Don’t Stop at the Top

Don’t Stop at the Top

November 01, 2008 | No Comments

  From FutureMajority.com November 1, 2008 The sad fact of every election is drop off. Drop off is when people only vote in the presidential race and turn in their ballots. Many people each election…

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Speaker Pelosi Heckled During Press Conference
Asked Why She Refuses to Debate Opponents

October 31, 2008 | 4 Comments

By Luke Thomas October 31, 2008 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was interrupted during a press conference earlier today and asked why she refuses to debate her opponents in the race for the eighth congressional district.…

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The Other Side of the Story

The Other Side of the Story

October 31, 2008 | No Comments

By Terry Canaan October 31, 2008 Let’s take a look at the economic situation. Never mind the naysayers, the gloom-and-doomers, the glass-half-empty types, some of us are doing just fine. If you look hard enough…

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The End of Prosperity

The End of Prosperity

October 31, 2008 | No Comments

By Stephen Lendman October 31, 2008 From too much of a good thing. From the 1980s and 1990s excesses. From the longest ever US bull market. Heavily manipulated to keep it levitating. From August 1982…

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Brugmann Blasts San Francisco Chronicle, PG&E

Brugmann Blasts San Francisco Chronicle, PG&E

October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments

By Luke Thomas October 30, 2008 San Francisco Bay Guardian publisher Bruce Brugmann yesterday blasted Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for its efforts to buy the November election and took aim at the San…

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Political Paradigm Shift? Not in Newsom’s San Francisco

Political Paradigm Shift? Not in Newsom’s San Francisco

October 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Photo by Luke Thomas By Marc Salomon October 29, 2008 While the Democratic Party has followed Barack Obama and embarked in an historic shift away from DLC Clintonism, San Francisco’s…

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How Did The Green Vote Grow? Bay Area Representatives Cast Significant Percentage of Green Votes

How Did The Green Vote Grow?
Bay Area Representatives
Cast Significant Percentage of Green Votes

October 29, 2008 | No Comments

From California Sierra Club October 29, 2008 SACRAMENTO – Some Bay Area representatives voted sustainably, while others voted against California’s air, water and wild places, Sierra Club California’s annual Legislative Report Card finds. Sierra Club…

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