Why don't we have a VotePair2012.org yet?

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Monday July 02, 2012 · 6:59 PM PDT

2012/07/02 · 18:59

Democratic voters in Kentucky, Republican voters in California, and Green Party supporters across the USA have one thing in common: their votes are almost certain to have no impact on the outcome of the American Presidential election. This is because of our atrocious Electoral College method of electing the President.

Vote swapping (or vote pairing) websites in other countries such as Canada offer these disenfranchised voters some hope of political power. According to the US courts, vote swapping or vote pairing is legal. Lawsuits were filed in 2000 to test this, and vote swap sites were approved as a form of free-speech.

Here is how vote swapping can work:

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Thursday March 01, 2012 · 5:48 PM PST

2012/03/01 · 17:48

Unsurprising but disappointing news reached my eyes today. The Senate and the House have passed a "Trespass" bill, called the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, which would have landed me in deep doo-doo back when I (along with many other protesters) disrupted President George W Bush's Social Security privatization dog-and-pony road show in 2005.

According to RT.com , under the act, the government is "given the power to bring charges against Americans engaged in political protest anywhere in the country."

The new legislation allows prosecutors to charge anyone who enters a building without permission or with the intent to disrupt a government function with a federal offense if Secret Service is on the scene, but the law stretches to include not just the president’s palatial Pennsylvania Avenue home. Under the law, any building or grounds where the president [or any official under Secret Service protection] is visiting — even temporarily — is covered, as is any building or grounds “restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance."

How can YOU get charged with a federal offense, as I would have been? Find out below the squiggle. Read More

Double down for the Wisconsin 14

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Tuesday February 22, 2011 · 5:46 PM PST

2011/02/22 · 17:46

I have received email from Act Blue, DFA, DailyKOS, CREDO mobile, and maybe even a few other groups - all keeping me informed about the protests in Wisconsin. And when I read this site I see great updates and calls to action.

So today I updated my Facebook profile pic to the SOLIDARITY image of Wisconsin as a raised fist. I also went to Act Blue and donated $28 via the DFA group and added a 10% tip for Act Blue. I was going to donate a dollar per exiled Senator, but I decided to double down and make it 2 dollars per Senator.

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What's the least agonizing right-wing podcast?

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Monday November 15, 2010 · 5:31 PM PST

2010/11/15 · 17:31

When I used to deliver sandwiches as a teen (back in the halcyon days of 1993-1994) I had an old Plymouth Volare that my friend affectionately mis-named "the Lady Hawke." God, that car was an ugly box and she cornered as gracefully as a beached whale. She only had AM radio, and I listened to Rush Limbaugh on AM Talk when I finally got tired of AM Oldies. I can't bear to listen to Rush again after over a year of that nonsense.

Now I have a Scion xB. Alas, my friend has not yet named her. She has a nifty iPod adapter, so I get podcasts along with my FM, AM, and CD.

I'm looking for an honest libertarian type of right-wing podcast. I currently listen to BotL, Maddow, Planet Money, Marketplace, The Moth, and Democracy Now. (I drive a LOT in my career as a multi-site computer support tech.) The podcasts fill my drive time.

I don't want to suffer through the truly looney-tunes right-wing stuff, like Limbaugh or Beck. Does anyone know of any libertarian or moderate center-right podcasts that I can check out so I can hear some honest opposition arguments?

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Monday October 04, 2010 · 11:37 AM PDT

2010/10/04 · 11:37

Saw a CNN article today about another politician in a sexting scandal. I figured the odds were high that a Republican was involved, but couldn't find any reference to political party at the CNN story. Googled my way into some other news links that confirmed this dude is a family values GOPer, all the way, baby.

http://www.cnn.com/...

"Two weeks ago, at a news conference, Kratz apologized for sending personal texts to a domestic abuse victim while prosecuting her former boyfriend. At the time, he said he wouldn't step down from office."

Wow. Class Act.

The local news link is below the jump.

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Sunday June 13, 2010 · 7:28 AM PDT

2010/06/13 · 07:28

Front page above the fold Courier Journal story today, available online only via subscription:
http://www.courier-journal.com/

Panel doesn't recognize Paul certification

The national clearinghouse for ophthalmologist board certifications says Rand Paul has not been certified for the past five years. Rand Paul has claimed to be board certified, but it turns out he is certified by a board (National Board of Ophthalmology) that he incorporated and heads, and of which his wife is vice-president. The CJ could only find seven ophthalmologists besides Paul who were members of or were certified by Paul's group, and all of them also had the "real certification" of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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Wednesday March 31, 2010 · 8:21 PM PDT

2010/03/31 · 20:21

Jeremy Bird from OFA sent me and a million of his closest friends an email thanking us for helping to pass insurance reform (he called it health care reform).

The subject line was "because of you." I'm sure thousands of you got it.

I'm still stunned by the idiocy of the Administration's energy plan news today, and not a little disgusted, so I scrolled to the bottom and clicked UNSUBSCRIBE. I was greeted with a form that asked me why. My response is below the fold.

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Tuesday May 12, 2009 · 9:08 AM PDT

2009/05/12 · 09:08

Some tool (Bill Miller) from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been spamming with me with dire warnings about how Obama and the liberals are going to bring about Armageddon. I usually just delete his stupidity with barely a cursory glance, but today he pissed me off more than usual.

His latest missive of doom was entitled: "$1.8 Trillion Deficit ... And Rising"

Funny thing is, this jerk never sent me any emails about the massive deficits created under Bush. I guess those deficits were a good thing. Massive deficits are apparently only bad when the Democrats are in the White House. I know the Chamber is a thinly veiled arm of the GOP, (kind of like most Realtor groups.) And it's not like we Dems don't have our own allied groups, like teachers. But the Chamber is beyond the pale.

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No. Don't join. It is a waste of time.

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I don't have any idea.

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Yes, progressive business owners should give it a shot.

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Former Republican excoriates GOP. The identity crisis continues.

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Sunday March 08, 2009 · 2:57 PM PDT

2009/03/08 · 14:57

Very good Huffpo article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

I identified with this Schaeffer piece. I recommend it. I was not particularly passionate, nor particularly well-informed about the records of the candidates in the 2000 primaries. Even so, I was a McCain supporter in 2000, having been raised to be a Republican. I was out of love with the party, but hadn't stopped identifying as GOP yet. After Bush trashed McCain I was ashamed of the GOP. I re-registered Independent. By 2005 I was so sick of the GOP that I re-registered as a Dem and have never regretted it.

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 6:51 PM PST

2008/11/07 · 18:51

Crossposted from BlueGrassRoots:
http://bluegrassroots.org/...

Hello folks,

I wish I was writing to tell you that we won Tuesday’s election in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, but as you may know that is not the case. Here are the final numbers:

President-elect Obama came up short in the 4th CD, garnering 37.9%, with 118,763 citizens voting for Obama.
Michael Kelley also came up short in the 4th CD, capturing 37%, with 111,545 citizens casting their vote for Kelley.

Our numbers closely followed the top of the ticket. Even though ours was a small-money campaign - one in which we raised about $20,000 – we still performed right up there with the President-elect!

Folks, just because "we the people" have elected Obama does not mean the fight for change is over. Here are two ways (one short-term and one long-term) for us to keep the momentum going:

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 11:00 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 11:00

Warren Stone, Construction Contractor and former Republican Candidate for Congress in KY-04, Endorses Michael Kelley MD (crossposted from bluegrassroots.org)

Today I am announcing my support for Dr. Michael Kelley, the Democratic Party nominee in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District election.

Michael Kelley is a family doctor from Oldham County. I first became aware of Dr. Kelley when he contacted me after the Republican primary debate on KET – yet another debate in which Geoff Davis chose not to participate. Dr. Kelley watched the debate and he congratulated me on some of my ideas. We exchanged correspondence and I was pleasantly surprised at his courtesy and judgment on the issues. I discovered that we had much in common, including our deep concern about the direction of the nation that we love, and the future of our children and their children.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 6:19 AM PDT

2008/10/14 · 06:19

Crossposted from Bluegrassroots
http://bluegrassroots.org/...

Recently the Editorial Board of the Enquirer endorsed my opponent, Geoff Davis, in the upcoming congressional election for KY-04. The Board seemed to view Davis as post-partisan, and a man unafraid to "buck the desires of his party leadership." Here are a few things they seem to have overlooked when evaluating Congressman Davis’ record:

Geoff Davis has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 94% of the time during the current Congress. During happier times we could simply chuckle at the Enquirer board for implying Davis was anything resembling a "maverick," but since the Republican philosophy has led our nation to the brink of disaster, this failure in judgment is far from amusing.

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