Friday, October 10:

Project Vote: Victory for Voting Rights: Mont. GOP Backs Off Plans to Challenge Mont. Voters Yesterday the Republican Party of Montana announced that it was abandoning its plans to challenge the voting eligibility of at least 6,000 residents of that state-mostly in democratic strongholds-who had filed change-of-address cards with the U.S. Postal Service. In a letter sent to election officials in seven counties, state GOP executive director Jacob Eaton withdrew the party's challenges and said they would be issuing no m

Mark Drolette: You can cry for us, Argentina Having (regrettably) spent much of my life in jingoistic ignorance, I never imagined I'd one day set foot in Argentina. Then again, I never imagined I'd witness an American administration whose death-dealing militarism and breathtaking corruption would dwarf those perpetrated by even the worst Latin American dictatorship, so there you are.

E. Nelson: Is Republican Norm Coleman Just an Empty Suit?

Mark Morford: Licking the Zeitgeist Just for now. Just for the moment, as you stare in joyous wonder at all the state and national polls that are increasingly leaning Obama's way, if not fallen over completely. Plenty of time in the coming few weeks to imagine the uglier possibilities, America's darker demons, late October surprises. Save that for the final week.

McCain Opens Pandora's Box It feels like two totally different ads in the space of 30 seconds. The first 10 seconds are aimed at tying Obama to Ayers as a way of questioning his judgment; the last 20 seconds are dedicated to painting congressional Democrats as blindly opportunistic when it came to the bailout package. Huh? What does Ayers have to do with congressional Democrats?

Roy S. Carson: Chavez' government mismanaged? Well, yes, it is but what about the mite in USA's own eye? The writer insists that the Venezuelan revolutionary leader and his clique are foolishly sticking to bourgeois parliamentarism and bourgeois legality in their "peaceful [christian] revolution."

Froomkin: That Other Failed War There's no question Afghanistan demands a new approach. Experts have been saying that for months if not years. But the White House's new sense of urgency may have more to do with trying to insulate Bush from history's verdict that he let Afghanistan slip through his fingers.

THINK ABOUT IT: Money and the Crisis of Civilization we are nearing the end of an era. On the most superficial level, it is the era of unregulated casino-style financial manipulation that is ending. But the current efforts of the political elites to fix the crisis at this level will only reveal its deeper dimensions. In fact, the crisis goes "all the way to the bottom." It arises from the very nature of money and property in the world today...

NYT: McCain camp pushed Ayers report BAD OLD GREY LADY: As the McCain campaign has launched a full-scale assault on Barack Obama’s relationship to ‘60s radical William Ayers, vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has explained the timing this way: The New York Times made us do it.

12 New Stomach-Turning Revelations About Sarah Palin Palin has maliciously gone after Obama, using hate speech, dog whistles and every inexcusable attack in the book. But no matter how ridiculous or sensational Palin's attacks on Obama are, her venomous words cannot hide all the skeletons that keep pouring out of her unvetted closet. And these are the things that should give the American public cause for concern.

'Disgusted' to be U.S. soldier Hart, who was stationed in Bosnia in the '90s, said when he was deployed to Kuwait in 2003, he was horrified by tales from other U.S. soldiers who boasted about killing Iraqi civilians and picking human flesh and hair out of the grills of their vehicles after running over Iraqi children.

John Little: THE SUICIDE BOMBER a treatise on the phenomenon known as the suicide bomber

Tomgram: Anand Gopal Asks, Who Rules Afghanistan? Washington spends about $100 million a day on this war--close to $36 billion a year--but only five cents of every dollar actually goes towards aid. From this paltry sum, the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief found "a staggering 40 percent has returned to donor countries in corporate profits and salaries." Opium production accounts for more than half of the country's gross domestic product.

Matoska: The Times They Are AChangin' Some people prefer to be cheery in the midst of disaster, others prefer to develop alternatives, and some jump off the bridge. I prefer a new administration that is willing to start where we are with a sound plan to go where we need to go for a better future.

Mark Rudd: Obama's Second Term Mark Rudd, former SDS member and long time activists, reflects on what the "left" should prepare for come 2012.

Stephen Soldz: Fabulous new film showing on Public Television: Torturing Democracy Starting tonight, Public Television will be viewing the fabulous new documentary Torturing Democracy, which is a new film relaying the history of U.S. torture in the war on terror.

Why I am not a conservative I don't mind saying that I can work with conservatives on common causes. I don't mind saying that I have met, gotten to know, and worked with some racists. I am exceedingly uncomfortable with people who are racist, sexist, religious bigots, anti-immigrant, xenophobic, or homophobic. But I can work while uncomfortable.

Gustav Wynn: Yes! Let's Immediately Investigate Voter Fraud - Evenhandly The GOP is squealing about voter registration irregularities committed by low-income advocacy groups, but ignoring the flaming, toxic mountain of evidence showing blatant past and current GOP/RNC improprieties. Let's investigate ALL voter fraud - starting with Karl Rove's office sending caging lists to the Bush campaign!

Matoska: The Market and the Media The lack of leadership, real leadership, underscores the political vacuum within the ruling elite of America. It poses the very real question of "Who's minding the store?"

Bob Patterson: The Full Catastrophe Let's break out the booze and go dancing! ! !

David Swanson: It's the War Crimes, Mickey M-I-C-K-E-Y

Kevin Gosztola: McCain Most Capable of Challenging the Vote Count Successfully Allow me to suggest that McCain and his GOP underlings (shall we call them "my fellow prisoners"? I don't see why not) have some hope in this election because over the past decade or two they have changed the system to work for them. But will it though?

Marc McDonald: Fearmongering Finally Blows Up in GOP's Face At one time, fearmongering was the best thing that ever happened to George W. Bush and the NeoCons, as they cynically exploited 9/11 to advance their agenda. But now it's backfiring, as panic and fear fuel the economic meltdown.

W. Christopher Epler (Bill): Out of the box there aren't any elites. In 1905, Albert Einstein "transcended" the box of 19th Century physics and showed the world, in his beautiful words, "Time and space are modes by which we think, and not conditions in which we live." But the larger moral is that he proved you don't HAVE TO "live in a box". So now it's time to follow his liberating example and jump out of OUR social/political box of war, elites, assassination, and Dictatorships of the Rich.

Russian Claims of Privileged Sphere Draw Criticism (1 comments) In the wake of Russia's assault on Georgia, its claims of a "privileged" sphere of influence within the boundaries of the former Soviet Union, along with the declaration of a right to intervene on behalf of Russian citizens outside its borders, have drawn expressions of confusion, dismay and outright rejection in the United States and Europe.

When is enough going to be enough? You live your life as you are "supposed" to for the most part. You go to work, you take care of your family, your friends, your responsibilities, you pay your taxes and invest trust in those you work for and elect to be just as responsible as you

Kevin Geary: The Reason for McCain's "That One" (1 comments) Senator McCain's "that one" remark was really quite extraordinary in the debate on Tuesday. I could hardly believe I'd actually heard it correctly when he uttered it....It was also quite obvious to me that it was a "Hillary moment." Let me explain.

David Swanson: Does Justin Rood Hate Bloggers? Or just love dirty money?

Lawrence Velvel: Re: Creating And Sustaining The Unsustainable. (1 comments) Our economic trajectory has long been visibly unsustainable.

Is Posse Comitatus Dead? (3 comments) I'm joined now by two guests. Army Colonel Michael Boatner is future operations division chief of USNORTHCOM. He joins me on the phone from Colorado Springs. We're also joined from Madison, Wisconsin by journalist and editor of The Progressive magazine, Matthew Rothschild.

Kevin Zeese: Time to Create the Economy We Want (2 comments) The multiple crisis the U.S. is facing is an opportunity to create the economy we want - one that serves our interests, i.e. a democratized economy where profit is broadly shared, a new energy economy that is clean, sustainable and decentralized -- an economy that serves the peoples needs not mega-corporate profits.

Obama's Magic This is what great writing and analysis is all about. Every Obama supporter should read this very, very seriously. You just might be able to dissolve your self-delusion. Can McCain perform better? Of course not. Now is the time for true patriots to vote third party to end the two-party plutocracy.

Robert Naiman: General Petraeus: Talks with the Taliban are Kosher (1 comments) When Congress was arguing about Iraq? whatever came out of General Petraeus' mouth was God's Truth. Now General Peteraus says negotiations with the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in Afghanistan. If General Petraeus can say it, why can't Obama and McCain say it?

Patrick Mattimore: It's Education, Stupid (1 comments) Candidates ignoring education

steve young: The Stupidest Political (And Sports) Move in History: Palin To Drop Puck At Philadelphia Flyers Opener (2 comments) Philadelphia doesn't take kindly to any icon, friendly or not, messing with their sports teams. Has Snider forgotten Santa Claus being pelted with snowballs at the Eagles game?

The Seven Deadly Sins of Wall Street and Main Street "Find someone who wants something for nothing then give them nothing for something." Every successful con artist needs a mark, a willing participant whose greed is stronger than their fear. The worst aspects of human nature,the Seven Deadly Sins are being played out on Wall Street and Main Street. Financial institutions benefiting from the recent bail out by Congress are not monetarily bankrupt they are morally bankrupt.

Stephen Lendman: Another Israeli West Bank Land Grab Scheme Israel ignores international law and continues to seize Palestinian land illegally.

Jim Kirwin: America Under Siege The American public, composed of both citizens and consumers, is under attack on all fronts. This is being done by government directly, indirectly, and across the board in every aspect of our lives.

Gene Cappa: *The Threat of Fascism in America The "TEN STEPS TO FASCISM" are in place, and any crisis, at the dictator's whim, can be used to declare a national emergency, leading to martial law, and tyranny over a once free people.

Patrick Mattimore: Cheer Up America, You Could be In France or Switzerland A reprieve from the economic news with a look overseas

chris rice: I Remember Feeling As If I Had Let Everyone Down- Strike Updates A revolution of The People can only be brought about by uniting. We want to assist in promoting your events through our websites, blogs, forums and social networks.

Bruce K. Gagnon: DIVIDE AND CONQUER (1 comments) The corporate elite are turning American against American to deflect the public's outrage as the nation falls apart at the seams.

Dean Powers: Forget my 401K, Tell the William Ayers Story for the 572nd Time (1 comments) The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

mikel weisser: Current Comedy, 10/7/08: Gotcha Soundbite Journalism (1 comments) In the interest of the public good, I will devote the rest of this week's column to some of the old "gotcha soundbite journalism" Republicans so loathe. You know, where they say something that clearly reveals their vile character or evil intentions, and then some awful commie exploitive journalist catches them on an open mic. Republicans call this "gotcha soundbite journalism." I call it "truth hurts, don't it?"

alan k: The REAL Crisis... The enemies of democracy are not conspiring to smash aircraft into our symbols of power. They are circulating freely in the corridors of our Capitol and White House. They sit behind microphones and in front of cameras that blanket the nation with innuendo, false images of humanity and science, disinformation, vitriol and hatred. They take what they want, prey on the weak, and plot to silence those who might object.

Ed Tubbs: We have seen the bowels of hell, and before them stand John McCain and Sarah Palin Over the past weeks I have seen in John McCain and Sarah Palin, and in the faces of their supporters, the very worst the human condition allows.

Allen Heart: Had Enough Corruption Yet? Take Back Your Power! Elections don't work in America! We're still stuck with TweedleDee and TweedleDum and they almost always look and act alike. What does that leave us? Are we in check without any recourse to this monstrous bailout for the rich? No we're not! We've just begun to fight. Our problem is that we've been hacking at the branches of evil instead of striking at the root.

Allen L Roland: *BUSH AND McCAIN / EQUALLY OUT OF TOUCH WITH AMERICANS John McCain sold his soul in 2008 to George W Bush's far right Republican base becoming an apologist for not only Bush's unregulated economic policies but also Bush's denial of our present deepening recession. As such, McCain will rightfully bear the brunt of a landslide Democratic victory in November and join his sidekick and soul brother in political purgatory : Allen L Roland

Steph Fauxco: *I was one of the "risky" people that got a home loan Confessions of a risky home owner. It was good for me!

Medea Benjamin: Should Henry 'The Fox' Paulson Guard the Henhouse? On Tuesday, October 7, a group of CODEPINK pranksters pranced in front of the New York Stock Exchange. One, wearing an oversized papier maché head of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, grabbed at the purses of the "chickens." "Give me your money; give me your money," he cried. "You might need a new house, but my buddies and I need new yachts." Passersby, read the sign "Henry 'The Fox' Paulson' in the People's Henhouse,"

Ross McNamara: Norm Coleman's Back-scratching Yes Vote to the Bailout Should Not Surprise Anyone in Minnesota

John Wilson: John McCain's Terrorist Connections (1 comments) John McCain's terrorist friends--the Contras, G. Gordon Liddy, and Oliver North--are all far worse and much closer to him than Barack Obama is to Bill Ayers. So why are the media ignoring McCain's terrorist connections?

Thursday, October 9:

Michael Collins: 2008: The Difficulty Stealing it this Time (3 comments)

Shirley Bianchi: Onward, Christian Soldiers (Redux) (6 comments) Response to a call by the Editors for articles on fascism in America.

Rob Kall: CBS's Spoiled Poodle Dean Reynolds Bites Obama-- Reports his Plane Smells (17 comments)

talha mujaddidi: From Musharraf to Zardari Article is about Pakistan's current political situation

Perino Confirms White House Won’t Extend Jobless Benefits, Says People Should Just Find A Job During today’s press briefing, White House press secretary Dana Perino suggested the Bush administration would oppose any effort to extend jobless benefits — a stance the White House has taken before. She explained their position by saying, “we want people to be able to return to the workplace as soon as possible.” The suggestion was that extending benefits somehow prevents people from returning to work.

Andrew Sullivan: Births At Mat-Su Medical Center In April 2008 Here they are listed on the hospital's website. Trig Palin, who was born there, Sarah Palin tells us, on April 18 at 6.30 am, is nowhere to be found.

Roy S. Carson: Do Venezuelans really want a Fox News copycat with unmitigated bias to pathetic bootlicking? (1 comments) Of recent date, ABN reports have been distinctly politicized -- generally in favor of the Chavez government but increasingly showing an abject hostility towards anything and everything to do with the political opposition which, whether ABN editorial managers wish to believe it or not, DO represent a significant section of the Venezuelan populace.

Tnut: Vermin Takeover (1 comments) Rats on the bus.

Regulators Cannot Avert Next Crisis Why is it that regulation doesn't stop crises from happening again? No matter what pundits say, we are nowhere near a laissez-faire situation. Look no further than the US federal institutions in Washington, DC, and we find 12,113 individuals working full time to regulate the financial markets. What did they do with the powers they had? Made mistakes.

The Really Busy Person's Guide to Political Activism he campaigns will tell you every bit helps, and they're right. But some tactics help more than others. A lot of it depends where you live and how much money you make.

David Swanson: ABC Is Lying About NSA On Thursday, ABC News reported a big new break in the story of illegal and unconstitutional spying that our government has engaged in for years now, except that there was nothing new in the story and the important parts were left out.

I've Got a Little List -- (With Apologies to W.S. Gilbert) Not everyone agreed,but I thought the debate was boring because the real questions were,as usual,unasked.Here are the ones I'd like to hear next time...And finally,what is the role of the mainstream media in keeping the truth from us?Can media owned by Rupert Murdoch,GE & other war-mongers,tell us the truth about the war profiteers who are getting rich while we are getting poor?Will Cheney turn in Halliburton?I rest my case.

Project Vote: Changing the Game: Voter Registration Drives Reshape the American Electorate Monday marked the last day to register to vote before November's presidential election in many states and the conclusion to one of the nation's largest nonpartisan voter registration drives in history. Helping more than 1.3 million of the America's underrepresented young, low-income and minority citizens register to vote, Project Vote and its voter registration drive partner, the Association of Community Organizations for Refo

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Friday, October 10:

Barack 'Osama' on NY Absentee Ballots Tho the S and the B aren't close on a keyboard, Rennselaer County election officials and three proofreaders failed to catch the misspelling before mailing the absentee ballots to 300 voters.

U.S. Seems Set to Take N. Korea off Terror List The Bush administration appears poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, perhaps as soon as today, sources close to the administration said. The move would keep alive a faltering effort to eliminate Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs

Fears of Recession Deepen Rout The government took steps toward an extraordinary public investment in U.S. banks, and General Motors stock fell to its lowest price since 1950 on fears it will not be able to weather the downturn. Share prices fell across every industry and for each of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average, which was down 679 points, or 7.3 percent, to 8579.19.

Justice Department Cleaners Win 15 Percent Raise Under the contract, Justice Department cleaners who earned $15.51 an hour will see that rise to $17.94 by the end of the contract, according to Local 323BJ of the Service Employees International Union. The cleaners are outside contractors employed by Makro Services. They also get 150 percent increase in employer contributions to their pension plan and improved health-care benefits.

Press Release: Brave New Films Sues Shock Jock Michael Savage The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks declaratory relief and damages following improper efforts to silence Brave New Films' criticism of Savage over anti-Muslim remarks he made on his nationally syndicated radio show, The Savage Nation.

Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world's financial markets while they "rewrite the rules of international finance."

Afghanistan 'in dire peril' A draft classified report says central authority in Afghanistan is breaking down, with rampant corruption inside the Government of President Hamid Karzai and escalating violence from militants. Its conclusions represent a harsh verdict on decision-making by the Bush Administration, which in the months after the September 11 attacks made Afghanistan the central focus of a global campaign against terrorism.

Blackwater to check itself on US arms export law Amid a federal probe into whether Blackwater Worldwide smuggled weapons into Iraq, the private security contractor said Thursday it has established a panel of defense experts and former prosecutors to ensure it follows U.S. export laws.

Barack 'Osama' on Ballots Sent to Voters in NY From AP...Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain."

Inciting Hate: Anger Is Crowd's Overarching Emotion at McCain Rally Standing at the center of the crowd, McCain and Palin drew on the crowd's energy as they repeatedly trained their fire on Obama. "Senator Obama has a clear radical, far-left, pro-abortion record," McCain said after being asked about the issue.

Scott Horton: Palin's Talent Scout Kristol is one of the few conservative columnists whose support of Palin has been unflinching.He has used his space as a NYT columnist to tout her candidacy repeatedly.But in the process Kristol has never bothered to disclose his role in the decision making process that led to the Palin pick.Kristol's Weekly Standard has figured as Palin's chief defender,and its writers have gone after even those who dare to pose questions

Bush Says Anxiety Feeding Market Instability "Over the past few days," Bush said, "we have witnessed a startling drop in the stock market, much of it driven by uncertainty and fear. This has been a deeply unsettling period for the American people."

ncvoter: Ohio-duh steals Flori-duh's Butterfly Ballot Design Ohio may go down in history this November when 12 counties use a butterfly ballot. The design is hauntingly similar to the one that made Florida notorious in November 2000. The problem - the design is a modern day butterfly ballot, splitting the presidential contest over two columns on their paper ballots for this November's election.

Sheila Kaplan and Marilyn Berlin Snell: Northern Exposure: Sarah Palin's Toxic Paradise As governor of a state with a birth-defect rate that's twice the national average, and which has the gloomy status as repository of toxic chemicals from around the world, Palin has pursued environmental policies that seem perfectly crafted to swell the ranks of special-needs kids.

Jeremy R. Hammond: U.S. Allies, Defense Secretary Suggest Political Solution to Afghan War While the U.S. presidential candidates both suggest an increase in military forces as the solution for the conflict in Afghanistan, allies and even the U.S. Defense Secretary have agreed that a political solution involving engaging in diplomacy with the Taliban is necessary.

Vultures circle Wall Street, but hesitate to feed Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's law firm, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, has formed a task force to help corporate clients understand legislation and regulatory issues related to the bailout, a politically delicate move that Democrats seized on in trying to paint the Republican as taking advantage of the crisis. Republicans called such attacks ridiculous. In a news release on Oct. 7, the firm said one "silver lining" to the crisis

Press Release: Documentary STEALING AMERICA:Vote by Vote Free after October 21 FREE to view, FREE to download! "STEALING AMERICA: Vote by Vote does for American democracy what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming." --FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Colin Powell calls Sen. Stevens' word 'sterling' - EarthLink (5 comments) Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' word "sterling" at the senator's corruption trial. Federal prosecutors have accused Stevens of lying on Senate documents about more than $250,000 in renovations to his Alaska cabin and other gifts from Bill Allen, former head of the oil services company VECO Corp

Your request is being processed... David Brooks: Sarah Palin "Represents A Fatal Cancer To The Republican Party" Brooks praised Palin's natural political talent, but said she is "absolutely not" ready to be president or vice president. He explained, "The more I follow politicians, the more I think experience matters, the ability to have a template of things in your mind that you can refer to on the spot, because believe me, once in office there's no time to think or make decisions."

Greg Palast: *BBC TV: "Set up to steal it again" Is 2008 already 'fixed'? On Friday at 6pm and 10pm Eastern Time,BBC America will bust open the story of the systematic[Repub] attack on US voters that could easily cost Barack Obama the White House.Democrats don't have clean hands either,as Palast discloses: from the Acoma Pueblo, we find Natives (almost all Democrats) who've had their ballots illegally junked by local Democrats.But whichever party attacks the poor, it's McCain that's the winner.

the web: Invite: World Can't Wait National Meeting Nov 22-23 Chicago IL Now,more than ever,World Can't Wait is a needed vehicle and we are not going away.If you believe politics as usual cannot meet the enormity of the problem we face,join World Can't Wait in Chicago on 11/22-23.We will examine what we need to do in this next phase to decisively defeat, repudiate,and reverse the Bush program. W

Rise of the machines As election technology blazes ahead, will voters get left behind? Given this pervasive cultural paranoia,it’s ironic that electronic voting machines have enjoyed pretty much a free pass.At least one group of Maui voters isn’t taking this lying down.They’ve filed suit,seeking to clarify the rules governing electronic voting and to ensure transparency&accuracy.you don’t experiment with elections;you have to be certain the technology works before you implement it.There’s no margin for error.

GOP OCTOBER 'SURPRISE' SPREADS TO OHIO: Coordinated Plan to Wreak Havoc, Bring Bogus 'Voter Fraud' Allegations Hits Buck (1 comments) In an update of the AP report,it's noted that Sheriff Fisher is "a Repub,"that Green County is "rich with Dem-leaning college students,"&that Fisher requested the voter information after "he had been inundated with phone calls from people concerned about possible fraud."In other words,no actual evidence of anything,just angry Repubs,fired up by chasing their own tails after Fox/RNC told them too.Smelling the rats here yet?

Fear grips global stock markets In Europe share prices falls have been much steeper. In London the FTSE 100 share index was down 6.9%, Paris was down 8.4%, and Frankfurt was down 8.9%. Finance ministers from the G7 are to meet in Washington later. As well as the G7 meeting, talks will be held at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals (1 comments) Carter's assertion that Palin was once a card-carrying AIP member was swiftly discredited by the McCain campaign, which produced records showing she had been a registered Republican since 1988. But then why would Carter make such a statement? Why did he seem confident that Palin was a true-blue AIP activist burrowing within the Republican Party? The most salient answer is that Palin was once so thoroughly embedded with AIP fig

Prosecution Rests, Defense Case Begins in Sen. Stevens' Corruption Trial (4 comments) Inouye was the first defense witness called in the trial, now in nearing the end of its third week, and is the first in a string of character witnesses that could include such high-profile players as former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Sens. Orrin G. Hatch , R-Utah, and Patrick J. Leahy , D-Vt. Powell is expected to testify Friday

waronyou: Mutual Fund Withdrawals a Record as Investors Flee (Update1) (1 comments) Mutual Fund Withdrawals a Record as Investors Flee (Update1) Investors pulled a record $52.1 billion from U.S.-managed stock and bond mutual funds in the past week, seeking the safety of government-insured bank deposits as the financial crisis worsened.

Is Gov. Sarah Palin Short-changing Alaska's National Guard? Should Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin do less campaigning and more governing? Some veterans of the Alaska National Guard returning home from the war zone may think so.

OPEC to Meet Nov. 18, `Likely' to Cut Oil Production OPEC is ``very likely'' to cut oil production at its extraordinary meeting in Vienna on Nov. 18 because prices have fallen ``dramatically,'' Chakib Khelil, the group's president, said today. The gathering will ``discuss the global financial crisis, the world economic situation and the impacts on the oil market.''

In Reversal, Democrats Shelve Iran Resolution Falling from shoo-in status to widely rejected legislation within the space of four months, a resolution that opened the door for a naval blockade on Iran was officially shelved after several of its cosponsors withdrew their support. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman has promised not to bring the bill, House Concurrent Resolution 362, before the committee until concerns about the text are addressed.

Thursday, October 9:

Former Republican senator criticizes McCain, supports Obama Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican U.S. senator from Rhode Island, is throwing his support behind Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying he is disillusioned with Republican John McCain. Chafee, the only Republican who voted against the Iraq war, was defeated for reelection in 2006 and last year declared himself an independent. He called this year's vote "the most important election of my lifetime.

Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans (2 comments) Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropped on as they called friends and family back home, according to two former military intercept operators who worked at the giant National Security Agency (NSA) center in Fort Gordon, Georgia.

waronyou: Illegal Immigrants' Constitutional Rights Violated? A Connecticut federal judge has ordered hearings to determine whether the Constitutional rights of illegal immigrants, some of whom ignored deportation orders, were violated by federal agents who arrested them.

US federal court orders Chinese Muslims in Guantánamo released | csmonitor.com The Uighur muslims from China were captured in Pakistan and have been held captive for 7 years -- dispite being cleared for release in 2004. Now the Justice Department is filing an apeal to stay the court ordered release of the group.

County officials seeking Ohio voters' records Law enforcers in a southwest Ohio county rich with Democrat-leaning college students are seeking information on hundreds of people who registered to vote and cast ballots during the state's weeklong same-day voting window.The window was the subject of an unsuccessful legal challenge by the Ohio Republican Party...Haller said the records request was not politically motivated.

GOP's ACORN 'Voter Fraud' Scam Rolls Out in MO...Right on Schedule... "It's par for the course,"[Ordower] said."When you're doing more registrations than anyone else in the country,some don't want low-income people being empowered to vote.There are pretty targeted attacks on us, but we're proud to be out there doing the patriotic thing getting people registered to vote."Repubs are among ACORN's loudest critics.At a campaign stop in PA,supporters interrupted McCain's speech with "No more ACORN"

Montana GOP Spanked by Judge for Bogus, Illegal Voter Challenges One can imagine the mischief an immature political operative could inject into an election cycle were he to use the statutes,not for their intended purpose of protecting the integrity of the people's democracy, but rather to execute a tawdry political ploy.The timing of these challenges is so transparent that it defies common sense to believe the purpose is anything but political chicanery.-Fed. Dist. Court Judge Donald Molloy

Emily Levy: Two Presidential Candidates Have Pledged to Challenge Suspicious Elections Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader has now joined Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney in taking the Standing For Voters 'Super Pledge' offered by StandingForVoters dot org, a project of VelvetRevolution.us.

Mark Crispin Miller: Palin's ties to terrrorism Yes, Sarah Palin (who is busy attacking Obama/Ayers)is linked closely with the AIP--even though she claims to "love America"(and notwithstanding the McCain Team's loud denials that she was a member of that outfit).Anyone who wants to see the video of Dexter Clark,AIP vice chair,telling a whole roomful of secessionists about the governor's prior membership,and her successful "infiltration" of the GOP,should go right here:

Palin's approach to big oil: more mainstream than mavericky Ever since Gov. Sarah Palin joined John McCain, the ticket has touted Palin's in-your-face relationships with oil and gas companies. But a review of the Palin administration's record on big oil shows a stance that's in many ways less maverick than mainstream.

Mark Crispin Miller: Nevada ACORN office raided; confusing role of Dem SoS? Ross Miller, Nevada SoS, is not a Republican, but a Democrat--which complictes the story.That is,the raid on ACORN would appear to represent a blow against Obama by the centrist or Old Guard Democratic apparatus in the state.That machine supported Hillary Clinton in the primary some months ago. To get some sense of how her angriest supporters feel about the raid on ACORN, check out what they're posting at her website.

Your request is being processed... Bruce Wilson Bruce Wilson Posted October 7, 2008 | 10:50 PM (EST) BIO Become a Fan Ge Very disturbing. For more information on other links between Sarah Palin and the New Apostolic Reformation, see Palin and the Apostles and the entire ongoing series of articles, Palin's Churches and the Third Wave.

the web: *Democracy Now devotes entire program to voter purging

Mark Crispin Miller: *Tell John McCain to FIRE MIKE CONNELL! Mike Connell,whom Spoonamore has named as Karl Rove's top election fixer,has been trying desperately to forestall a deposition in OH,using an expensive troika of GOP lawyers to quash the subpoena ordering him to sit down,under oath,and answer questions about how he helped Bush/Cheney "win" since FL 2000.And Connell is now working for McCain, once more putting his peculiar talents at the service of the GOP in six swing states!

Petraeus Talk Bolsters Obama While McCain Backs Petraeus, General Sounds Notes That Harmonize With Democratic Nominee. ...waded into areas of dispute between Obama and McCain involving Afghanistan, negotiating with adversaries and other recent campaign controversies. Each time, the general either lent tacit support to Obama or denied tacit support to McCain.

Rob Kall: Will McCain or Obama Challenge Vote Counts? (8 comments) Kerry wimped an quit. Gore gave up when the Supreme court waded in. If the election is close, will Obama challenge the results? Will McCain?

Gene Cappa: FASCISM Came To America-Do You Agree? (17 comments) The ten steps to fascism are now in place, and any crisis, real or make believe, can be used to declare a national emergency leading to martial law and tyranny over the land.

Obama Fights Lawsuit Questioning Citizenship ALERT! (Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania – 10/06/08) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the attorney who filed suit against Sen. Barack H. Obama challenging Obama's lack of "qualifications" to serve as president of the United States, announced today that Obama and Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a joint motion for protective prder to stay discovery pending a decision on the motion to dismiss which was filed on Sept. 24.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For October 09, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

Research Findings on the Subject of Diversity In partnership with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF), Zogby International released the findings of an interactive survey of more than 4,700 likely American voters on issues of diversity, including: (1) diversity in the community, (2) in the workplace, (3) in personal life, (4) in government, (5) the importance of diversity and (6) diversity in future generations.

Donna Miller: Ethics Class Led Woman to be a Vegetarian Donna Miller of The Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote about a class called "Animals and Ethics" being taught at the Catholic Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio. I almost cried with joy. If you are an "animal" person, you too will appreciate this article. She also touches on pet obesity and pet killing.

Project Vote: Project Vote & ACORN Complete Historic 1.3 Million Voter Registration Drive (5 comments) Project Vote and ACORN announce the completion of their successful 2008 voter registration drive, which helped over 1.3 million low-income, of color, and young voters complete registration applications.

Suzana Megles: Sgt. Gwen Beberg and Rachet You may have read the same e-mail account which I received today re Sgt. Gwen Beberg and her dog Rachet. If true--yet another reason to wonder about US Military protocul when it comes to befriending animals in Iraq.

Paulson's Economic 'Shock Doctrine' Radically Suspends Sacred Principals This regime change refers to a change in the economic environment so radical that, at least for a while, economic policy makers will need to suspend what are usually sacred principles: minimal interference in free markets, gradualism and predictability.

Senate Slips Huge $488 Billion Pentagon War Funding Bill in Under The Radar (1 comments) The Senate has caved to the Bush Administration yet again. US Senators donned their Harry Potter invisibility cloaks and under the cover of darkness late Saturday night, with the smoke and mirrors distraction of the Wall Street bailout, quietly voted on and passed a huge, outrageous spending bill that gives an additional $488 Billion dollars to the Bush Administration and The Pentagon.

waronyou: Bankers Want World Economic Government To Solve Financial Crisis They Created (1 comments) Want World Economic Government To Solve Financial Crisis They Created The world's central bankers are gathering this week at the IMF-World Bank conference in Washington DC and are expected to grease the skids for the creation of a machinery of world economic governance under the pretext of preventing a repeat of the financial crisis, a global economic policeman to patrol a de-facto financial dictatorship.

States’ Actions to Block Voters Appear Illegal Much attention this year has been focused on the millions of new voters being added to the rolls by the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama, there has been far less notice given to the number of voters being dropped from those same rolls. Republicans said that it is central to American democracy that nonqualified voters be forbidden from voting.

Top Local TV Markets Watched McCain and Obama's Second Debate The combined overall household rating for Tuesday night's second presidential debate, in 55 of the 56 local television markets where Nielsen maintains electronic TV meters, was 42.1. In comparison, the first debate between Senators McCain and Obama received a much lower household rating (34.7) in the top 55 local TV markets.

Oil prices dip below $87 amid recession fears, potential emergency OPEC meeting Oil prices dipped below $87 a barrel Thursday with the downward momentum slowed somewhat by continuing chatter from OPEC nations about an emergency meeting to address the market slide. OPEC controls 40 percent of the world's oil supply, but many analysts doubt it will be able to slow oil's descent just by tightening output

Dem strategists see landslide in the making Four large states John McCain once seemed well-positioned to win-=Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio and Florida--have in recent weeks shifted toward Obama. If Obama were to win those four states,a scenario that would represent a remarkable turn of events,he would likely surpass 350 electoral votes.Nearly six in 10 Americans believe that the United States could be on the verge of entering an economic spiral-the Great Depression.

U.S. Auto Sales Forecasts Cut Yet Again For instance, J.D. Power and Associates on Oct. 8 cut its forecast for the second time in a week, to only 13.6 million light vehicles in 2008, and a measly 13.2 million in 2009. To put that in perspective, U.S. light-vehicle sales in 2007 were about 16.1 million, and the record was 17.4 million in 2000.

A Black Hole in Russian Banks (3 comments) Published: October 9, 2008 It seems that no matter how many billions of dollars of public money the Russian government gives to assist markets and help the country's bank, all that shares do is tumble further.

National Rifle Association endorses McCain The National Rifle Association is endorsing Republican presidential nominee John McCain despite differences with the Arizona senator on gun-show rules and campaign finance restrictions. The NRA PAC's future spending will target Obama on gun issues and start publicizing the records of McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, LaPierre said.

Bush signs order to ease switch to next president A piece of paper that President Bush signed Thursday helps ease his way out of the White House when his term ends and clears the way for his successor Congress has appropriated $8 million to finance transition operations.

Senator Webb Urges Halt of Hundreds of Millions To U.S. Propaganda In Iraq Saying the United States should not be spending hundred of millions to "... propagandize the Iraqi people," Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) today sent a letter asking Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to halt contracts that would pay civilian defense contractors $300 million to produce pro-American news stories, entertainment programs and public service advertisements inside Iraq.

Media continue to repeat Cindy McCain's comment about troop funding without noting her husband's own vote (1 comments) The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Morning Joe reported Cindy McCain's attack on Sen. Barack Obama that his "vote to not fund my son while he was serving sent a cold chill through my body." However, none of their reports noted that Sen. John McCain himself voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Missing Americans 'held in Syria' Holli Chmela, 27, and Taylor Luck, 23, were arrested after trying to cross the border from Lebanon with the help of smugglers, a ministry statement said. They will be handed over to the US embassy in Damascus following the completion of "necessary measures".

Iran helped U.S. round up terror suspects following 9/11 Iran rounded up hundreds of Arabs who had crossed the border from Afghanistan, expelled many of them and made copies of nearly 300 of their passports, a former Bush administration official said Tuesday.

Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi vs Ryan Giggs Suu Kyi vs Giggs

Richard Mathis: A Song for Sarah

Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy "Not only have individual financial institutions become less vulnerable to shocks from underlying risk factors, but also the financial system as a whole has become more resilient." - Alan Greenspan in 2004

Report: Voter purges in 6 states may violate law Tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, and the voters' exclusion appears to violate federal law, according to a published report.

U.S. Army at the RNC -- Twin Cities Daily Planet Army Col. Michael Boatner admitted October 7 that active-duty U.S. military were sent to St. Paul for the Republican National Convention.This discussion follows the publication of an Army Times article last month announcing training of a U.S. Army unit for domestic operations under the control of U.S. Army Northern Command.

Sandy Sand: Sarah to Joe: Always Lookin' Back Aren'tcha? She Didn't Say How Far If we don't look back we won't know who or what is chasing us, nor will we be able to avoid repeating past mistakes.

Chicago's Cook County won't evict in foreclosures (1 comments) The sheriff here said Wednesday that he's ordering his deputies to stop evicting people from foreclosed properties because many people his office has helped throw out on the street are renters who did nothing wrong. "We will no longer be a party to something that's so unjust," a visibly angry Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said at a news conference.

waronyou: Why Wall Street CEO's Must Go To Jail And Payback Billions In Bonuses (7 comments) Why Wall Street CEO's Must Go To Jail And Payback Billions In Bonuses

Vetting McCain’s Health Plan If you think that "The Market"—whatever market—always works for the best, you'll love John McCain's version of health insurance reform. It uses the tax code to shove you toward individual policies (more "choice!") and away from comprehensive, employersupported plans. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center puts the cost of his proposed subsidies at $1.3 trillion over 10 years.

Retirement Savings Lose $2 Trillion in 15 Months The stock market's prolonged tumble has wiped out about $2 trillion in Americans' retirement savings in the past 15 months, a blow that could force workers to stay on the job longer than planned, rein in spending and possibly further stall an economy reliant on consumer dollars, Congress's top budget analyst said yesterday.

Documents Say American Detainee Near Insanity (1 comments) A US military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a US military brig. the Guantanamo jail was created by the Bush administration specifically to avoid allowing detainees any constitutional rights. Administration lawyers contended the Constitution did not apply outside the country.

U.S. Study Is Said to Warn of Crisis in Afghanistan A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral” and casts serious doubt on the ability of the Afghan government to stem the rise in the Taliban’s influence there, according to American officials familiar with the document.

Wednesday, October 8:

chris rice: Bail~Outs Were Wrong: How Do We Regain Control of Congress (10 comments) You have ignored the hundreds of thousands of American people who have been calling, faxing and emailing you opposing this bailout at least 100 to 1. You have ignored the almost two hundred economists from around the country that have contacted you and who have no conflict of interest and told you this bill will outright fail. My congressman's web site had a pole showing that 97.3% of his constituents were opposed.

Steph Fauxco: Who do you think won the debate tonight? Obama or McCain VOTE NOW (1 comments) Debate #2 McCain V Obama who do you think will won the debate?

PrMaine: Are trolls effective? (12 comments) Have Republican trolls been trying to influence voters through comments on progressive web sites? If so, are they effective in this effort?

Sunday, October 5:

Paul Kruger: Are we safe from our own military? (48 comments) Would members of our own military refuse an order to turn their weapons against American Citizens on US Soil?

Friday, October 3:

Steph Fauxco: First Bail Out Bill VS New Bail Out Bill? VOTE!!! (17 comments) Should Congress have voted in the less pork Bail out bill of last week vs. the one they have to TODAY?

Lance L. Landon: Biden-Palin Debate, Who Won??? (15 comments) Vote for Joe Biden Vote for Sarah Palin

Thursday, October 2:

Steph Fauxco: Will Sarah Palin say "Alaska" more times than "Hero" tonight? (3 comments) Palin, debate, Funny Poll, Alaska, Hero

Gene Cappa: WILL the Wall Street Bailout Help Or Hurt? (9 comments) Taxpayers are required to borrow $800 billion for Wall Street to cover their business losses. Will this Bailout help or hurt the nation?

Peter Dearman: Do something, but ditch the Paulson Plan (4 comments) Should Congress promise to do something major, but ditch the Paulson Plan and start listening to other informed voices?

JC Garrett: Poll: Republican 'Capitalism' or Republican 'Socialism'? (10 comments) The choice really isn't between real Capitalism and real Socialism. The choice is between the reality that occurs by applying the Republican definition of Capitalism and the Republican definition of Socialism. Which would you prefer?

Monday, September 29:

Steph Fauxco: Did the Republicans commit extreme insider trading today? (2 comments) Do you think the Republican's committed extreme insider trading today?

Sunday, September 28:

Rob Kall: After Palin Bombs Debating Biden, & Withdraws from the Campaign, Who Will McCain Pick? (14 comments) Sarah Palin bombed in her interview with Katie Couric and she's going to hit bottom and break into 700 billion ugly pieces when she debates with Joe Biden. Who Will McCain choose to replace her when Palin withdraws to "take care of her family."

Friday, September 26:

Robert Arend: Are The Republicans Gaining Hero Status On The Bailout? (14 comments) Are Democrats risking dilution of the public's blame of the Republicans for current ills of the economy when the Dems support bailing out Wall Street and the Repubs stand against it?

Thursday, September 25:

Gene Cappa: McCain Should Release FULL DETAILS of His Medical Records-Do You Agree? (7 comments) McCain has yet to release his medical records to the public in their entirety.

Wednesday, September 24:

Constance Lavender: Bailout: Post-Bush Speech to Nation (11 comments) Post-Bush Speech Bailout Gauge

Tuesday, September 23:

MedicalWhistleblower: Should Medical Whistleblowers Be Protected? (5 comments) Should Medical Whistleblowers Be Protected?

Kevin Gosztola: How can America recover from the financial crisis? (13 comments) Three prominent politicians (two of them presidential candidates) have plans for how to respond to the bailout. Neither suggest that they would support the Bush administration's or Paulson's proposal, which is being advanced in the halls of Congress right now (despite the fact that many details about the proposal are unknown).

Monday, September 22:

Rob Kall: Screwed or Saved Bailout-wise? (38 comments) will dems pass or fix the bailout, or will Republicans do it? Or will a bipartisan congress screw the taxpayers.

Saturday, September 20:

Gene Cappa: Bush's Legacy: Debt, War, & 9/11-Do You Agree? (21 comments) IS Bush's legacy clear or yet to be determined?

Constance Lavender: Given the economic illness of the United States, What do you prefer to do? (21 comments) Tell the World What Your Future Plans Are Going To Be....

Friday, September 19:

Rob Kall: Has J. Edgar Hoover Styled Blackmail Come Back to Haunt Congress? (18 comments) with all the access to phone tapping, has the Bush admin and its surrogates been digging up blackmail material on Dem leaders in congress?

Constance Lavender: Do you support the government's bail out of Wall Street? (14 comments) Do you support the government's bail out of Wall Street?

Rob Kall: Government Welfare Buyouts and Rescues; Are They Over Yet? (7 comments) Will there be more massive loans or government takeovers that amount to corporations become socialized-- even whole industries?

Wednesday, September 17:

Karen Fish: Did George Bush bail out AIG to save AIG or John McCain and the Neocons? (21 comments) What are the true motives behind the Bush bailout of AIG?

Monday, September 15:

Rob Kall: Diagnose Sarah Palin Poll (38 comments) Which diagnosis do you pick?

Bruce Cain: A 20 Year Moritorium on Legal/Illegal Immigration Into the US (14 comments) The "New Agenda for America" is composed of 10 "Planks." The 2nd plank calls for a 20 Year Moritorium on Legal/Illegal Immigration Into the US. [Goto www.newagecitizen.com/NAA.htm to read the full agenda].

joel kauffman: "Under God," in the Pledge of Allegiance (25 comments) The phrase has presently been held unconstitutional by a California federal district court. The decision is on appeal to the Federal Court of Appeals. In 2006, a Florida federal district court has held that a 1942, state law requiring children to stand and recite the pledge violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments and is therefore, unconstitutional

Greg Purcell: Does Rob Kall look like Tony Soprano? (5 comments) Is James Gandolfini Rob Kall's cousin?? What do you think?

PrMaine: Voting Motivations (17 comments) This poll is an attempt to get some understanding of what is motivating people to vote.

Sunday, September 14:

Constance Lavender: How much faith do you have in the American financial system? (11 comments) Given these extraordinary developments in the American financial system, how much faith do you retain?

Constance Lavender: Is Sarah Palin from the West or the Pacific? Decide where Sarah Palin is from: the West or the Pacific.

Saturday, September 13:

Hal Smith: Independent Candidates (19 comments) Who will you vote for?

Tony Forest: POLL: Will an Obama/Biden Victory Pacify The Movement ? (19 comments) Offset with an inverted question: Will a McCain/Palin Victory Empower The Movement ?

Thursday, September 11:

Amanda Lang: POLL: Should Vote Tampering or Vote Theft Crimes Be Prosecuted As Treason (10 comments) Should the penalty for vote tampering or vote theft be more stringent than it is under current law? Should voting crimes be elevated to acts of high treason?

Amy Fried: Poll: Does Sarah Palin Represent American Women? (26 comments) Does the Republican V.P. nominee represent American women?

Amy Fried: Unsolicited Absentee Ballots (5 comments) Strange stories of unsolicited absentee being received by non-Republicans, are circulating.

Gene Cappa: Congress Should Commence An Independent 9/11 Investigation-Do You Agree (20 comments) Seven years after 9/11 Congress has yet to provide the American people with an independent scientific analysis of the collapses of all 3 World Trade Center buildings.

Tuesday, September 9:

John Wood Sr: POLL: SHOULD WE REPLACE THE "STARS AND STRIPES"? (18 comments) A way to save our Constitutional rights and liberties.

Edwin Rutsch: Is Jim Hightower correct that grasping greed is a failed conservative value? (7 comments) Is Jim Hightower correct that grasping greed is a failed conservative value?

Monday, September 8:

Hal Smith: IN RELATION TO ROB'S POLL, ARE YOU VOTING FOR MCPALIN OR OBIDEN? (8 comments) Poll to see who's voting for whom.

bhwhite: None Of The Above Ballot Option (7 comments) This poll asks voters if they would want a binding Voter Consent option in elections to office. The option, "None of the Above", would appear after the list of candidates for an office, and if it received the most votes, then no listed candidate for the office would be elected, and a new by-election with new candidates would have to be held.

Gene Cappa: A Cowardly Hoyer Thwarts Impeachment - Do You Agree? (16 comments) A cowardly Rep Hoyer steps up to the podium and seeks to table the impeachment bill.

Mac McKinney: Should Outraged Americans Boycott Minneapolis and St Paul until They Drop Charges (11 comments) Should we demand, nationwide, no business as usual with St Paul and Minneapolis until the Twin Cities denounce the major abuse of police power against journalists, legal observers and innocent protestors during the RNC? Should we ask all organizations and businesses to cancel or avoid conventions in the Twin Cities or contracts with the Twin Cities, and ask American citizens to avoid travelling there on vacation until they do?

Edward Smallwood: Will allowing the drilling for oil in 10 years help us? (7 comments) Can we drill our way out of this oil problem?

Rob Kall: Not Voting for Obama or McCain? What Are you doing? (67 comments) McKinney, Nader, Barr, write-in, not voting?

Sunday, September 7:

Edwin Rutsch: What are Real Conservative 'Small Town Values'? (9 comments) In their various speeches at the GOP National Republican Convention, conservatives made a big point of trying to connect their Failed Conservative Values to Small Town Values. Yes, they never give up on the values debate and always try to add a new wrinkle to their rhetorical values debate arsenal. Here's the question;

Paul Kruger: Did McCain steal Obama's Flags? (11 comments) Did McCain's people steal Obama's flags as a "dirty trick"?

Friday, September 5:

Hal Smith: Are you ready to stand up and take back this country??? (28 comments) Poll to see how many patriots there are actually out there.

Paul Kruger: Am I qualified to be the new FCC chairman? (7 comments) How to evaluate qualifications for government positions. What high position might YOU be qualified for under McCain's guidelines?

Thursday, September 4:

John R Moffett: The "Free Vote" Movement: Is now the time? (12 comments) What is the Free Vote Movement? It is a political movement to help a 3rd party ascend to national prominence by urging voters who live in pure Red or pure Blue states to vote for a 3rd party candidate, since their vote doesn't really matter in the general election. Is this the right time for you to consider voting for Paul, Barr, Nader or McKinney to help build a third political party?

Edwin Rutsch: Should progressives confront Sara Palin and failed conservatives values? (3 comments) Should progressives, liberals and democrats confront conservatives at the values level and say that conservative values have failed?

Mikhail Lyubansky: The one thing that matters to me most (1 comments) This poll measures what independents, moderates, and undecideds consider to be the primary factor in their decision-making process.

Raphael Sidelman: Is it just my imagination, or are many eligible voters living a warped reality? (12 comments) This is an attempt to see how many other conscious citizens are appalled by the outright pandering that is being passed off as legitimate political leadership by the speakers at the republican national convention

Wednesday, September 3:

Rob Kall: Did Sarah Palin Hit a Home Run and Is She a Formidable Candidate? (38 comments) Use this poll as jumping off point to discuss your reaction to Sarah Palin's talk.

Monday, September 1:

Rob Kall: Should The Media, Including OEN, Cover the Question Who is the Mother of Trig Palin? (97 comments) Critics say this is tawdry, tabloid journalism that makes an innocent teenager and single mother a victim. Supporters say that if it's true that Sarah Palin is lying about who gave birth then her lies are key to defining her character and lack of integrity.

Sunday, August 31:

Mike Kimball: Is the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment (Right to Bear Arms) Still Relevant (72 comments) A poll on views on today's relevancy of the Second Amendment.

Saturday, August 30:

Gene Cappa: Katrina Disaster-Myths or Fact? (2 comments) FIVE MYTHS were spun about the Katrina disaster. Are they myths or facts?

Richard McGinn: When Rove speaks, be very afraid - Poll (12 comments) Karl Rove said today that the outcome of the election is so unpredictable that "events" will probably be the deciding factor.

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: POLL: SHOULD OBAMA DUMP HIS STAFF AND HIRE UNKNOWNS FOR THE ELECTION? (9 comments) At the start of the Primary seasons, despite the negative showing of the Democratic Congress, Obama had a substantial advantage. After the primary it was frittered away and McCain took the lead in most polls. Now, with the presumptive Vice Presidency of Sarah Palin, the Catholic vote which went to Bush twice but to the Dems in 2006, may have flown North to Alaska, to Palin/McCain. What to do, oh what to do? Oh, I know...

Friday, August 29:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Will Sarah Palin Boost McCain's Chances for Victory? (41 comments) Sarah Palin, 44 year old former beauty queen, just two years into her governorship of Alaska. is more than ruffling the feathers of Neo-cons and the corrupt among Alaska's political circles already crippled by investigations, but has been yanking the chains of oil companies, stringently closing loop-holes once the hallmark of weak negotiator's in the past, and more. She plucked $1200 rebates for Alaskans from Big Oil.

Wednesday, August 27:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Are The Missiles in Poland a Plot to Upstage Obama and Give the White House to McCain? (41 comments) I say the missiles of October II is a lame attempt, ala Nixon vs Kennedy and the steel strike fraud and the WMD's, to scare Americans. I don't know maybe the Poles blind or scared, but this looks like a plan to show that a war hero is better prepared to settle the problem than Ob