A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labour camp
Stand out in this memory I revived;
Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard working hands
And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes.
He dreamed of something better, and my mama's faith was strong
And us kids were just to young to realize
That another class of people put us somewhere just below;
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes.-From “Hungry Eyes” by Merle Haggard
John Murphy is the independent candidate for House of Representatives in the 16th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. www.johnamurphyforcongress.org He is the nominated candidate of the Green Party of Pennsylvania and expects the nomination of the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania along with the endorsements of the Reform Party of Pennsylvania and the New American Independent Party as well. In 2006 he was endorsed by Michael Berg, Peter Camejo, Noam Chomsky, Ralph Nader and Howard Zinn. He is one of the founding members of the Pennsylvanian Ballot Access Coalition , working to change the egregious ballot access laws in Pennsylvania which allowed the Democrat Party to knock Ralph Nader off the ballot in 2004 and Green Party Gubernatorial Candidate Carl Romanelli in 2006. He can be reached at: johnamurphy@comcast.net.
