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- Osama Bin-Laden Endorses……John McCain?? I just read a report from the Associated Press that an Al-Qaeda related website is encouraging attacks in the US before the election on Nov. 4 to persuade the outcome of the election. Why you may ask??? So that John McCain may win as a result of the attack in order that the Bush administration policies continue and Al-Qaeda can continue the fight against America.
- The Pew Research Center’s polling shows a increase in Obama’s lead (52%) over McCain (38%). Gallup is reporting an Obama lead of 51% to McCain’s 42%.
- Howard Zinn’s latest interview discusses the need for direct action even if Obama is elected president. It seems that social movements lost steam when Clinton was elected president because many progressives felt that with a Democrat in office, all would be taken care of. Zinn points out that a new president Obama will have to be pushed into the level of change his rhetoric seems to indicate by organized, active social movements.
- Slavery…..something many people don’t think exists in the 21st century. But, the descendants of Fredrick Douglass and Booker T. Washington are trying to raise awareness of modern-day slavery. Did you know that approximately 27 million people are being held as slaves and approximately 80% of them are women or children?? It is sad but true. But, there is a wide-spread effort to educate people about modern-day slavery to combat the lack of awareness of the plight of 21st century slaves. Also, here is a news archive for recent stories related to modern-day slavery.
- A new book about the role and power of the military-industrial complex in modern American life is out that everyone should read: The American Way of War: Guided Missiles, Misguided Men, and a Republic in Peril. It was written by the filmmaker Eugene Jarecki who made the exceptional documentary “Why We Fight” that was inspired by Eisenhower’s (a military general, two-term president, and Republican) 1961 farewell address that warned Americans of the influence of the military-industrial complex:
But we listened and heeded the warning, right??
Eugene Jarecki was interviewed yesterday and echoed a sentiment that I have been advocating in this period of presidential hysteria–we should support Obama as the candidate that will be best positioned to change this country, BUT we should NOT expect him to lead this country away from militarism, materialism, and the “benefiting a few at the cost of the rest” way of doing business. Jarecki warns that the powers of the military-industrial complex are too great for Obama alone to resist UNLESS the people of this country get active and demand that he resist and advocate for a wholesale change of “business as usual” here in the US:
- Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (ok…so he is a socialist) just released an essay that argues that now is the time to rebuild America. He offers a very honest (and bleak) view of the financial reality of America and the way he sees to get out of this mess:
These are frightening and unusual times. The world of finance and the overall economy are both in perilous condition. Almost every day a new crisis erupts. The stock market has plunged dramatically, and is more volatile, than at any time in memory. Loans between banks have dried up. Major financial houses have either failed or merged. Government bailout follows government bailout.
Just how deep the financial crisis is can be seen from this paradox: the Bush administration, the most wild and irresponsible defender of right-wing economic ideology and free markets in our nation’s history, now has to muster one initiative after another to intervene in the financial markets. It is even in the process of nationalizing banks
Read the full text of Sen. Sanders’ remarks…..
- Finally, the people of this country are starting to stand up against the Bush administration. I was part of the anti-war march in Washington, DC in February 2003 before the Iraq War began in March. Our voices were dismissed (though we were absolutely RIGHT!!!!) Yesterday, a patriot went even further in San Francisco when she attempted to arrest Karl Rove for treason:
Of course ever since Rove refused to obey a Congressional subpoena, there has been a major effort to arrest Rove for blatant contempt of the American legal system and accountability to the American people (not to mention crating the fervor for war) by refusing to appear at Congressional hearings. Even a former governor spoke out that Rove should have been arrested:
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