tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163383212024-03-08T08:06:28.257-06:00The Unknown CandidateWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." -- Jimi HendrixThe Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.comBlogger3211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-68252708754256319312011-09-04T22:41:00.000-05:002011-09-04T22:41:19.438-05:00The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder - Trailer<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/68_3rjp0Rkw?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-39627964875594546162011-09-04T22:36:00.001-05:002011-09-04T22:36:37.204-05:00A MESSAGE FROM ANONYMOUS - #OpUNITY<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cp3vc3YUyp0?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-4339903148151762802011-02-22T17:43:00.002-06:002011-02-22T17:59:28.981-06:00The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQBgtzVH4M/TWRNqfY2qGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/o5V7-qJ8uw4/s1600/e1298414961.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 37px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5YQBgtzVH4M/TWRNqfY2qGI/AAAAAAAAAU8/o5V7-qJ8uw4/s200/e1298414961.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576667630967105634" /></a><br /><a href="http://wisconsinwave.org/wisconsin-protest-wave-four-ways-build-movement">The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">This week, Move to Amend organizers are at the forefront of the democratic uprising in Wisconsin! <span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span></span><br /><br />The <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752301/29568/goto:http://libertytreefdr.org/">Liberty Tree Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752302/29568/goto:http://www.prwatch.org/">Center for Media and Democracy</a> have launched the <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752303/29568/goto:http://wisconsinwave.org/">"Wisconsin Wave"</a> to bring together working people and expose the true culprits in the state budget crisis. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Check out this information from these two MTA coalition organizations:</span></span><br /><br />--> <span style="font-weight:bold;">This Wednesday, tomorrow,</span> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752304/29568/goto:http://wisconsinwave.org/events">Wisconsin Wave is organizing a picket and rally</a> against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - the corporate strategy makers and financial backers for Governor Scott Walker. <br /><br />--> <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Center for Media and Democracy</span> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752305/29568/goto:http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/02/9964/cmd-special-report-scott-walker-runs-koch-money">published a special report</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">about Walker's Koch Brothers connection.</span> These masterminds behind the Tea Party spent millions to place Walker in office and now he's carrying out their agenda. Wisconsin is just the beginning -- the Kochs invested similarly in other states and their anti-working and middle class policy proposals will be introduced there as well.<br /><br />--> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ben Manski, Move to Amend Executive Committee member was</span> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752306/29568/goto:http://video.foxnews.com/v/4548144">interviewed on Fox "News"</a> with a message to America about the real solution to state budget shortfalls: tax the wealthy and corporations.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">There's more to come in the days ahead:</span></span><br /><br />--> The Center for Media and Democracy has been live blogging every day - <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752307/29568/goto:http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/02/9944/live-reporting-wisconsin-protests">tune in to get the latest updates.</a><br /><br />--> <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752308/29568/goto:http://bit.ly/ShareWIWave">Spread the word about the Wisconsin Wave,</a> especially to your friends in Wisconsin!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">And even more exciting MTA news from the Badger State:</span></span><br /> <br />--> On April 5 residents of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Madison and Dane County, WI will have the opportunity to pass a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish Corporate Personhood.</span> The campaign is organized by <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752309/29568/goto:http://scwmta.org/">South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend.</a> Last fall the group collected over 15,000 signatures to get the resolution placed on their city and county ballots.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Bring the movement to your community!<br />Join our Move to Amend Local Action Webinar to find out how:</span><br /><br />MOVE TO AMEND LOCAL ACTION WEBINAR<br />Tuesday, March 1, 2011<br />4pm Pacific / 5pm Mountain / 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern<br /><a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6971602592/208474852/219752310/29568/goto:http://movetoamend.org/events/move-amend-local-action-webinar-4pm-pt-5pm-mt-6pm-ct-7pm-et-registration-required">Register Now!</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-74094286588401903172011-02-11T13:09:00.001-06:002011-02-11T13:12:41.913-06:00A Hated Dictator is GONE thanks to the people's uprisingAs we join the celebration with the people in Egypt who showed such courage in the face of 30 years of repression, those of us living in the United States must stop the crimes of our own government towards the people of the region: <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Mubarak regime was “Made in the U.S.A.”</span> Since 1979, the U.S. has given the regime $35 billion, $1.3 billion per year in military support. Because of this, Egypt has a large military, and the world’s 4th largest fleet of F-16 fighter planes. Egyptian police who have held 10,000 political prisoners receive training from the U.S. military. Even the tear gas fired on demonstrators is "Made in the U.S.A."<br /><br />Despite decades of torture, disappearing political opponents, and the most open brutality against its own citizens, neither Republican or Democrat leaders plan to reduce military aid to Egypt (LA Times 2/9/11).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The U.S. government and leaders know Egypt is a torture state. </span> The United States, including the Obama administration, knows about the torture, abuse, indefinite detention, political suppression, rape and sexual assault that had been taking place over years under the Mubarak regime.<br /><br />According to Human Rights Watch, “law enforcement officials have used torture and ill-treatment on a widespread, deliberate, and systematic basis over the past two decades to glean confessions and information, or to punish detainees.” Omar Suleiman – now the vice president – was the intelligence chief responsible for arranging “extraordinary rendition” of prisoners to be tortured in Egypt for the Clinton and Bush administrations, interrogating some himself.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Saturday March 19: STOP These Wars Now! </span> On the 8th anniversary of the U.S. War & Occupation of Iraq, Join the protest! At The White House 12:00 pm, or wherever you are. U.S. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan!<br /><br />The World Can’t Wait<br />worldcantwait.net (866) 973-4463 <br /><br /><style type="text/css"><!--.quote {width:350px; padding: 6px; border: solid 1px #456B8F; font: 10px helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff}.quote a {font: 13px arial, serif; color: #003399; text-decoration: underline}.quote a:hover {color: #FF9900; }//--></style><div class="quote"><a href="http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php/home-mainmenu-289/6967-our-government-must-stop-supporting-mubarak-torture-a-repression-in-egypt" target="_blank" title="Our government must stop supporting torture & repression in Egypt!">Our government must stop supporting torture & repression in Egypt!</a><br />Friday, 11 February 2011<div style="width:350px; text-align:right;">© 2011 - <a href="http://www.worldcantwait.net/" target="_blank">World Can't Wait</a></div></div>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-57051127017494267502010-10-26T15:13:00.004-05:002010-10-26T15:28:44.288-05:00A&C : Art & Copy on Independent LensMeet the real Mad Men (and women!) in Art & Copy, an intimate glimpse at the people behind the curtain of modern consumer culture. They brought you “Just Do It,” “I ♥ NY,” “Where's the Beef?” “Got Milk?” and “Think Different.” Love them or loathe them, they have mastered the art of persuasion.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/art-and-copy/">http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/art-and-copy/</a><br /><br />Check local listings here: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html">http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html</a><br /><br /><object width="512" height="328"> <param name="movie" value="http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf"> <param name="flashvars" value="video=1595978145&player=viral"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf" flashvars="video=1595978145&player=viral" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="328" bgcolor="#000000"></embed></object><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808080; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 512px;">Watch the <a style="text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;" href="http://video.pbs.org/video/1595978145" target="_blank">full episode</a>. See more <a style="text-decoration:none !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#4eb2fe !important;" href="http://www.pbs.org/independentlens" target="_blank">Independent Lens.</a></p>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-82043514956476104992010-09-09T12:14:00.008-05:002010-09-09T12:19:23.039-05:00Playing For Change | Raghuvamsa Sudha<a href="http://playingforchange.com/episodes/34?utm_source=Playing%20For%20Change&utm_campaign=31e04e19a1-Episode_349_9_2010&utm_medium=email">Playing For Change | Raghuvamsa Sudha</a>
<br /><left><embed src="http://playingforchange.com/player/widget.swf?episode=34" width="460" height="360" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent">The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-32357141386253870732010-08-10T12:18:00.000-05:002010-08-10T12:18:43.007-05:00Sign Our Petition: Defend a free and open Internet<a href="http://insidegoogle.com/2010/08/test-petition-via-posts/">Sign Our Petition: Defend a free and open Internet</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-81406358975229474072010-08-07T14:23:00.003-05:002010-08-07T14:33:53.382-05:00Poem in MourningWeary as an old plow,<br />dulled blades from too many rotations,<br />rusty red,<br />Death looms on every channel.<br />Don't they ever tire of the swords? <br />Slicing brains like so much red meat,<br />cleaved in the womb,<br />No blood, just catsup, to give it that<br />all American flavor.<br />Savor It <br />is what we have made it, gourmet <br />sushi, <br />served with<br />bitter herbs and ginger,<br />under headstones <br />made of ash.<br /><br />ⓒ 2010 The Unknown CandidateThe Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-27177317753096064772010-07-17T14:49:00.003-05:002010-07-17T14:51:05.405-05:00Speak Truth to Power<a href='http://kck.st/bGw0sa'><img border='0' src='http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulstreet/the-lefts-fiercest-critic-goes-street-on-obama/widget/card.jpg' /></a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-834656111821748062010-04-13T23:47:00.002-05:002010-04-13T23:52:12.681-05:00Noam Chomsky: A World of Freedom And Justice<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Times New Roman', sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b><br /></b></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25209.htm#IDCommentIDComment67838141"></a>If you want to understand what is actually transpiring politically in our country, why Obama has been such a disappointment to those who supported him, and why the Tea Party movement should not be dismissed lightly, this is a MUST WATCH lecture:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25209.htm#IDCommentIDComment67838141"><b>Noam Chomsky : </b></a><b>A World of Freedom And Justice</b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Times New Roman', sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><b>Video Of Lecture</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Times New Roman', sans-serif;font-size:medium;">Havens Center, Orpheum Theater, Madison - Thursday, April 8, 2010</span></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="245"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qy9SmbFb0Q0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qy9SmbFb0Q0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="245"></embed></object></div></div></div>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-68089985464465341482009-12-29T16:29:00.000-06:002009-12-29T16:29:14.508-06:00No, We're Not a Broken People | Let's Try Democracy<a href="http://www.davidswanson.org/node/2375">No, We're Not a Broken People | Let's Try Democracy</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-39635303743709896912009-09-18T14:44:00.005-05:002009-09-18T15:12:07.391-05:007 Great Websites for Information on Healthcare ReformBy Mary Ward, Guest Contributer<br /><br />If you’re like most people, you’ve been interested in following the healthcare debate as it happens. But, if you’re busy like most people, you may find it difficult to keep up with this ever changing debate. Following are some great resources for keeping up with the healthcare debate – and they’re all online. <br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> – Twitter’s not just a site for keeping up with your friends, it’s also a great way to keep up with the news. There are 25 different feeds on Twitter that provide updates on healthcare reform as they happen. Some of them are admittedly a bit biased, but some are also dedicated to simply delivering developments.</li> <br /><li><a href="http://help.senate.gov/">Senate Health Education and Pension Committee</a> – This is a link to the committee that started it all! This committee formerly chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy keeps track of the bill as it progresses. On this site you can see the bill as authored as well as changes to it as it moves through the process. This is one of the few places where you can read the bill in its entirety with no commentary.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/">White House Office of Management and Budget</a> – Peter Orszag is the chief of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, and he posts a regular blog, which is lately often about healthcare reform. This is a great place for the White House take on things. New happenings are generally commented on frequently.</li><br /><li><a href="http://www.tnr.com/blogs/the-treatment">The Treatment</a> – This is a blog, but it is written by Jonathan Cohn, the author of “Sick- the Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis – and the People Who Pay the Price”. Cohn is extremely knowledgeable and works hard to write a fair and informative blog.</li><br /><li><a href="http://search.kff.org/gsaresults/search?site=KFForgnopdfs&filter=0&output=xml_no_dtd&client=kff&sp=kff&getfields=*&q=health%20reform%20side-by-side&no_pdf=1">Side By Side Comparison of Major Healthcare Proposals</a> – Authored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, this site does a good job of comparing various major healthcare reform proposals. It takes a lot of the work out of the comparison for the consumer.</li> <br /><li><a href="http://www.healthjournalism.org/blog/">Covering Health</a> – A website for journalists who report on healthcare, this site keeps very up to date on happenings regarding the healthcare debate. Since journalists use this website to assist them in their reporting on healthcare, you can count on it to be up to date and factual.</li> <br /><li><a href="http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?emp=marcom">Healthcare Reform 2009</a> – This is the website for the New England Journal of Medicine. Most of the site requires membership, but anyone can access their extensive coverage on healthcare reform. This site offers commentary from several different points of view, and most of their commentators are experts in a particular area of healthcare.</li></ol> There’s plenty of coverage out there right now on healthcare reform. Regardless of your opinion on the subject, you can find someone who’ll report exactly what you believe. But, if you want to know what’s really happening, these websites should give you plenty of information that is fairly reported and balanced. Sometimes, in any debate, the hardest information to come by is the factual information. <br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Mary Ward is a freelance writer and likes writing about medical education topics, such as how to research and choose among <a href="http://becomeanxraytechnician.com/">online X-ray tech schools</a>, how to apply for online college grants, and more.<br /></span>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-49495938984769912152009-08-16T00:55:00.001-05:002009-08-16T00:55:58.896-05:00Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009<a href="http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/category/y-2009/">From Project Censored</a>:<ul>#1. Over One Million Iraqi Deaths Caused by US Occupation<br /># 2 Security and Prosperity Partnership: Militarized NAFTA<br /># 3 InfraGard: The FBI Deputizes Business<br /># 4 ILEA: Is the US Restarting Dirty Wars in Latin America?<br /># 5 Seizing War Protesters’ Assets<br /># 6 The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act<br /># 7 Guest Workers Inc.: Fraud and Human Trafficking<br /># 8 Executive Orders Can Be Changed Secretly<br />#9 Iraq and Afghanistan Vets Testify<br /># 10 APA Complicit in CIA Torture<br /># 11 El Salvador’s Water Privatization and the Global War on Terror<br /># 12 Bush Profiteers Collect Billions From No Child Left Behind<br /># 13 Tracking Billions of Dollars Lost in Iraq<br /># 14 Mainstreaming Nuclear Waste<br /># 15 Worldwide Slavery<br /># 16 Annual Survey on Trade Union Rights<br /># 17 UN’s Empty Declaration of Indigenous Rights<br /># 18 Cruelty and Death in Juvenile Detention Centers<br /># 19 Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction<br /># 20 Marijuana Arrests Set New Record<br /># 21 NATO Considers “First Strike” Nuclear Option<br /># 22 CARE Rejects US Food Aid<br /># 23 FDA Complicit in Pushing Pharmaceutical Drugs<br /># 24 Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror<br /># 25 Bush’s Real Problem with Eliot Spitzer</ul>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-33643194310016700492009-04-10T23:32:00.003-05:002009-04-10T23:43:48.013-05:00Deborah Orr: A Tribute to the Propaganda BoxSean Madden (inoodle.com) tackles one of my all time pet peeves: our mindless addiction to the overwhelmingly mindless Boob Tube. It's an interesting piece worth checking out <a href="http://inoodle.com/2009/01/deborah-orr-tribute-to-propaganda-box.html">here in its entirety.</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-9341910849886254172009-03-07T12:13:00.005-06:002009-03-07T12:24:26.660-06:00Looking at Today's Financial Crisis Through a Historical Lens<h2>This is a MUST READ:</h2><a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-160372">BANKERS MANIFESTO 1917/1934 - iReport.com</a><br /><br />It's difficult to read the documents linked above and not join the ranks of the "conspiracy nuts" of the world. One cannot help but draw parallels to our current financial crisis and come to logical conspiratorial conclusions. <br /><br />Am I wrong? <br /><br /><object width="400" height="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.ireport.com/themes/custom/resources/swfplayer/mediaplayer.swf"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="menu" value="false"></param><param name="flashvars" value="height=320&width=400&autostart=false&autoscroll=false&showstop=false&showicons=false&showdigits=total&controlbar=0.1&backcolor=0xFFFFFF&screencolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0xDEDEDE&lightcolor=0x00A2FF&logo=http%3A//www.ireport.com/themes/custom/resources/swfplayer/data/images/ireport_wm.gif&file=data/media/silence.flv&image=http%3A//i.cdn.turner.com/ireport/sm/prod/2008/12/09/WE00162327/326834/Anon1228838602-BANKERSMANIFESTO19171934751060_lg.jpg"></param><embed src="http://www.ireport.com/themes/custom/resources/swfplayer/mediaplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="320" menu="false" flashvars="height=320&width=400&autostart=false&autoscroll=false&showstop=false&showicons=false&showdigits=total&controlbar=0.1&backcolor=0xFFFFFF&screencolor=0x000000&frontcolor=0xDEDEDE&lightcolor=0x00A2FF&logo=http%3A//www.ireport.com/themes/custom/resources/swfplayer/data/images/ireport_wm.gif&file=data/media/silence.flv&image=http%3A//i.cdn.turner.com/ireport/sm/prod/2008/12/09/WE00162327/326834/Anon1228838602-BANKERSMANIFESTO19171934751060_lg.jpg"></embed></object>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-60930451178541480452009-02-20T14:40:00.001-06:002009-02-20T14:40:40.376-06:00Doctor's Orders?Republicans claim that the new law says the government will tell physicians what procedures can and can't be performed. It doesn't.<br/><br/><a href='http://www.factcheck.org/politics/doctors_orders.html'>read more</a> | <a href='http://digg.com/politics/Doctor_s_Orders_2'>digg story</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-54446458108658867902009-02-20T13:36:00.000-06:002009-02-20T13:36:18.204-06:00Did Obama pay for Hamas-affiliated terrorists to emigrate to the United States?More lies circulating from the Wingnuts: <a href="http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_obama_pay_for_hamas-affiliated_terrorists_to.html">FactCheck.org sets the record straight.</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-76686620888584074222009-02-17T20:06:00.002-06:002009-02-17T20:09:05.084-06:00High Noon: Geithner v. The American OligarchsBill Moyers interviews former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), MIT Sloan School of Management professor and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon Johnson examines President Obama's plan for economic recovery.<br /><br />Broadcast February 13, 2009<br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Hr578-7JQk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7Hr578-7JQk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6luwK89Lj4s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6luwK89Lj4s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQdtnO9i8Hs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RQdtnO9i8Hs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object><br /><br />For further information, see Simon Johnson's website: <a href="http://baselinescenario.com/">The Baseline Scenario</a><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22020.htm">Information Clearing House - ICH</a>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-85453702815310865182009-02-04T13:59:00.002-06:002009-02-04T14:01:39.700-06:00Petition Attorney General Eric Holder to Appoint a Special ProsecuterFormal Petition to Attorney General-Designate Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in War Crimes.<br /><br />Sponsored by Docudharma.com and Democrats.com.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="319"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RizndOCOr8k&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RizndOCOr8k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="319"></embed></object>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-36968008827098799102009-02-03T21:38:00.002-06:002009-02-03T21:41:21.343-06:00Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle Headlines<H2>THIS IS A MUST READ:</h2> <a href="http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=11343">David Sirota (Open Left) reports</a>: <blockquote>"Amid the swirling headlines about Tom Daschle withdrawing his nomination for Health and Human Service Secretary is a very dark, very foreboding story that tells us a lot more about what to expect from the Obama administration than a single nomination fight. It is a story that every single voter who supported Barack Obama because of his progressive economic platform should know about - and worry about...."</blockquote>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-86497704626132151262009-01-29T13:41:00.003-06:002009-01-29T13:45:03.784-06:00Putting Torture Behind Us<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/04/02/opinion/ts-kristof-190.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 240px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/04/02/opinion/ts-kristof-190.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />"Rather than lose forever the chance to grow from our missteps," <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/opinion/29kristof.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">Nicholas Kristof (NYT) </a>has a interesting "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/opinion/29kristof.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">proposal</a> for confronting Guantánamo without distracting from the work on the economic crisis."<br /><br />Photo Credit: Nicholas D. Kristof. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-12071340732248504452009-01-26T16:20:00.002-06:002009-01-26T16:26:12.634-06:00Feingold: Give Appointment Powers to the People<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://feingold.senate.gov/images/album/images/33.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://feingold.senate.gov/images/album/images/33.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><h2><a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/news/election/434679">Senator to Push For Constitutional Amendment</a></h2>John Nichols (The Capital Times) reports: <blockquote>"Following New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and with the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for abuses of office allegedly including the bartering off of the vacant Senate seat of President Barack Obama, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold wants to require that Senate vacancies be filled by the voters rather than individual governors...." <br /><br /><a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/news/election/434679">Continue Reading.</a></blockquote>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-45472584214852354912009-01-26T15:20:00.005-06:002009-02-15T15:38:45.555-06:00The People vs. Dick Cheney<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.motherjones.com/files/resized/files/legacy/news/feature/2009/01/people-vs-dick-cheney-320x250.300wide.234high.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 234px;" src="http://www.motherjones.com/files/resized/files/legacy/news/feature/2009/01/people-vs-dick-cheney-320x250.300wide.234high.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2009/01/the-people-vs-dick-cheney.html">Karen Greenberg answers the question</a>: <blockquote>"Will Obama bring the Bushies to account? Will Congress? Some local DA? A judge in Europe? Anyone...?"</blockquote>Illustration: Roberto Parada (Mother Jones)The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-78819879739364550492009-01-26T15:14:00.002-06:002009-01-26T15:22:50.151-06:00Who Will Throw the Book at the Bushies?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QlYi4VF96_4/SX4oZQuAPDI/AAAAAAAAAT0/CYJRmkfj4Y0/s1600-h/wanted-george-bush.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QlYi4VF96_4/SX4oZQuAPDI/AAAAAAAAAT0/CYJRmkfj4Y0/s200/wanted-george-bush.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295714626284043314" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.motherjones.com//news/feature/2009/01/if-congress-doesnt-who-will.html">In a companion piece to "The People vs. Dick Cheney," Jonathan Schwarz reports</a>:<blockquote> "If Congress won't, <a href="http://www.motherjones.com//news/feature/2009/01/if-congress-doesnt-who-will.html">these folks</a> might...."</blockquote>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16338321.post-75589862166862137972009-01-16T13:26:00.003-06:002009-01-16T13:34:09.434-06:00Obama, Pakistan, terrorism | Salon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QlYi4VF96_4/SXDgd2j6z5I/AAAAAAAAATs/4AltUKe6iNk/s1600-h/Juan.Cole.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QlYi4VF96_4/SXDgd2j6z5I/AAAAAAAAATs/4AltUKe6iNk/s200/Juan.Cole.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291976365627330450" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss&aim=/opinion/feature">Obama, Pakistan, terrorism | Juan Cole | Salon</a>: <blockquote>"<span style="font-weight:bold;">The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.</span>" <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss&aim=/opinion/feature">Continue reading.</a></blockquote>Photo Credit: Juan Cole. <a href="http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2007/10/amy-goodman-interviews-professor-juan.html">The Vineyard of the Saker: Amy Goodman interviews Professor Juan Cole on Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Kurdistan</a><br /><br /><div>Technorati tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Pakistan" rel="tag">Pakistan</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Afghanistan" rel="tag">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/India" rel="tag">India</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Obama" rel="tag">Obama</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Foreign%20Policy" rel="tag">Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Juan%20Cole" rel="tag">Juan Cole</a></div>The Unknown Candidatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297082094876331950noreply@blogger.com1