ARRESTED…
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under News
TEACHER ARRESTED.. - A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide
rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.
“Al-gebra is a problem for us,” the Attorney General said. “They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of absolute value. They use secret code names like ‘x’ and ‘y’ and refer to themselves as ‘unknowns,’ but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country. As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, ‘There are 3 sides to every triangle.’ When asked to comment on the arrest, President George W. Bush said, “If God had wanted us to have better Weapons of Math Instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes.”
Officials told reporters they could not recall a more intelligent or profound statement by Homeland Security
Squidoo Profile
Posted on April 1, 2008 - Filed Under News
In an attempt to expand the marketing and readership of this site, i have created a Squidoo profile. Please take a look at it and be sure to mail the link to your friends!
http://www.squidoo.com/independentvoter
Military Death Watch!
Posted on March 24, 2008 - Filed Under Military, News, President
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 perspective:
From the Congressional Research Service
The total military dead in the Iraq war between 2003 and this month stands at about 3,133. This is tragic, as are all deaths due to war, and we are facing a cowardly enemy unlike any other in our past that hides behind innocent citizens. Each death is blazoned in the headlines of newspapers and Internet sites.
What is never compared is the number of military deaths during the Clinton administration: 1,245 in 1993; 1,109 in 1994; 1,055 in 1995; 1,008 in 1996. That’s 4,417 deaths in peacetime but, of course, who’s counting?
4,417 Military deaths during Clinton’s non-war administration.
3,133 under Bush during a War.
Hopefully this will give some perspective to those people who like to hype the war dead. Does anyone remember when the left (which is not to say that the right is any better) did a countdown of the military dead with their President?
US Active Duty Military Deaths, 1980 Through 2006
Part I, Total Military Personnel
Obama Speech — ‘A more perfect union’
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under News, President
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; statesmen and patriots who had traveled across an ocean to escape tyranny and persecution finally made real their declaration of independence at a Philadelphia convention that lasted through the spring of 1787.
The document they produced was eventually signed but ultimately unfinished. It was stained by this nation’s original sin of slavery, a question that divided the colonies and brought the convention to a stalemate until the founders chose to allow the slave trade to continue for at least twenty more years, and to leave any final resolution to future generations.
Of course, the answer to the slavery question was already embedded within our Constitution - a Constitution that had at is very core the ideal of equal citizenship under the law; a Constitution that promised its people liberty, and justice, and a union that could be and should be perfected over time.
Independents Fighting On
Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, News, President, Third Party
by Joseph Oddo
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 support sought a self-financed, credible and capable individual to perhaps fuse the splintered minor parties.
Bloomberg issued an accurate statement that “an independent approach really can produce progress on the most critical issues, including the economy, education, the environment, energy, infrastructure and crime.” We interpret this a call for candidates to get on the ballot as the most influential election-altering strategy to impact the national dialogue. But news changes quickly and certain deadlines have passed showing several congressional races (including all the Arkansas congress members) will once again go unchallenged by the big two parties. This is indicative of the established parties lack of commitment to being opposition parties. And it could be a good sign for third parties and independents if we can field candidates and have one-on-one challenges. Though often times the incumbent refuses to debate the non-established party candidate even if they are on the ballot.
all to support Verified Voting in NJ! Hearing Trenton Monday
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Elections
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 or worse. Only verified paper ballots provide an avenue for votes to be recounted and verified.
Please read the e-mail below from Irene Goldman from CFPA, a group very involved in this issue.
Accurate, verifiable voting is the core of our democracy! Contact your state legislator today!
PLEASE CALL BY THE END OF FRIDAY, MARCH 7 SPONSORS TO WITHDRAW THEIR BILL; CALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO OPPOSE THE BILL. See phone numbers for all below.
S1381. VOTING MACHINE CONCERNS.
Co Primary Sponsors:
Sen. Stephen Sweeney, D, 856- 251- 9801
Sen. Tom Kean, Jr., R, 908- 232 -3673
Brought before the NJ Senate State Government Committee.
Monday, March 10, at 10am, Room 7, Second Floor, State House Annex
Chair, Nicholas SCUTARI, D, 908 -587 -0404
Vice Chair, Loretta WEINBERG, D, 201 -928- 0100
Jennifer BECK, R, 732- 933 -1591
Kevin O’TOOLE, D, 973 -237- 1360
Jim WHELAN, D, 609- 393- 1388
Thank You!
Dear Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) Contact,
If you are a CFPA supporter in New Jersey, please take the actions below as soon as possible. Make your call(s) by this Friday, March 7; and if possible, attend the Hearing in Trenton at 10 AM on Monday, March 10.
URGENT: CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS TO OPPOSE S1381. Details at end of this email.
COME TO N.J. SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE HEARING on MONDAY, MARCH 10 at 10am. State House Annex, Room 7, Second Floor. To OPPOSE, S1383.
S-1381:Seeks another extension of the Voter Verified Paper Ballot requirement for yet another six months (past the November General Election!), the deadline for establishing a Voter Verified Paper
Ballot in the New Jersey Assembly.
CFPA has been calling for requiring a Voter Verified Paper Ballot (VVPB) for all votes case in New Jersey since October 2004. A law mandating that has been in place since 2005. There is no justification for giving yet another extension that allows a further delay in implementing Voter Verified Paper Ballots in New Jersey!
10am on Monday, March 10 at the State House Annex. See details below.
S-1381, Sen. Stephen Sweeney (D) and Tom Kean Jr, (R), bill to extend the Voter Verified Paper Ballot (VVPB) deadline to Jan. 1, 2009, will have a public hearing before the Senate State Government Committee on Monday, 3/10/08. The committee will meet at 10am, in Committee Room 7on the 2nd floor of the State House Annex on West State Street in Trenton. As you face the front of the State House, the Annex is the next building to the right.
Right now CFPA Chair, Irene Etkin Goldman; CFPA Voting Issues Task Force Chair Stephanie Harris; and Penny Venetis, our attorney from Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic for our Law Suit seeking to mandate VVPB are planning to testify. We urge you to attend, either to testify (you just sign up to request the opportunity before the Hearing starts) or as support. If you do go, please connect with Irene and Stephanie.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN ATTEND, PLEASE CALL BY THE END OF FRIDAY, MARCH 7 SPONSORS TO WITHDRAW THEIR BILL; CALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO OPPOSE THE BILL. See phone numbers for all below.
S1381. VOTING MACHINE CONCERNS.
Co Primary Sponsors:
Sen. Stephen Sweeney, D, 856 251 9801
Sen. Tom Kean, Jr., R, 908 232 3673
Brought before the NJ Senate State Government Committee.
Monday, March 10, at 10am, Room 7, Second Floor, State House Annex
Chair, Nicholas SCUTARI, D, 908 587 0404
Vice Chair, Loretta WEINBERG, D, 201 928 0100
Jennifer BECK, R, 732 933 1591
Kevin O’TOOLE, D, 973 237 1360
Jim WHELAN, D, 609 393 1388
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR IMPORTANT ACTION.
Irene and Stephanie
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Irene Etkin Goldman, Chair, Steering Committee
Stephanie Harris, Voting Issues Task Force Chair
Coalition for Peace Action
Princeton, New Jersey USA
contact
Irene Etkin Goldman
45 Nursery Road
Titusville, NJ 08560
tel: 609 882 9186
fax: 609 771 4177
email: Goldmani@aol.com
Obama vs McCain
Posted on March 5, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, President, Third Party
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 Republicans say they “like” Senator Obama.
Now, John McCain has emerged as the Republican nominee. Assuming Obama secures the Democratic nomination, how might he fare against Senator McCain?
The odds are fifty-fifty, at best.
First, a number of Obama’s victories were in states that held caucuses, where the small number of voters who participated is not representative of those states’ far larger voting age population. And in other states his support was often concentrated in cities and university towns.
This does not suggest that he will have an easy time moving Republican “red” states into his electoral column. In fact, it looks like a fairly standard Democrat/Republican contest.
Second, John McCain has demonstrated that he can compete for those independent, swing voters.
Third, John McCain is not Hillary Clinton, and is unlikely to repeat the mistakes of her campaign.
Senator Clinton clearly did not see Senator Obama coming until it was too late. Senator McCain will come to the fight ready. He is already on the offensive.
Bloomberg bows out.
Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, President, Third Party
After teasing Americans for more than a year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would not be pursuing any independent candidacy for the Presidency.
Bloomberg wrote in a
New Jersey is #1
Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under Elections
According to the Tax Foundation:
State and Local Property Tax Collections Per Household by State, Fiscal Year 2005
New Jersey Property Tax Collection Per Household: $6,110 Rank: 1
Property Taxes on Owner Occupied Housing by State, 2006
New Jersey Median Property Taxes Paid on Homes: $5,773 Rank: 1
Property Taxes as % of Income: 7.03% Rank: 1
Let this open your eyes
Posted on February 24, 2008 - Filed Under Economic, News
This is only one state. If this doesn’t open your eyes, nothing will!
From the L. A. Times
1. 42% of all workers in L. A.County (
2. 96% of warrants for murder in
3. 78% of peopl e on the most wanted list in
4. Over 2/3 of all births in
5. Nearly 40% of all inmates in
6. Over 350,000 illegal aliens in
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in
8. Nearly 70% of all occupants o f HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking. 10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 4.3 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in
(All 10 of the above are from the
Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 37% are on welfare.
Over 73% of the
34% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue. When will our Goverment take responsibility and STOP this.
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