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One year ago, Americans were energized to elect Barack Obama president, casting more votes than had ever been cast in a U.S. election. Now it's election day again, and with Democratic candidates facing tough races in several states, we take a look at what the left can learn from religious organizations, who manage to keep people coming back week after week. Does religion have a place in social justice movements, and does the right have a lock on religious motivation to act? Joining us to debate the proper place of religion and spirituality on the Left are Michael De Dora of the Center for Inquiry, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, Senior Minister of Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church, Kim Gandy, Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and former president, National Organization for Women, and Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Executive Director of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition.

It's election day in the U.S. and with Democratic candidates facing tough races in several states, we take a look at what the left can learn from religious organizations, who manage to keep people coming back week after week. Does religion have a place in social justice movements, and does the right have a lock on religious motivation to act?Joining us to debate the proper place of religion and spirituality on the Left are Michael De Dora of the Center for Inquiry, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, Senior Minister of Lemuel Haynes Congregational Church, Kim Gandy, Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and former president, National Organization for Women, and Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Executive Director of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition. One year ago today organizers were gearing up for the presidential election, and many of the volunteers and organizers that put Barack Obama in the White House were young and working on a political campaign for the first time.

Week ending Oct. 31, 2009 the US Department of Defense released the names of 27 military personnel who Died, while serving in the United States armed forces. Welcome viewers. These weekly episodes pay tribute to brave men and women who served our country with honor. This video and your respectful comments are memorial tributes to our fallen soldiers. Please visit USFallen.org website for previous episodes, military funerals and homecomings. On Wednesday,18 Americans came home. President Obama was at Dover Air Force Base, Del. the first time a president has been present when remains of fallen military arrived. The president s presence was significant. He will soon decide how to continue pursuing the war in Afghanistan. Welcoming home the 18 dead Americans and meeting with family members when their grief and loss was still raw will surely weigh on his decision. Obama acknowledged as such after the Dover ceremony: The burden that both our troops and our families bear in any wartime situation is going to bear on how I see these conflicts. The president was photographed participating in the arrival of the casket of one Fort Lewis soldier, Sgt. Dale Griffin, whose family had given permission for media coverage of his return. Because of the welcome change in military policy, which allows families to decide on coverage at Dover, more Americans are able to witness at least from a distance the price paid by soldiers and their loved ones. This has been the worst month for U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan since the United States invaded the country in October 2001. As long as U.S. troops are on the ground in such dangerous places as Afghanistan and Iraq, the grim ceremony at Dover will be repeated again and again. Fallen Description: Maj. David L. Audo, 35, of Saint Joseph, IL., Pfc. Brian R. Bates, Jr., 20, of Gretna, LA., Staff Sgt. Keith R. Bishop, 28, of Medford, N.Y., Spc. Robert K. Charlton, 22, of Malden, MO., Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, TX.. Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, AK. Spc. Joseph L. Gallegos, 39, of Questa, N.M., Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y. Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, IN., Pfc. Kimble A. Han, 30, of Lehi, UT., Sgt. Josue E. Hernandez Chavez, 23, of Reno, NV., Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, MO., Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y., Spc. Eric N. Lembke, 25, of Tampa, FL. CWO Niall Lyons, 40, of Spokane, WA., Staff Sgt. Shawn H. McNabb, 24, of Terrell, TX.. Sgt. 1st Class David E. Metzger, 32, of San Diego, CA., Pfc. Devin J. Michel, 19, of Stockton, IL. , Capt. David "Seth" Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, OH., CWO Michael P. Montgomery, 36, of Savannah, GA., Sgt. Nikolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute, WI. Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, IL., Lance Cpl. Cody R. Stanley, 21, of Rosanky, TX., Spc. Brandon K. Steffey, 23, of Sault Sainte Marie, MI., Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of N. Attleboro, MA., Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, WA., Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, LA., Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, CA., Music: Time to Say Goodbye Texas Tenors Mansions of the Lord Sgt. MacKenzie TAPS Photos/Resources afghanistan.pigstye.net defenselink.mil kvue.com thesunchronicle.com thonline.com militarycity.com USFallen.org Video Production Jerry CastILo Producer

Mark A. Adams JD/MBA and Ellen H. Brodsky speak at the Florida Fair Elections Coalitions' Annual Election Reform Conference in February of 2008. They discussed the use of exit polls by citizens to make sure that the votes are counted accurately by the secret vote counting computers, and Mark talked about how most organizations which claim to want to fair elections actually do not even tell their members about evidence of election fraud, about election contests, or about ways to make sure that the votes are counted accurately. Ellen ran for Supervisor of Elections for Broward County, Florida in 2008, and she was arrested for trying to attend a public meeting concerning counting of absentee ballots. For more about Ellen s efforts to make sure that the votes are counted accurately and for coverage of her false arrest and illegal prosecution, see http://www.ellenbrodsky.com/ For more information about Project Vote Count, see http://www.projectvotecount.com/ and to learn how to make sure that the votes are counted accurately, see How to Stop Election Theft and How Not to Stop Election Theft? at http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-to-Stop-Election-Theft-by-Mark-Adams-081023-879.html If you want to know more about how those in the government get away with stealing elections, violating our rights and committing horrible crimes, see Why Does the Government Ignore Our Wishes? at http://dailycensored.com/2009/09/11/why-does-the-government-ignore-our-wishes/ and don t miss my 18 minute speech. If you take a look, you ll learn why they get away with these horrible crimes. My article on torture includes a link to the U.S. Supreme Court case which explains how one of our stolen rights makes the difference between justice and injustice, between freedom and slavery. Don t pay any attention if you want to keep begging your masters for justice, and like another Adams said long ago, May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.

Greg interviews Michael McGrady from "Southland" at the Creative Coalition's "Art and Soul" photo shoot.