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How I Got to Madison, Wisconsin ...a letter from Michael Moore

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The media has done a poor job covering this (imagine a takeover of the government HQ in any other country, free or totalitarian -our media would be all over it). But this one scares them and their masters -as it should. The organizers told me this morning that my showing up got them more coverage than they would have had, "a shot in the arm that we needed to keep momentum going." But they need a lot more than just me - and they need you doing similar things in your own states and towns.P.P.S. Full disclosure: I am a proud union member of 4 unions: the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA (the last two have passed resolutions supporting the workers in Wisconsin). My production company has signed union contracts with 5 unions (and soon to be a 6th). All my full-time employees have full medical and dental insurance, and NO DEDUCTIBLE. So, yes, I'm biased.

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)

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