Free Publicity

July 19, 2007

The mayor, who may want to be President, got some free press yesterday, but not the kind you really like. One person was killed and as many as 30 others were injured — four seriously — after a steam pipe exploded on the East Side of Manhattan during the evening rush hour. The blast caused brief panic about another terror attack, with a scene eerily reminiscent of Sept. 11: people frantically rushing away from a Manhattan explosion amid falling debris and blaring sirens. But officials quickly ruled out terrorism and said the blast was caused by a ruptured 83-year-old steam pipe. Continue Reading »

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The Green Party

July 18, 2007

The Green party was founded in 1984. The Greens have achieved ballot access in 31 of the 50 states, over formidable opposition from the two major parties. Its platform starts with impeachment. They are dead serious about this too. Its candidates don’t accept corporate money, so as not to be beholden to forces of war and oil. The Green party is the party of peace, supporting nonviolence, demilitarization, and the use of diplomacy to settle international disputes. If you are worried about global warming, the Green party is true to its name, committed to ecologically wise policies. You could have probably guessed that though. Right? Continue Reading »

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Some Statistics In America

July 17, 2007

Political parties are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Parties are regulated by the laws and constitutions of the individual states, which organize elections to both local and federal offices. No laws limit the number of political parties that may operate, so it is theoretically a multi-party system. But, there is a Constitution party! Former Nixon Administration official and one-time Conservative Coalition chair Howard Phillips founded the US Taxpayers Party (USTP) in 1992 as a potential vehicle for Pat Buchanan to use for a third party White House run — had he agreed to bolt from the GOP in 1992 or 1996. The USTP pulled together several of the splintered right-wing third parties — including the once mighty American Independent Party — into a larger, more visible political entity. Renamed as the Constitution Party in 1999, the party is strongly pro-life, anti-gun control, and other far right Republican issues. But then there are “other” wild parties as wsell. Continue Reading »

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Nader In 2008?

July 16, 2007

Ralph Nader has done nearly as much as Ross Perot to awaken the third party spirit in America. He is also one whom the Democrats always try to lend favor to in hopes that he’d not run, like he did in 2000, hurting the Democratic party as he pulls from the left. He has promoted a wide range of issues, including consumer rights, feminism, humanitarianism, environmentalism and other more left-leaning issues. But what about Ralph in 2008. Will he be a factor? Continue Reading »

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Looking At Italy & Germany

July 15, 2007

Generally as you look around at the political process in other free worlds, there’s usually two or three dominant COALITIONS that exchange tenure in running the nation, and within those coalitions there are numerous parties. What you see in these situations though is that every “political voice” is important because they’re needful to form a majority coalition. Let’s briefly look at two such nations and scenarios: Italy and Germany. Continue Reading »

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Fewer Are Better?

July 14, 2007

The big political flap this past week was Hillary and Edwards caught talking about how they could squeeze out all the other guys so that they’d get more attention. Dennis Kucinich wasn’t too happy about that.
An angry Dennis Kucinich lashed out at John Edwards on Friday, saying his Democratic rival showed “a consistent lack of integrity” by suggesting fewer candidates should participate in presidential forums and then trying to explain his remark to reporters. This just illustrates again the political mentality in America for fewer, can you say “two party” system. Continue Reading »

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Michael Is The Man

July 13, 2007

Ross Perot couldn’t do it, though he came close before he somehow emotionally or psychologically crashed and burned. That was sure a strange month when he went down in flames just when it looked like he was going to beat Bush and Clinton. Ross had a lot of money but he also had that hi-pitched squeaky voice. You do remember Ross don’t you? Henry Ross “The Boss” Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman from Texas. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962 and later sold the company to General Motors and founded Perot Systems. Perot is a billionaire. With an estimated net worth of around $4.3 billion as of 2006, he is ranked by Forbes as the 57th-richest person in America. And here is where the comparisons get interesting. Continue Reading »

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Yet Another Website?

July 12, 2007

Many people would classify this as an addiction. I’ve lost track of how many websites and therein is one reason for yet one more to put down my thoughts and share with whomsoever will. When I get a thought (and I do quite often), I synthesize and assimilate that thought by writing it down somewhere. Thoughts on current affairs, culture, religion, philosophy, gold, elections, or immigration have to have a place of landing. Some thoughts visit me daily and I write daily on those sites. Some are hot topics that I write on when they’re hot, such as IMMIGRATION was two weeks ago. And while I have a web site on ELECTIONS, there’s an area that I feel needs more specificity: and voila, here it is! Bottom line is that if Bloomberg doesn’t run, this site won’t be all that appealing. But if he does!!!! Continue Reading »

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