Libertas Continued

Today John Edwards broke my heart. We are faced with a strange dilemma, as progressive Democrats begin to take power from the clutches of those who would use power for their own gain (the religious fundamentalists and corporate republicans), we have been given the chance to make history by electing a woman or an African-American man to the highest office in the land. The symbolism does have a certain appeal to me, as either one's success will shut up the complaints of 'challengers' either female or black, but I still have reservations. When I study the issues, and the various platforms of the candidates', it is obvious that John Edwards was the most progressive, the most honest, and the best one to pull this country back from the brink of oblivion. Only Dennis Kucinich has provided us with a smarter, more radical and more honorable path than John Edwards, but unfortunately Kucinich lacks the essential charisma and gravitas, a natural communication skill necessary to le

January 20, 2008 The Honorable John R. Edwards 410 Market Street Suite 400 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Dear Senator Edwards: It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father's legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note. There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father's legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice. I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election. You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They do

Jamie Leigh Jones - Founder of The Jamie Leigh Foundation on The People Speak Radio Showtime: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 - 8-9PM Eastern Listen Live on BBSRadio or you may also join us live in our virtual auditorum! Jamie Leigh Jones is the founder of The Jamie Leigh Foundation and has brought charges against Halliburton/KBR stating that she was drugged and raped by Halliburton/KBR employees in July 2005 while working at Camp War Eagle in Iraq. Jamie Leigh Jones was a young military wife, just 19 when she began working at KBR as an administrative assistant in Houston. About a year later, she was transferred to Iraq. While there, Jamie states that she was drugged and then raped by numerous unnamed coworkers inside the Baghdad Green Zone. After the incident, she says she was confined by armed guards under orders by her employer KBR to a shipping container containing only a bed and denied food, water, and medical forensics. Jones used a borrowed cell phone to contact her father, who in t

"I went into the National Archives wearing my 'Impeach Cheney, then Bush' badge on my orange 'Impeach Bush and Cheney (Change History)' t-shirt. I had no problems getting through security or entering the exhibit hall. "It was when I got to the Constitution that a security woman said to me, "Miss, you need to go see that man over there.' I asked why. She said it was because of my t-shirt. I asked, 'Why my t-shirt?' She simply responded that I couldn't wear it in the building. At this point the big, burly security guard that she wanted me to go to, approached me." "I said, 'What happened to the First Amendment?' The security woman told me to lower my voice. I raised my voice. Susan from Code Pink came over and offered me a jacket to cover my shirt, and I stayed." Suzanne Haviland reported that a guard told her, "The reason I'm stopping you is that you are wearing something that criticizes the President. I'

In the upcoming TV Debate, MSNBC has F%ck@d us again. The media corporations that use PUBLIC AIRWAVES to broadcast their propaganda have no right to limit the political debate. MSNBC is banning legitimate debate by restricting which presidential candidates can attend. How come we allow this? Turn off NBC. "The media corporations should divest themselves of all other interests and work for the public good when they lease public media spectrum." - Dennis Kusinich, D "The President and Vice-President ought to be Impeached. They should be held accountable, for WAR CRIMES. Because we invaded a nation that did not attack US." - Dennis Kusinich, D "I absolutely believe to my soul, that this corporate greed and power has an iron clad hold on our democracy." - John Edwards

Many thousands of you have asked to learn more about my position on the Iraq war and related funding. As you may know, a few weeks ago I voted again to deny funding without a timetable. I am bothered by the recent movement to repackage the Surge as a success. Today, I released an editorial (below and also published on the Daily Kos) regarding my view of the Surge's so-called "success." If you have a moment, please read it when you get a chance. Thank you again for your support. Congressman Robert Wexler ************************* A Surge of More Lies by Congressman Robert Wexler A new troubling myth has taken hold in Washington and it is critical that the record is set straight. According to the mainstream media, Republicans, and unfortunately even some Democrats, the President's surge in Iraq has been a resounding success. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. This assertion is disingenuous, factually incorrect, and negatively impacts America's nationa

Leaning Toward Edwards Hi everyone, I received this message from Michael Moore and I thouht you all would like to read it. Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter from Michael Moore January 2, 2008 Friends, A new year has begun. And before we've had a chance to break our New Year's resolutions, we find ourselves with a little more than 24 hours before the good people of Iowa tell us whom they would like to replace the man who now occupies three countries and a white house. Twice before, we have begun the process to stop this man, and twice we have failed. Eight years of our lives as Americans will have been lost, the world left in upheaval against us... and yet now, today, we hope against hope that our moment has finally arrived, that the amazingly powerful force of the Republican Party will somehow be halted. But we know that the Democrats are experts at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and if there's a way to blow this election, they will find it and do