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Ruthann “Rae” Johnson (G) Files for CT 9th State Senate Race

Posted on April 22, 2010 by iwilder

Ruthann 'Rae' Johnson

Green Party of Connecticut officials announced today that Ruthann “Rae” Johnson has filed for the Connecticut State Senate race in the 9^th district as a Green Party candidate. “Rae” Johnson is married with two children and lives in Middletown. She has worked in Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and currently works as a counselor in a group home. She has a degree in theater and dance and has been working on her Masters at Central Connecticut State University. She is active in her community, raising funds for the Amazing Grace Food Pantry and other charities.

Johnson said she views some of the main issues in the race as job growth, education, fair taxes, transportation and the environment. Johnson said “I have owned and operated two businesses while residing in Connecticut. Both called upon my budgeting, negotiating, and communication skills and I will bring those skills to the State Senate.”

Green Party spokesperson Tim McKee said “We are excited to have some like “Rae” Johnson running for State Senate because she will bring a fresh outlook to the office. She is not a professional politician and frankly most people do not even know who the State Senator is from that area!” McKee explained that the 9^th State Senate includes part of Middletown, Cromwell, Newington, Rocky Hill and Wethersfield. He added this is the first time a Green has run for office in that area.

Johnson’s campaign can be reached at: raejohnson2010@gmail.com

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The wars drag on…something to do…

Posted on April 22, 2010 by kwilder

We should probably do a little something each day to struggle against war. Here is a great idea to say “Not in my name”, to raise awareness, and to be among peace people:

ACTION ALERT

Monthly Memorial Candlelight Vigil
in memory of all those killed in Iraq & Afghanistan

With a reading of names of those killed in these conflicts.

Sunday, April 25 7:00 PM

Patchogue Four Corners
Long Island, New York

( Montauk Highway & Ocean Avenue )

Organized by the South Country Peace & the Pax Christi Joop van der Grinten Group

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A geologist’s opinion: Probable cause, and current concerns of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster

Posted on April 22, 2010 by kwilder

Probable Cause and Scenario that led to the oil disaster in The Gulf of Mexico, when Offshore Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig, owned by Trans Ocean Ltd., and contracted to BP, explodes burns and sinks. Do not let this happen in Santa Barbara. One oil disaster there is big enough. Stop the drilling for oil into the 3000 mile Santa Barbara Fault Zone. By geologist Chris Landau.

Sad Day for Earth Day, today April 22, 2010 on The Gulf Coast.

People die. The environment suffers and everybody loses. When will it end?

Well completed to 18000 feet. Crew stopped drilling to put in steel casing and run e-logs. The well sides are kept from caving in, during this operation by the weight of the drilling mud sitting in the well. The gigantic mud pumps are usually shut down during this period while casing is being inserted or e-logs are being run.

Maybe there would have been time to run e-logs by either Halliburton or Schlumberger or another company. This involves running a sophisticated sensing instrument down the hole to confirm the geology, the geologists have logged over the last month or so and to confirm the oil and gas horizons. There could be as many as 30 different layers of oil or gas for a well of this depth. Some would have salt water with the oil and gas and some would be free of salt water or be called “dry.” They are the most profitable. Read more »

Filed under: Ecology, energy, Environment, nature, News, politics, progressive politics, safety, sustainability, US Politics | Tagged: BP, Chris Landau, Deepwater Horizon, earth day, earthquakes, explosion, geology, Gulf of Mexico, offshore drilling, oil disaster, Santa Barbara coast, Santa Barbara Fault Zone, Trans Ocean | Leave a Comment »

LI Concert Notes #58 4/22/1

Posted on April 22, 2010 by iwilder

Friends, Fans and Folkies,

If you would like to receive this list of live music on Long Island, please send an email to LIConcertNotes@optonline.net

Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island. Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings. Please scroll down. orrections and Comments are welcome. Support Live Music on Long Island. For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere Please also visit Michael Kornfeld’s excellent website www.acousticmusicscene.com

Gary Schoenberger

Concerts

Day Date Time Artist Venue

Gail Storm

Thu 4/22 9:00 The Other Shoe Jessie’s Roadhouse, Merrick

Thu 4/22 7:00 Gail Storm Brickhouse, Patchogue

Fri 4/23 7:30 Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks BACCA, Lindenhurst

Fri 4/23 7:30 Gail Storm Grasso’s, Cold Spring Harbor

Sat 4/24 8:00 The Kennedys Song Box, Seaford

Sat 4/24 8:00 Richard Shindell & Lucy Kaplansky Landmark on Main St, Port Washington

Sat 4/24 1:00 Phil Minissale Be-In Earth Day Festival, Patchogue

Sat 4/24 8:00 Soul Growth Open Mic – Prizes! Soul Growth, Lindenhurst

Sat 4/24 8:00 Music For Stargazing Custer Observatory, Southold

Sat 4/24 Noon Cecilia Kirtland Strawberry’s Bakery Bar & Grill, Huntington

Sun 4/25 2:00 Gathering Time (Beatles Love Songs) Dix Hills Performing Arts Center

Sun 4/25 7:00 Lynn Miles University Café, Stony Brook

Sun 4/25 11:00AM Gail Storm Amarelle, Wading River Read more »

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Arizona Green Party achieves ballot status for 2010 elections

Posted on April 22, 2010 by iwilder

Last Wednesday, the Arizona Secretary of State’s office confirmed that approximately 24,000 Arizona voters successfully petitioned for the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) to have ballot status. “We would like to thank all the Greens in Arizona who stepped-up and assisted us in this monumental effort,” says AZGP co-chair Angel Torres.

Claudia Ellquist, AZGP Co-chair, attorney, and former Clean Elections Commissioner comments, “Green Party candidates offer voters straight talk, real alternatives, and pragmatic solutions.”

This will mark the fourth time in the 20-year history of the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) that they have achieved ballot status (previous ballot lines were in 1992, 2000, and 2008.) “We can now look forward to running Greens for all statewide offices. Several candidates have already pledged to seek office, and more potential candidates are now being interviewed,” says AZGP media spokesperson Erik Andersen. With ballot status, AZGP will be able to run candidates for statewide offices. All Greens that wish to run for office should call AZGP at (602) 417-0213 or email info@azgp.org.

The mission of the Arizona Green Party (AZGP) is to build and sustain an alternative, progressive political party that promotes and practices the Ten Key Values.

The Green Party does not accept corporate nor union contributions and uniquely relies on the generosity of individual donors and volunteers. The four pillars of the Green Party are Social Justice, Ecological Wisdom, Non-Violence, and Grassroots Democracy.

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Nader Asks D.C. Court Not to Permit 2004 PA Challengers to Take Money out of his Bank Account

Posted on April 22, 2010 by kwilder

From Ballot Access News, via Independent Political Report…

Nader Asks D.C. Court Not to Permit 2004 Pennsylvania Challengers to Take Money out of his Bank Account / April 21st, 2010

On April 21, Ralph Nader’s attorney Oliver Hall argued in the D.C. Court of Appeals that the Pennsylvania court order, awarding $81,000 to the people who challenged Nader’s ballot access petition in 2004, was fundamentally unjust. See this story from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: here.

The people who challenged Nader’s petition in 2004 used state government employees, on government time, as well as state government databanks and computers. Today is the first time that any court has been willing to hold oral arguments on Nader’s claim that the Pennsylvania challenge system, as it worked in 2004, is illegitimate. Read more »

Filed under: Ballot issues, Green Party, News, politics, progressive politics, Ralph Nader, US Politics | Tagged: ballot access, DC Court of Appeals, Green Party, Nader, Pennsy;vania courts, pennsylvania, petitions | Leave a Comment »

News from the Jill Stein (G) campaign for Gov. of Mass.

Posted on April 21, 2010 by iwilder

Jill Stein

Jill Stein for Governor of Massachusetts
http://www.jillstein.org

Dear friends and supporters,

40 years ago tomorrow, millions of people around the country took part in the first-ever Earth Day. The event was designed “to shake up the political establishment and force the environment onto the national agenda,” according to Gaylord Nelson, a US Senator from Wisconsin who was one of the driving forces behind it.

Despite 40 years of successful Earth days, our environment is at greater risk today than ever before. We face an increasingly threatened climate, unabated oil addiction, expansion of polluting coal and biomass plants, degradation of forests and fisheries, shrinking open space, ongoing toxic threats and senseless wars that are as harmful to the climate as they are to global security. On this Earth Day, let us make a new commitment to the vision of a whole and healthy planet – to a revitalized grassroots democracy, new leadership, and green economic transformation. Each of these are critical if we are to stop the ongoing destruction and achieve the healthy, just, secure green future we deserve.

That’s why we’re asking our supporters to redouble their effort to “shake up the political establishment” in 2010 by doing three things to help this campaign. We’re asking you to 1) donate money; 2) volunteer time; and 3) host an event with your friends and neighbors so that they can become part of the movement that will bring true green solutions to the Commonwealth Read more »

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Photos from Kimberly & Ian’s trip to Virginia…

Posted on April 21, 2010 by kwilder

Ian and I took a wonderful vacation to Virginia. (Wonder if anyone noticed we were blogging less?) Anyway, here are some photos. More impressions, photos and videos to come.

Link to our collection of photos at Flickr: here.

Filed under: music, personal, Photos | Tagged: Blue Ridge Mountains, Floyd, ian wilder, kimberly wilder, Oddfellas Cantina, Roanoke, Salem, vacation photos, Virginia | Leave a Comment »

Rally, March, Peace & Music Festival 5/2/10

Posted on April 15, 2010 by iwilder

JOIN US IN NEW YORK CITY!

Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:00-6:00 PM

International day of action: Rally, March, Peace & Music Festival

TRAINS LEAVING LONG ISLAND:

**Stony Brook – 10:17 am (contact: North Country Peace Group 631-875-8647 / ncpeaceg@gmail.com)

Huntington – 11:03 am (contact: Charlotte 631-261-8590 / ajustpeace@optonline.net)

**Patchogue – 10:27 am (contact: Michelle 631-286-1803 / michellesantantonio@yahoo.com)

Ronkonkoma – 10:40 am (contact: Karen 631-875-8647 / rksrc2001@yahoo.com)

(*Group rates may apply. Orders for group rates must be confirmed by Friday, 4/15, please call or email ASAP if interested.) Long Island Peace Trains meeting at Penn Station waiting room 12:15 pm. Leave Penn Station at 12:45 when we will walk to assembly area (7^th Ave. & South of 41^st St.)

Rally from 2:00-3:30 pm; March at 3:30 pm across 42^nd St to the UN;
4:00-6:00 – International Peace & Music Festival in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Join with thousands from around the world for an International Day of Action. Bring your posters, your drums, your children and your neighbors to say to the world and the leaders who will come to the UN for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Read more »

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Anti-War, Calendar, energy, events, grassroots democracy, international politics, Long Island Politics, New York State Politics, nonviolence, Peace, politics, sustainability, sustainable, US Politics | Tagged: Nuclear | 1 Comment »

BACCA Song Swap 4/18/10

Posted on April 15, 2010 by iwilder

Yep! Once again BACCA is pleased to host the Third Sunday Song Swap – a monthly series that brings together some of Long Island’s most talented musicians and songwriters in a casual “in-the-round” setting that places the musicians right among the audience members.

We won’t have a featured artist this month, so we’ll start working our way around the circle at 1pm. That said, I’d encourage anyone with an original song of their own to bring it this month and share it with the group.

As always…. listeners, players, sing along-ers and even hula hoopers (we had one last month!) are welcome. A $5 donation is suggested (not required).

Date:	Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Time:	1:00pm – 5:00pm
Location:	BACCA Arts Center
Street:	149 N Wellwood Ave
City/Town:	Lindenhurst, NY

www.babylonarts.com

631-587-3696

PS: GENE CASEY & the LONE SHARKS will be shakin’ the bricks loose at our next Fourth Friday Concert. Don’t miss it! Friday April 23rd at 7:30pm.

More info here: http://www.babylonarts.com/4thfridayconcert.html

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Beat Radio: High Time/Lonely From Rock and Roll single at Ampeater, Acoustic Session

Posted on April 15, 2010 by iwilder

Hey guys, hope all is well!

Lots of cool stuff to tell you about. We’re super excited to have 2 new tracks that were released today at the Ampeater Review. Ampeater is a cool music website that has also released digital singles from Mount Eerie, Twin Sister, and a bunch of other really great bands. Check it out here: http://ampeatermusic.com/aem090

The a-side is a brand new song called “high time.” I guess it’s about trying to be more honest with yourself. The b-side is a song I wrote with Tim Lannen back in 2003 called “Lonely from Rock and Roll”. Its about how our band at the time was breaking up. It rocks out kinda hard. You can stream both tracks at the ampeater site or download them as a zip file.

Also, we got together to play an acoustic set on Dan’s rooftop this sunday. We had a really great time. Here’s a video of Teenage Anthem for the Drunken Boat. More coming soon. You can also check out pics over at our new Flickr Page.

Listen to music: http://beatradio.bandcamp.com/ Read more »

Filed under: buy local, local, long island, Long Island Music, original music | Tagged: beat radio, Brian Sendrowitz | Leave a Comment »

Horse Drawn Hummer

Posted on April 14, 2010 by iwilder

American artist and filmmaker Jeremy Dean took his life savings (and combined it with some contributions from friends) and bought an 8mpg (3.4km/liter) HUMMER H2 and turned it into a horse drawn carriage.

from GreenMuze

Filed under: Action Alert!, activism, Art, Ecology, Environment, green | 5 Comments »

Hawkins Questions Cuomo’s Adirondack Investigation

Posted on April 13, 2010 by iwilder

Howie Hawkins, who recently qualified for the Green Party nomination for Governor, said today that it was improper for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to be investigating the recent purchase of nature preserve land in the Adirondacks, a purchase which the Attorney General approved before it occurred. Hawkins also criticized the Paterson administration for agreeing to ask Cuomo to launch such an investigation, as well as for diverting funding under the Environmental Protection Fund and Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative away from environmental programs.

Hawkins, a long time environmental advocate from Syracuse said:

This is just the latest example of Cuomo using his investigation powers to purse his personal political agenda rather than protecting the taxpayers of New York. It is also the latest example of politicians pandering to the NY Post. Putting aside the merits of the deal, it is a clear conflict of interest for the Attorney General to investigate something that his own office had to approve before it occurred. And it is troubling that both Cuomo and Paterson seem to supporting efforts to undercut much needed land preservation in the Adirondacks and elsewhere.

Hawkins added: Read more »

Filed under: 3rd party, Election 2010, grassroots democracy, Green Party, New York State Politics, News | 3 Comments »

Reverend Billy Talen: Prophesy, Arrest, and New Baby

Posted on April 13, 2010 by kwilder

Reverend Billy Talen is an activist and performance artist who ran for Mayor of New York City on the Green Party line in 2009. Here is what happened to Reverend Billy last week:

The Huffington Post reports that Reverend Billy has been doing a series of protests where he puts a “Holy Hex” on JP Morgan Chase banks, to bring attention to the banks’ support of mountain top removal in Appalachia. Reverend Billy and his Life After Shopping Gospel Choir members left “sacred dirt from Coal River Mountain, West Virginia” at various Chase branches around New York City. On Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, Reverend Billy was arrested for refusing to remove the sacred dirt after one of these protests.

At the L Magazine, a headline notes: “Rev. Billy Arrested for Foretelling Mining Disaster”. L Magazine notes:

Two days after Billy’s arrest [Editor’s note – I think it was one day after], the largest mining disaster in decades struck—where else?—West Virginia, leaving at least 25 miners dead.

Massey Energy, the company that operated the mine where the explosion occurred, has been cited for over 1300 safety violations in the last five years.

Who has a close financial relationship with Massey Energy? JP Morgan Chase, of course!

Sounds like the wrong person was put in jail on Sunday.

If you would like to join Reverend Billy by protesting at your local Chase Bank branch, go to his web-site: here.

Then, as is noted at TrueSlant, on April 6, 2010, “Rev. Billy and his gorgeous wife Savitri, today welcomed Lena Nightstar Talen into the world.” Reverend Billy became a father at age 50.

If you want to see a photo of the new baby, go to Reverend Billy’s FaceBook page: here.

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