All Candidates Debate - Oct 19 - “Nada”

admin @ October 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

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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.

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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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Iraq War Vets Plan Action to “Force the Issue”, Demand Face Time at Final Prez Debate

admin @ October 12, 2008 # One Comment

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y – Members and supporters of Iraqi Vets Against the War (IVAW) are planning to crash the third and final Presidential debate on Oct. 15 at Hofstra University if they are not permitted to address a question to both Sen.John McCain and Sen.Barack Obama.

Debate moderator, Bob Schieffer (CBS), has been sent a letter from event coordinator and IVAW member Matthias Chiroux. “I’m writing you today as a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War to make clear the details of a demonstration we will be leading Oct. 15th at Hofstra University prior to the final presidential debate and what our demands are and will be.”

The demands are simple. Chiroux continues, “We in IVAW demand that two of our members, myself and Kristofer Goldsmith, be permitted entry to the debate and be allowed to ask each candidate one question”

If the requests are not granted, and the IVAW fail to hear from campaign and debate coordinators by 7 pm EDT, IVAW members say that they are “are willing to risk arrest by entering the debate to have their voices heard by the candidates”

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Obama ‘Arab’ Rumour Stemming from Alleged McCain HQ Worker?

admin @ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Is Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign sending mixed messages to supporters and fueling a deeper, more intense culture war in America? Standing in the middle of Town Hall Meetings may reveal this answer to you. The Hate Talk Express?

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EYEWITNESS Account; RNC Day 4, Police Block St.Paul Bridges‏

admin @ September 23, 2008 # 2 Comments

My brother and I live in Minneapolis, very close to St.Paul, -within a 10
minute drive to the RNC (Xcel Energy Center, downtown St.Paul). On day four
of the RNC, we went down to once again witness and video the grand old
circus, -kept safe by a massive police state. Our aim was to post up the
news and events that we saw to our Kucinich forum friends at the RNC. This
is the news from that day as it looked to us.

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Op Ed Guest Presidential Candidate, David Jon Sponheim, “On the Destiny of US Involvement in Iraq”

admin @ September 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Unlike the plan to build a tri-state government in Iraq, I don’t want to force the Iraqi government to adopt any government devised by the U.S.. That can only lead to more hostility and sectarian violence. Separating people that once lived side by side in harmony makes no sense. We all have seen what the break up of Yugoslavia led to. That pattern is not the pathway to peace. It is only a new path to War.

I would offer the Iraqis a simple solution to their deeply troubled Nation. I propose that we assist the Iraqi’s in building Weapons Free Safe Zones where they can prosper in Renewable Energy Villages far away from any threat of Terror.

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FlashBack - Fun(?) Look Back to May 9,2007!: National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive

admin @ September 22, 2008 # 3 Comments

Fun Look Back to May 2007!: National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive

Thought some of you might enjoy a peek at this interesting “Presidential Directive” from May 2007. There is a lot of reading b/w the lines here, but it is especially interresting considering it was slipped by without much fanfare on the White House Official Website.

There are some fun little quotes to share, for example : “(c) “Continuity of Government,” or “COG,” means a coordinated effort within the Federal Government’s executive branch to ensure that National Essential Functions continue to be performed during a Catastrophic Emergency;” Read on!

Curious, isn’t it. Have fun! We look forward to responses

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12 DAY CONVENTION RECAP - 3 of 12

admin @ September 7, 2008 # Comments Off

12 DAY CONVENTION RECAP - 3 of 12

1. Terminators Guard Emily’sList.com Gala Goers from the Pink Ladies…
  Ohhhh those dangerous Ladies in Pink for Peace aka Code Pink. As it got closer to Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Hilary Clinton’s scheduled speaking time at this ‘Gala Event’, the line of riot cops stretched further and further [...]

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RNC DAY 4-Sched, Protests, and Updates…for now…

admin @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

   
RNC DAY 4-Sched and Updates…for now…
 
FIRST OFF: here is the official RNC shcedule for day 4 (which we’re calling “Lockdown”, or potential “Martial Law Day” - as it is being reported that National Guard are being mobilized - as well, State and Federal Employees are being asked to evacuate the downtown around the Xcel Centre :

For [...]

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Ron Paul Rally For The Republic - AP Misses Tally by THOUSANDS…

admin @ September 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

I’m sitting directly to the left of the AP reporter that filed THIS REPORT. I am pretty certain she can see the same things as I. She can look at MY PHOTOS from this Rally-in-Session if she is vision impaired.

I’m just wondering - how can the AP get it so wrong? I am tempted to look to my right and just ask her to her face. And maybe I should. She doesn’t seem happy to be here - that’s for sure. And I know I’d be happy to work for AP if they offered me a job — even though I already work at at corporate media outlet and know what the score is in these places.

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Video:Excerpt-Iraq Vets Against the War Conference-Aug 24

admin @ August 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The following is a brief excerpt of the Iraqi Vets Against The War panel/talk from Denver CO’s 5 Points area. Sunsara Taylor (Revolution Magazine) and The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill outline their positions on the war, the Obama and McCain candidacies, and whether politics-as-usual can really cut it anymore…

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