GlobalPundit.Org & 2009

admin @ January 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet

And if you thought we did bring you some breaking and original stories during our very short lifespan so far, wait until we have a look back at 2009.

In the meantime, if there is anyone out there that would like to:

~ contribute material (audio, video, print, photographic)

~ notify friends who might be looking to engage or gain some experience

~ assist with research

~ assist with garnering potential grants/funds

~ donate to help our shoestring / non existent budget

Please drop us a line at editor@globalpundit.org

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editorial: Abolition Now!

admin @ December 20, 2008 # 2 Comments

I’d never noticed that slavery hadn’t been abolished. I’m 68, born and raised right here in the U.S. of A., and until a few weeks ago I thought that slavery had been abolished. Except, of course, as punishment for a crime, but what’s wrong with that? I’m a law-abiding citizen, and criminals do need to be punished, right? But with slavery? Shouldn’t hard labor (involuntary servitude) or even the death penalty be sufficient?

Then I tried to imagine the death penalty being abolished except as punishment for a crime.

Doesn’t make sense does it?

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Revisiting Some of the Best Things TV *Can* Offer (expanded post soon)

admin @ December 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Revisiting Some of the Best Things TV *Can* Offer

There has always been some debate as to when and why television failed us in the face of it’s fantastic potential. Considering Youtube.com didn’t even register on the radar less that 4 years ago, it’s amazing to think in context that radio wasn’t even a major presence until the mind 1920’s - let alone that computers in the average home wasn’t a reality until the mid 1990’s.

I’ll expand on ALL of this more later but want to do a quickie - post ( until I can attend to this again when time allows), but in the meantime please enjoy a great easonal special offered by presenter-journalist Louis Theroux of the BBC.

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Interview pt2/3:Women’s Rights, Progress, Aid, Military, and Issues in Afghanistan

admin @ November 18, 2008 # One Comment

Homemakers Magazine editor in chief Kathy Ullyott speaks with reporter Stephen Dohnberg about the struggle of women and what she witnessed during her visit to Kabul, Afghanistan The conversation reveals what a complex situation the Western presence in Afghanistan is by any measure.

Invited by C.A.R.E. Canada, in May Kathy Ullyott, made her way to the city of Kabul for a week-long look at the work and commitment of an NGO such as C.A.R.E., who have been an early presence since 1996, assisting widows with food aid. Even an issue of basic aid is fraught with concerns that span the range of issues from western presence to cultural mores. Although we initially planned to discuss the ascent of women’s rights in Afghanistan, the intersection of so many other disparate concerns clearly illustrates that no single issue will resolve itself independent of others.

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Will Marketing My Marijuana Med - Grow Charges Make Me Money?

admin @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Will Marketing My Marijuana Grow Charges Make Me Money?

~ Matt Mernagh

Everyone loves good courtroom drama.

Combining this with my marijuana grow-op bust which also brings big media headlines an opportunity to market my upcoming (Summer 2009) blockbuster medical marijuana constitutional challenge appears to be
ganja golden.

Charismatic med-cannabis infused alt-weekly journalist (cannabis / war resisters beat) with a Gen X criminal defense lawyer angling to create a name with an incredibly articulate constitutional challenge is hot copy.

Especially in the middle of the dog days of July.

Sidewalks crammed with those big media tents, with newscasters doing mid day noon hour courtroom commentary, and friends pitching in words of wisdom for the throng of print journalist seeking quotes would be awesome.

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Kwik News: Upcoming, Donate!, and Election Night…

admin @ October 31, 2008 # No Comment Yet

stay tuned while we bring you a look at a first had account of Women in Afghanistan, a legal med-pot user who was jailed in Toronto’s Don Jail and forced to take narcotics by the medical staff against his will, a direct look at returning Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, a visit from some Korean war, Vietnam War, WWII, and Gulf War 1.0 vets for Remembrance Day, and a talk with the daughter of one of America’s finest songwriters - Woody Guthrie.

We also launch our weekly newsmagazine FM Radio show, which will be streamed live and available as a podcast. We’ll have amazing interviews with authors and newsmakers, and special weekly features from Davis Fleetwood…and so much more.

Not to mention the great submissions from writers and other contributors.

So won’t you consider chipping in a coupla bucks?

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Opinion:If You Vote Third Party and Elect McCain/Palin, This Is Who You Empower!

admin @ October 27, 2008 # One Comment

To underscore that voting third party or not voting at all will help elect McCain and Palin, and thereby re-empower the self-righteous ideologues who berated progressives, liberals, democrats, greens, libertarians, etc., for the past 8 years while their leaders were on board, I’ve asked my fantastic vlogger collaborator, Sharona L. Smith (VoiceOfAmericans2008), to compile a short video of some of the harassment we’ve endured.

Before you decide NOT to vote for Barack Obama, who I view as our most realistic HOPE to restore some sense of sanity to our rapidly failing world, I implore you to watch Sharona’s masterful 4+minute compilation of pro-Obama/pro-McCain confrontations… and more:

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Report: ‘Learning Democracy by Doing’ Conference Hosted at Univesity of Toronto

admin @ October 23, 2008 # 2 Comments

Learning Democracy by Doing’ was a three day conference held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. The conference brought together academics, practitioners, and students from around the world to discuss participatory democracy and citizenship learning in both a local and global context. Globally, countries are suffering from a “democratic deficit” with low voter turnouts, declining citizen confidence in the political establishment, and criticism about the ability of representative democracy to ensure social inclusion and equality of opportunity for all.

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Editorial: VoteStrike - The Corporate Coup of America

admin @ October 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet

OP ED Piece - I’ve been writing for some time now about of h the overthrow of the United States government by lobbyist and special interest groups. We have documented this coup extensively at VoteStrike.com the most recent example of this being the Paulson bail-outs.

My congressman’s web site had a poll showing that 97.3%is constituents were opposed to the bailout. He totally ignored that and voted “Yes”. Who controls Washington? Not us.

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Scoop: Cindy Sheehan Reveals Plan for New Political Party, Reflects on Race Against Pelosi

admin @ October 7, 2008 # 2 Comments

Anti War activist and challenger for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional Seat (CD 8, California), Cindy Sheehan has indicated her intention to launch a National political party after the U.S. Election of Nov. 4

Inspired in part by Mark Twain’s involvement in The American Anti Imperialst League (also chaired by Andrew Carnegie and former President Grover Cleveland, fyi) in reaction to the annexation of the Phillippines by the United States in the late 19th Century, Sheehan said that the party will have a progressive platform and that after Nov. 4, “no matter what happens, we need to consolidate the energy against Imperialism and work on building another party movement.”

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