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POPSHurrah for the Millennials! When it comes to policy, Millennials are liberal interventionists on economic issues, active multilateralists in foreign affairs and tolerant non-meddlers on social issues-a profile that most closely matches the Democratic Party's platform as well as the new President's agenda. Their propensity to vote straight Democratic was clearly evident in 2008 when young voters supported Democratic congressional candidates by about the same margin that they did Obama (63% vs. 34%).
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POPSTough Times: Congress Grew 13 Percent Richer In 2007
Rep Robin Hayes, R-N.C., ranks third, with $173.4 million. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ranks sixth, with $62 million. In the Senate, the two Democrats from Massachusetts claimed two of the top three spots. Sen. John Kerry led the pack, with $336 million, while Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ranked third, with $104 million. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., ranked second, with $241.5 million. Overall, senators had a median net worth estimated at $1.7 million. The 535 members of Congress, who earn average annual salaries of $169,000 and receive cost-of-living pay increases, had a total net worth of $3.7 billion last year. Although some are likely to take a hit from Wall Street's woes, their average net worth soared by 61 percent from 2004 to 2007. Obama ranked as one of the biggest financial winners, with his net worth increasing from $800,000 in 2006 to $4.7 million last year McCain estimated at $28.5 million wealth attributed to his wife Cindy's family fortune.
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POPSAmerican Policy Elites Do Not Care About the Starving
World food prices grew 22% from June 2007 to June 2008 and a significant portion of the increase was propelled by the $175 billion invested in commodity futures that speculate on price instead of seeking to feed the hungry. The result is wild food price spirals, both up and down, with food insecurity remaining widespread. For a family on the bottom rung of poverty a small price increase is the difference between life and death, yet neither US presidential candidate has declared a war on starvation. Instead both candidates talk about national security and the continuation of the war on terror as if this were the primary election issue. Given that ten times as many innocent people died on 9/11/01 than those in the World Trade centers, where is the Manhattan project for global hunger? Where is the commitment to national security though unilateral starvation relief? Where is the outrage in the corporate media with pictures of dying children and an analysis of who benefits from hunger?
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POPSHow DID Obama get Change.gov set up so quickly, huh? I've seen a lot of people asking (in tones ranging from concerned to accusing to borderline paranoid) how Obama got Change.gov set up so quickly. I mean, how DID a .gov domain get given to someone non-governmental, huh? Kinda suspicious, don't you think? As a matter of fact, no, I don't think it's suspicious. Change.gov was set up by the General Services Administration as part of their charge to facilitate the transition from the outgoing President to the incoming President-elect. Furthermore, In addition, GSA provides a full suite of services to the outgoing President and former Vice-President as they transition from office. These responsibilities include… (click through to the original for the rest)
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POPSThe Islamist Role in the 2008 Canadian Elections Hashmi runs an Islamic school for girls. Hashmi wears a full niqab (face covering) and encourages young girls to emulate her. She is known for promoting a very conservative Islamic ideology that is based on Wahhabism. She, like other Islamists is in favor of Sharia in Canada. The results of the Canadian election were an eye-opener because all Muslim candidates from all parties lost, with the exception of Yasmin Ratansi, who for some time has been trying to distance herself from her Muslim identity Most ordinary Canadians, well-meaning and decent folks, are fed up with demands for unreasonable accommodation and are no longer willing to put up with politics disguised as religion in the public sphere. Of course, the usual suspects are already screaming Islamophobia - again. There is no rampant Islamophobia in Canada - only an attempt at gradual Islamization.
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POPSRebuild the Republican Party Some aggressive and bold moves this week to start the process of learning from our mistakes and structural problems ... learning from the Obama and Ron Paul movements ... and rebuilding the party. Well worth reading the entire platform.
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POPSAlaska Senate Race - To Close To Call With the Senate Republican minority leader stating that "there is zero chance that a senator with a felony conviction would not be expelled from the Senate." What will Gov. Palin do with the apointment?
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POPSMC Yogi: Obama '08 - Vote for Hope Funky, retro, East-Coast hip-hop from a Northern California yoga teacher & musician. Definitely going to be checking his website to see if he's playing anywhere near us soon!
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POPSDavid Duke's Take on the Presidential Election This is from an NPR interview. Duke believes that McCain is a traitor to his race. I'm glad NPR conducted this interview. If we pretend that thinking like Duke's doesn't exist then we let it fester. When we expose these beliefs to the light of day we can start to counter them, to hold them up to scrutiny and attack them head on. Racial bias has been recently shown to exist. When people perceive an applicant to be black (from their resume) they perceive their qualifications as less than they do when the same candidate is perceived to be white. Affirmative action works to correct this very real problem.
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POPS If Iraqis Could Vote It Would Be For McCain Iraqi men watch a repeat of the final US presidential debate between candidates Barack Obama and John McCain as they smoke waterpaipes at a coffee shop in Baghdad on October 16, 2008. Iraqis in the Baghdad neighbourhood near Rasheed Street say if they could vote in the US election they would choose McCain.
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POPSPoll says race won't be big factor in USA vote
7 out of 10 doesn't sound that good but the pollster points out this goes both ways. I think McCain's age is has the greatest prejudice; old people say this as well. This also points out another problem: Media Driven Issues. The media has just been making up one issue after another than is not an issue to nobody else but them: media fabricated issues...and often just to raise hackles or excitement and thus have more people tune in. With race, it's been called: The Bradley Effect. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_effect ) It basically means white folks will hide their racial prejudice when polled, thus polls will be off. But that was 26 years ago. Times have changed. There is NO Bradley Effect anymore (well...if so, certainly much much less) This is shown -- documented by elections of other Afro-American candidates in the 21st century, like in a race for governor in 2006; polls were fine. (See: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/23/couricandco/
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POPSRalph Nader Calls Out AIPAC Point of Fact: The U.N. and their "New World Order" was set up by Zionist Jewish interests. Sarkozy worked for the Israeli Mossad.
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POPSErratic flip flopper! It is clear for us to see that John McCain was for ACORN before he was against ACORN; he was for reform before he was against reform; and he was a maverick before he became erratic.
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POPSmaps.google.com/vote Ginny Hunt, a D.C.-based Google spokeswoman, walks the National Journal through a new political offering. Apparently, the company isn't trying to cash in on it just yet.
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POPSTrillions in debt-No answers from Obama or McCain Leon Panetta, former budget director and chief of staff in the Clinton White House, recommended delaying or abandoning a lot of campaign promises. "The American people are not stupid," he said. "The real question is whether the leadership of this country will have the honesty to tell people what the real situation is."
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POPSCandidates are Late to the Party As the administration unveils the newest aspect of the bailout plan, McCain (and Obama yesterday) announce new twists on their own economic plans. The attention they're giving to the economy is welcome--though a bit late, just before their final presidential debate and three weeks before the election. Their presence in Washington in the middle of the congressional bailout debate did as much to disrupt the discussions as anything else.
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POPSCLUSTER BOMBS MADE IN USA Continued refusal of this and past administrations to join the World Community in the Effort to BAN these vicious munitions, it is time to put more pressure on the candidates and the new president
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POPSGOP label a “disadvantage” McCain aide interview here: http://rawstory.com/news/afp/McCain_seeks_to_reassure_fleeing_vo_10132008.html Republicans not using "R" in their election materials and online: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/13/1626/2826/599/628926
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POPSIt's Over: Obama 49, McCain 43 in Zogby Tracking Zogby is usually right on the mark. Independent voters make the difference if this extrapolation holds true. Meanwhile, the Constitution Party candidate is calling traditional conservatives and friends of limited, constitutional government (which Bush has trampled) to "not waste a vote on McCain", since he will lose: Ladies and gentlemen, Barack Obama is headed for an electoral landslide victory over John McCain. John McCain can no more beat Barack Obama than Bob Dole could beat Bill Clinton. I ask, therefore, Are not conservatives and Christians who vote for John McCain guilty of the same thing that they accuse people who vote for third party candidates of doing? Are they not voting for someone who cannot win? I like this quote, if only everyone would do this: As John Quincy Adams said, "Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone..."
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POPSPick A Candidate Quiz & Electoral Map Contest The quiz is actually at: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139 The clip here goes to quick quiz where you choice between brief statements on issues. And the end you see how many statements you picked were from Obama and/or from McCain. (Whew! I was glad to see that -- all but one -- my picks on issues matches the candidate I've already Early Voted for; and that odd one out I've just had to accept to agree to disagree). Questions are on: Economy, Iraq, Health Care, Immigration and Hot Topic Social issues. Also, there is an interesting contest to guess how many electoral votes each of the candidates will get. (270 needed to win). You click on the states to make them Red (Republican) or Blue (Democratic). Informative info on site as to what the source thinks (The Washington Post) and what the average results are from all the collected contest submissions. The Electoral Map Contest is at: http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/pick-your-pres
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