Homer for Obama
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
First squirrels, now cartoons!
Homer tries to vote for Obama at an electronic voting machine…watch what happens!
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Obama in Charlotte
Friday, September 19th, 2008
From Obama’s Web site:
Change We Need Rally with Barack Obama!
This Sunday, September 21st, please join Barack Obama in Charlotte, where he will talk about his vision for creating the kind of change we need.
Downtown Charlotte 4th Street between S. Davidson Street and S. McDowell.
Sunday, September 21st
Doors Open: 11:00 a.m.
Program Begins: 1:00 p.m.
Entrances: North: E. Trade and Davidson Streets West: E. 4th and S. Caldwell Streets.
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required; however an RSVP is strongly encouraged. RSVP and info here.
Voter information for N.C.
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Deadline for registering to vote is Friday, October 10, 2008.
Register to vote information is here and here.
Board of Elections, per county, address and phone numbers are here. If you missed the deadline to register, you can still vote through One-Stop Sites.
One-Stop Sites: Dates for One-Stop Sites voting is October 16-November 1st. This allows voters to register and vote at the same time. Persons already registered to vote can vote at these sites as well. Addresses and times for early voting locations, here.
Absentee voting information is here.
More information is available, here.
Mecklenburg County info here, with sample ballots, printable maps, and info on No-Excuse One-Stop Early Voting.
North Carolina State Board of Elections can be reached at: 866-522-4723.
(Need info for other states? Daily Kos has a complete list.)
Once more, with feeling
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
In case you missed it from all our other posts, Sarah Palin’s greatest hits:
- As mayor, her town charged rape victims for their medical exams.
- As mayor, she inquired about banning books and then tried to fire the town librarian for questioning her.
- As a VP candidate, she constantly and shamelessly lies about the Bridge to Nowhere.
- As a despicable human being, she kills wolves for kicks and giggles.
A mere drop in the bucket of all the Palin stories that are emerging. Knowledge is only a click away.
McCain is anti-women
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Just because McCain has a woman VP candidate, does not mean either McCain or Palin is a woman’s candidate. Neither have the best interest of American women at heart. Obama’s campaign recognizes this difference and a new ad on women’s pay addresses the issue. Check it out:
Rejected VP picks
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Via Big Fat Whale
(And congrats to me for making it through a whole post without taking a dig at Palin, though it was hard since the material was ripe with opportunities. Like, for example, how M.C. Skat Kat would be better qualified to potentially lead the free world, as he would at least care about animal rights, even if he is an imaginary bipedal talking cat. Oh, damn. Well, almost made it through a whole post…)
Sarah Palin loves rapists
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
I wish this headline was a joke. I sincerely do.
But what other explanation can there be when Sarah Palin charged rape victims — victims, not the attackers — $1,200 for a chance to catch the criminals who assaulted them?
Details via Feministing.com:
A rape kit is a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, used to collect DNA that can be used in criminal proceedings to assist in the conviction of those who commit sex crimes. The kit is performed as soon as possible after a sexual assault or attack has been committed. It is usually humiliating and uncomfortable for the victim — imagine enduring that and then paying $1200 just so that the criminal who assaulted you might be caught.
Let’s put this into perspective. One of the services that almost every American (with the exception of a few hardcore Libertarians, I suppose) agree that our government should provide is policing and investigation into crime, especially of a violent nature. Rape, one of the most difficult to prosecute, disproportionately affects women — young women, in fact. If Palin wants to play fierce mother hen in her stump speeches, I suggest she explain how it is that she wouldn’t do everything in her mayoral power to make sure that rapists be caught and prosecuted.
What adds insult to injury here is her stance on abortion for rape victims. So, not only did she neglect to support women who were raped in getting the evidence they needed to get justice, but she doesn’t believe they should have the right to choose what happens with their bodies after they’ve endured such violation.
As one commenter put it:
She’s a disgusting human being. How many women can honestly afford $1200 for a rape kit? And how soulless and spiritually bankrupt do you have to be to even consider charging women for this?
As goes Vermont, so should go the nation
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
While the Iraq War is off the front pages, and Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama embark on what may well be a scorched-earth primary battle against each other, let’s keep our eye on where the real scorched earth lies: who profits and who dies.
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NBC 1, Democracy 0: Dennis Kucinich gets left out
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
One pundit called the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas “a lovefest.” It may well have been, but only because the corporate sponsor of the debate, General Electric-owned NBC News and its cable news channel MSNBC, rescinded its invitation to candidate Dennis Kucinich. NBC decided earlier that it would invite the top four Democratic candidates to the debate. Then New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson dropped out of the race, which elevated Kucinich to the fourth position.
Amy Goodman reads this week’s column – [mp3]
