My Face-To-Face Converstaion With Rep Jim McGovern D-MA

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Sunday June 10, 2007 · 7:30 AM PDT

2007/06/10 · 07:30

Congressmen Jim McGovern, D-MA held one of his annual "meet with the public" exercises where he spends a Saturday going to various towns in Massachusetts.

People have an opportunity to see him and have a brief face-to-face, one-on-one chat with him.

Jim McGovern was opposed to the Iraq War from the beginning and has a mostly consistent progressive/liberal voting record.

I saw this as an golden opportunity to let a Congressmen hear from the public the arguments in favor of holding Richard Bruce Cheney accountable to the law and to do my part to help push Congress in this direction.

So I began by first politely expressing appreciation for his efforts in trying to bring an end to the Iraq War and went on to explain that the Iraq Policy will never really change -- no matter what resolutions or legislation Congress either passes or does not pass -- as long as the people who regard themselves as the "unitary executive" (a totalitarian concept) remain in office.

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Congressmen Jim McGovern

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Congressmen Jim McGovern

Should be re-elected

18 votes

Should not be re-elected

9 votes

The "other" Al Gore.

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Sunday June 03, 2007 · 12:04 AM PDT

2007/06/03 · 00:04

Don't get me wrong here.

It would be a profoundly better World in so many thousands of ways if Al Gore had been permitted to take possession of the Presidency in 2000 (which he factually won by a half-million votes).

I loved his smart "We're for the people, they're for the powerful" slogan in 2000 and wish more Democrats boiled campaigns down to that very clear and understandable framing of the contest.

I admire and respect Al Gore for his amazing breadth of technical vision: on the Environment, on Technology, his heroic crusade on Global Warming, his sound economic sense, his leadership on cutting government waste, his outspokeness and outrage about the fraud of the Iraq War, and his many, many other leadership initiatives that have been part of his career from the 1970s to 2007.

However, over at The Free Press, an article was written that raises some fair and reasonable questions about Gore's political accumen and his self-participation in his own demise (along with our own).

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 8:45 AM PDT

2007/05/24 · 08:45

The craven and cowardly capitulation to the corrupt and treasonous notion of either: a) that George Bush is a "unitary executive" with absolute War Powers, or, b) that handing to George Bush another blank check to further escalate his illegal and immoral Invasion/Occupation, founded only on a bedrock of demonstrable lies, is somehow an acceptable action to be taken by Congress, not only makes both Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid hopelessly unfit to lead the Democratic Party, but it is a total affront to the voters that elected them there and our servicemen who continue to be given up as cannon-fodder.

Nancy Pelosi now has refused to listen to the will of the people on both: a) the matters of ending the madness, bloodshed, and utter futility of the Iraq War, and b) also on the matter of holding hearings into the Impeachable crimes of Richard Bruce Cheney, a man who stands at 18% in the polls and steals money from Taxpayers and blood from our servicemen every single day that he remains in office.

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Wednesday May 02, 2007 · 5:45 PM PDT

2007/05/02 · 17:45

There is a growing momentum behind the movement to Impeach War-Profiteer Richard Bruce Cheney and it is now beginning to influence the U.S. Congress. After U.S. Rep-OH Dennis Kucinich introduced H. Res. 333 last week raising articles of Impeachment against Richard Bruce Cheney, sponsers have now come forward to endorse the bill.

US Reps. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Janice Schakowsky (D-IL) have signed on to co-sponser the bill. Most members have yet to even see or read H.R. 333, and as Bush becomes more frozen on his non-negotiatble War-agenda, more and more U.S. House members will begin to realize that removing Dick "the bloody" Cheney (the man who directs our U.S. Foreign Policy of War & Torture) is the only way to actually end the War and to really change course.

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Will you tell Congress to support House Resolution 333-?

89 votes Vote Now!

Will you tell Congress to support House Resolution 333-?

No, Dick Cheney should be left in power so that we can bomb and Invade Iran too.

3 votes

No, I don't believe in holding government officials accountable unless they are Democrats.

1 vote

Yes, I will do my Patriotic Duty and tell Congress to support HR 333 right away!

63 votes

Yes, I already have!

22 votes

Mike Gravel: A Man for these troubled times.

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Sunday April 29, 2007 · 5:29 AM PDT

2007/04/29 · 05:29

While other candidates seem to talk away, like running water, without ever saying anything,
Mike Gravel is a guy who gets to the core right from the get-go.

A former U.S. Senator of some distinction, Mike Gravel made a real difference during the Vietnam-era by standing up and fillibustering Richard Nixon's War legislation repeatedly (over and over again) over the course of 6 whole months.

The result of that action was that Nixon grudgingly agreed to end the Draft (a tyranny forced upon American citizens). Thousands of lives were saved and the Vietnam War had nowhere to go but eventually extinguish itself to its long deserved termination.

In a word, leadership.

Nowadays, we can't even get any of our Senators to oppose or investigate the most heinous events such as an Election stolen right in the light of day, or stand up and Impeach plainly obvious
War-Profiteers and genocidal liars from their offices that they are abusing (aside from Dennis Kucinich), or use the fillibuster at all (even though it is used routinely by Republicans against them) thus assuring the appointment of Samuel Alito (another Antonin Scalia type) to the highest Court.

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Friday April 27, 2007 · 12:36 PM PDT

2007/04/27 · 12:36

I remember the good old days when "The League of Woman Voters" (public interest group) would run the Presidential Debates and candidates were allowed to speak in depth for much more than 30 seconds.

It occurs to me that these Corp. TV Network run Debates of the modern era are setup and run in a perverse way that is quite contrary to informing the public or discussing the actual issues in any meaningful manner.

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Wednesday April 25, 2007 · 11:37 AM PDT

2007/04/25 · 11:37

Dennis Kucinich stepped forward yesterday and filed articles of Impeachment charges against Richard Bruce Cheney for his numerous War-Crimes, genocidal behavior, crimes against humanity, and abuse of public office.

The House Resolution HR 333 documents can been read at this link: http://kucinich.house.gov/...

It is up to us, all of us, now to bring the visibility to this important issue that it so richly deserves.
Over 700,000+ innocent people have been needlessly slaughtered and mutilated in Iraq before our eyes because of this man's lies and war-mongering treachery.

Another million or more have had their lives totally uprooted and turned upside down leaving them destitute, impoverished, badly injured/incapacitated or some combination of all three.

And today, Dick Cheney is further abusing his office to incite new false rationales for creating military violence and chaos in Iran as well.

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Will you tell Congress to support House Resolution 333-?

140 votes Vote Now!

Will you tell Congress to support House Resolution 333-?

No, Dick Cheney should be left in power so that we can bomb and Invade Iran too

6 votes

No, I don't believe in holding government officials accountable unless they're Democrats

3 votes

Yes, I will do my Patriotic Duty and tell Congress to support HR 333 now!

131 votes

Dennis Kucinich fooled by Cheney's PR stunt

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Tuesday April 24, 2007 · 11:09 AM PDT

2007/04/24 · 11:09

As you may know, Dennis Kucinich had planned to make a formal announcement at noon today submitting Richard Bruce Cheney to an Impeachment Investigation.

Yet Dick Cheney, a man who can walk around easily and freely with no crutches, no limp, and no visible difficulty at all, stole the headlines instead today by producing a big news story about him having a "medical crisis" and going to the hospital (for just a ultrasound test over a trivial "blot clot" in his leg). An ultrasound check is only routine procedure from a medical perspective. Recall that every now and then (remember the Duck hunting episode) when Dick Cheney is under a little heat and pressure - he suddenly "goes to the hospital" for some routine check-up or another under the misleading headlines that there is some big medical story to report there.

It is now being reported that, of course, Cheney's leg is fine and that he has returned back to work (as with any routine check-up) to continue his work day as normal. Cheney's very brief hospital trip was no more of a serious news story than David Letterman's last Yoga night session.
Some "medical crisis".

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Monday April 23, 2007 · 10:41 AM PDT

2007/04/23 · 10:41

Lost in all the mainstream media coverage (and lack thereof) about the 2008 race is a discussion of real issues that affect the actual character of the Country as a whole, the standard-of-living for our people, and whether a Nation that talks so much about 'freedom' and 'democracy' conducts itself on the World stage even distantly similar to its lofty rhetoric.

But there is one candidate who gets the real core of what is wrong with our government and confronts all of the major issues head on (without blinking).

Dennis Kucinich is proposing a simple, efficient, single-payer, national health-care system that would permantly solve the health-care needs for all people. More than 14,000 doctors support his health plan.

Kucinich also wants to end the horrifying War in Iraq right now (not in another 6 months or 12 months or after the elections, etc.). Furthermore, he speaks to the core problem with The United States by seeking to reorient the priorities of our militant society around a new focus on peace, not war. Peace not by words alone but by concrete steps and actions. He would cut waste to reduce the Pentagon's budget by 15 percent and establish a new Department of Peace, dedicated to disarmament and nonviolence.

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Saturday April 21, 2007 · 1:14 PM PDT

2007/04/21 · 13:14

In this video below, you will hear Hillary Clinton speak about and take questions about Health Care and how she will approach changing the system.

Her passion and knowledge here is genuine and admirable, however, the autocratic manner in which she speaks about her resolutions (about 1/2 way into the video) reveals everything about why she is too divisive a vessel to be successful as the front-person on this issue.

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Who can unite the Country on Universal Health Cate

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Who can unite the Country on Universal Health Cate

Hillary Clinton

15 votes

Barack Obama

13 votes

John Edwards

37 votes

Dennis Kucinich

3 votes

None of the above

9 votes

Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine for Broadcasting

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Tuesday April 17, 2007 · 9:21 AM PDT

2007/04/17 · 09:21

The "Fairness Doctrine" for Broadcasting was enacted in 1949 by the FCC and it required broadcasters to give equal time to dissenting opinions.

The Reagan-Bush administration abolished this act some twenty-five years ago and its absence is credited with having created the profound explosion of well-financed, "conservative talk" (rabid right-wing extremism, pro-Corporatism, anti-liberalism, anti-worker, anti-environment, hate-speech, propaganda) dominance over the radio.

Growing out of this miscarrige of the public airwaves was the rise of Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, etc. and all the rest, and it has created a condition in this Country where there is no place that you can spin the dial and get away from the onslaught of this propaganda (wrapped in an American flag).

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Sunday April 08, 2007 · 6:19 PM PDT

2007/04/08 · 18:19

Here's is a video of Obama in Portsmouth, N.H. holding an interactive Q&A Healthcare Forum.

A lot of very passionate attendees gave Obama an earful on the various problems and inequities with our for-profit system. This provides a good overview of how Obama is starting to address the subject of Healthcare.

He is taking the temperature of the public and I believe that he will emerge soon with a substantial plan.

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Did the embedded video work?

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Did the embedded video work?

Yes

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Sometimes

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