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Connecticut Obama for America Presidential Kick-off Rally
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 16:02
Hamden – Democrats from around Connecticut gathered in Hamden today to kick-off the final leg of the Obama for America Presidential campaign. Speakers included Sen. Chris Dodd, Representatives John Larson, Rosa DeLauro, Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy as well as Congressional candidate Jim Himes.
A highlight of the rally was a video Jen Just made of her experiences in Denver.
Besides the major speakers, Constitutional Officers, State Legislators activists and people from all walks of life attended. The auditorium was filled to capacity, as was the cafeteria and many of the halls. Depending on who you spoke with, between 1,200 and 2,000 people were in attendance.
There was voter registration, places to sign up to help not only the Obama campaign, but various Congressional campaigns, and advocacy groups. Joe Courtney spoke about the importance of registering new voters and how important each vote is, after his experience in an extremely close election. Rosa DeLauro received very loud applause as she came up to speak, and Sen. Chris Dodd noted that if all that Palin is doing is attacking, then she isn’t bringing anything new to Washington.
Many members of the new media, including Lon Seidman, Connecticut Bob and Gabe from CT Local Politics as well as many members of My Left Nutmeg were all at the event.
Additional pictures can be found in my photoset from the event.
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Rate on NewsTrustSurf's up
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 16:23
We spent little time body surfing before going to a quieter beach. Some beaches were closed due to the surf
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Logistics
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 09:33
One of the challenges this week has been keeping all the batteries for camaras and phones charged
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Kettle ponds on Cape Cod
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 18:15
We stop at a kettle pond on Cape Cod on our way to the Eastham concept
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Smores
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 20:12
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Limited connectivity
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 17:23
We have limited connectivity, so if we pull off Fiona's show at all tonight, we probably won't be accepting call ins. Sorry
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Our camp site
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 07:43
This is a picture of our camp site on Cape Cod. The weather is great wish you were here
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Lightning hits Transformer in Harwinton
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 06/29/2008 - 19:51
Sunday afternoon, I drove up to a graduation party for Avery Doninger, the young blogger who was disciplined for her criticism of the school administration at Lewis Mills High School in Burlington, CT. On the drive up, my daughter and I saw lightning hit a transformer, and we captured various parts of this trip with pictures, videos and audio messages from my cellphone.
Leaving from Woodbridge, it was a sunny, pleasant day. We drove up Route 8. After passing Waterbury, we saw large storm clouds gathering in the west. I was struck by how picturesque they were, so I took two photographs.
I also recorded this message on Utterz:
I noted the ominous feeling of the coming storm, without knowing what I was really about to encounter.
As we approached the Harwinton exit, the rain started coming down, hard. After I left the highway, I found an opportunity to put the cellphone on the dashboard and get a brief video of driving through the rain. By then, the rain had slowed down a little, but it was still substantial.
We were driving along Route 4, almost in Burlington when I started seeing lightning. I wondered if I could find a good way to set up the cellphone to capture some of the lightning. All of a sudden, in my rear view mirror, I saw lightning strike a telephone pole. I pulled into the next parking lot and prepared to take another video with my cellphone. Just as I started taking my video, the transformer exploded and the power lines came crashing down, almost hitting the car we were in.
I called 911 to report the explosion and the small fire the downed power lines had started. Then I drove down the road across the street from the downed power lines. I hopped out of the car and took this picture of the smoldering grass and the downed lines.
Soon the emergency crews showed up.
I recorded a quick commentary:
I also posted a quick update via Twitterfone. Twitterfone transcribed the voice and sent it on to Twitter which in turn sent it to Facebook and FriendFeed. At this point, I continued on to the party.
It was a good party, but we had to leave early for Fiona’s Blog Talk Radio show. Needless to say, we talked a bit about the party and the transformer explosion on the show.
On the way home, I posted one final comment via Utterz:
Mobile post sent by ahynes1 using Utterz. Replies. mp3
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Obama's Strength
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 10:44
Recently, I've been seeing ads by the McCain campaign trying to stir up fears about Obama's willingness to confront America's Toughest Problems. That isn't quite the way they are putting it, but it perhaps is the real message that needs to be communicated.
Hence, my modification of their ad.
(Anyone with better graphics skills is encourage to take the idea and make a better version of it.)
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Fiona returns from her first trail ride
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 12:07
Fiona returns from her first trail ride
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