$178 Billion in Blood
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By David Swanson
It’s reached a point that everyone has known for months it had to reach, the point at which even people paid to do so cannot keep it going with a straight face. On Tuesday, Senator Barack Obama picked up approximately 99 new pledged delegates from North Carolina and Indiana, while Senator Hillary Clinton picked up about 85. The final count may move a delegate or two, but these numbers are close enough for the following calculation.
Obama now has 1,592 pledged delegates to
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By David Swanson
Tonight, Wednesday, May 7, from 8-9 p.m. ET, I’ll have the pleasure of interviewing, with your help, the single most serious, dedicated, and inspiring journalist focused on the integrity of our elections in the United States today, Brad Friedman, the creator of http://www.BradBlog.com
Go to: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net to learn more. Go to
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As Congress considers President Bush’s request for another $100 billion for Iraq, 68% of Americans want Bush to bring U.S. troops home within 6 months, according to a Democrats.com telephone poll of 628 adults conducted from May 1-4, 2008 by ICR ( http://www.icrsurvey.com ).
The poll marks a 14% increase from 54% in September. Most of that increase (11%) came from those who want Congress to require Bush to use existing funds to bring our troops safely home, bringing that total to 51% –
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By David Swanson
Obama and Clinton each picked up 2 pledged delgates in Guam this weekend. Obama now has 1,493 pledged delegates. Clinton has 1,334 pledged delegates. Of the remaining 404 delegates yet to be pledged, Clinton would need to win 282 of them to beat Obama. That’s a victory of 70 percent to 30 percent. There is not a single political reporter in the country who considers that a remote possibility, and yet every media outlet covers this “race” as if either candidate
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The Dave Congalton Show – April 23, 2008, in San Luis Obispo, California.
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By David Swanson
I have the distinct displeasure of being misrepresented in Congress by Virgil Goode, a man best known outside Virginia’s Fifth District for having thrown a fit when Congressman Keith Ellison asked to be sworn in on a Koran instead of a Bible. Goode defeated a fine Democratic candidate, Al Weed, in the past two elections, with 64% of the vote four years ago and 59% two years ago. He did so in part by purchasing television ads accusing Weed of supporting “amnesty”
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Here’s one of the best radio shows there is: http://www.theurbanjournal.org
Here’s the audio clip.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Answer Your Questions Online
By David Swanson
Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی – Širin Ebâdi) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of the Children’s Rights Support Association in Iran. On October 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women’s and children’s rights. She is the first Iranian, the first
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By David Swanson
Obama has 1,491 pledged delegates. Clinton has 1,332 pledged delegates. There remain 408 delegates to be pledged, plus 19 that have been pledged to Edwards. Clinton would need to win by a gap of 39 percent to catch up to Obama – not the “huge win” of 9 percent that she had in Pennsylvania.
These numbers are based on leaving out Florida and Michigan, which are being left out.
These numbers do not include Super Delegates.
But these are the indisputable numbers
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