I’ve been reading two large articles at Alternet.org that are becoming staples in my discussions with folks I’m trying to get off the fence:
The 10 Dirtiest Election Tricks The Republicans Have Tried So Far – the best way to make sure these tricks don’t work is to understand what they are trying to do.
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While it’s easy for people to ‘put down’ the concept of a national healthcare program, there is a lot of merit to have one.
In the U.S. our Congress has “national healthcare”. Why should they be the only ones under socialism?
Why should businesses get a $700 BILLION government “bail-out” under socialism, while the rest of us have to live under capitalism and work our way out of debt?
Interesting, that the current mess we find ourselves in we can trace back directly to McCain and his Republican cronies.
Freddie Mac Paid GOP Consulting Firm $2M To Kill Legislation
Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse.
John McCain and Barack Obama are running close in Ohio, a state President Bush won the last two elections, and Andy Mance may help explain why the Republicans are having trouble pulling away as the 2008 campaign reaches its conclusion.
The Toledo businessman, a self-professed GOP moderate, says he likes McCain but has trouble with the "Joe the Plumber" story the GOP nominee’s been telling nonstop for the better part of a week.
Democrat Barack Obama, running a presidential campaign that’s raising money at a record clip, has won the endorsement of a widely admired Republican and former member of President Bush’s Cabinet.
Hi folks!
Below is the new legal update from Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lead attorney Robert R. Bryan, concerning Mumia’s appeal to the US Supreme Court. He is appealing the US Third Circuit Court decision denying a new guilt-phase trial or a preliminary hearing that could have led to a new guilt phase trial. The Supreme Court granted Bryan’s request for a 60-day extension, so he will have to submit his petition by Dec. 19, 2008.