Wednesday, October 8:

Ernest Partridge: Can the GOP Steal The Election Again? You Betcha! The culprits who rigged the previous elections are fully aware that they might face hard time in the federal slammer if President Obama's Attorney General is ordered to investigate past elections. Thus they are acutely motivated to use their considerable resources to keep Obama out of the White House. It follows that if Obama-Biden are to win, they must win big.

Mary Lyon: The Subliminal Slam-Dunk Obama and McCain meet again, and give no ground - except in the case of the personal touch.

Bernard Weiner: Peeks Into the Diaries of the Candidates and Hank Paulson What politicians write in their private journals is far closer to the truth than what they say in public. So let's see what McCain, Obama, Palin and Biden have to say about the campaign and what their chances are for success. Bonus: Czar Hank confesses in his diary to some doubts about his own bailout plan.

Banker Bailout Bill Contains IRS Police State Provision (1 comments) InfoWars - Not only is the recently passed Banker Takeover bill larded up with pork, it also contains dictatorial provisions. In addition to making former Goldman Sachs chairman and current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson an economic czar — a provision completely at odds with the Constitution — the bill grants police state powers to the IRS.

Glenn Greenwald: Dick Morris: A sign of the times Two weeks ago, Dick Morris was running around proclaiming McCain's decision to suspend his campaign and make the bailout happen as a "brilliant move" that would pay off "big time" because he would be viewed as the bailout's prime mover by a grateful public. A mere two weeks later, with McCain continuing to plummet in the polls, Morris blithely announces that McCain's woes are due to his awful decision to suspend his campaign.

After Her Campaign Proposes Entitlement Cuts, Palin Declares McCain Will Protect ‘Entitlement Programs’ McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin admitted that in order to pay for his health care plan, McCain would slash $1.3 trillion from Medicare and Medicaid over 10 years. But McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, appears to be unaware of the proposed cuts. At a rally in Florida today, Palin delcared that McCain will “protect the entitlement programs that Americans depend on”

Dean Powers: McCain: "I think you can work on all three at once, Tom" John Suspend-My-Campaign So-I-Can-Meet-With-Congress McCain tells nation with a straight face that he can grapple with three gigantic issues at the same time: energy, health care, and entitlement reform.

Tuesday, October 7:

Linda Milazzo: What I Learned At The Sarah Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out! (35 comments) By unleashing Sarah Palin, John McCain has reinvigorated the anti-choice, anti-woman, anti-reproductive rights fanatics, who not long ago were at the forefront of domestic terror.

Joel S. Hirschhorn: McCain Considering Conceding Election Soon (8 comments)

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION John McCain's chances of winning the White House are getting slimmer and slimmer. After a series of gaffes, his running mate has fallen back down to Earth and the financial crisis has exhausted the supply of rabbits he can pull out of his hat. At this point in the game, every slip-up is one gaffe too many.

McCain fudges his Navy record During the course of his flying career with the U.S. Navy, John McCain was involved in at least five major mishaps or crashes involving his plane. The most dramatic incidents occurred in 1967. He barely escaped with his life after a missile exploded aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS Forrestal, in July of that year, killing 134 of his fellow crew members.

Analysis: Obama gains, McCain seeks game-changer "Barack Obama made strides toward easing voters' concerns about his candidacy in Tuesday night's debate" Personal observation: (watching C-Span) the Obama's stayed and acknowledged the panel, whereas McCain left. Lot's of YouTubing there.

BOB HERBERT: A Fool’s Paradise We’ve been living for years in a fool’s paradise atop a mountain of debt. The masters of the universe on Wall Street lost all sense of reason, no doubt. But most of us have been living above our means through the magic of easy credit, ever lower taxes, ever rising property values, stock market bubbles and the gift of denial, which we used to assure ourselves that the bills would never come due.

Andrew Sullivan on the debate: This Was a Mauling a devastating and possibly electorally fatal debate for McCain. Even on Russia, he sounded a little out of it. ...simply on terms of substance, clarity, empathy, style and authority, this has not just been an Obama victory. It has been a wipe-out.It has been about as big a wipe-out as I can remember in a presidential debate. I don't really see how the McCain campaign survive this.

W. Christopher Epler (Bill): Palin/McCain have gone beyond swift boating. They are engineering Obama's assassination. Sarah Palin is now repeatedly accusing Barack Obama of being dangerously close to being an un-American, MUSLIM terrorist! This is a form a swift boating assassination, since more and more psychos in her audience are now screaming, "Kill him, kill him!" So, behind that goodness me hairdo, glasses, and android smile, is a woman who has sold her soul. How long will it take before a pickup, gun rack crazy pulls the trigger?

Investigating John McCain's Tragedy at Sea (2 comments) When McCain's stories about his Naval career are placed beside documented evidence from other sources, significant contradictions often emerge. One such case involves McCain's experience in the devastating fire and explosions that killed 134 sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal during the Vietnam War three months before he was shot down over North Vietnam.

Jonathan Leigh Solomon: Tonight's Debate: Obama Can Use Humor to Connect with Voters and Corner McCain As Ronald Reagan proved, a judicious use of humor during a political campaign can be very good strategy. For Obama, particularly tonight, this could be especially true.

kellie bean: Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful (1 comments) The women beware women hostility encouraged by MSM coverage Palin. Time magazine claims women hate Palin because they are jealous.

Jane Stillwater: Good luck, America -- but if luck fails you, there's always St Louis! A soothsayer once told me that I brought people luck so I've been traveling the world trying to spread luck around but one down-on-its-luck country seems to need it more than anyone these days -- America. But if my scheme doesn't work, we can always take lessons from St Louis, an early victim of corporate greed & the perfect place to hold a pre-apocalyptic boot camp. It has abandoned buildings, even its own bridge to nowhere.

Ann Wright: My Daughter's Dream Became a Nightmare (2 comments) In front of the support group, the Air Force public affairs officer, George Woodward, advised Colonel Norsworthy not to allow Mrs. Casteneda and me to come on the base and attend the meetings as both of us were "outspoken in the media and their presence would jeopardize the integrity of the meeting with the family."

Michael Morris: The Total Collapse of America Our nation is poised to fail, not because of defeat at the hands of an foe, but from our own corruption and greed and the total lack of courage of the American People who once were the envy of the world.

Peter Barus: Sorry. We're toast. A failed experiment. Have fun, people. (2 comments) Unfortunately for the majority of human beings now alive, this is going to hurt. It is going to hurt a lot.

Dwight Black: Raising Taxes vs. Reducing Wealth Often the argument is made by the conservative right that Democrats are noted for raising taxes and drive jobs out of the country. Take a shallow perspective of what that means and it is accurate. However, the whole story is that Republicans have a more backhanded approach to achieve the same means. This article will delve further into that reality.

KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis (video) The history of betrayal.

steve young: McCain Campaign Going Double Negative In an attempt to counter Barack Obama's negative attacks countering John McCain's negative attacks, the McCain campaign plans to release a series of commercials detailing Obama's alleged non connections with conventional anti-establishment conservatives.

Mary MacElveen: Sarah Palin and a Republican led government are the domestic terrorists (3 comments) To me true 'domestic terrorism' is where a government does not respond to the plight of its people.

The Real Obama If only Obamatons would put down their daily glass of Kool-aid and open their minds to terrific, objective and important statements like this one. Have the courage to really think about Obama's past.

Palin As the Treasonous Trojan Horse for the Secessionist Alaska Independence Party (2 comments) Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband have been courting the A.I.P. (Alaskan Independence Party), a treasonous Anti-American group who's founder up to his death in 1993 cursed the American Flag. This is not being taken out of context either. This is not based on sound bites. You have to ask yourself: If someone knows what this groups intentions are before joining or having close associations with them, what do they think of them?

Amy Goodman:: "Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs" (1 comments) Is Posse Comitatus Dead? U.S. Troops on U.S. Streets

Twitter: An Antidote to Election Day Voting Problems? We believe that Twitter can be instrumental in this election in correcting for some of the information imbalances that plagues American elections... there is an intersection of heavy voting registration (coinciding with large number of young voters) in battleground precincts in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina Ohio and Colorado where Twitter can best be put to use to direct Tweeters to specific information or actions...

David Swanson: Cindy, Charlotte, and Our Constitution (1 comments) As you watch the presidential debates, here's a game to play that won't even get you drunk (unless you want to add tequila shots to it).

Mumia Abu-Jamal Faces US Supreme Court as New Book and Film Expose Injustice (4 comments) With Monday's PCRA rejection, Abu-Jamal's upcoming appeal of the Third Circuit decision (the filing of this appeal is due by Oct. 20 unless a 60 day extension is requested) is now more important than ever, because this is now his last chance for a new guilt-phase trial. This crucial moment coincides with two new media projects that expose injustice in his case that extends beyond the narrow issues being considered in court.

Anatomy of a Train Wreck: Causes of the Mortgage Meltdown Sloppy press coverage about the financial crisis has spawned a host of widely believed myths. Take, for example, one of the popular names for it--the subprime mortgage meltdown. This is a misnomer: houses financed by subprime and prime mortgages were foreclosed upon at equal rates and at the same time. Instead, the crucial distinction is between adjustable-rate mortgages and fixed-rate mortgages

A Bonifield: Dallas' Double-Dose of Palin Impressions of a Biden-Palin Debate Watch event Oct. 2 and a Lively Protest of Sarah Palin in person Oct. 3, in Dallas TX. With photos....

Janis Kay: Tampa's WFLA "exclusive interview" with Sarah Palin feeds the propaganda (2 comments) Local news affiliate's biased opinion feeds into the propaganda in the Presidential election.

BRANDON DEAN: 700 Billion Dollar Number Legitimizes Multi-Trillion Dollar Extortion (1 comments) Sound American economics promoters have been pulling their hair out for years

Tom Driscoll: "They pull me back in" (1 comments) There's this love/hate thing going on between Cheney and McCain/Palin. Nobody is really comfortable with the spooky uncle with the brass knuckles and the bag full of bloody rags in his closet. But still, when things get ugly -you gotta love him.

McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case Karl Rove has decided that in order for McCain to take control of the White House and quash any future investigations into Bush regime criminality that Obama must be linked to 'terrorist' Bill Ayers. Now here is as story about McCain's link to some REAL terrorists, the Iran-Contra octopus, Nazi sympathizers The World League For Freedom and Democracy. These are serious thugs, so bad that they had to change names from the WACL.

KEATING 5: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis What should be known about McCain's selling his office to Keating and how the Maverick has acted outside of the law.

Help Verify the Vote (1 comments) If you live in or near Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania, you have a chance to do something significant to help ensure a fair election. An independent effort led by noted academics is planning exit polls in Ohio, Missouri and Pennsylvania to verify the official vote count.

Farewell, Election Day While George Will skips the part about early voting messing up any chance for a solid chain of custody of the ballots,or an ability to see them counted, this is a good analysis, nevertheless.

martinweiss: *Poverty Amidst Plenty Save our local garbage dumps. Send your garbage to someone who needs it more than you do. Send your garbage to the McCain Campaign.

Mary MacElveen: In attacking Barack Obama, McCain and Palin have done nothing to soothe a frightened nation If we are to learn anything from these dismal financial times it is this, John McCain and Sarah Palin do not deserve to be elected to the highest office in the land since by dismissing what we are all going through, they have shown their true colors. God help us all if they are elected.

Ralph Lopez: *Senator William Blount Was Impeached, Impeach Pelosi for Complicity in War Crimes (3 comments) The Constitution allows for the impeachment of "The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States." The impeachment of Senator William Blount in 1798 shows that "all civil officers" includes congressmembers and senators.

The Old Codger: The Decline of America If America expects to recover quickly, it needs to start looking at the countries that it has spent the last 30 years criticizing and condemning for not meeting America's double standards. It needs to start emulating the policies and practices in those countries that have worked to build strong economies and strong countries.

Paul Rye: Shark Poop Causes 2008 Financial Crisis Department of Fish and Game, Nobel prize winning economists, and fifty year old fisherman discover the cause of the 2008 financial crisis is ... shark poop!

David Spangenburg: Dragons and Ogres A Fable for our Times?!

Dean Powers: McCain Strategy: Pretend to be Ted Kennedy McCain's nickname ought to be the Chameleon.

Carol Jensen: John McCain's age really does matter McCain, once credited with being a foreign policy expert, can no longer claim that advantage, and chalking it all up to having an occasional "senior moment" just won't cut it any longer.

Steph Fauxco: *Did we just hear Sarah Palin evoke a Witch Hunt? Scary Sarah is getting the townspeople all riled up for a modern day witch hunt.

Michael Chavers: Spotlight on McCain-Palin Associations The Republican's will be getting the blame of this economic crisis we are in by the independent voters this election. The only way that they can take the conversation from the issues that face the Nation like the war, health care, social security, and the economy, is by changing the subject.

adeeba folami: McCain/Palin Continue to Spread Misinformation on Ahmadinejad Presidential candidate Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin were watched by millions in recent debates and during their responses on foreign policy matters, mentioned an oft-repeated and assumed-to-be-true allegation against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has been portrayed in American media as an evil, hate-filled demagogue.

Ed Tubbs: McCain, Palin don't care: One-third of America's homeless are veterans If you visit the senate.gov votes cast by John McCain, and if you listen to his orations, how "They just want to return with victory," it is manifestly and most disgustingly evident the Arizonan doesn't give the first damn about those who have volunteered to defend this nation.

Dana Brown: *The True Story Still Not Told (2 comments) The True Story Still Not Told is a response to the Obama Video about McCain and Charlie Keating now found at their website re: keatingeconomics

Patrick Henningsen: *BANKERS SAY: Learn to Love the 'AMERO' (3 comments) Hold on to your hats... like the 'bail out', Americans will be manipulated to accept even more, increasingly extreme solutions to successive panics. As a part of a 'relief package', the "Amero", a new scam, will be presented as a pre-packaged panacea by our saviours- the bankers.

Ignacio Fresas: America: Superpower or Super Stupid?

Rabbi Michael Lerner: The "hate" people are back--will it work again? against Jews, against Muslims, and against Obama? The "hate" people are back, spreading disgusting lies about Obama, about all Muslims, and about all Jews. We even have been told by the American mainstream media that Sen. McCain's campaign has decided to try to make their focus on assaulting the character of Barack Obama. Some media also report that Obama is going to respond in kind.

Economics Professor Emeritus Rodrigue Tremblay: *The U.S. Financial System, the Debt Bubble, and the Cancer of Excessive DEREGULATION (1 comments) THIS MESS all begun in the early 2000s, and even as far back as the early 1980s, when the Fed and the SEC adopted a hands-off approach to financial markets, guided by the new economic religion that "markets can do no wrong." What we are witnessing is the failure of nearly thirty years of so-called conservative debt-ridden and deregulation-ridden economic policies.

ncvoter: Florida's No Match-No Vote Law Violates Equal Protection Florida's last minute and selective enforcement of Florida's "No Match No Vote" law violates the Equal Protection clause of the 14th amendment. The law is only being applied to a certain class of voters - the newest voters - only those registering after Sept 8. The 10.7 million voters who registered before September 8 will not be held to the same standards that have already affected 7000 new registrants...

Don Williams: At Last, Talking Heads Acknowledge Obama Won (1 comments) What a relief. Maybe the media's been chastened for pretending the last two debates were draws, even when snap polling told all with eyes to see that Obama owned the first presidential and Joe Biden won the one and only vice-presidential debate.

Steve Elliott: Attorney General Rob McKenna Is Not Cool One cool thing about Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna: He's the first transgendered person (female-to-male) ever elected to statewide office. But there are a number of very UNcool things about McKenna, including his persecution of medical marijuana patients.

Allen Heart: Christopher Columbus, Marrano and Mariner The story of Columbus in the Americas has been laundered so that the tales of his Conquest of the Americas could be told as a heroic legend. The genocide of the peaceful Arawaks of the Caribbean islands is well documented in Columbus' own letters and journals and in the writing of his most ardent admirer, Father Bartolom- de Las Casas, the great early historian of the West Indies.

kato krause: Thanksgiving Feel Good

Monday, October 6:

Stephen Lendman: The Fleecing of America (3 comments) Defrauding the public and looting the national treasury by a criminal gang on Wall Street and in government.

Rob Kall: An Interview with David Korten, Author of When Corporations Rule the World (2 comments) On corporatism, the bailout, how the world would look post-corporation, post contemporary capitalism.

Paul Craig Roberts: The End of American Hegemony (16 comments) George W. Bush and Bill Clinton did the deregulation that led to the current crisis. The Paulson bailout saves his firm, Goldman Sachs. The Paulson bailout transfers the troubled financial instruments that the financial sector created from the books of the financial sector to the books of the taxpayers at the US Treasury. This is all the bailout does. It rescues the guilty. It does not address the real problem...

George Will: Farewell, Election Day (9 comments) Excellent analysis of the perils of mail in voting. Mr. Will asks, "What kind of people will not vote if doing so requires them to get off their couches and visit neighborhood polling places?"

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Wednesday, October 8:

Bombings target Baghdad Green Zone Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone on Tuesday as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside.

Tuesday, October 7:

Pa. widow sues US over vet-husband's suicide A young widow sued the U.S. government over the post-combat death of her husband, a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran who committed suicide while in Veterans Administration care. "I intend to make them make changes," said Lori Woodward, a medical claims supervisor from Lancaster. "I have too many friends whose kids are in Iraq. I have a nephew now in Iraq, in the same unit, and I can't have my family go through this again."

Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy CORRECTED (1 comments) Senators John McCain and Barack Obama debated for 90 minutes on Tuesday night before a nation in economic crisis, each promising anxious Americans that he had the better plan and vision to lead the country through what both men said was the most dire domestic situation since the Great Depression.

Fed Sets Floor Below Rate Target, Engineering `Stealth' Cut The central bank used power granted under last week's financial-rescue legislation to effectively set a floor under its main interest rate that's lower than the 2 percent target set by policy makers last month. The Fed may now pay interest on bank reserves while it floods financial markets with liquidity, pushing down the overnight lending rate.

Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy Senators John McCain and Barack Obama debated for 90 minutes on Tuesday night before a nation in economic crisis, each promising anxious Americans that he had the better plan and vision to lead the country through what both men said was the most dire domestic situation since the Great Depression.

McCain linked to Iran-Contra group GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain's ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former radical who engaged in violent acts 40 years ago.

Former Iraq Contractor Pleads Guilty To Stealing Almost $40 Million In Army Fuel A former Army contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $40 million worth of jet and diesel fuel from a U.S. Army base in Iraq and selling it on the black market. Lee W. Dubois, 32, of Lexington, S.C., faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on a single count of theft of government property.

Court Won't Force Testimony On Firings of U.S. Attorneys A federal appeals court declined yesterday to order current and former White House aides to testify before a House committee about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, leaving the next Congress to decide how aggressively to pursue the constitutional showdown.

Blood on Thai streets as political crisis worsens BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand suffered its worst political violence in more than 16 years as police battled protesters who besieged the Parliament in their struggle to change the country's system of democracy. At least one person was killed and more than 400 people were injured

Press Release: Witness Against Torture Applauds Decision on Guantánamo Detainees In a courtroom packed with anti-torture activists and members of the Uigher community, U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina struck a landmark blow against the Bush administration and its policy of indefinite detention at Guantánamo in Washington, DC today.

Voter Database Glitches Could Disenfranchise Thousands To address some of the issues that may arise at polls in November, voting groups are advising voters to double-check their registration status before their state's registration deadline (.pdf),to bring ID to the polls in case questions arise about their eligibility, and call 866.MYVOTE1 to report problems.

Mary Ann Gould: Voice of the Voters, Wednesday, 10/8, 8-9PM, EST Today's global economy is on the verge of depression era collapse.How did it happen?What forces were ignored or deployed to create this condition?Is the problem with the "Fed"?Inept or corrupt oversight?What can be done near term to keep things normalized?Can the system be rebooted?Financial "Guru" Bill Glynn will join guest host James Strait as they attempt to bring clarity to the murkiest of conditions.

Constance Lavender: Democratic Party Releases Latest Strategy Video (1 comments) David Plouffe, Obama for America Campaign Manager, has sent a new email to supporters suggesting the campaign's latest strategy for winning in November.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For October 07, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

Facing the Crisis: EU Finance Ministers Increase Savings Guarantee For almost a week now, the European Union has been struggling to come up with a coordinated reaction to the credit crisis that continues to strangle the continent's financial system. On Tuesday, finance ministers from the 27 member states gathered in Luxembourg for yet another go

AUDIO: Head-to-Head with the GOP's Hans Von Spakovsky, Vote-Suppressor, Liar Just one of the lies he was called on was his claim that a recent Michigan Messenger article,detailing Macomb County,MI's GOP party chair's claim that they plan to use home foreclosure lists to challenge voters at the polls,was retracted by the paper.I checked yesterday with Michigan Messenger's national editor Jefferson Morley who confirmed via email:"We did not retract anything in the article.We stand by the reporting 100%"

Veterans' Group Gives McCain a "D" The truth needs to come out.

Constance Lavender: Dow Drops Over 500 Points: International Financial Crisis Continues Dow drops over 500 points; Fed Chief says American economic outlook worsening; credit markets remain frozen; Mass may join Ca in call for fed Rx; NJ Gov to address joint session of legislature on economy; Iceland in frenzy to avoid bankruptcy; Euro states act to guarantee saving deposits; UK's Brown in talks with Bank of England over British bailout; stocks fall in Egypt,Japan,and Saudia Arabia

No Lies Radio: Hear the Historic Presidential Debate between Obama and McCain LIVE on No Lies Radio. Tuesday 5pm Pacific - 8pm Eastern No Lies Radio will carry Pacifica Radio Network's broadcast of the "Town Hall" Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, taking place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee on Oct 7

Bush Job Approval at 25%, His Lowest Yet - Gallup Poll President Bush's job approval rating is at 25% in the latest Oct. 3-5 Gallup Poll, the lowest of the Bush administration, and only three percentage points above the lowest presidential approval rating in Gallup Poll history.

Rose Tennent: "I don't think you can be a Christian and vote for Barack Obama" The desperation continues....

Man shot three times by gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt a man in London was shot for wearing an "I Believe" tee shirt with a picture of Obama on it.

McCain buzzes around town, tying up traffic everywhere he goes John McCain has crisscrossed Nashville so many times in the past 24 hours, it's a wonder his motorcade hasn't worn grooves in the pavement.

The Palins' un-American activities "My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand." Sarah Palin's problem is the quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that's the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. "Keep up the good work..."

ACORN office in Vegas raided in voter-fraud probe Nevada state authorities are raiding the Las Vegas headquarters of an organization that works to get low-income people to vote. The raid comes two months after state and federal authorities formed a task force to pursue election-fraud allegations in Nevada.

YouTube - Sarah Palin, Joe Vogler, and The Alaskan Independence Party Listen to the right wing nut who founded the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party and Sarah Palin addressing their convention.

McCain linked to Iran-Contra group John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. The group was dedicated to stamping out communism around the globe.

"Sit Down, Boy" The consequences of the irresponsible Palin/McCain smears are increasingly troubling.

Insurance giant AIG's role in market crisis probed At the same time, AIG's auditor, Pricewaterhouse Cooper confidentially warned the company that the "root cause" of its mounting problems was denying internal overseers in charge of limiting AIG's exposure access to what was going on in its highly leveraged financial products branch. Federal regulators at the Office of Thrift Supervision warned in March that "corporate oversight of AIG Financial Products ... lack critical

Jerome Corsi, Obama Smear Author, Detained In Kenya Slime artist Corsi goes to a nation where Obama is beloved and they basically throw the creep out.

Fed to buy massive amounts of US short-term debts (2 comments) The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the U.S. economy. The Federal Reserve will buy "commercial paper," a short-term financing mechanism that many companies rely on to finance their day-to-day operations, such as purchasing supplies or making payrolls.

Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing ederal prosecutors moved Monday to delay indefinitely the sentencing of convicted fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, sending their strongest hint yet that he is ready to spill his political secrets. The filing asks for a postponement while prosecutors and defense attorneys "engage in discussions that could affect their sentencing postures."

waronyou: ISRAEL: U.S.-Israel jet deal sought: Pentagon backs sale of next-generation F-35s fighters to ally (2 comments) ISRAEL: U.S.-Israel jet deal sought: Pentagon backs sale of next-generation F-35s fighters to ally The Defense Department said this week that it wants to sell as many as 75 fighter jets to Israel in a $15.2 billion deal for the aircraft expected to be the mainstay of air power in the United States and several other nations for decades.

British commander says war in Afghanistan cannot be won Britain's commander in Afghanistan has said the war against the Taliban cannot be won, the Sunday Times reported. It quoted Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith as saying in an interview that if the Taliban were willing to talk, then that might be "precisely the sort of progress" needed to end the insurgency.

Bailout "Largest Single Act of Class Warfare" in US History Sweetened with an additional $150 Billion in PORK, the Bail-out/Sell-out is passed by legislators clearly bought and paid for.

State Attorneys General to the Rescue This settlement by itself seems to do more to help homeowners than the whole ballyhooed federal bailout. Bravo to the AGs, who should continue using the power of crusading litigation to go after all the culprits in the crisis.And what was it conservatives were saying about curbing “frivolous� lawsuits?

Monday, October 6:

Telegraph UK Predicts Global Finance Meltdown within Days (5 comments) We face extreme danger. Unless there is immediate intervention on every front by all the major powers acting in concert, we risk a disintegration of global finance within days. Nobody will be spared, unless they own gold bars.

DEBATE STAKES HIGHER FOR MCCAIN AS INSULTS MOUNT Their target audience in the debate is the roughly 10 percent of the electorate who are undecided and an additional twenty-five percent who say they might still change their minds before Nov. 4.McCain is going to "take the gloves off," Palin said Monday, signaling that the GOP nominee will question Obama's character, record and policies as part of a stepped-up smear campaign.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For October 06, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

Why the Debates Won't Matter (Hint: It's a Felony) This election won't be won or lost at the debates nor determined by the two campaigns'"ground games" --their get-out-the-vote efforts.Nor, unfortunately,will its outcome even depend on how many Americans wake up on Election Day intending to vote for one candidate or the other.Instead,my fear is that the Electoral College results will hang on the swing state voting systems' vulnerability to sabotage.It's already happening.

Exclusive: 2nd Mac-Style 'Paper Ballot v. Voting Machine' Campaign Ad Released by Jason Osgood By the way,since we ran our initial article on Osgood,he has signed the StandingForVoters dot org pledge to not concede his election unless and until all votes are counted,counted accurately,and all serious election challenges have been adequately resolved.The BRAD BLOG,which is a co-founder of VelvetRevolution,the initial sponsor of the SFV campaign, thanks Osgood for his commitment to the voters.

Constance Lavender: Obama Releases New Video About McCain's Role in the Savings-and-Loan Scandal (1 comments) Obama's campaign this evening released a new video regarding McCain's role in the savings-and-loan scandal of the late 1980s and early 1990s

Hannity's Witness: "Exterminate Jew Power" Martin "ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Florida against the incumbent,Bob Martinez, in 1990. The Florida Republican Party disavowed him because he previously ran for office as a Democrat and because of his anti-Semitic statements."This is Sean Hannity's idea of a source.Does Bill Kristol care? David Brooks?Abe Foxman?John McCain? Sarah Palin?

Dave Johnson: Announcing the Election Protection Wiki The new Election Protection Wiki is at epwiki.org. Please come and help enter information.

OpEdNews: 'Murder, Spies & Voting Lies' is 'Most Explosive Documentary Produced in Recent Memory' Rady Ananda at OpEdNews opens her review of Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story by declaring it "the most explosive documentary produced in recent memory, involving murder, espionage, cover-up, electoral cyber fraud and a United States Member of Congress with ties to the Bush Administration."

Cynthia Tucker: GOP Pinning Hopes on Keeping Democrats Away from the Polls The GOP’s brand is in tatters, dragged down by an incompetent president,an unpopular war and a sickly economy.So the party seems to be pinning its hopes on keeping likely Democrats — people of color, the poor,college students — away from the polls....The stench of corruption and cynicism emanating from the effort to disenfranchise voters is finally too heavy to ignore. The GOP is just ensuring that the tarnish on its bran

False Flier Warns of Election Day Arrests in PA African-American Neighborhoods This is an old,and venerable trick meant to scare Democrats,usually African-Americans,away from the the voting booth.We'll likely see much more of it---and the variation of it,fliers that "inform" voters that Democrats are supposed to vote on Wednesday--between now and November 4th.A few similar dirty tricks fliers that were circulated in 2004, in Wisconsin and Ohio, are reposted below as a reminder...

GOP Challenges 6,000 Montana Voters...Because They Moved Last Year One of those challenged voters who may lose their right to vote is a former MT State Rep,& an Army Reservist,currently in NJ because he's about to leave for Iraq.Again.He won't be able to go to Montana to confirm his authenticity, unfortunately.1st Lt Kevin Furey released this statement:It is ironic that while I am about to return to Iraq to help build a democracy & my own right to vote is being challenged at home

waronyou: District Court Rules against Secret Service in Judicial Watch"s Lawsuit to Obtain Logs About Jack Abramoff"s White House District Court Rules against Secret Service in Judicial Watch's Lawsuit to Obtain Logs About Jack Abramoff's White House Visits

Rob Kall: Neel Kashkari; The $700 Billion Bailout Czar (1 comments)

Constance Lavender: Global Sell Off Accelerates: Extraordinary Gov't Efforts Won't Quell Fears (2 comments) ****BREAKING NEWS****BREAKING NEWS****BREAKING NEWS****UK FTSE 100 post biggest loss since 1987; Paris CAC 40 sees worst drop since 1988; DJIA down over 750 points; Brazil/Russia/Iceland suspend trading; Fed moves to pump more dollars into money markets; BofA announces plan to restructure Countrywide mortgages; IMF official urges EU leaders to form common, unified front; Stocks in free fall worldwide; Investors/savers anxious

waronyou: Canada: We're Gone if Voting for Tories--Harper Officially Endorses NAU (1 comments) Canada: We're Gone if Voting for Tories--Harper Officially Endorses NAU

John McCain: The U.S. Financial System and Economy John McCain at Green Bay WI on Sept 19, pickec up by C-Span. 15min video, where he wants SEC chairman to resign.

John Stauber: CMD Launches 'Election Protection Wiki' The non-profit, non-partisan Center for Media and Democracy has launched a dynamic new website to help safeguard the fairness and integrity of US elections, using the power of citizen journalism. It enables citizens, journalists and officials to actively monitor the electoral process in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. CMD and its volunteer editors will continue to improve, expand and update it beyond Nov. 4th.

Alison Bowen: Whistleblower Claims Custody Verdict Was Reprisal (2 comments)

McCain seeks to shift race's focus This week, the McCain camp plans to run a series of advertisements that tie Obama not only to Ayers, but also to Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a Chicago financier and longtime Obama supporter who was convicted of money laundering earlier this year. He is scheduled to be sentenced a week before the election.

McCain's 2007 Pakistan trip: bold move or needless risk? Isolated and mountainous, North and South Waziristan form part of Pakistan's tribal belt, a semiautonomous zone along the border with Afghanistan where Taliban fighters and an Al Qaeda remnant have found sanctuary. This region is often cited as a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden. It is extremely rare for journalists - Pakistani reporters included - to venture there

Rob Kall: Meet The $700 Billion Bailout Czar (26 comments)

Working for Peanuts -- Downturn Hits the Streets of New York New York City is ripe with reminders of our current economic disaster. Last Thursday night, The Plum, a popular and carpeted dance club for the young, ambitious and beautiful on 14th street, sat nearly empty as 2am approached. "Dude, I got a job! I'm hella happy right now. Line cook. $10 an hour."

Keating Economics - John McCain and the Making of an Economic Crisis The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain's attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation. Nothing illustrates the danger of his approach more clearly than his central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late '80s and early '90s.

waronyou: Amy Goodman First Journalist to Win "Alternative Nobel" Amy Goodman First Journalist to Win "Alternative Nobel"

Old events fuel new campaign attacks The names being bandied about - Bill Ayers and Charles Keating - are unfamiliar to millions of Americans, and their wrongdoings occurred decades ago. But political operatives dredged them up over the weekend, and they could play a prominent role in the campaign's final month. Keating. Ayers.

Arlene Montemarano: What to do on Election Night? Video the Count! (2 comments) Here's how!

British commander says war with Taliban cannot be won "We're not going to win this war. It's about reducing it to a manageable level of insurgency that's not a strategic threat and can be managed by the Afghan army," he said.NATO commanders and diplomats have been saying for some time that the Taliban insurgency cannot be defeated by military means alone and that negotiations with the militants will ultimately be needed to bring an end to the conflict.

Sunday, October 5:

7 Palin aides to testify in abuse-of-power probe even aides to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have reversed course and agreed to testify in an investigation into whether the Republican vice presidential nominee abused her powers by firing a commissioner who refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law. There is no indication, however, that Palin or her husband will now agree to testify in the legislative

GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama (3 comments) he Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners

Exclusive Interview With Former Diebold Contractor VR has an interview with former Diebold contractor Chris Hood that talks about many disturbing actions by Diebold during prior elections,including illegal, uncertified and unreported patches, and improper feeding of tabulation results by Diebold Chief Bob Urosevitch.This interview was prepared for a major news program special that was supposed to air two weeks before the 2006 midterm election.It was pulled at the last minute.

Announcing the Election Verification Exit Poll (1 comments) Election Verification Exit Polls hold perhaps the greatest promise for impact of any technique.The Bush administration has testified that they helped fund exit polls abroad because it is one of the only ways to expose large-scale fraud. Indeed,discrepancies between exit polls and the official results have been used to successfully overturn election results in Serbia,Peru,the Republic of Georgia &,in November 2004,Ukraine.

Now Wall Street may shun $700bn bail-out (1 comments) Fears are mounting that many Wall Street banks and financial firms will refuse to participate in the US government's $700bn bail-out package, leaving global markets and world economies in a perilous state for months to come. 'There is a growing feeling that banks ... might instead decide to tough it out,' said Thomas Caldwell, chairman and CEO of Caldwell Financial, a $1bn-plus fund manager.

JGideon: 'Daily Voting News' For October 05, 2008 a collection of local, state, national and international articles on electronic voting and election issues

THE RECKONING: Agency’s ’04 Rule Let Banks Pile Up New Debt Many events in Washington, on Wall Street and elsewhere around the country have led to what has been called the most serious financial crisis since the 1930s. But decisions made at a brief meeting on April 28, 2004, explain why the problems could spin out of control. The agency’s failure to follow through on those decisions also explains why Washington regulators did not see what was coming.

Constance Lavender: Global Financial Virus Spreading ***BREAKING NEWS***BREAKING NEWS*** Germany moves to guarantee personal bank accounts following Irish lead; EU fails to reach consensus on unified financial remedy; Iceland financial sector freezing; Sarkozy announces small business assistance, nationalization of unfinished housing, and govt-backed home loans; Brown shakes up UK government; Australian PM decries era of "extreme capitalism;" American financial problems persist

No rescue in sight for what ails economy Even if the financial bailout works, the economy faces troubles too pervasive and entrenched to be solved any time soon, analysts say.

Tax Analyst: Long-Awaited Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Passed By Congress The financial bailout package, now passed by both House and Senate, includes numerous tax breaks added to the bill by the Senate, including an AMT patch, individual and business tax extenders, energy incentives, and disaster tax relief. It also contains an extension for home mortgage debt forgiveness relief, and a tax crackdown on compensation and severance pay for certain financial executives, and parity for mental health...

2008 Executive PayWatch (1 comments) The chief executive of a Standard & Poor's 500 company made, on average, $14.2 million in total compensation in 2007, according to preliminary data from The Corporate Library. Problems with executive compensation came to a head in 2007 with large severance packages given to CEOs of companies at the center of the mortgage crisis. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the financial turmoil set off by the collapse...

Miami-Dade contractors employed Capitol Hill lobbyist Medley defense contractors, who received federal earmarks through Lincoln Diaz-Balart, employed a lobbyist who pleaded guilty in a corruption probe.

Palin's Ayers Attack "Racially Tinged" ...though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.

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 Obama. I think the FIX is in to have McCain settle the Missiles issue and win the White House. What do you think?

Monday, August 25:

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: Poll: A New Political System in Satire (2 comments) SATIRE: A new political system which replaces the 2 party system which is really 1 PARTY SYSTEM. My system though it appears to be a 3 Party System, But acknowledging that 2 of the 3 are 1, is really back to a 2 party system in which the lies of 2 the 1 party system lie a lot, what you have remaining is either a ZERO party system, a 1 Party System opposed by 2 of 1 half of 1 Parties, so three equals=1=0, I think...???

Sunday, August 24:

Robert N Smith: Personhood of corporations. (26 comments) What status does a corporation have?

John Olsen: The conventions and escort services. (8 comments) A question as to which of the conventions will benefit escort services the most.

Friday, August 22:

Kris Malmquist: Poll: Anthrax Attacks Solved? (9 comments) Do you agree with the government's conclusion that Mr. Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the anthrax attacks of mid-September 2001?

Gene Cappa: WTC 7 Brought Down By Fire NIST Concludes - Do You Agree? (52 comments) NIST Report on WTC 7 indicates "fire" alone collapsed the skyscraper building in a mere 6.5 seconds.

PeterJ: We're Having An Election! We're Off To See The Wizard, We're Out Of The Woods......Bull! (6 comments) Something must be done. I don't believe that we can accomplish it from the outside in but I do believe that there's someone in our government who's well aware of our plight (as I believe Nancy Pelosi is but is very afraid) who is not afraid but needs our numbers in order to accomplish their goals. We need to let them know we're here and not afraid to stand up. Do you Agree that petitions and rally's will accomplish nothing?

Tony Forest: Johnny Got His Gun (42 comments) Bear Arms or lose the right to vs. Nutcakes arm armed to the hilt

Hal Smith: US Missle shield (20 comments) What are your thoughts on the missile shield? What is it really for?

Thursday, August 21:

Rob Kall: Should The Dems Strip Joe Lieberman of His Committee Appointments? (23 comments) has Lieberman gone too far?

Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo: POLL: Is The Two party System Dead in The Water? Lets Use This System Instead! (14 comments) This may be a satire, but am I deadly serious or what? Who the Hell knows. All I do know is that I doubt that three partie