Political Ideas

By David Swanson at The BRAD BLOG

[Ed Note: On Monday, The BRAD BLOG published Frank Schaeffer’s guest editorial, "Obama Will Win: Why and How His Critics from the Left and Right Will be Proven Wrong". Today, we’re pleased to offer a counterpoint in reply by author David Swanson.]

Guest editorial by David Swanson

I’ve appreciated much of Frank Schaeffer’s commentary at The BRAD BLOG but his column here this week on Obama winning was an exception. read more

 

FRIDAY: The Surreal News at the “Altar Of The Bottom Line” with singer-author Tom Juravich
& David Swanson from AfterDowningStreet.org, Daybreak on Obama Afgan Surge

December 3rd, 2009 by WSLR 96.5 LPFM

When: Friday, Dec 4, from 9 to 10 a.m. EST
Where: The Surreal News on WSLR 96.5 LP FM

The Surreal News welcomes singer-songwriter, author and labor activist Tom Juravich, who recently released a new roots-rocking musical CD and a book sharing the same name: “Altar of read more

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Sun, 29 November 2009

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Read this:

The Sad Saga Of Tom Perriello, A Confused And Dishonest Man, Lost In A Political Nightmare He’s Spiritually Unprepared To Navigate.

By David Swanson

My dear Republicans friends, it’s probably not my place to ask. I’m not one of you, but I’m not your enemy either. I’m not an apologist for the other party or a third party. I’m an advocate for replacing the two parties with three branches. We still teach our children about the three branches of our government, but I’m afraid most adults have forgotten what that was supposed to mean.

Like you, I’d like us to be able to unelect people read more

By David Swanson

I have not approved of much my congressional representative has done. He votes for war funding. He votes for bailouts for both “bankers” and the sickness industry (aka health insurance “reform”). Like any member of the Democratic Party he does what the party that funds him tells him to do.

But he is 100% correct to denounce as part of a very disturbing trend the announced plans of his craziest critics to burn him in effigy. Symbolizing violence and threatening read more

This is the latest from Bruce Gagnon’s cable TV show, which is shown all across the state of Maine, and which you can ask to have shown in your part of the country.

Watch Video.

(It’s way better quality than the internet requires, so please be very patient for it to start. Then ask your local cable station to play it.)

Here’s the source read more