<div dir="auto">Alas, I see phone banking looming large in my near future. <br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sunny Walker, <br>Certified Professional Facilitator | Master <br>Certified ToP Facilitator <br>ToP Mentor Trainer<br>303-587-3017 <br><a href="mailto:sunny@virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com">sunny@virtualfacilitationcollaborative.com</a> <br>    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 12:53 PM Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I haven't been motivated or energized enough to write any of these. Joe hasn't been as adventurous as some would like, and the others have trying to block everything and anything he has attempted, much like the Adventures of Obama days. But, oh well, at our age, Joe's and mine, we will take any little victory we can get. So maybe things will look up but I definitely am not holding my breath. MM<br><div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23.7417px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Adventures of Joe Biden</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14pt;line-height:23.7417px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Joe Biden took on the enormous task</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Of leading a nation unsure democracy will last</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">An entire party gone so far to the right</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">That even Liz Cheney has joined in the fight</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">To right the republic, (no pun intended</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">)</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">;</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">She</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">’s</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> vowed to see to it that Trump’s rule is ended</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">With midterm elections now looming in sight</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">,</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Which would give any President a terrible fright</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">,</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Joe Biden </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">is sticking to his agenda</span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> for which he fought</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">He just signed </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">more bills into law than anyone thought.</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Milan Hamilton</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:17px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px">August 17, 2022</span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:"Times New Roman","Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont","Times New Roman_MSFontService",serif"> </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px"></span></span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div></div>
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