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The National Popular Vote Bill is at the Halfway Point Article (with poll)
Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:39 PM EST
What follows is a "1-page" summation of the National Popular Vote Bill obtained from the NPV website nationalpopularvote.com . Due to unavailable links to this site without becoming an advertisement or endorsement this is presented in a word document wit …
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Alan Grayson co-parent of the recent GAO audit of The Federal Reserve
Mon Dec 5, 2011 3:34 PM EST
Let me state first that this was an email sent to me because I am a supporter of Alan Grayson. The Congressman with guts (His slogan which I wholeheartedly concur with)! As a Legislator, love him (which I do) or not he and Ron Paul helped to pull back the c …
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Millionaires earn billions in federal benefits, report says - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post
Seeded on Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:43 PM EST (The Washington Post)
Here is an article that I found interesting for two reasons. It is an article on the Welfare received by Millionaires sponsored by a Millionaire who holds a Senate seat. He is a Republican, and he GETS it.
Why Rush Limbaugh Is Freaking Out About Occupy Wall Street | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:51 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)
Once again MATT has hit the Nail on the head.
Why Occupy Wall Street Is Bigger Than Left vs. Right | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:11 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)
I have been saying since four weeks ago that this Movement is Larger than Right or Left, Democrat or Republican, Conservative or Liberal or even Rich or Poor. It is a true Grassroots Movement about the instability and unsustainability of a handful of Oligopolists running th …
Lessons from Wm Shakespeare 1599 in re: OCCUPY Together Movement, Houston, TX October 6th, 2011
Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:45 PM EDT
"This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'e …
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Is JP Morgan Getting a Good Return on $4.6 Million “Gift” to NYC Police? (Like Special Protection from OccupyWallStreet?)
Seeded on Sun Oct 2, 2011 12:32 PM EDT ( naked capitalism)
And what sort of benefits might JPM get?
Matt Taibbi | Taibblog | Politics | Rolling Stone
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:43 AM EDT (Rolling Stone)
Why hasn't the MSM covered more of this Real Grassroots Protest? Why were the "whiteshirt" officers the only ones out of control? There will be an IA investigation into the pepper spraying of protesters, but there needs to be a Federal Investigation because the Constitutional Rig …
The Crying Shame of John Boehner | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Seeded on Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:00 PM EDT (Rolling Stone)
I know that this article is old (it is from January of this year) but the mantic properties of Matt Taibbi's piece bring such a brilliant veracity to the current Government Funding Debate, that it is well worth the revisit. Additionally, the article shows ho …
By the time you read this.....
Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:03 PM EDT
I’ll make this short because it is really an expression of disgust and a feeling of hopelessness. By the time you get around to reading this article the State of Georgia will have murdered a, most likely, innocent man. You have all heard the news stories about the pl …
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No Representation Without Taxation!
Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:40 PM EDT
The following piece will, when finished, be sent to members of Congress (and two Former members who are running again) whose campaigns I have contributed to, done volunteer work for and to whom I have communicated(yeah, really, I have signed letters from some …
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Freedom to Worship except for...
Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:56 PM EDT
Recently, I was visiting with a group of friends who were discussing tolerance and freedom of religion.
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A Bridge Too Far...
Sun Sep 4, 2011 2:12 PM EDT
I would like to preface this article with the statement that I am a political Independent. I have never walked into a voting booth and "pulled a Lever" for ANY political party. I have had my vote for a Presidential candidate be successful only twice in my life.
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Arizona Voters to SB 1070 Architect: Papers, Please. State Senate President Russell Pearce Has Been Recalled
Seeded on Sat Jul 9, 2011 11:07 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
Mark down July 8th as a day history was made in Arizona. In a swift affirmation of Arizona’s fast growing and powerful new political movement, Secretary of State Ken Bennett notified Gov.
YouTube - The Truth About the Economy
Seeded on Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:22 PM EDT (YouTube)
This is a short, less than 2 1/2 minute video, that explains in layman's terms the state of the economy, how we got here, and WHY we need a progressive tax. Robert Reich, many of you will remember, won the Nobel Prize in 2009 for Economics and was a vocal critic about …
How Anyone Can Create and Publish a Marketable Book
Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:52 AM EST
All writers want to publish the next Great American Novel. Perhaps you've shopped your book around with no takers, and you've decided to go the self-publishing route.
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Bipartisan House report finds that Bush's 'assertion of executive privilege is wrong and an abuse of the privilege'
Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:00 PM EDT (Think Progress)
A bipartisan report released today by the House Oversight Committee finds that President Bush made a 'legally unprecedented and an inappropriate use of executive privilege" when the administration withheld Patrick Fitzgerald's interview with Vice President Cheney on the CIA …
An Open Letter to the 43rd President of the United States
Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:39 PM EDT
An Open Letter to: The 43rd President of the United States of America, Mr. George W. Bush Mr. President, The state of this Country and its hallowed Constitution impels me to speak to you in the most direct manner that respect to your held office allows.
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Hi Barbara! Thank you for the Friends invitation, I truly appreciate it. I am very happy to be among your Friends. :-)
You have a wonderful way with words, keep it up!
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