Democrats want to take all our money and return to us one dime out of each dollar.
Republicans want to take all our money and give it to corporations and the wealthy.
Neither is acceptable!
Campaign 2010
Countdown to Congressional Elections
The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations.
Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens, Republican, said his goodbye’s to members of the Senate the other day. In doing so, he was given lots of praise by many Congressional members, and standing ovations.
Senator Ted Stevens
Tears were even noticed in many members eyes, including some Democrats. The entire episode lasted three hours.
My View
Where do I start? If this man, convicted of crimes committed in the course of conducting national business, is considered to be a hero by other members of Congress, then you have to ask yourself by what standards do our elected officials judge people. Obviously, we already know the answer to that; very, very low standards when it comes to one of their own. Continue Reading » »
With Barak Obama winning the presidency by a huge electoral margin and the Democratic controlled Congress increasing their power by several more seats, a message was sent to the Republican Party they must not ignore; American voters are very unhappy with the way they have been governing for the past 8 years in the White House and, up until two years ago, in Congress for 10 years. If the Republicans want to regain any respect among voters they have no choice but to make a decisive change in their governing policies. Continue Reading » »
US House Representative John Mica is up for reelection next week. Mica is a Republican and has been in the House since 1993. He ran unopposed in 2004, but Democrat Faye Armitage, a former economics professor, is running against him this year. Many Republicans consider Mica a real embarrassment to the party, and the polls in Florida say the voters are tired of him. Continue Reading » »
Nancy Boyda just may be the perfect poster child for the way campaigns should be run. Boyda is a US House Representative from Kansas and is running for reelection this year after serving her first 2-year term in office. What’s so great about this run? Boyda is campaigning without advertising which political party she belongs to. When someone ask which party she belongs to, she just puts her arms around them; a jester which says it doesn’t matter which party I am associated with as long as I am campaigning on what you want me to do.
In response to a question yesterday, Geraldine Ferraro said that Barack Obama would not be where he is today in the Democratic nomination if he were white or a woman. Now she is being crucified for her comments. But she also added that she would not have been picked as the Vice-Presidential nominee in 1984 if she were a man. However, the public and news media did not picked up and run on that part. Continue Reading » »
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