in getting and staying involved in progressive political activism;

Camp Sheila Wellstone, training for advocates and citizens working to end domestic and sexual violence;

Wellstone Action's Labor Program (WALP) partners with progressive labor organizations committed to building infrastructure, leadership and capacity within local unions and with community partners.

These training sessions have been exceedingly successful. You too can sign up and become a more effective activist.

Here is the schedule for the next few months:

2/23 - 2/24/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: Washington University

2/27 - 2/28/07 Camp Sheila Wellstone - Indian Country
Camp Sheila Wellstone in Indian Country will train 75 Native women on the skills to organize to change the high rates of domestic and sexual violence in their communities

3/9 - 3/11/07 Camp Wellstone: Seattle, Washington
Camp Wellstone returns to Seattle! Register today!

3/16 - 3/17/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Campus Camp Wellstone: North Carolina State University, Raleigh

3/23 - 3/24/07 Labor Training: MAPE
Labor Training with the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees

3/30 - 3/31/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: University of Minnesota, Duluth
Campus Camp Wellstone: University of Minnesota, Duluth
4/6 - 4/7/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: Northern Arizona University
Campus Camp Wellstone: Northern Arizona University

4/6 - 4/7/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Campus Camp Wellstone: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

4/6 - 4/7/07 Campus Camp Wellstone: Wellesley College
Campus Camp Wellstone: Wellesley College

4/13 - 4/15/07 Camp Wellstone: Denver, Colorado
Registration will open six weeks before the camp.

4/16 - 4/17/07

The Progressive Democrat Newsletter grew out of the frustration of the 2004 election. Originally intended for New York City progressives, its readership is now national. After much pressure from readers, this email newsletter is now going the blog route. I update the blog once a week focusing on both national issues and issues of interest to particular regions or states. In general, NYC, New Jersey (corrected!), Virginia and the Midwest get special attention simply because those are the areas where I seem to have the most readers. Get me more readers in your area (and let me know about it!) and I will focus there too.

This week I want to discuss, among other things, a six point plan to renew America that I would like to see the Democrats get behind. As usual, I also have links to many progressive groups throughout the nation, broken down geographically. Enjoy!

A SIX-POINT PLAN TO RENEW AMERICA

In a previous issue I wrote about a talk I heard in November by Hank Sheinkopf, a political consultant, formerly a member of President Clinton's re-election media team, and a panelist on a local TV station's roundtable discussion. Sheinkopf is the ultimate Democratic insider and he came to discuss the 2006 election victory with us.

The core of his talk was that Democrats need to focus on just one message, and it was the message that ALWAYS works for Democrats since the 1920's: economic populism. Actually, I would use the term "progressivism" because that is how Theodore Roosevelt described it when it was Republicans who were the economic populists. But economic populism is a good term for it as well.

It's STILL the economy, stupid! That's the message.

Sheinkopf argues that it is the blue-collar vote that determines national elections. He narrowed it down to 500,000 white, male Catholics...but I suspect that you could use other groups as the key demographic as well. This group is often socially conservative, but when faced with bread and butter issues, they vote for economic populism. They will only buy into the wedge issues Republicans run on if they don't see the Democrats offering them economic populism. He suggests that the key to Democratic victory in 2008 lies in only four states: Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. I would broaden this list considerably and I still support Dean's 50-state strategy because it has been working well in getting state legistatures and House Reps. for the Democrats, but these four states are unquestionably important and we can focus on issues that would play well in these four states AS WELL AS many other states.

Not too long ago I wrote my own suggested national plan for Congressional Democrats. I want to revisit some of this specifically with Sheinkopf's comments in mind, because it seems to me that we really are on the cusp of some very good policy shifts that would be extremely popular among blue-collar Americans and would help the American economy considerably. The following should be the centerpiece of the Congressional agenda and with your help, we can get them to do it. Doing so will help ensure victory in 2008.

DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC POLICY SUGGESTIONS:

1. First and formost, raise the minimum wage. The minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 an hour since 1997...it hasn't even kept up with inflation. That means working Americans at the bottom of the pay scale are slipping further and further behind even as corporate profits of companies like Exxon/Mobil are reaching an all time high. We MUST help working Americans by raising the minimum wage.

2. Restore America's Infrastructure: Republicans have neglected our roads, our levees, our wetlands, all the things that keep American cities safe and the American economy moving. It is time to restore America: restore our wetlands and levees to protect our cities from disasters like Katrina. Restore our roads and railroads to keep our economy moving. And restoration of infrastructure also provides good, solid union jobs for working class Americans.

3. Education: good education correlates well with better income, reduced crime and reduced drug use. Many studies have shown that increased funding for education SAVES MONEY IN THE LONG RUN because government later spends less on dealing with the problems of drugs, crime and unemployment. More money for education. Increased testing is fine, but ONLY if schools are given the monetary resources to deal with deficiencies that are discovered by testing. Bush has FAILED as the Education President. It is time for the Education Congress.

4. Fair Taxes: Under Bush's tax breaks the top 1% got an unfair advantage over the vast majority of working Americans. And many giant corporations making record profits evade taxes altogether. It is time for the tax burden to be shifted off of lower and middle class Americans and time for giant corporations and America's richest to pay their fair share.

5. Energy Independence Part I: Restoration of America's manufiacturing From Michigan to Pennsylvania, our industrial heartland has been hurting for years. We need to find NEW solutions to restore our manufacturing heartland. The government should help retool the closed factories of Detroit, Flint, Pittsburg and all our blue-collar cities to produce new technology. Wind power, solar power, hydroelectric power, geothermal power...all of these require America to build the machinery to produce these new sources of energy. This is a way to jump start BOTH energy independence and a revival of America's industry. Why is Denmark the nation that provides the world with much of its wind power machinery? America has an opportunity here to provide blue-collar jobs throughout America providing America and the world with the machinery for clean, efficient and local energy production.

6. Energy Independence Part II: Local Energy means Local Jobs and Cleaner Air Our oil and coal based energy economy means energy resources must come from abroad or from across the nation. I recently wrote about a controversy in Nevada where a company wants to build a polluting coal powered plant, bringing coal across the country to burn in Nevada to fuel California while locals want to build cleaner power plants that use LOCAL resources like geothermal and wind. Local energy means local jobs and cleaner air. Geothermal and wind and hydroelectric are CURRENT technologies we can RELY on now to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, reduce pollution and create local jobs ALL OVER THE NATION. Wind power and biofuels production are already benefitting farmers in Iowa, for example. The Great Plains states represent one of the world's best wind power producing areas, something that would benefit states whose economies really need help. Together with my suggestion #5, we could create a huge number of much needed American jobs right now, reduce our massive trade deficit by reducing our need to import oil, and clean up our air in the process.

Please write your local media, and your Congress Critters to urge them to take this 6 point plan to restore America's economy. We could be the start of a real revival of not only the Democratic Party, but the American economy as well.

Here's the rest of the Newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

SCIENTIFIC FRAUD IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION

HALLIBURTON CORRUPTION BRINGS A CONVICTION

MARY CHENEY BABY GIFTS (Humor)

NY STATE FOCUS: Corruption in Albany

NYC GROUPS AND EVENTS

MIDWEST GROUPS AND EVENTS


CALIFORNIA GROUPS AND EVENTS

VIRGINIA GROUPS AND EVENTS

NEW JERSEY GROUPS AND EVENTS

"Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness(stupidity). We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as (being) inexhaustible; this is not so."
Theodore Roosevelt
Do you think anyone in DC is aware of this?
Tom Nass
5th Marine Division - WWII

This World will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.
Tom Nass
5th Marine Division - WWII