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Roseanne Barr Running for Green Party Presidential Nominee!

is running for president of the United States of America, and she has now stated that... more

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Let's have a real debate...

Probably the most boring reality TV show this season is the Republican debates. After the first three episodes, there wasn’t much new information, instead everyone listened for nuances or changed positions. I’m sure Rick Perry would love to remember them but he may have forgotten the third one. They have really been exercises in patience for the vast majority of the electorate because they have not focused on the real issues. Let’s have an honest debate between candidates not coached for soundbites and ridiculous policies designed to excite a base fed with a strictly red meat diet.

I propose that the candidates for Americans Elect hold a debate with the Buddy Roemer, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein, and Rocky Anderson. Let’s get the different parties and their views out there to enlighten the electorate and present valid choices. None of us should be afraid of putting our policies out in the open and getting people to judge them. I even have a proposed forum, TYT/Current TV.

Former VP Al Gore needs to build audience participation in his new venture and a debate hosted by Cenk Ugyer, Keith Olbermann, and a few other worthy parties could really present an informative moment for everyone as well as real entertainment. It might be nice listening to people who did not think US territory extended across the Mediterranean into Israel or that the only way to solve our deficit problems was through tax cuts.

I propose that we hold a webcast between the South Carolina primary and the one in Florida, another mid-February, and then one in mid-March after Super Tuesday. To further broaden the appeal, one of them could be held on the Real News and another on C-Span. Instead of soundbite answers, respondents could be held to a two-minute rule.

This is a year when we need to get a broader picture of whom the electorate can choose from and with the flexibility that the Internet offers, the debaters could simply skype into the event instead of traveling because in the end it is the substance that we want, not the entertainment.

Mike Ballantine is a Green Party candidate for US President on Americans Elect.Probably the most boring reality TV show this season is the Republican debates. After... more

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That No Good, Rotten, Horrible, Bad Barack Obama (and why we should bust our humps to get him reelected)

After all, what has he done for us LATELY (other than all this stuff that the GOP will... more

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The Debt Ceiling and Pro Wrestling

Why the Debt Ceiling Debate is pure pagentry.

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Canada Elects Its First Green Member of Parliament

On May 2, 2011, voters in Saanich-Gulf Islands made history by electing Canada's... more

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Ranked choice voting making a difference in the Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Area News - Crosscurrents from KALW

In Oakland, Jean Quan's riveting victory to become the mayor has brought renewed... more

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Why should you let somebody else get a free ride on your labor?

TALKING POINTS ON WELFARE PART 4 Taxation is theft, why should I have my pay... more

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Welfare Talking Points #1

So after my last video on how to fix the USA’s economy, I saw a lot of ignorant... more

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Green Party candidate arrested at "private" Debate California Elections

LAURA WELLS WAS ARRESTED IN SAN RAFAEL... more

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VOTE

If you want to live in a country where We The People govern ourselves, all you have to... more

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Vote Green Party: Shame on northern Michigan Democrats who have betrayed our trust by supporting evil sulfide mining

Punish Democrats who no longer support your core values: Evil mining corporation buys... more

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New Zealand Prostituted Itself For The Hobbit Green Party Says: Best Movies Ever News

Peter Jackson's happy that The Hobbit gets to stay in New Zealand but the Green... more

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Hippie Candidate Stands Up To Corporate Personhood

Green Party calls for change in legal status for corporations | Commercial Appeal... more

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GOP Consultant In Arizona Pulls Strings To Get Green Party On Texas Ballot

AUSTIN – The liberal Green Party's uphill battle to get on the Texas ballot... more

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Weekly Mulch: Why Building a Bike-Safe City is Key to a Clean Energy Future

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger Congress couldn’t get it together... more

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Daily Kos backs the Green Party candidate against Democrat Joe Manchin

Because Joe Manchin is an insufferable douchebag. "Ask yourself to step up and... more

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Um, What’s an “independent”?

It’s not flip-flopping to critically examine each issue. It’s true that no... more

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If you care about mountains...

Okay, so this race in WV is crazy.

The Governor of WV, Joe Manchin, is this huge pro-MTR jerkwad, totally in bed with the industry, and he’s just got this megalomaniacal drive to seek even more power. Now, when Robert Byrd died, Manchin had the power to appoint whomever he wanted. He really wanted to appoint himself, but his PR sense wouldn’t let him do that. It would be too obvious of a power grab, plus he’d only serve a partial term, and then likely get voted out for being a power-hungry monster.

So what he did instead was this: he appointed somebody else to fill Byrds spot, but then after appointing them, he wanted to hold a special election so that he could “legitimately” run for office. Now, this is costing WV a lot of money. Elections cost money for governments to hold in terms of manpower, printing ballots, running voting machines, etc, especially when they are held on the whim of the Governor. But there was a catch, he had to change the law in order to hold this special election. So he mucked around in the state congress until he had enough votes to change the law to create a special election so he could run for office. Oh yeah, and he’s a Democrat.

A Democratic Party elder in WV politics, Ken Hechler came forward to run in the primary to challenge Manchin. Ken Hechler is on hell of a dude. He served in WWII, he advised Harry Truman, marched with MLK jr, and served 9 terms as WV Sec of State.
But, Since he didn’t have the coal industry backing him (because he wasn’t a pro-MTR candidate) and Manchin DOES have the coal industry backing him, Manchin flooded the media market with adverts and won handily.

So now, there’s a Republican who is in the back pocket of the Coal Industry, there is a Democrat who is in the other backpocket of the coal industry, but there is only ONE candidate running who is against MTR coal mining-- Jesse Johnson of the Green affiliated party, the Mtn Party. Jesse Johnson makes a cameo appearance in the film “Coal Country” has run for Governor of WV, and is a tireless activist. He has been working on this issue for years.
Ken Hechler ENDORSED Jesse Johnson over Joe Manchin. It’s kind of a huge fucking deal for an institution of the DNC to throw aside party alleigance for an issue like this. It would be like Hillary Clinton endorsing Ralph Nader.Okay, so this race in WV is crazy. The Governor of WV, Joe Manchin, is this huge... more

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Those Wascally Wepublicans!...Ariz. Green Party sues to block 'sham candidates'

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Green Party is asking a judge to kick more than half... more

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G.O.P. Recruits Homeless People to Run on Green Ticket in Arizona

Benjamin Pearcy, a candidate for statewide office in Arizona, lists his campaign... more

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