Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Today was the Jon Stewart/ Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. The rally was so much fun and I am so happy that I went!'

I got to the rally site probably around 8:30 and I walked to get to the best spot I can get and I did get a great spot. I ended up standing about 30 feet from the stage!!! I was also very close to the VIP section of the rally and there is were all the other famous people were like Eddie Izzard and Jeff Ross!!!

The Rally started with a performance from The Roots. This is the second time that I have seen The Roots live and again they were awesome! Then The Roots brought out John Legend to sing song from there new cd. When they preformed it was mind blowing!

Than the main event!!! Stewart came out and started to talk to the crowd. Then Colbert came out. Colbert came out the same way Chilean came out, in a tube through a hole from underground. The rally continued with performances from Jeff Tweedy (From Wilco), Ozzy, Yusuf Islam (formally known as Cat Stevens), Tony Bennett, and Mavis Staples just to name a few.

To me one of the most interesting things was that at the end Jon Stewart gave the final speech. The speech was so inspiring and moving that it just took my breath away. Stewart's speech was non-partisan and it left politics out of it completely. His speech mainly criticized the media and talked about how we the people need to think about what we saw and what we do. and he did make one jab at Rick Sanchez.

All around it was an AMAZING time and I am so glade that I went!

I made a big Decision!!!!

So in the short time that I have been out here I have made a big decision:

I am going to move out here after graduation!

I know that it is going to be a huge change but I am so in love with this city, the people that are out here, and what is going on out here. I finally fell like I am somewhere where I belong! I can sit in my office and talk about what is going on with the midterms and make comparisons to the Lincoln campaign and people get what I am talking about. I just love it so much out here I can't imagine what is going to happen in December when I have to go back home. Don't get me wrong I love my family and I think that Chicago is the best city in the US but I just feel like this is where I am supposed to be.

When I talked about this with my parent they were both so supportive of me making this decision and I think that they might have seen it coming at least I hope they did.

Other than that I have been doing a lot of stuff with my internship. Last week I went to a congressional hearing on the gender pay gap, a bill mark up, sat in on a conference call with some of our locals about a problem that they are having with the government, and then I went to an Office of Personal Management meeting about federal health insurance. Not to mention I have been doing a lot of writing and note taking for NFFE.

On Tuesday I ventured up to Aberdeen, MD for a membership drive. Aberdeen Army base is where they tested LSD on Human people so needless to say it was an interesting day.

Today I was helping out the NFFE General Council with a league brief he had to file. The brief was about a confrontation between a NFFE local president and a supervisor at their place of employment. Long story short the supervisor felt threaten by the NFFE president because the president was gestures with their hands. The presidents response was "I'm Italian, I talk with my hands" I think that that is one of the best arguments someone can make about talking with their hands and I am going to use it!

That should be all for now!