Rabidoux appears in local paper…
The All State student newspaper at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee just published this article on 7th District Congressional Candidate, Dr. Greg Rabidoux.
And check out Dr. Rabidoux’s recently published book, Hollywood Politcos, Then and Now over at amazon.com! Rabidoux will be at the September 18th local author event at the Brentwood Brrnes and Noble from 6-8pm. Stop by to meet the author and get a signed copy of the book!
until next time…
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You’ve heard the propaganda. You’ve been fed the lies. Now treat yourself to the truth, after all, you deserve it!
http://www.rabidoux4congress.com/blog/index.html
Dr. Greg Rabidoux’s campaign is speeding up! Watch out Marsha!
And don’t forget to check back here and at rabidoux4congress.com for campaign updates posted continuously. Saturday is the Jackson Day dinner. Rabidoux has a table at the dinner and is looking forward to addressing county democratic leaders and others throughout the day before sitting down for dinner to listen to a speech by President Clinton. Rabidoux, to my knowledge, is the only congressional candidate with a table at the dinner. Sweet.
Until next time…
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Rabidoux’s Visit Spurs Blackburn’s Return
Perry County unemployment is the highest in all of Tennessee; yet it still took a visit from District 7 Congressional Candidate, Greg Rabidoux on Monday to motivate Blackburn, finally, to pay a visit to Perry County Saturday.
“I’m glad Congressman Blackburn remembered Perry County is still part of her district,” Rabidoux said. Rabidoux along with several campaign staff, visited Perry County Aug. 10 and met with County Mayor, John Carroll, local officials and community leaders.
Rabidoux and Mayor Carroll focused on the county unemployment rate and ways to create and sustain jobs in the area.
Blackburn has stated that stimulus money – like the kind used to create 350 jobs in Perry County – is “a cancer.”
“Throughout the day, not one person referred to the stimulus as ‘a cancer’ – nor did they mention Blackburn their advocate – but rather seemed to feel there were some positive signs Perry County has begun to turn the corner toward recovery,” Rabidoux said.
Growing up in a small, rural, farming town, Greg learned the hardships that accompany the peaceful appeal of small town life. Rabidoux is certainly not captive to entrenched Washington DC special interests.
It’s no shock that it took Rabidoux visiting to bring the congressman here. “Overall, Perry County finally getting noticed, and hopefully helped, makes us happy. In the end, it’s all about serving the people of the 7th District, not the special interests inside the Beltway,” Rabidoux said.
Rabidoux joked that perhaps his staff should ask which county would like Blackburn to visit next, since he will continue to travel the district extensively in the next 15 months; wherever he is, Blackburn will be sure to follow.
In between spending time with his family and grading papers, Rabidoux found time to write a book: Hollywood Politicos: Then and Now (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2009).
More information on Rabidoux’s campaign can be found at www.rabidoux4congress.com.
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Greg Rabidoux, candidate for the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee along with several campaign staff, was in Perry County Aug. 10 and enjoyed a lunch at the Rusty Fish Hook with County Mayor, John Carroll, Local Democratic Party Chair, Wayne Swindle and others.
“I am pleased we had the opportunity to meet with the mayor and local leaders. We enjoyed discussing the positive effect the stimulus is having on Perry County,” Rabidoux said.
Growing up in a small, rural, farming town, Greg learned the hardships that accompany the peaceful appeal of small town life.
Rabidoux and Mayor Carroll focused on unemployment and education discussions throughout the day. Rabidoux offered up plans of possible federal subsidies for training young adults in Perry County. These subsidies would be set up akin to the AmeriCorps, where training and a chance to give back to the community would be provided in exchange for partial student loan payments.
Marsha Blackburn, 7th District congressman has said that the government cannot continue to bail out those without jobs, those people who are losing their homes. She went so far as to call any more incurred debt to the nation and her district “a cancer.” The people of Perry County surely disagree. By using federal stimulus money, the county saw a drop in the unemployment rate, though Perry County still remains the only county in Tennessee with an unemployment rate higher than 20 percent — there is now hope when just last year, at the closing of the auto parts factory there was none.
“Throughout the day, not one person referred to the stimulus as ‘a cancer’ but rather certainly indicated the patient is on the road to recovery, as our national economy seems to be as well,” Rabidoux said. “When you go to the people, you get a different story. There are signs that we are moving in the right direction.”
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman, Chip Forrester and Rabidoux applaud the state’s actions in Perry County and believe that Blackburn should be proactive for the 7th District instead of consistently acting as a roadblock to economic recovery.
“In my meetings with local leaders and Linden residents, no one mentioned Marsha Blackburn as an advocate for their area or as a positive factor at all for helping decrease unemployment,” Rabidoux said. Though Perry County and Rabidoux express gratitude to Gov. Bredesen, who helped pushed the stimulus funding through so quickly.
Rabidoux cares about everyone in the 7th District, and is certainly not captive to entrenched Washington DC special interests. Hard-working Americans, like Greg’s factory-worker grandparents are the proverbial backbone of this nation and they instill a positive work ethic in the youth, as Greg’s grandparents did with him. Greg also learned the importance of discipline and respect from his father who was a MP in the Armed Forces.
Monday’s meetings ended with both sides looking forward to the next meeting. “Perry County will be a frequent campaign stop. My goal will be the continued creation and sustainability of jobs in Perry County and throughout the rest of the 7th District,” Rabidoux said.
Greg and his wife Mara live in Clarksville with their son, who attends public school there. The Rabidouxs are both teachers at Austin Peay State University and are regular churchgoers.
In between spending time with his family and grading papers, Rabidoux found time to write a book: Hollywood Politicos: Then and Now (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2009).
More information on Rabidoux’s campaign can be found at www.rabidoux4congress.com.
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Marsha Blackburn must go…
And that lame attempt at an apology through her spokesperson is unacceptable. Marsha Blackburn cannot repent for what she said, the damage is done, but Tennesseans and those from Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and the rest of the nation deserve an apology; though it will not make everyone forgive her or believe her, the people deserve it.
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“blowin’ in the wind…”
On Memorial Day, a former professor of mine at Austin Peay State University announced his intent to run for Tennessee’s 7th District Congressional seat. Dr. Greg Rabidoux will spend the next year and a half attempting to knock out incumbent, Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
Rabidoux holds a JD and a PhD; Blackburn has a degree in home economics. Rabidoux is a moderate who spends his days educating America’s future, mediating disputing parties and just finished writing a book. Blackburn ran a promotion-event management firm. We will save that one for another day.
I worked with Dr. Rabidoux not just as a student but also as a fellow journalist. Rabidoux wrote a weekly column for The All State during my time there. His columns were not just informative, they reached the student body and taught it something even while making us all chuckle. He has a knack for knowing his audience and people respond to that. People respond to those who want to lead when said would-be leaders know the people. He is in touch with the Clarksville community and I look forward to watching and hearing about him grow more in touch with the entire 7th District in the coming months.
Earlier today I began researching Blackburn’s Congressional voting record. It’s interesting to say the least. I have to do a bit more research, and will write more about her record when I am better prepared.
Until next time…
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war is terrorism…
The days go by filled with the news reporting an alleged invasion of the United States. The reports illicit no fear. Americans go about their days assuring one another that it will never happen — as the sip their venti double shot frap — wars just aren’t fought in America.
Then, one day a fleet of planes flies low over DC, Chicago, New York, LA, Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas; planes are landing everywhere, in open fields, airports, anywhere they can find a spot. More planes arrive strategically dropping bombs. Well, as strategically as a bomb drop can be, it’s not as accurate as many believe. Bombs land on schools, hospitals. Children are burned alive, the sick blown up.
The white house is in flames. National guardsmen and women are activated. Army bases are on alert, releasing their own arsenal of weapons and planes. Oops, another miss, more civilians dead.
Power outages plague the entire mainland. Vehicles are useless, there is no where to go. Americans congregate with the neighbors, shaking their heads in astonishment, cursing their cell phones for lack of service.
Weeks go by, children count gunshots at night as cannon fire fills the sky. The adults cannot access their money, the banks have all shut down. Riots have broken out everywhere. Your neighbor is shot by another for stealing vegetables from his garden. No money. No food. No escape.
Bridges collapse. Schools that haven’t had bombs dropped on them are closed indefinitely. The draft is reinstated.
There are no rules.
Another neighbor just died.
You have no idea how your family in another state is faring. You have no idea if you have any out-of state family left.
The Statue of Liberty’s torch is at the bottom of the Atlantic. Wildfires are taking over California, Arizona and Nevada.
Your child is sick, there are no antibiotics.
Your other child stepped on a live land mine and lost her legs. She can’t feel them or see them since her sight was taken as well.
Women and girls are raped in the streets. Males are shot for being male.
America can’t hide in her unlit, homes with empty pantries and no fresh water.
Perhaps if more Americans educated themselves about the devastating effects of war, they would not be so quick to retaliate with guns. The media and Washington do not have all the answers.
I truly hope we grow up before learning the harsh reality on American soil.
until next time…
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know the facts…
I support gay marriage, not just civil unions for homosexuals but actual marriages — just like the one I enjoyed with my husband. Gay marriage isn’t going to change the way heterosexuals live, it’s not going to corrupt the children and it certainly won’t devalue American culture. I don’t understand the fear and anger directed toward homosexuals and their American civil liberties. It’s racism with another face, another cause but the root is just as inane. Blacks suffered for centuries and continue to suffer all because of a darker skin tone, homosexuals suffer because they are attracted to the same sex instead of opposite sex. So what? Let it go! Gays aren’t going to come into your married bedroom and try to steal your significant other. Just because they’re gay doesn’t mean they want every person of the same sex that they meet.
Because of my adamant beliefs in homosexual equality, I sign every petition I can find, collect all relevant news stories and read them with emotional fervor. When someone speaks out against gay marriage or negatively about homosexuals, I stand up and make my voice heard too. I refuse to succumb to ignorance and fear.
Recently, the news has been deeply disturbing. With the hopeful passage of the Matthew Shepherd hate crimes bill, numerous politicians have been speaking out the gay community. Why?
Opponents of the hate crime bill say that is will take away American’s freedom of speech and that it is attempting to tell the churches what to do. That is not true. The hate crime bill does not take away freedom of thought or speech. If it did, I think we would see media outlets, the ACLU and the KKK up in arms over this, but they’re not. The hate crime bill will not punish thought, it will punish homosexual-hate motivated crimes. Just as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 added more protection to Blacks, the hate crime bill will provide more protection to the homosexual community. People in love should not walk down the street holding hands while stuck in fear that their actions may warrant a senseless hate crime. That’s not fair. That’s not America.
Others will try to argue that the hate crime bill is putting more value on a homosexual’s life and not as much on a victim who was not homosexual. This is simple not true but an ignorant argument used to justify closeted bigotry toward gays. The bill does not put a higher value on one victim’s life over another’s. The bill targets the criminal and his/her motivation. Crimes of lust/passion differ from racially motivated crimes that differ from homosexual-hate motivators that differ from random criminal acts. There’s a reason we have profilers in the justice system because while every crime is different, there are similarities between crimes with like motivators.
The hate crime bill will make those who attack homosexuals just for being gay endure punishment (in some instances) harsher than those who commit random criminal acts or drug induced acts. Obviously, the homosexual-hate will have to be proven in the courts. Someone simply stating they were attacked because they are gay will not fly, it’s not substantial enough.
In the case of Matthew Shepherd, it was in fact a homosexual-hate motivated crime. The men who tortured him pretended they were gay in order to lure Matthew out of the bar. It was a hate crime. Period.
There is much propaganda out there right now. In order to know the facts, one must also know the lies and fallible arguments opponents are using. Check out the links below. Educate yourself and educate others. Equality doesn’t apply to just the majority in this nation, it applies to all Americans.
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i thought i was a writer…
The blog below was written two nights ago in my journal. A real journal, with lined pages in between two beautiful pieces of leather, (or some leather-esque type material). It’s a moleskin journal to be exact, the same type Hemingway allegedly used, but “Papa” can’t help me now. The entry appears exactly as it was originally written.
Ok, so I used to be a writer. I mean, I still write, or at least I try to, but I think I’ve lost it. I used to say I was just trying “to get my pen and paper to be lovers again,” but I think they’re separated for good. I have a blog but it’s weak. I started it thinking that it would encourage me to write more, but it has only produced more stress. When it goes days and embarrassing weeks without a post, I freak out. Yet still the blog remains waiting for more content. Why do I blog anyway? Why don’t I just keep a journal as I always have? I think the answer is instant gratification. Instant comments, feedback and watching the read counter increase all give me an unbelievable thrill, I’m not gonna lie.
But why do I need such an instant connection? Perhaps because I am not longer surrounded by creative individuals as I once was. Maybe I’ve lost touch with who I am as well. I always say “life gets in the way, be careful.” And it does! The mundane daily bullshit clouds our eyes, images blur and our self becomes hazy.
I try to fight it, but I feel so tired, I just give up. I roll over and allow life to make me its bitch. When did I become so complacent? And why the hell did my creative self not fight harder?
My attention span has decreased too. Could they be related to one another? Could they have been causes of my increased anxiety? Between my Blackberry, Itouch, Mac and TV with hundreds of channels I can barely read a news story all the way through because I am so worried I’m missing something on another site, another device. I being my Blackberry to the bathroom with me for christ’s sake. Even now, I am wondering if I should stop writing this and get on the computer to turn it into a blog. I am out of control.
The only time I have any peace is when I am in bed reading — even then, if my phone dings, I immediately stop reading the book and pick up my Blackberry. I think I need to get a non-smart phone. Just a simple razor or something. Why do I need to be “wired in” 24/7? WHen did e-mailing while out to dinner become acceptable? Why do I get angry at my phone because it can’t hold 50 pictures? Why do I need 50 pictures on my phone?
Why don’t I allow myself some peace?
And why the hell am I still thinking about putting this entry onto my blog right away when I have a terrific book waiting for me on my nightstand?
until next time…
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