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With Contempt: An open letter to Dianne Feinstein
Brilliant letter by Michael Piotrowski to California Senator Dianne Feinstein.
"...Mark my words: you have perhaps a year, maybe two, before the riots start. High gas prices, high food prices, incompetent disaster relief, home foreclosures, lack of jobs, and a loss of faith in the system will combine to create chaos. If your aides were to look up my previous correspondance with you they will find that I accurately predicted the lack of WMD, the quagmire that is Iraq, and a number of other things. I'm sure you believe that if we can just get throught the election, everything will be better with a Democratic President. Wrong: whoever is president will soon discover that we are broke, the business class has no interest in rectifying anything, and we are bereft of influence. More people will lose their homes while you and your colleagues pump billions into corporations "that are too big to fail". Those corporations will take that tax money and invest it outside the United States. The kicker is going to be TV, in February '09. When you have millions of people with no home, no work, no money, hugely expensive gas and food, and nothing much to do besides watch TV, and you take THAT away from them what exactly do you think they will do? Vouchers for new TVs or adapters don't help if you can't afford to feed your children. The subsequent riots will spin completely out of control with most of the National Guard deployed overseas..."
See link for full letter...It's f*ing great. Thanks Mr. Piotrowski! Brilliant letter by Michael Piotrowski to California Senator Dianne Feinstein. ... more -
Follow the cash money...
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California Draft Gore Hits ActBlue Hot Pages
California is gathering signatures to put Al Gore on the state primary ballot, but we are now asking for donations to ensure we meet our deadline in this very large state. Hundreds of people have been contributing in the last couple days which has put us at #2 on ActBlue Today's Hot Page list. All states can help in this historic movement by donating even if you can't help with collecting signatures. Thanks and please pass it on! California is gathering signatures to put Al Gore on the state primary ballot, but we are now asking for donations to ensure we meet o... more
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Al Gore on California's Primary Ballot?!?!
Yes... we are putting him there and you can help. Did you know Eisenhower was drafted into the presidency? After he was placed on NH's ballot (like we are doing with Gore in CA & several other states), he changed his mind and decided to run. We are doing the same thing with Al because the future of our country and the planet we live on hang in the balance. California Democrats, please download (link in the upper left hand corner), sign, & collect signatures to help (further directions below). We CAN do this! Al has very clearly left the door open to the possibility of running in the future http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/10/184837/05), so we need to give him a very convincing reason to go through that open door. Yes... we are putting him there and you can help. Did you know Eisenhower was drafted into the presidency? After he was placed on NH's... more
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His Favorite Sequel
In his re-election acceptance speech, Arnold Schwarzenegger refers to his landslide win as a victory for all of California. He vows to protect the people's values and dreams in his "favorite sequel." In his re-election acceptance speech, Arnold Schwarzenegger refers to his landslide win as a victory for all of California. He vows to... more
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Dirty Tricks? Two wrongs make it right?
Democrats are fighting against a Republican charge to base California electoral votes on percentages instead of winner take all. The campaign is called the Courage Campaign and the the fight call is "No More Dirty Tricks!" For the record, I'm against this change... because it would give Republicans more votes. But I'm not against it in spirit. (And if they did it in Texas...) I mean... Why should a state that is split 45%-55% give all of it's electoral votes to one candidate. Yes, I know there are pros and cons to a state-by-state electoral election. So what do you all think?Separately, I'm annoyed that the fight against the hyperbole party of The Patriot Act and the Clean Air Act has lowered to that level and now launches the Courage Campaign. I know, its not an official party slogan, but it disappoints me that the only way to get any political traction these days it to take an issue and make it into an emotional struggle instead of an issues debate. Democrats are fighting against a Republican charge to base California electoral votes on percentages instead of winner take all. The ... more
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