Of Peace and Bounty

This holiday season most Americans are fortunate. Though a few hundred thousand of our soldiers and their families will experience some anxiety and separation this holiday season, mixed with their love and warm thoughts of loved ones, the vast majority of Americans enjoy peace and civil calm here at home. We should give thanks.

Though a few hundred thousand in America may die for lack of shelter, or go hungry for lack of food, or lack awareness of it even being a holiday season for lack of psychiatric care, the vast majority of Americans are bountiful in creature comforts and wealthier than most in the world today. We should give thanks.

Press Secretary joins VOID organization

David Weller, former national press secretary for Ross Perot's Reform Party USA, has joined the all volunteer Vote Out Incumbents Democracy (VOID) organization which is working to rally voters to vote out incumbents in future national races. VOID will be launching a public awareness effort to its cause in the next couple weeks.

Greg Palast and Black Votes

On C-Span's Washington Journal program this morning Greg Palast, journalist and author of the book, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", was interviewed. One of his central topics was voting in America and how the Civil Rights Commission has produced damning reports about trashing American votes. One million Black votes were thrown into the trash in 2000, and nowhere near that number of white votes were thrown out.