Worth a Look: Independents Rising
August 31st, 2009
MUST WATCH VIDEO
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Jacqueline Salit led the independent movement that elected Bloomberg mayor of New York City. She has gone on to create a nation-wide grass-roots movement with two thrusts: the Committee for a Unified Independent Party (CUIP), and as its primary objective, the enabling of Independent Voting, not only in the general election but in the primaries where this movement can credibly claim to have been the decisive factor in the marginal election of President Barack Obama (70% of the eligible voters did not vote for him–he won on a thin majority of those that did vote).
This “virtual” third party now claims 42% of all voters, a percentage that exceeds either of the two “main” parties. Some reports suggest that the number of independent voters, now including estranged Republicans and fearful Democrats, actually comes closer to 60%.
If you care about America, if you want to understand the possibilities in America, please watch this video. It is a foundation stone for the new house we must build, a house that does not distinguish between the mansion for Wall Street and the outhouse for the rest of us. See also the master website, and an independent blogger, Nancy Hanks.
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Questions for supporters of the
Democrat-Republican duopoly
August 31, 7:49 AM
Chad MacInnes
Orange County Independent Examiner
EXTRACT: The fact of the matter is that career politicians will say anything to get re-elected and will do anything to stay in power. This then becomes a classic dichotomy: the politicians say one thing, yet continue to act in ways anathema to what they repeatedly profess they stand for. Yet they are re-elected over and over again. Both Republicans and Democrats alike are equally guilty, and this becomes clear when one simply compares the rhetoric with what they actually do. With very few notable exceptions, Dr. Ron Paul comes to mind, there is no honor, no integrity, no intestinal fortitude among them. They are weak and spinless creatures driven only by an insatiable thirst for power and control, yet fancy themselves saviors, strong and powerful simply by their ability to manipulate the system and ignore the people. The self-serving Democrat-Republican duopoly is symptomatic of our sick republic, and the only medicine that will cure it is to remove this duopolistic tumor.
Phi Beta Iota: INTEGRITY. The Average American has more common sense, decency, and integrity that most Graphic B JPEGserving in Washington as political appointees sworn to a partisan agenda, or as elected officials who have betrayed their constituencies by toeing to the party line. Mr. MacInnes is articulating a broad “pox on both parties” that has been in motion since everyone realized that Al Gore sold out (Warren Christopher carried the offer) in 2000.
Now, having said that, we reiterate our view that President Barack Obama could be the George Washington of this century if he rejects the partisan hacks and the Wall Street hucksters that are looting the Treasury and avoiding responsibility. All he has to do is demand the Electoral Reform Act of 2009 followed by the Smart Nation-Safe Nation Act of 2010, and we will have a Republic again–an informed, secure, sane, responsible Republic.
Event: 11-13 Sep 09 NYC We Demand Transparency Conference for Peace, Truth, and a New Economics
August 31st, 2009
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There is a remarkable convergence occuring across America. Click on the JPEG above to reach the conference web site. $10 at the door for Friday concert, $40 for the two days if paid in advance. Robert Steele will introduce his new book, INTELLIGENCE for EARTH: Clarity, Diversity, Integrity, & Sustainability. Both Truth & Reconciliation, and Transparency as the highest form of public integrity, are constant themes in the book.
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