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California Election: Gay Marriage Is History
A child holds a sign promoting California Proposition 8. The ballot measure to ban gay marriage passed Tuesday. Photo: David McNew, Getty ImagesCalifornia Approves Gay Marriage BanBy Lisa Leff / November 5, 2008 LOS ANGELES – Voters put a stop … Continue reading
POETRY / Mariann Wizard : Bad Obama
Photo: Dina Rudick/Boston Globe.Bad Obama “In April, the Los Angeles Times published an article about a going-away dinner for [Rashid] Khalidi that [Presidential candidate Barack] Obama attended in Chicago, Illinois, in 2003. Khalidi was leaving to become a professor at … Continue reading
We Want Joe Bageant, Not ‘Joe, the Plumber’
See video below. Joe Bageant Knows Something About White Working-Class Voters — He Is OneBy Nick Penniman / November 1, 2008. The author of Deer Hunting with Jesus gives a very different account than the pollsters and political operatives on … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Terry Thompson
Terry is an old Friend, as we posted something from him several months ago. This is his latest adventure into musical political commentary, an excellent effort indeed. We love this song. It says everything about the foreign policy approach if … Continue reading
William Blum on McCain and Much More
Jay McShann playing piano in a whore house. The Anti-Empire Report: Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life By William Blum / The Rag Blog / October 30, 2008 Don’t tell my mother … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Bill Ayers, Economic Collapse, Electoral politics, George W. Bush, John McCain, William Blum
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Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood : Taking Politics Seriously
Vote. But don’t stop there!Looking beyond the election and beyond electionsby Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood We have nothing against voting. We plan to vote in the upcoming election. Some of our best friends are voters. But we also believe … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Capitalism, Electoral politics, Imperialism, November Election, Social Change
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Don’t Write Off That Attack on Iran Quite Yet
Waiting for the Curtain to RiseBy Alexander Cockburn / October 24, 2008 So what happened to the Bush/Cheney pre-election attack on Iran? It’s like everything else. You think you have months. You put it on one side, in the “things … Continue reading
Expecting Change with a New Leader? Think Again
Shame And The 2008 ElectionBy Angie Riedel / October 25, 2008 The presidential election is only a matter of days away now. I wish I could say there is reason to be optimistic that it will bring an end to … Continue reading
Bill Ayers and the Poisonous Nature of American Electoral Politics
What’s most remarkable about this article is the collection of quotes at the end of it from both Democrats and Republicans condemning the university for inviting Ayers to speak in the first place. What hypocrisy: this is a putative academic … Continue reading
Abstention: The Vote of the Unrepresented
Why don’t we have the choice “None of the above” on our ballots? It is a legitimate question and one that an honest electoral reform would address. The big piece of election reform can never be enacted as long as … Continue reading
Know Your Candidates and Their Endorsements
I agonised about posting this article, but I feel it is important to relate the facts without bias. There is another article below from McClatchy that suggests that the endorsement from Powell is not just an average endorsement. This is … Continue reading
High, High Hopes : Turning Houston Blue
Larry Joe Doherty, Congressional candidate from Houston, maps out a strategy. Photos by Dave Mann.Can the Democrats sweep Houston? (Maybe. But don’t hold your breath…)By Dave Mann This article appears in the Oct. 17, 2008, issue of The Texas Observer. … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Party, Electoral politics, Harris County, Houston, November Election, Texas
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