Military Death Watch!
Posted on March 24, 2008 - Filed Under Military, News, President | Leave a Comment
This is for the people who like to keep a countdown of the war dead. Because there are some who are against the war, that have a morbid fascination with this. What I have hated with this counting of our dead is that it is politicized by 1/2 of our country. To put things into […]
Read More..>>Obama Speech — ‘A more perfect union’
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under News, President | Leave a Comment
Full transcript of Obama’s speech on race as prepared for delivery
“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.”
Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men gathered and, with these simple words, launched America’s improbable experiment in democracy. Farmers and scholars; […]
Independents Fighting On
Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, News, President, Third Party | Leave a Comment
by Joseph Oddo
http://www.opednews.com
The beginning of March 2008 has begun with mixed results for independents. First Ralph Nader continues our fight for ballot access and is getting a little less abuse from the mainstream media than usual. Then Mayor Bloomberg announced that he was not seeking the White House. That was a setback to those who […]
all to support Verified Voting in NJ! Hearing Trenton Monday
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Elections | Leave a Comment
Dear DFA Friends,
A bill is going before our State Assembly to delay, past the November 2008 election, the implementation of the Voter Verified Paper Ballot for all votes cast in NJ. As you know, once your vote is cast on an electronic voting machine, it cannot be re-counted should there be a glitch, error, malfunction […]
Obama vs McCain
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, President, Third Party | Leave a Comment
by Mike Krauss http://www.opednews.com
In an earlier essay I argued that Barack Obama would be a more formidable Democratic candidate for president than Hillary Clinton, because of his demonstrable ability to attract independent voters and because he does not have the high negatives that attach to Senator Clinton. If the polls can be believed, even many […]