From the Journal Sentinal: By Scott Williams of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Oct. 6, 2008 While on top of a house doing roof repairs many years ago, Robert Raymond spotted a child down below walking door to door. The young boy told Raymond that he was raising money for a church that helped neighborhood children [...]

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The video’s description: Having refused to be a guest on KQED´s public affairs program Forum because she was not allowed equal time, America´s leading peace activist Cindy Sheehan audaciously called in to the program this morning to get a chance to address House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Upon stating that Nancy Pelosi has ducked her responsibility [...]

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Libertarian candidate for Congress Kevin Barrett – who is running in Wisconsin – has put out both radio ads and robocalls in the final days leading up to the Election. Today, Saturday, November 1st, Barrett’s campaign called 9,500 households in Wisconsin’s 3rd district. The homes were greeted with a one-minute automated call. The houses that [...]

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Earlier, I posted independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader‘s schedule. There has been a change in the event on November 2nd in Maryland: Sun. Nov. 2nd, 1:30pm Nader for President 2008 Rally College Park, MD University of MD- Colony Ballroom (STAMP) Student Union Room 2203 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742 Suggested Contribution: $10/ $5 students [...]

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From Ballot Access News: The national Green Party hopes to win up to four state house seats this year. In Arkansas, Richard Carroll is favored to win. In Minnesota, Farheen Hakeem is well-known in her district in Minneapolis and formerly polled 14% for Mayor (in 2005) and 33% for County Commissioner (in 2006). In Arizona, [...]

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An article that independent congressional candidate John Murphy wrote for the Dissident Voice: Running On Empty by John Murphy / October 29th, 2008 Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels I dont know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels I look around for the friends that I used [...]

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In Friday’s New York Times, an article on page A25 profiled the Working Families Party, a party founded in 1998 that is unique to the New York region (even though it is “being built right now in Oregon, South Carolina, and Delaware”). It was subtitled “A Field Operation With a Liberal Agenda” and described the [...]

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For a long time now, independent congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan has been asking the Democratic incumbent she is challenging, Nancy Pelosi, to a debate. Last Wednesday, Sheehan got to debate Pelosi, even though it only lasted forty seconds. The San Francisco radio station KQED was having an hour devoted to the congressional race. They would [...]

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The AP has a generally positive feature piece on Boston Tea Party presidential candidate Charles Jay today. Jay said, “Obviously this is a party that wants low or no taxes, and I think we’re just naturally rebellious. We’re bad boys and bad girls.” Jay “said he and his party, which counts 500 members nationwide on [...]

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The latest Zogby tracking poll (+/- 2.9%) has independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader at 1.6%, Libertarian Bob Barr 1.1%, and Green Cynthia McKinney 0.2%. No other alternative presidential candidate was included, but 1.7% said they would vote for someone else, and 2.2% said they were undecided. Democrat Barack Obama is at 49.1%, and Republican John [...]

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Fox News’s Fox Report had a story on Cindy Sheehan’s independent campaign against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California’s Eighth District. The election is “expected to be an easy victory for Pelosi, but it’s been a bit of a rough campaign.” Sheehan “blasting her for not doing more to end the Iraq war, and claiming [...]

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