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myspace message from adam entitled "My Mind Has Just Been Fucking Blown"

By on Nov 15, 2007 in Politics

“An analysis of the National Election Study exit poll data by Harvard political scientist Barry Burden showed that only 9% of the people who thought Nader was the best candidate actually voted for him. If people had not voted strategically, but instead voted for their favorite candidate, Nader would have had over 30 million votes instead of 2.9 million and might have won the election” The full Barry Burden study is on line(PDF), but it’s 23 pages long, and written by a political scientist at Harvard….so it’s very fucking boring. I took this from the Draft Nader Page. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Oh, and a reminder, that’s 30 million votes for a guy who spent about 80 million less than the other two candidates and wasn’t in the debates. Which leads to think….maybe he should have run as a Democrat. my mind has similarly been...

Green on Gore …

By on Oct 18, 2007 in Politics

Harsh words from the Green Party directed at leftist Gore supporters … It was under the Clinton/Gore administration that Depleted Uranium weaponry was first authorized. It was under was the Clinton/Gore administration that 1,000,000 innocent Iraqi children died from the sanctions, which is still a greater death toll than the Bush administration, although the Bushies are catching up quickly. The Clinton/Gore administration first authorized “extraordinary rendition” and signed the 1996 Telecommunications Act which has further consolidated the corporate media, which is, in my opinion the biggest risk to democracy we face today. Let us also not forget “Welfare Reform” and the “War On Drugs”, both an attack on poor people. Clinton/Gore again. Then let us not forget that Gore actually won the 2000 election and instead of standing up for those who...

Right on Ralph!!

By on Sep 26, 2007 in Politics

Make them Sweat the Big Stuff A society reveals its values, priorities and distribution of power in the way its rulers punish deviant behavior. Here are some examples for you to ponder: Members of Congress were in an uproar recently over a MoveOn.Org political advertisement in the New York Times titled “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?” The following copy alerted readers to their belief that he may likely testify before Congress as a political General reflecting the rosy views on the Iraq war-quagmire by his commander-in-chief, George W. Bush. How dare MoveOn.Org criticize a General in the midst of’ Bush’s war of choice, growled Republicans and some Democrats as the Senators rushed to overwhelmingly vote for a resolution condemning the ad? How dare those many Americans who criticized Civil War Generals, World War Two Generals, Korean War Generals (remember General...