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“The Republican Party went from a lowly third party to being not only a major party but giving us the most Presidents out of any party! There are some really good parties out there, all it takes is stop the defeatist attitude that voting for a third party always means certain death and start searching out parties that truly reflect your values. If you are a crazed communist bent on world domination and global socialism. Then maybe the Democratic Party is for you after all. For the rest of us, it is time we fight the two party system and start electing people that are truly “representative” of us and our beliefs.”

There are plenty of "third party" parties out there. You have the Constitution Party, American Independent Party, The Green Party, Libertarian Party (which to me is the Democratic Party on steriods.), The Peace and Freedom Party and the list goes on.  However, when you ask most people about the third party candidates, you often hear one familiar refrain-"voting for a third party is a waste of a vote because a third party can never win." Good thin … Read More

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“So, no matter who you affiliate yourself with – Democrats, Republicans, Green Party or Tea Party – you, as young people, NEED to get out there and vote. Make your voices heard. We have the power to remake this country into OUR vision for the future and take the monopoly on decision-making away from a generation of policy makers who gave us nothing but unwinnable wars and their closed-minded vision of the “good, old days”. The time is now for a new America, so get out there and change it.”

I'm busy and – quite frankly – after a long week of classes, I don't really feel like writing a whole lot at the moment. So, just a quick post today. Abbreviated though it may be, this post deals with an important issue: young voters. In 2008, the Presidential election was decided by the young vote. Enthusiasm for the election was off the charts and the election will go down in every American history book as a turning point for the United States. … Read More

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“Twenty percent is the second-highest share of the vote ever won by any Green Party anywhere. (The record-holder is Antanas Mockus, the Green candidate in the recent election in Colombia, who got 27 percent of the vote.) But Brazil, with more than 200 million people, is the country that really counts in South America, and what has happened there is, in the words of the Rio de Janeiro paper O Dia, a “green tsunami.”

Published on Saturday, October 9, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Green Brazil by Gwynne Dyer "This is now the great mystery of Brazilian politics: what will Marina do?" "Marina" is Marina Silva, leader of Brazil's Green Party, and the speaker, Altino Machado, is a journalist and one of her oldest friends. But Marina has already done something remarkable: she persuaded one-fifth of Brazil's voters to support the Green Party. Twenty percent is the second … Read More

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“WWGLD? What Would a Green Legislator Do? If we had a Green bloc in the Tennessee legislature, what positions would they take? How would they deal with a legislative agenda that would, at least in the early stages of our presence, be dominated by Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats?

And, although I think one of the first priorities of a Green caucus in the state legislature would be the introduction of instant runoff voting, to overcome the “spoiler effect” of a third party splitting the vote and allowing someone to win without a majority, or the need for an expensive second round of voting, it’s at least theoretically possible to elect a Green majority in the Tennessee legislature without any “three’s a crowd” elections–because 57 of the 99 seats in the House were not contested by one or the other major party, not to mention fully half the Senate seats. Yes, voters went to the ballot box and found they had not three, not two, but one choice, which is no choice at all. When I was a kid, I was told that the wonderful difference between America and Godless Communism was that here, we have a choice at the ballot box.. . .”

The big news for the Green Party of Tennessee this month is that the court finally ruled on our ballot access suit–which we filed over two years ago–the bad news is, they managed to drag their heels until it was too late for the ruling to apply to the upcoming election.  The other potentially bad news is that the court instructed the Tennessee legislature to change the state's laws to correct the problem.  That could drag it out another two yea … Read More

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“There IS a way that we can get some accountability out of the Federal government. First, we need to clean up our own act. We need to ask our Union Officers why they support the Democrats. What is it they bring to the table? Is the Democratic Party the party of the working man? Maybe it once was, but that was a long time ago, for the last few decades, they have been the party of the corporations. Along with the GOP, the Democrats have moved this country forward, but only for the privileged few. The majority of people in the United States have been moving backwards.”

By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com Oct. 8, 2010 We all need to take a realistic look at what is really going on in this country and what we are truly capable of doing about it. Rhetoric aside, what are the truly pragmatic ways that we can force the government of the United States to work in the interests of the people instead of the corporate world that get these politicians elected and supply them with ne … Read More

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“A three-year study done at the University of California–Berkeley shows that when schools teach some classes in the school’s garden and kitchen, and offer healthy fare in their cafeterias, it has a very clear and positive impact on kids’ diets. And on their attitudes towards food: Kids not only eat more fruits and vegetables, they know more about nutrition.”

By Marian Burros Rodale Institute Not just school gardens, but requisite classes in nutrition — both produce food-smart kids, writes Marian Burros. It’s true! What Michelle Obama has been saying at the White House garden—and everywhere else—for the last year and a half: Connecting kids and gardens increases their appreciation for fruits and vegetables. But planting the school garden is just the first step. A three-year study done at the Universi … Read More

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