Op/Analysis - The Most Regressive Tax of All

admin @ February 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet

When you see a homeless veteran rolling a cigarette to help cope with the constant stress of living on the streets and ward off the hunger pangs a bit, do you become angry that they are smoking or do you give them some money for food or tobacco? Either way, after April 1st, you might be well advised to cross the street and avoid them altogether, as they will not be able to afford to buy rolling tobacco any more and studies have shown that smokers who are deprived of tobacco are apt to become irritable or even violent.

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Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!

admin @ December 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Nominate GlobalPundit.Org for Twitter’s Shorty Awards!
http://shortyawards.com/?username=globalpunditorg
Like wot we do for such a shorthanded and unpaid group of newshounds? Independent of corporate influence and driven by news content and context?
Please consider going here: http://shortyawards.com/about/
and filling out “@shortyawards I nominate @globalpunditorg for a Shorty Award in #news because…”
we’d feel somewhat vindicated for the hard work we’ve done [...]

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Election Day Alternatives From GlobalPundit.Org - All Media..

admin @ November 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Election Day Alternatives From GlobalPundit.Org - and We’re Nuts Enough to Offer a Prediction, too…

Frankly. there’s no point in writing or chasing anything you’re already going to see on every newspaper and every newscast - SO here’s what we’re doing, and here’s our recommendation…

We’re visiting polling stations in Cook County, IL all morning - among many other things - watch for our LIVE FEEDS at various points throughout the day (and they’ll be archived) at WWW.THEUPTAKE.ORG

at the same time, when I can, i’ll be uploading photography raw and unedited and likely untagged and unnamed - and it will be all posted either througout the day when I can get a breather - or one fantastic barrage after 1 AM Central Time at our GLOBALPUNDIT.ORG FLICKR SITE .

As well , you can follow the minutiae that is Twitter since i’m certain to have some great updates and notices throughout the day. If you decide to join us and follow us on Twitter, drop us a message and let us know if there’s anything you’d like to see and we’ll point our cameras, live cameras, or anything else at it…

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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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Nader Makes 21 Speeches in 15 Hours, ‘Massachusetts Marathon’ Breaks Guinness Record

admin @ October 25, 2008 # One Comment

Ralph Nader made 21 speeches in 15 hours, travelled 365 miles through MA in what has been dubbed the “Massachusetts Marathon”.The 74 year old independent presidential candidate dedicated the Guinness Record breaking run to childhood hero Lou Gehrig.

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Oct 23-Third Party Debate News Update

admin @ October 23, 2008 # One Comment

As reported by Free And Equal, the Nader Campaign, And the Constitution Party

other relevent sites to visit are www.breakthematrix.com and www.thirdpartydebate.com

As reported, ALL candidates have been invited, and one must ask about the absence of the “main candidates” in a system that a) considers itself a ‘democracy’, b) has the mainstream media not report this event whatsover, and c) fails to report on the reason that voter turnout, in the most basic understanding of math, ignores the essential majority that has no faith in the system at all to even bother registering a ballot. It’s not rocket science –in fact, it’s a cry from the people for something else. And a suspicious thing when 2 parties control access to information…

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All Candidates Debate - Oct 19 - “Nada”

admin @ October 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

UPDATES

10:44 AM EDT Sat Oct 18 - Press Release will be issued by FREE and EQUAL ELECTION COALITION (FREE) by 1 PM EDT regarding the cancellation of this event. More details to be posted ASAP.

Also visit www.ThirdPartyTicket.com

As Austin Cassady’s Independent Political Report indicates, the event is now “mired in confusion”

The Guardian (UK), also reports similar confusion and a lack of traction here.

All Candidates Debate - Oct 19! (note: see above)

Six candidates, Barack Obama (Democrat), John McCain (Republican), Ralph Nader (independent), Cynthia McKinney (Green), Bob Barr (Libertarian), and Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party), all with a theoretical shot at 270 electoral votes have been invited.

This debate was started with an inititative by Ron Paul’s ‘moneybomb’ organizer, Trevor Lyman (CLICK HERE for OUR ORIGINAL STORY)

more information to come soon, watch the video below in the meantime

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How Third Parties Will Navigate Around Denied Access

admin @ September 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) requires 15% in at least five national polls to participate in the debates and the current, two-party candidates have acquiesced to the thresholds created by the CPD. Garnering 15% in five national polls is a high bar but not unachievable IF there were actually five national polling firms that fairly included third party and independent candidates.

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JOIN US! POST DEBATE OPEN - VIDEO BLOG DISCUSSION 23:59 EST, SEP 26

admin @ September 25, 2008 # One Comment

You are invited to join GlobalPundit.Org eMagazine for a post - debate discussion HERE starting at 11:59 EST, Sept 26
We invite anyone and everyone to come discuss the evening’s debate and any ensuing issues and topics surrounding it. This will be our inuagural Video BlogCast and we hope you enjoy it.
Tell all your political-nerd friends, wonks, revolutionaries, voyeurs, pundtwits, and other good folk. We plan on implementing a few cameras and having some special guests - as time and technology permits. So whether you spent the night doing a shot of tequila after every time John McCain said “My Friends…”, or chugged beer as you counted “one Mississippi…two Mississippi…” over Barack Obama’s long, pseudo deliberative pauses, all the better.

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