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    Something about the fact that I made some contribution to either my country, or those who were less well off. I think back to what Camus wrote about the fact that perhaps this world is a world in which children suffer, but we can lessen the number of suffering children, and if you do not do this, then who will do this? I'd like to feel that I'd done something to lessen that suffering.
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    what do politicians hate more than anything else?

    Article by missy on March 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am

    Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure.

    So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it:

    SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media.

    The Richardson who [...]

    Category: Constitution, Corporate control, Culture, Death penalty, Economic justice, Obama, President Barack H, War on terror | Click HERE to chime in! | | Share/Save |


    merit pay ain’t the way

    Article by missy on March 11th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should be round-filed along [...]

    Category: Bush crime family, Culture, Economic justice, Education, Fiscal policy, Labor, Money Party, Obama, President Barack H, Republicans | Click HERE to chime in! | | Share/Save |


    Rally for Instant Runoff Voting in Washington State

    Article by admin on October 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Remember the primary debacle this past spring? Remember all the times that qualified, worthy candidates were shut out of an election because they stood outside the major political parties? Remember your frustration after Florida in 2000 or Ohio in 2004?

    With our current electoral system, voters often must choose between the ‘lesser of two [...]

    Category: Clark County, Elections, Events, Vancouver, Voting | Click HERE to chime in! | | Share/Save |


    dow down 800 now

    Article by missy on October 6th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Not the time when you want Phil Gramm’s puppet, Mr. Don’t Know Nuthin’ Bout No Economics, leading the charge.

    The last time I got a bonus at the end of the year was 1998. The economy in the U.S. was slowing down, but if you were in the export business, you were growing like mad.

    This time, the rest of the world is going down with [...]

    Category: Bush crime family, Economic justice, Fiscal policy, McCain, Sen John, Obama, President Barack H | Click HERE to chime in! | | Share/Save |


    Palinology

    Article by John on September 19th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    David Michael Green publishes another near perfect post about Palinology:

    Whoa and Woe: Living In Sarah Palin’s America (collapsible content, click to show/hide)

    I can’t tell you how despondent I’ve grown in the last weeks.

    Is there really no hope for this country, after all? It now appears so.

    In January of 2003, John Le Carre wrote that, “America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but [...]

    Category: 2008 Election, Economic justice | 2 comments - Click HERE to chime in! | Show Discussion | Share/Save |


    Is Obama Selling Us Out or Simply Selling Himself to the Media?

    Article by John on June 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am

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    Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats:

    …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked by Wall Street, so [...]

    Category: 2008 Election | 2 comments - Click HERE to chime in! | Show Discussion | Share/Save |


    Waldman tears Russert a new one

    Article by John on November 1st, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    Over at American Prospect, republished by Common Dreams, I could not help but notice this article, it being a fact that major media control of our country is a major concern to me. Paul Waldman talks about the sound bites that pretend to be Democratic Presidential debates and Russert’s question to the candidates about their favorite bible verse:

    When Obama finished his answer, Russert [...]

    Category: 2008 Election, Media, Religion | 2 comments - Click HERE to chime in! | Show Discussion | Share/Save |


    Why candidate selection is broken

    Article by Aneurin on October 12th, 2007 at 3:52 am

    For those who were unclear as to how to get to the link provided earlier regarding VaNessa L. Duplessie’s 2005 Life-Pac responses, here’s the full images taken from the Internet’s Wayback Machine:

    Disclaimer: The original image length and width were modified in order to fit the blog formatting width limitations of this site, nothing else has been tampered with.

    I’m sorry, but if this kind of information [...]

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