Note to Salim and anyone else reading this: Yeah Kanye West has begun to show some progressivism in his music, but he cant be given full credit for this resurge. Listen to some Mos Def and Talib Kwali.
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NaderRaider
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Dear Representative barney frank, and all other democrats who consider yourself rather liberal or progressives: While I can agree with you on your complaints about republicans, lets consider a few things, ok lets just try this. Representative barney frank what did you and any other progressives in the democratic party, basically a piece of the two party duopoly, do to open the the 2004 presidential debates. The presidential debates are a free time where candidates may show their beliefs to a large audience which they otherwise couldnt reach, free of cost. Yet you and the democrats worked with the republicans to …
Posted to The Republicans Democracy Disorder
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Representative barney frank among other fake progressives who are registered democrats: I wonder why you spend so much time writing, when you have an opportunity to write for a progressive magazine 'In These Times', about the woes of the republicans, we know these woes we are very used to them. (Oh and for all you idiots who want to call me a republican or a conservative and all that crap have fun being idiots I am a registered Green). Now back to the issue at hand what profits could you democrats have from crapping out the republicans? Well it could help …
Posted to The Republicans Democracy Disorder
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awww Johnny i love your ignorance i love your toolism to the Democrats. If we stick to you and vote strictly for democrats we will hear about universal health care but never achieve it, we wont even hear about a living wage, an end to the racist war on drugs (you and your democrats wont touch that issue), actually supporting unions and making unions the strength of what they were in the 20s you wouldnt allow it! I am sorry that I wont sell out to your lil moderate bullshit beliefs! This is how you know the democrats are fake and …
Posted to The Republicans Democracy Disorder
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Oh P.S. why dont you pieces of shit read "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED" WHO WROTE THAT AGAIN???
Posted to The Republicans Democracy Disorder
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Dear Representatives Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee (and any of your campaign workers or aides or associates in the Progressive Caucus): While I agree with your overall platform and the hideous nature of this presidency in general I would like to ask you a few questions. 1. When will the democrats address the undemocratic nature of their efforts to keep Ralph Nader off the ballot in several states during the 2004 election? 2. When will the democrats put up a progressive for the presidency, rather than relying on us and using us and than giving us a crappy moderate at best, …
Posted to A Progressive State of the Union
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Thank you christo, finally someone else who is willing to fight against the democrats, or perhaps should i say demopublicans. The fact remains that the democrats are in works with the republicans in many ways: A. The democrats and republicans worked together to bring the insane rules which help keep 3rd party candidates off the ballots, (and I mean third parties from both the right and the left, not only Nader and the Greens but the libertarians suffer from this as well. B. The democrats and republicans worked together in 2004 to keep all third party candidates out of the debates. …
Posted to A Progressive State of the Union
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Still havent got an answer about this, as I never seem to do when I post it in any variation on this website, see if anyone, mean any democrat specifically can or will answer it. Here it goes (this was in my previous earlier post and ignored by democrats as usual b/c you cant explain it): What do you have to say about how the democrats used undemocratic techniques to keep Nader, and David Cobb of the Green Party(although to a lesser extent with Cobb), off the ballots in many many states? While this article is meant to discuss the republicans …
Posted to A Progressive State of the Union
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Still havent got an answer about this, as I never seem to do when I post it in any variation on this website, see if anyone, mean any democrat specifically can or will answer it. Here it goes (this was in my previous earlier post and ignored by democrats as usual b/c you cant explain it): What do you have to say about how the democrats used undemocratic techniques to keep Nader, and David Cobb of the Green Party(although to a lesser extent with Cobb), off the ballots in many many states? While this article is meant to discuss the republicans …
Posted to A Progressive State of the Union
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wileywitch: thanks for an honest perspective
Posted to A Progressive State of the Union
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Hey ITT thanks again for fucking up and giving a democrat the credit for what Nader began long ago. "Nader activists question accuracy of optical vote-scan machines" http://www4.fosters.com/november_2004/11.15.04/news/ap_nh_1115s.asp "Nader gets recount in New Hampshire" http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041112-033826-6101r.htm http://www.votenader.org/media_press/index.php?cid=400
Posted to Ghosts in the Voting Machines
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As the author notes while country has large attractiveness to the right wing and often has very conservative undertones, and sometimes more blatant conservatism, the left, we the progressives, need to focus on expanding the real music of the anti war movement and the progressive idea. Punk has absolutely replaced the previous liberal progressive music genre that encapsuled and spoke for the liberals of the 1960s. We should encourage and embrace this new movement as conservatives have embraced country. Bands like Anti-Flag, The Code, Bad Religion, The Suicide Machines, NOFX, MXPX, Whatever it Takes, Red Lights Flash, Thought Riot, among others …
Posted to Country's Jingoistic Jingles
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What I'm listening to, some songs to try out if you want progressive music: "Seattle was a Riot" by Anti-Flag (About the famous Seattle protests of the WTO, and as a sidenote for those of you that dont know this Seattle protest was the largest protest(at its time) of any protest in human history) "Alert, Aware, Involved" by The Code "I Voted For Nader" by Thought Riot "City Streets, Summer Heat" by Whatever it Takes "No Security" by the Bouncing Souls "Mumia's Song" by Anti-Flag "Dinka's When I Close my Eyes" by Against All Authority (about the evils done under capturing …
Posted to Country's Jingoistic Jingles
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It's time to own up Democrats. Ralph Nader was right about the war, about your selling out to corporate interests. True liberals join with the real progressive movement. www.votenader.org www.gp.org (Green Party)
Posted to Will the Dems Step Up in the New Year?
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PART 1: Too whattheheck, David in Canada, Jay and well everyone else: I'd like to point out the main problem with ITT that neither of the three groups that are shown in its boards will point out. First the three groups: 1. The writers (obviously) 2. Democrats 3. Conservatives (Potentially you could add a fourth group consisting of foreigners but this group nearly exclusively agrees with the Democrat's loyalist) Now before I begin I must point out that whenever I post I am consistently castrated as tool of the conservatives or a right winger (by the Democrat's posters) and if you …
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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PART 2: Please think about all of this and consider the following: 1. RALPH NADER advocated a six month withdrawl plan during the 2004 campaign, yet ITT has not mentioned Nader or his plan in any of their discussions on Iraq instead always giving credit to the Democrats. 2. ITT claims to be such a great news source for the American left(and I think its pretty damn good but has alot of flaws). Now the American left would certainly contain in it the anti war movement and pro-peace movement right? Well while claiming to represent these people ITT consistently touts the …
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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Yet since and during the election what have you heard on ITT about these actions which are truely undemocratic(As no matter what your ideology I beleive we can all agree that limiting the choices of voters is certainly undemocratic)? You've heard nothing, you can't cite one article on ITT than even barely mentions this b/c they dont want you to know about this they would never dare speak out against the Democrats b/c they have fell into the pathetic group of persons willing to accept anything as long as its not Bush and than would dare not question the Democrats on …
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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(Pre mature prediction: Many, if not all, conservatives will agree with much I have to say thus making the Democrats on here think their argument that I am a conservative supposedly stronger, the Democrats will blast me and say I am stupid, give a stat given to them by their party, or just rant an "Anybody but Bush" mantra in my face. And finally the true liberal progressives will really understand my criticisms of ITT and join with me to please consistently start a movement to point out these shortcomings to force ITT to become more progressive and truly represent us. …
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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whattheheck thanx for your follow up feedback However if you would and any one else who has complained about ITT or anyone at all or ITT loyalists the main reason for my postings(the four of them) is too get feedback on my argment about the problems i discuss which I believe are inherent in nearly every article here at ITT
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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As usual here at ITT if you make a logical argument for independent third parties and against the democrats people just wont comment on it and ignore it GO BRAINWASHING!!!!
Posted to To Leave or Not to Leave
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"North Korea desperately needs huge amounts of capital to restructure its Soviet-style, heavy industry-focused economy and sustain the ambitious social programs it put in place during the ’60s and ’70s. Then, North Korea’s economy was bigger than South Korea’s, and even until the early ’80s the country was more developed than China." It seems to me that alot of this has to do with the downfall of the USSR and the reaction our country and most the rest of the world has had towards North Korea. Now i do not condone the horrible human rights violations in North Korea. The brain …
Posted to Cult of Ideology
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While I agree witht the majority of the points in this argument I believe there is a rather “easy” way to reach our goals. EDUCATION! EDUCATION! Think about education in this country and how is it a issue of the states. And think of how in most states education is paid by property taxes. Thus the schools in the rich and middle class districts are better funded than those in the lower districts. At the same time we now know that EDUCATION has a large effect on a persons comittment and knowledge of politics and the political system of the country. …
Posted to Cult of Ideology
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EDUCATION! EDUCATION! Think about education in this country and how is it a issue of the states. And think of how in most states education is paid by property taxes. Thus the schools in the rich and middle class districts are better funded than those in the lower districts. At the same time we now know that EDUCATION has a large effect on a persons comittment and knowledge of politics and the political system of the country. By expanding the EDUCATION system to a true equality of opportunity in which schools recieve a per capita value per student thus recieving the …
Posted to The War on our Children
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While I agree witht the majority of the points in this argument I believe there is a rather "easy" way to reach our goals. EDUCATION! EDUCATION! Think about education in this country and how is it a issue of the states. And think of how in most states education is paid by property taxes. Thus the schools in the rich and middle class districts are better funded than those in the lower districts. At the same time we now know that EDUCATION has a large effect on a persons comittment and knowledge of politics and the political system of the country. …
Posted to Throw the Books at Them
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I've said this before in nearly all of Salim's articles, which I do greatly enjoy, but it needs to be said again. Salim: You consistently speak of the growing incarcaration rate of African American males but you never ever speak of what causes this or speak out against it. The War on Drugs is essentially the sole reason for this epidemic, please In These Times and please Salim write an article about the relationship between the War on Drugs and African American males incarcaration rates. Thanks www.votenader.org www.norml.org www.naacp.org www.aclu.org www.ssdp.org
Posted to Katrina, Cosby and Class Divisions
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The one thing that I'd like to say about this article which for me is the point of this article is that plain and simple The Weekly Standard is one of the most widely read news magazines in conservative circles thus its influence is rather high. As progressives and liberals it is important for us too know our enemy and thus it is important for us too read or look at or know the arguments presented in the Standard so we know what the opposition is thinking. www.votenader.org www.aclu.org www.norml.org www.ssdp.org www.votecobb.org
Posted to Standard Issues
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The following words are from the song "Anatomy of your Enemy" from the Anti-Flag release "Mobilize for Peace" Album on AF-Records Think about this and the march to war in Iraq and continuation of war by the right wing warhawks. Think about how many of the 10 steps the neo-cons incorporated and how. 10 easy steps to create an enemy and start a war: Listen closely because we will all see this weapon used in our lives. It can be used on a society of the most ignorant to the most highly educated. We need to see their tactics as a …
Posted to Exiting Iraq
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I'd like to apologize in advance to anyone who complains about people talking off topic as this will mostly be off topic, but at the end it will tie in with environmentalism. Dear Lefty and all of your little cronies whom worship the Democratic party and feel they do no evil: Corporations have the power of individuals in many manners one of which is to make donations to political campaigns. Although these powers were given along time ago the democrats and republicans do nothing about this. As far as the Republicans go we know they are for corporate power so they …
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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any and all Dems willing to respond on this please do..especially those of u who believe when u vote for Nader it was really a vote for Bush Thanks
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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I am becoming more and more saddened with other progressives who continually bash me as a conservative instead of answering my damn questions and taking me as I obviously am a Nader / Green progressive. When will you people wake up and see that not every progressive votes for the corporate democrats and there cstills some of us that do believe in a multi party system and are voting for third parties. Moreover Richard2 why dont u have the balls to answer my question about corporate donations. As i said Ralph Nader and the Green Party(who are true progressives) do not …
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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To Richard2, Lefty and all you other Democrats who think your progressives yet call true progressives conservatives: (Note to understand this please read my above three comments and Richard2s comments, moreover if u want to before you had to register to post commments if u want to see some of my old comments i was Richard from Ohio) Here is why I blast the Dems and not the Reps: 1. I do not have a party, well at least a powerful party because as of now the greens are rather weak nationally. 2. As a liberal progressive i know i will …
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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All you do is give me personal attacks. You never answered the question of why dont the dems stop accepting corporate donations and take away some corporate power over Washington DC?
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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Still no answer to why the Democrats do not take a hint from the Greens and Nader and stop taking campaign donations from corporations? P.S. Lefty i do not mean worship in the religious meaning i mean that so many dems are unwilling to criticize the party in order to turn it more leftist and thus better integrate Green voters and Nader voters, if they did this it would pick up a few million votes as well as likely motivate the young electorate who is much more likely to be leftist.
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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G love i couldnt agree more
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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And g love you know what we know the Dems are gonna run another crappy candidate in 2008. Too all of you Dems out there do you think ur party will run a progressive such as Howard Dean and / or Dennis Kucinich(both of which I would vote for)? Or will your party weasel out and pick another fucking spineless moderate like Kerry. Please tell your party not too run Hillary, she is no better than Kerry, please make sure the Dems run a viable progressive candidate, i.e. Howard Dean or Dennis Kucinich
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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Too Woods and others who have asked me why i dont ask that the Republicans stop taking corporate donations: Ok you idiots get this this time please! The Republicans are corporate whores and are happy being corporate whores and their constituents largely enjoy being corporate whores. Where as many Dems claim to be liberal and progressive and thus should not accept corporate donations. Moreover if the Dems actually do this as I have said before it will serve to seperate them from the Republicans and will win them over many independent voters such as myself
Posted to Addressing the State of the Movement
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I absolutely agree with the majority of what Richard2 said that the voting process is so fragile currently too allow easy corruption. However i am sick and tired of hearing democrats bitch and moan about how only Republicans do these dirty tricks. Sure we all know that Bush, oh i mean King George as he likes to be called, cheated the American public in back to back elections. However how come you democrats never ever mention how the democratic party took Ralph Naders name off the ballot in many many states. (http://www.votenader.org/why_ralph/index.php?cid=166) http://www.votenader.org/why_ralph/index.php?cid=163 http://www.votenader.org/issues/index.php?cid=115 http://www.votenader.org/media_press/index.php?cid=316 And too lefty before you accuse …
Posted to Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive
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Dear Lefty: Kerry Receives 100 Times More in Contributions from GOP Donors than Nader Center for Responsive Politics Finds: 50,000 Republican-Kerry Contributions vs. 700 Republican-Nader Contributions $10.7 million for Kerry vs. $111,700 for Nader. Who is really in bed with Republican fat cats: Ralph Nader or John Kerry? Who is the real independent candidate with the independent message? Washington, DC: Today, the Independent presidential campaign of Ralph Nader and Peter Miguel Camejo released the preliminary findings of research conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics. The findings demonstrate that Senator John Kerry has thousands of contributors who have supported the Republican …
Posted to Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive
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Just for you Lefty http://www.votenader.org/why_ralph/index.php?cid=107
Posted to Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive
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Lefty: How about the Democrats going along with the Republicans in not allowing the people of the District of Columbia to have representation in Congress? www.dcvote.org Washington D.C. Taxation without Represntation since 1801
Posted to Keep the Voting Rights Act Alive
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Fuck the Democrats, Daley is a perfect example of how the egotistic, corporatist, Democrats are not fit to govern. Join the Nader Revolution www.votenader.org Band: Thought Riot Song: I Voted for Nader (Download it for free at www.anti-flag.com) Poignantly phrased to shift the burden of the blame Sick and tired but you keep on marching in their same old parade Accuse, construe - dare I even venture - abuse, Frustrations channelled through the paths worn well with use Binary politics, packaged sound bite rhetoric; And you think it makes no difference? Watered down party lines, beholden to corporate ties; And you …
Posted to Dueling Dynasties
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Dear Lefty: Come on Naders platform being virtually identical to the Dems is ridiculous! 1. Nader is for a living wage 2. Nader is for universal health care 3. Nader was the only anti war campaign in 2004, and dont even say Kerry was anti war you know better than to say that 4. Nader does not accept corporate donations unlike the corporate whores that are the Dems 5. Most importantly Nader is a true independent. Wouldn't you honestly like to finally see this happen instead of Dems and Reps having to worry about answering to the heads of the party …
Posted to Dueling Dynasties
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In These Times you once told me that you told the stories that the corporate media doesnt tell, well thats partly true but by becoming a whore for the Dems (look at the number of recent articles that deal with how the Dems can improve compared to how we as progressives in general can improve) we have too wonder what about the stories you dont tell? 1. When has www.inthesetimes.com spoken of the horrific drug war? Please someone tell me the last time its gotta be at least many months if not a year 2. What about the fight for representation …
Posted to Dueling Dynasties
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Dear Lefty: Ive heard you time and time again accuse people of being republican trolls, or neo cons trying to divide and conquer maybe in the past you were right but I am none of these things. Its sad that Dems think that all liberals have too follow them blindly and anyone who supports an independent or speaks bad of the Dems is a republican.
Posted to Dueling Dynasties
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From www.votenader.org Nader on Jobs: Creation of More Jobs by Investing in America's Future — Invest in Americans Since January 2001, 2.7 million jobs have been lost and more than 75% of those jobs have been high wage, high productivity manufacturing jobs. Overall 5.6% of Americans are unemployed while 10.5% of African Americans are unemployed. Unemployment among Latinos is nearly 30 per cent higher than January 20, 2001. By requiring equitable trade, investing in urgently needed local labor-intensive public works (infrastructure improvements), creating a new renewable energy efficiency policy; by fully funding education and redirecting large bureaucratic and fraudulent health expenditures …
Posted to Gods and Mortals
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Become a Naider Raider dont allow these Democratic sellouts let www.inthesetimes.com become even more of a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party, the Democratic party does not stand for progressive values(although some of their politicians do). Post any news, comments, or info on Nader that you can and lets force www.inthesetimes.com to recognize him as they did not mention his name once in the entire 2004 election Why has the progressive media become a mouthpiece for the corporate Democrats?
Posted to Gods and Mortals
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Dear Mr Salim Muwakkil and In These Times: I have been a loyal reader of your news magazine for about 2 or 3 years now and cant say enough about how much I appreciate it. However I am not writing about this currently. Time after time I read articles about the prison industrial complex (usually authored by Mr Muwakkil) and its racist implications, and while these articles are well intended and well writen they always seem to miss the main point. WHEN WILL ANYWAY AT INTHESETIMES UNDERSTAND OR STATE THAT IT IS THE DRUG WAR THAT CAUSES THESE PROBLEMS???? Why does …
Posted to So Very Sorry
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Another thing all of you calling for affirmative action think about this. Affirmative action has been proven to mainly help two groups middle class blacks and white women. Now while helping these groups is a good thing and respectable it will not solve the problem of racial inequities in our country as helping those who have already reached the middle class will leave the poorest of blacks farther behind. Here is what is needed: A comprehensive change to the American Public Education System! We must no longer allow the property tax system pay for public education as this perpetuates the cycle …
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