Marshall Adame's blog

What a wonderful day when I found you all!! You became my friends, my cheering section, my shoulder to lean on and my closest confidants.

Thank you all. From the bottom of my heart, thank you all.

James; I will always be your friend.

Running for Federal or Statewide office is a consuming experience for the candidate. I have been running full time, full speed and dragging anyone willing to help, for over a year in my quest for North Carolina’s 3rd Congressional District seat in Congress. I have learned so much about lots of things, but mostly about people. I could go on and on about the different types of people; caring, concerned, aggressive, timid, politically consumed, apolitical and indifferent. So many backgrounds and life experiences, but all, to some degree, products of our environment.

I have loved meeting all of the people along the campaign trail and I look forward to the many I have yet to meet. I love to hear the life stories of struggle, overcoming, heartbreaks and blessings. Without trying, they have taught me lot. There is something though that I have noted; a sort of string woven into the being, culture and fabric of North Carolinians and all Americans for that matter. People want their leaders to say what they mean and mean what they say. People in America need and want Hope.

I got a call from my son today. Billy is the son who was wounded in battle in Iraq just outside of Baghdad in 2006. He has shrapnel in his neck and shoulder, still. He has had surgery on his leg and it is well again. He is suffering from, and has been diagnosed with, Traumatic Brain injury (TBI). Consequently he now has a type of Tourette Syndrome and suffers from "tics", sort of involuntary jerks or sudden movements. I am happy I still have my son.

Anyway Billy called to tell me that he has been informed, by the Army Medical Board, that he is being retired with a 50% disability. My son understood the risks of being a career Army soldier. He had seen me serving in the Marines almost his whole live as a young man. It seemed a natural transition for him when he decided to make the Military his home. He also had the understanding that the Army too understood and accepted their responsibilities to him. That part hasn’t worked out that well. Our President must not have factored in the cost of wounded soldiers when he let us borrow the money from China to wage war in Iraq.

H.R.2082 is the Bill in Congress which would have, if passed, overridden President Bush’s Veto of the bill to prohibit torture, making it illegal for any Agency or Department of the United States to utilized or practice torture. It did not pass. President Bush went on National television to tell America that torture was a "valuable tool in our fight against terrorism". We are now among those nations who violate Human rights through the officially sanctioned practice of torture.

Who voted to support and allow torture?.....

When did it become acceptable for Americans to allow

Torture? Yesterday, after congress failed to override a presidential veto of a bill outlwaing "Torture". The president referred to "Torture" as a valuable tool in America's ability to fight terrorism. Now it is absolutely our national policy.

Rendition; Where was the outrage?

When we all learned about the Secret prisons, where we took people to be tortured and that our President and Vice President had approved them; Why was our President not impeached?

I want to thank the BlueNC family of bloggers for their support and encouragement.

The Reception/Fundraiser in Raleigh was a great time and I got to see a lot of my friends. It was a mixed blessing of successes, some greater than others, but I am glad we did it and look forward to the now several others being planned on my behalf within the NC-03.

NC Insurance Commissioner Jim Long, Jim Neal, Mayor Don Davis, Beth Wood, Ronnie Ansley, Ed Ridpath, Kristin Ruth, and Roy Lucas all said some pretty nice things which I very much appreicate and thank them for.

Special thanks to......

Just how well are things going in Iraq after the "Surge"?

I lifted this article from the internet because it really validates what the Iraqies I communicate with are seeing.

Regardless of all the republican rethoric about how "well the war is going", there is a reality that exist which they soundly refuse to acknowledge.

Truth can be a hard thing to accept sometimes, especially when thousands of people are dieing as a direct result of "Republican truth".

Marshall Adame For Congress Fundraiser in Raleigh is almost here.
Please plan to be there to Support Marshall. February 29th.

Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue, Jim Neal, Insurance Commissioner Jim Log and his lovely wife Peg, Beth Wood, Kristin Ruth, Jerry Meek, James Protzman (I think) and lots of other interesting folks will be there supporting Marshall.

Marshall needs this show of support. Come on out!!

Would like someone to live blog from the event.

Although I kind of expected it sooner or later, it was discomforting to begin recieving some pretty graphic hate emails fom Blackwater employees and other supporters of Blackwater..
I hope I never get used to it.

February Fundraiser for MARSHALL ADAME NC-03 in Raleigh (An Early Notice)