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| Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2 Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3 Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video) The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...] 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 [...] Below is a fundraising appeal from Representative Baird: Dear John, The Primary election of last month brought good news and new challenges. The good news is that with your help we prevailed in the primary in the 3rd Congressional District with a majority vote in a field of four candidates. I am grateful for that result and for your support in making it possible. Our new [...] Steps of the Olympia Capitol building Jim Dunn apparently doesn’t accept reality too well. Or at the very least missed a lesson or two in statistical probability. In either case with only 18.4 of the vote so far in the primary, it will take more than some Republicans voting late for him to return to Olympia in this lifetime. And as The Columbian states, it [...] If you have already mailed your ballot, thank you for voting. Primary ballots MUST be postmarked by this Tuesday, August 19. Please vote. Couple of articles about what is happening locally and around the state: Primary gets new feel with ‘top two’ WA: What changes top 2 have wrought, pt 1 var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/www.tri-cityherald.com\/kennewick_pasco_richland\/story\/279848.html","http:\/\/www.ridenbaugh.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/16\/wa-what-changes-top-2-have-wrought-pt-1\/"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “oinw”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnLzE3dGgtbGVnLWRpc3RyaWN0L3dhLXZvdGVycy12b3RlLW5vdy88d3B0Yj5XQSBWb3RlcnMsIFZPVEUgTk9XPHdwdGI%2BaHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnPHdwdGI%2BRGVtb2NyYWN5IGZvciBWYW5jb3V2ZXI%3D”; The race for State Senate in the 17th legislative district will be heating up soon after the general election officially ‘starts’ after the August 19th primary. The primary, designed to produce a candidate to take on incumbent senator/serial fund raiser Don Benton, was rendered moot when software developer Martin Hash dropped out in favor of David Carrier, economics instructor and political activist. Hash worried about [...] | Available Streams 2    | ||||
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