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Hillary may not channel Bill, but Obama channels Bush-Cheney

Posted on August 20, 2009 by iwilder

The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns
by Cindy Sheehan

We cannot allow the War Party and other elites to define the terms of the War Debate.

Obama actually had this to say in his speech in front of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW):

We must never forget. This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense of our people.

Read entire post.

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In a Reasoned Debate, Single Payer Will Come Out on Top

Posted on August 20, 2009 by iwilder

The near-total exclusion of single payer from the health care debate by our political leaders and the media has contributed to the present state of affairs. Single payer is an expanded and improved Medicare for All (“Medicare 2.0”). Many, perhaps most, Americans have come to believe in the false choice between universal coverage and quality health care.

Our nation needs a meaningful dialogue, including a fair hearing of the views of the 20 million constituents of the Leadership Conference on Guaranteed Health Care (of which Physicians for a National Health Program is a founding member), who advocate for single-payer national health insurance. Polls show that most of the public and their physicians favor such an approach.

There is simply no other viable solution to the problems facing us all, insured and uninsured. With Medicare 2.0, the already insured would benefit from radically reduced out-of-pocket costs for comprehensive insurance and expanded choice of doctors and hospitals. Medicare 2.0 stays with you for life, independent of your employment. The epidemic of medical[-related] bankruptcies would be just a bad memory.

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LI Wins Video Contest and Immigration Reform Blog Series

Posted on August 20, 2009 by iwilder
Hi everyone-
Earlier this month, we learned that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy doesn’t take immigration issues seriously, after he cracked a joke about deporting kitchen workers during a Bay Shore roast.  Levy’s spokesman dismissed the fury over the county executive’s comments, saying that advocates were being too politically correct, but last Saturday, we saw that words have consequences: a group of young white men allegedly attacked and robbed a Hispanic man in Patchogue while shouting racial slurs.  When government leaders like Levy permit anti-immigrant discourse (and use it themselves), it creates a toxic environment where hate crime is likely to flourish.
That’s part of the reason that we launched our “Speak Out/Stop Hate” video contest (SpeakOutStopHate.com).  If the county executive won’t do his part to quell hatred, than we’d like to give you an opportunity.  We want to give every person with a video camera, a concept, and a desire to “Speak Out/Stop Hate” against immigrants the chance to have their voice heard.  The contest runs from now until October 2, 2009, and the winning video will be featured at the Long Island Latino International Film Festival.  For more info on the contest, including rules, click here.
In addition to our video contest, Long Island Wins also launched a new series on comprehensive immigration reform this month.  In the series, we explain the basics of immigration reform, and how policy changes will impact Long Island.  We’ve already posted Part One of the series, in which guest blogger and immigration lawyer Omar Chaudhry writes about the ways in which an earned path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would positively affect Long Islanders.  Stay tuned for more posts in the days and weeks ahead. Read more »

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Sat. Aug 22nd: Media Crime at Bartini in Babylon

Posted on August 20, 2009 by kwilder

LET’S ROCK!

On Saturday, August 22nd

MEDIACRIME will be doin’ it live at:

Bartini Bar 124 North Carll ave. Babylon, N.Y.

Opening the festivities will be Displaced Persons

The show starts around 9:30 PM

‘See ya there!

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Media Crime’s music includes: rock, punk, folk and garage/psychedelic influences

Above photo: Eddie Havoc, bandmember and activist colleague. Photo from the web-site.

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Supreme Court Orders Evidentiary Hearing for Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis; Rare Decision Could Result in New Trial

Posted on August 19, 2009 by iwilder

Supreme Court Orders Evidentiary Hearing for Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis; Rare Decision Could Result in New Trial

AMY GOODMAN: Now, I want to go back to that quote of Antonin Scalia. The “Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent. Quite to the contrary, we have repeatedly left that question unresolved, while expressing considerable doubt that any claim based on alleged ‘actual innocence’ is constitutionally cognizable.” What does that mean?

EZEKIEL EDWARDS: Well, the only thing that Scalia has right there is that it’s true that the Supreme Court has never actually held that it would be unconstitutional to execute an innocent person. But one point is that a number of justices, in their opinions in the past, have said that were that to be the issue we were faced with, it would unquestionably be unconstitutional. So, very few justices have any problem saying that it would be.

What’s quite disturbing is that Justice Scalia and Justice Thomas clearly take the position that even if a prisoner were able to demonstrably prove that they were innocent, and beyond any scintilla of a doubt, he would nonetheless say that there’s nothing that the Supreme Court or federal courts could do and that that person, nonetheless, would be executed and that that wouldn’t violate the Constitution. I would like to say that that is a minority position, thankfully, on the court.

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UC Berkley Protests Yoo while Obama Ignores Torture

Posted on August 19, 2009 by iwilder

Activists, UC Berkeley Alumni Protest Yoo on First Day of Classes

Four generations of UC Berkeley law school alumni joined activists, community members and lawyers on the Boalt Hall steps to protest former Bush administration lawyer John Yoo’s return to campus Monday.

The group called for Yoo to be prosecuted and fired from his position as professor of law at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law for writing memorandums which were used to justify extensive policies on detention and interrogation, even torture.

The Obama administration has so far showed little interest in prosecuting those who worked for the Bush administration. Despite criticism from protesters and from the National Lawyers’ Guild about Yoo’s continuing employment at UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall Dean Christopher Edley has defended Yoo’s actions as academic freedom.

Read entire article.

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Folk Legend Bob Westcott 9/2/09

Posted on August 19, 2009 by iwilder

On Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at 7pm, the Babylon Green Party Gathering will feature folk legend Bob Westcott who has been called the “real deal”, and for good reason: Westcott has been performing his elegant finger style guitar work for over 30 years.  The event will be held at Pisces Café, 14A Railroad Avenue, Babylon, NY (631-321-1231) http://www.piscescafe.net Come hungry! For directions to the Babylon Green Party Gathering, call 631-422-4702 or email ian.wilder@yahoo.com Children are welcome. All gatherings are free of charge, and open to the public. http://www.BabylonGreens.org

A social media version of this press release can be found at http://pitch.pe/21721

Westcott has a depth of musical and life  experience to draw upon. During the 60’s, he played in the basket houses of Greenwich Village, then moved to Manchester, England to explore the British Folk Scene. During the 70’s, Westcott traveled throughout Canada and the US, living in the Midwest, California and Upstate NY before settling on Eastern Long Island. His astonishing finger style guitar work and universally resonant songwriting have made him a perennial favorite on the Long Island scene.  More information about Westcott can be found at www.myspace.com/bobwestcott

Westcott is a Long Island Music Award nominee. He has opened for several nationally-known performers, including John Hammond, Merle Haggard, Richie Havens, Tom Paxton, The Nields, and most recently, Richard Shindell. Westcott’s annual Spring Fling is a wildly popular event in which he presents his personal favorite musicians to the Folk Music Society audience.  He has released three solo albums: Rollin’ Along, Wherever You Go, and Falling from Graceland.

Westcott fronts the Americana trio The Tobacco Roadies which includes Ken “The Rocket” Korb and Mike DeGeronimo.  Westcott also performs as a member of the super groups The Defibrillators and Blacklisted & the Banned.  Albums by the Defibrillators and Blacklisted are available at www.cdbaby.com.

Babylon Green Party Gatherings are held on the first Wednesday of every month:

  • The October 7, 2009 Gathering will feature Sr. Jeanne Clark speaking about World Peace Day activities
  • The November 4, 2009 Gathering will feature Terry Morrone speaking about “The Selling of 9/11”
  • The December 2, 2009 Gathering  will feature musician Hank Stone for the annual Green Party Holiday Party.
  • The January 6, 2010 Gathering will feature the bluesy folk-jazz of Stephanie Carlin .

The Green Party is an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans. The four pillars of the Green Party are:

  • Nonviolence/Peace;
  • Grassroots Democracy;
  • Social and Economic Justice; and
  • Ecological Wisdom.

For more information about Green Party activities, please go to www.gpsuffolk.org or call Green Party of Suffolk Chair Roger Snyder at 631-351-5763. You can enroll in the Green Party by checking the box marked “Other” on the voter registration form and writing in the word “Green” on the line next to it. Click here to find a voter registration form. You can send donations to the Green Party of Suffolk,14 Robin Drive, Huntington, NY 11743.

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Is Working Families the Rent Is Too Damn Low Party?*

Posted on August 19, 2009 by iwilder

Erratic Reported Rent Payments From WFP Mark Last Decade

Average of just $1,486 per month for offices, one check for rent written to “401 K PMTs”

The Working Families Party may have worked on behalf of New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet while dealing with the city’s famously high rents, but the party has apparently not had to worry much about its own rent payments. Over the last 10 years, the party has reported paying just $178,376.90, or an average of $1,486 per month for an office space that now contains space for its 15 full-time employees and a base of operations for the 142 employees of Data and Field Services (DFS), the secretive for-profit company the party owns.

A review of the Party’s expenditures in public documents filed with the state Board of Elections over the last decade which were reported as rent shows an erratic pattern of payments made to several different landlords, and none marked as going directly to Flatbush Fulton Realty Associates, the owner of its current space at 2 Nevins Street in Brooklyn. Some years, the WFP appears to have paid no rent at all, based on the data filed with the Board of Elections.

The rest of the story is at City Hall News: here.

* Ed. note: In 2006, an independent candidate for NY governor ran in the Rent is Too Damn High Party.  the Board of Elections removed the word “Damn” from their name.  – IW

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Green Party calls ‘clean coal’ myth a major threat to public health, citing study

Posted on August 18, 2009 by iwilder

Poisons released from mining, high Appalachian illness and mortality rates, and mountain removal’s destruction of landscapes: Greens blast concessions to coal industry in the fight against global warming

Green Party activists and leaders today called coal a threat to public health and a false alternative to petroleum energy in the effort to fight global warming.

The Green Party cited “Mortality in Appalachian Coal Mining Regions: The Value of Statistical Life Lost,” a study published in the July-August issue of Public Health Reports (http://www.health.wvu.edu/newsreleases/news-details.aspx?ID=1217), which reports that, while coal mining contributed about $8 billion to the economies of Appalachian states, the costs of reduced life-spans associated with coal mining were $17 billion to $84.5 billion.

“Coal mining doesn’t only destroy the landscape, it kills people,” said the Treasurer of the Green Party of the United States.  “There is no such thing as clean coal.  President Obama is repeating a lie designed by the coal industry to maintain its profit margins and to continue turning states like West Virginia into a poisonous wasteland covered with giant craters.” Read more »

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New Yorkers Inching Toward Revolt

Posted on August 18, 2009 by kwilder

Love that headline! Anyone ready to start planning an independent or third party run for State Senate or State Assembly? The time is ripe! – KW

(excerpt from) Elizabeth Benjamin’s Daily Politics blog at The Daily News
Q Poll: New Yorkers Inching Toward Revolt
August 18, 2009

Today’s Q poll finds a whopping 77 percent of New Yorkers think state government is dysfunctional and the Legislature’s approval rating continues to hover at an all-time low of 18 percent.

Forty-nine percent of poll respondents said almost everyone in the Senate – including their hometown representatives – deserves to be thrown out, while 40 percent said their local lawmaker should be re-election next fall.

The Senate’s overall approval rating is 20-71, compared to 20-67 in June. Read more »

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Leaving a candidate’s name off the ballot

Posted on August 18, 2009 by kwilder

Kimberly writes:

Why do I care about a Democratic candidate in New York City Council District 1? Because, a technicality first threw the candidate’s signatures out at the Board of Elections. And, in the tug-of-war, the candidate was put back on the ballot. Though, the Board of Elections sent out the absentee ballots without his name on them. That is wrong. And, the battle over it could create interesting precedents and benefits for third party candidates – who are often forced to fight in the courts to stay on the ballot.

(excerpt from) Daily Politics by Elizabeth Benjamin
Gerson Not On Absentee Ballot
August 17, 2009

The absentee ballots for the upcoming Democratic primary contests are starting to arrive in mailboxes throughout the city, and 1st CD voters might notice a glaring omission.

Despite the fact that a state Supreme Court justice restored his name to the ballot last week, incumbent Councilman Alan Gerson’s name is nowhere to be seen… Read more »

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For the politically curious in NY: Tues. Aug. 18th is a big day!

Posted on August 17, 2009 by kwilder

KW:

For potential candidates in New York State, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 18, 2009, is the last day to file in person (or mail) an “independent nominating petition” to run for office in November. That would mean anyone who was running on an alternative, “made-up”, or third party (without automatic ballot status) line has that due date. Examples of such ballot lines would include: the Green Party; the Libertarian Party; the Education Party; the We Love XXX Town Party; etc. Major parties and automatic ballot-status parties (such as the Conservative Party in NY) have an earlier deadline which is passed.

Stay tuned here for updates. Or, wait a couple of days for filings by mail, etc., and ask your local Board of Elections for a candidate list. Another place to check would be political blogs such as Elizabeth Benjamin’s Daily Politics site or the Capitol Confidential at the Albany Times Union.

I know of two sets of petitions expected: The Green Party NYC Mayor candidate and the Libertarian Party Mayor candidate.

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Chance to hook in with Food Not Bombs in Long Island…

Posted on August 17, 2009 by kwilder

Farmingville Chapter website.

Long Island Food Not Bombs General Meeting
Monday, August 24th  at  7:30pm

Food is a Right, Not a Privilege!

If you’ve ever thought about getting involved with Long Island Food Not Bombs now’s a great time. On Monday, August 24th at 7:30pm we will be having a general meeting about the Long Island Food Not Bombs movement in the Sky Room of the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington.

Spread the word.
Bring your friends.
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Video from Elwoodstock 2009

Posted on August 17, 2009 by kwilder

Wow! Ian and I had a wonderful weekend. I had a boat ride with the cousins on Saturday. Then, Ian and I went to Patti Smith on Saturday. Sunday was Elwoodstock and the Club Vegan Barbecue/Soy Ice cream Social. Below is the Elwoodstock video. Lots of music from the Long Island band, “Reckoning”. They are more than just a Grateful Dead tribute band–but, man, they do that good!

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