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SF Democrats Oppose Public Transit & Integrated Public Schools
In the same month that Congressional Democrats voted to override the Constitutional mandate that 2/3 of the Senate must approve presidential appointments, allowing a reactionary judge to be appointed with only 58 votes including 2 Democrats, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, consisting of 1 Green and 10 Democrats, voted 8 to 3, to favor cars over public transit, with the 8 being all Democrats, in a crowded City where driving a car can only be a luxury, and Supt of Schools Ackerman prais...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 7:27pm PDT
Oakland Green Candidate Aimee Allison's Consession Speech (video/x-ms-wmv 9.7MB)
Excerpts from Green Party for Oakland City Council Candidate Aimee Allison's consession speech delivered 5/17/05....
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 7:18pm PDT
W runs up deficit in his 'political capital'
Proving that he is as adept in running the Federal Treasury to historic deficits(to the tune of more than $1 Trillion since he took office in 2001), the most incompetent White House CEO has also run his so-called November 2004 electoral "political capital" into a huge deficit in just 5 months. the latest polls show that George Bush has a negative rating on both his handling of the economy & the environment, as well as his handling of foreign policy, especially in the illegal U.S. Oc...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2005 2:35am PDT
Audio: HBO/NBC's JIM LAMPLEY on Election 2004 , "the biggest crime in [our history]"
Audio: Exclusive Interview with HBO/NBC's JIM LAMPLEY on his Huffington Post firefight after blogging that Election 2004 was "the biggest crime in the history of the nation!"
Plus:
How The U.S. Press Has Sanitized The War in Iraq: Video/Transcript
And
Is Bush a Sith Lord?...
Posted: Tue, May 24, 2005 6:19pm PDT
Diebold Vs. Instant Runoff Voting
Diebold continues to drag its feet on Instant Runoff Voting in the East Bay....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 3:42pm PDT
Save to U.S. Constituion
LaRouche PAC is printing 100,000 copies of this statement for distribution over the next two days in Washington, DC. Print out the PDF-formatted version of this statement and make copies to distribute to your local and state elected officials and Democratic Party and trade union activists - act with the urgency that the message of this statement requires! Contact LaRouche PAC for more information at 800-929-7566....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 10:57am PDT
open letter to government
This is a letter I actually sent to every Senator via email on May 22, 2005. After this posting I will send it to all the Representatives. Feels liberating! Is your organization working on these or similar issues? If so, please let me know how we might further your cause....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 7:10am PDT
BTL:Big Oil Buys Influence in Washington, Crafting Legislation that...
...Adds to the Industry's Record Profits ~ Interview with Bob Williams, director of the Politics of Oil Project at the Center for Public Integrity, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 6:34am PDT
MYTH AND REALITY: THE JEWISH ROLE IN US MIDEAST POLICY
In his talk about the Jewish community and America's policies regarding Israel and the Palestinians, Plitnick will explore the role anti-Semitism plays in public perceptions of Jewish power, as well as ways the charge of anti-Semitism is used to stifle criticism of Israel....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 12:11am PDT
Nepal protesters stage huge rally
KATHMANDU: More than 10,000 activists rallied in Nepal's capital yesterday to demand a restoration of democracy, in the biggest protest against King Gyanendra since his February 1 power grab....
Posted: Sun, May 22, 2005 11:05pm PDT
Warren Beatty: "We are not the governor's dumbbells."
He said Schwarzenegger, a former bodybuilder and star of "The Terminator" movies," was playing politics in a bid to prepare himself for a run for president.
"It's not fooling anybody to be running around raising money from Wall Street, K Street and rich Republicans all over the country," he said. "We are not the governor's dumbbells."...
Posted: Sun, May 22, 2005 7:23am PDT
So what are you going to do if the filibuster is nuked?
question of the weekend...
Posted: Sun, May 22, 2005 3:33am PDT
Save The Filibuster: Sign petitions from the Sierra Club and People for the American Way
Here are webpages for two petitions to Save the Filibuster, on the websites of the Sierra Club and the People for the American Way...
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2005 8:18am PDT
Daring to Run for Peace, Democracy and Labor
In 1840 James G. Birney ran for president on behalf of a newly formed party, the abolitionist Liberty Party. Many of the abolitionists, like progressives today, opposed Birney’s daring to run. It was not realistic. But in fact Birney’s campaign was the opening shot of what was to change America forever and lead to the collapse of the political framework that had allowed slavery to remain unchallenged. The Liberty Party supporters were called fanatics, self-isolating, unrealistic, and even cr...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 1:42pm PDT
Battle Over Judicial Nominees, Filibuster Heats Up in Senate
The battle over the filibuster continues to heat up in the U.S senate as the nomination of Texas Supreme Court justice Priscilla Owen comes under debate. Racial politics also entered the debate over the nomination of Janice Brown. We speak with Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress and Jeffrey Johnson of People For The American Way....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 9:05am PDT
Blackwell loses, voters win
Taken from Barbara Burt's post on CommonBlog:
"An Important Victory: Blackwell Loses in Court"...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 9:24pm PDT
Yahoo News Headline: 'Bush, GOP Seek to Reinvent Reality'
Okay, so it has 'Reid:' in front of it . . . but it was great to wake up and see this at the top of their little news headline stack. I guess Reid and Ds are finally thinking that something is worth using harsh words over?...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 9:02am PDT
Congress creates National ID system.
Section 202. of H.R. 1268 sets up National ID system....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 11:41pm PDT