It’s all rather late in the game — what isn’t? — but Third Party Ticket is organizing a more inclusive debate, for Sunday October 19th, 2008 from 7pm to 9pm ET. The group has invited Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, Barack Obama and John McCain. For a taste, see Democracy Now’s simulated […]
Pundification of the Populus and the Blind Taste Test
Several decades ago, the German pollster Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (who worked for a time at a pro-Nazi paper) put forward the notion of the Spiral of Silence, in part to explain why people in Germany went along with the Nazis: Observations made in one context spread to another and encouraged people either to proclaim their views […]
IndyKids and Political Compass
It’s remarkable that McCain and Obama agree on the Wall Street bailout, increasing the military, civil liberties restrictions (Patriot Act re-authorization, FISA), corporate trade deals, support for Israel, increased militarization of Afghanistan, threats (“all options on the table”) against Iran, against a single-payer health care system. On many of these issues, they are opposed by […]
Will the Political Spectrum Breakdown?
It unfairly ignores Chuck Baldwin, but IndyKids otherwise puts mainstream media to shame in breaking down some of the positions of various candidates, esp see their PDF newspaper. Reminds me of Jesus saying of children: “the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Would be happy to link to other breakdowns of positions of […]
Almost Fair Media
It unfairly ignores Chuck Baldwin, but http://www.indykids.net otherwise puts mainstream media to shame. Reminds me of Jesus saying of children “the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
GRITtv Covers VotePact
See today’s GRITtv segment on voting issues including VotePact.
The Phony “Commission on Presidential Debates”
Democracy Now had a good segment this morning with Geroge Farah of Open Debates. I’m Twittering some of the VP “debate.”
The “Swing Vote” Thought Experiment
Many people are “for” a third party or independent candidate and don’t know it because they can’t see third party and independent candidates as “viable.” Here’s a thought experiment: “Imagine Obama and McCain are tied and you are the swing voter. Who do you vote for?” Now, try this: “Imagine Obama, McCain, McKinney, Barr, Baldwin […]
VotePact and the R3VOLution
Very glad that Campaign for Liberty has linked to VotePact. I’ve long admired Ron Paul — remember seeing him speaking forcefully against the sanctions on Iraq in the 1990s. Also, been thinking about how VotePact is in a way an expression of Love: Two people overcome their divisions and build up trust to unite for […]
twosie, twosies
The animals, the animals, They came in by twosie, twosies The animals, the animals, They came in by twosie, twosies http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/r024.html http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arky+arky&aq=f