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Mockery and Empathy

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By David Swanson

“The American Dream: Walking in the Shoes of Carnies, Arms Dealers, Immigrant Dreamers, Pot Farmers, and Christian Believers,” looks on the cover like a collection of serious social commentary from liberal publisher Nation Books. Unless the author’s name Harmon Leon is familiar to you.

The book turns out to be the often hilarious account of a comedic showman, the author, working for a carnival, taking part in a convention of celebrity lookalikes, hanging out read more

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A Citizen Activist Candidate for the House of Representatives

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Speak Tonight With the Green Party Candidate from Maryland’s 8th District
Host: David Swanson
Showtime: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 – 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Eastern
Listen Live on BBSRadio or you may also join us live in our virtual auditorium!

Gordon Clark is a citizen-politician – a lifelong activist, advocate and community organizer for peace, social justice and the environment who is now running to make a difference in government. A brief resume of Gordon’s accomplishments read more

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Project Uncensored

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By David Swanson

Project Censored has released a valuable new book called “Censored 2009: The Top 25 Stories of 2007-08“.

The book includes summaries of the censored stories, in some cases citing multiple small and independent sources that told the stories, plus updates on new developments in the stories. Also included are substantial updates on the top censored stories of the previous year, most of which are still making news except that they’re not making news: they’re read more

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Lawyers, Guns, and Money

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By David Swanson

Why would anyone phone the United States and ask for lawyers, guns, and money? Primarily because, other than bad movies, that’s most of what the United States produces. What else could you phone home for if you wanted to? We produce weapons and movies about weapons and weapons that were in movies about weapons, and so on .

And we produce lawyers who push money around desks and into drawers and out of envelopes. They manipulate money all day and night, and they call that read more

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ACORN Is Right, Lou Dobbs Is Wrong

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By David Swanson

In this video clip, Lou Dobbs of CNN tries to blame the community group ACORN, for which I used to work, for the crimes of Wall Street and of predatory lenders, not to mention Congress:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/36465

Dobbs seems to oppose the proposed bailout, and ACORN favors modifying it to include relief for homeowners (which could include business for ACORN Housing Corporation helping renegotiate loans). So, I agree with Dobbs, not ACORN. I want the bill voted down read more

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Vincent Bugliosi in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 16th

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Vincent Bugliosi: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

WHEN: Thursday. October 16, 2008 7 pm

WHERE: Albemarle County Office Building, 401 McIntire Road

COST: $5 Suggested Donation-no one turned away!

In his new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, Vincent Bugliosi makes a devastating, well documented case that President George W. Bush is guilty of murder as a result of the lies he told to justify the invasion of Iraq.

As a Los Angeles prosecutor, Bugliosi represented the state read more

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Why the Bailout Vote May Fail

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By David Swanson

Today’s vote on the Paulson Plunder Act of 2008 may fail. It should. You should help block it by phoning your representative right now at (202) 224-3121 and promising to vote for them in November only if they vote NO on this grand larceny today. We do have a chance at winning on this and blocking this bill. Here’s why.

First, the corporatists have put a bunch of true believers in office. They thought it’d be really clever to convince people that government read more

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Bailout Round II: A New Shade of Lipstick

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The House of Representatives voted down Paulson’s Plunder on Monday, 225 to 208. Here’s why: http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/36420

We demanded a No vote and for the first time in recent memory we were listened to. Thank you! Three cheers for the American people!

Now is not the time, however, to rest on our laurels. Speaker Pelosi is almost certain to dig deep in her purse for a different shade of lipstick she can smear on this pig in preparation for a re-vote, and it might be read more

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