Posted on November 4, 2008 by John Uebersax
As it’s still early in the US, it’s likely that one or two undecided people (i.e., you!) will see this post before going to vote.
Here’s my suggestion. It’s clear that America has many problems now, and solutions are needed. But will Obama or McCain fix them? Not likely. The reason is [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by John Uebersax
Who to Vote For?
Okay, it’s coming down to the wire and you’re still undecided.
A suggestion: vote for a third-party candidate (like Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate, or Ralph Nader).
Let’s quickly review the logic:
1. You probably don’t like McCain or Obama much, or else you wouldn’t be here.
2. It’s no coincidence that the main party candidates [...]
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Posted on August 20, 2008 by John Uebersax
The Commission on Presidential Debates: A National Scandal
Following up on the previous post, I did a little research on the mysterious Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which organizes the televised presidential debates.
The sordid details of this Commission supply the most tangible, unequivocal evidence imaginable that the Republican and Democratic parties are a duopoly, collaborating [...]
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Posted on August 19, 2008 by John Uebersax
Open the Presidential Debates to Third Parties!
A recent Zogby poll showed that most American voters would like to see the Libertarian party presidential candidate, Bob Barr, participate in the presidential debates.
However, the Commission on Presidential Debates refuses to allow this. They require that a candidate meet two inclusion criteria: (1) that their name appears on [...]
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Posted on June 11, 2008 by John Uebersax
You HAVE to check out this new book by Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Some people say America is finished. But they’re wrong.
America is still the last, best hope for establishing a government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Yes, America has fallen onto bad times and has made mistakes. That merely proves [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by John Uebersax
As of March 5, 2008, Ralph Nader’s campaign has now placed a preliminary platform online. You can find it here: http://www.votenader.org/issues/
Let’s review the items one by one.
1. Adopt single payer national health insurance
As I understand it, this would work by having, in essence, a single, national, government-run health insurance agency. There are two [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by John Uebersax
According to Eric Garris, in a post at Antiwar.Com:
February 18, 2008.
The national Libertarian Party (LP) organization has taken their strongest position in favor of withdrawal from Iraq. At their national committee meeting yesterday in Las Vegas, the following resolution passed overwhelmingly.
WHEREAS the government of the United States should return to its [...]
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by John Uebersax
At the Watchblog Third Party Website, Joel S. Hirschhorn wrote an good article titled The Evolution of Evil. He identifies as an essential problem the current two-party system. To quote Joel:
Most corrupt and legally sanctioned forms of tyranny hide in plain sight as democracies with free elections…. Nothing conceals tyranny better than elections. [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by John Uebersax
This is a short post. I’m experimenting with various strategies to gain more site visitors. One is to make more short, focused entries like this one, to produce search engine “hits” for a wider range of queries.
Here we refer again to a recurring theme of this site: how American politics is, under the [...]
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by John Uebersax
Let’s continue to hammer away at one of the core problems with the current presidential race: Republicans and Democrats are both part of the status quo; part of the System that wants to keep people distracted, divided, oppressed, and afraid. They want to keep attention away from ideas that would promote real [...]
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