At OpEdNews: Free Speech is Under Attack! Here's how to STOP It:

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 3:48 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

An attack on journalism IS an attack on free speech. Need any more be said? We are ALL vulnerable. Here is an action plan to topple the free speech thug-a-thon.

people, politics, police, protest, free-speech, journalists, first-amendment, aclu, freedom-of-the-press, rnc

At OpEdNews: Who's Next on the terrroist watchlist?

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:27 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The ACLU's quiz shows disturbing facts about who is on the no-fly list, that the FBI won't share the names of real terrorists with the airlines, that the Dept of HOmeland Security wants all travellers to wear an electronic bracelet capable of shocking muscle systems to stun weare …

politics

Suing Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:36 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

An attorney's account of....gag orders, cell phones snatched, forbidden to speak on the phone, false claims of "national security" for agenda-based reasons, more....this detailed account shows us the true state of affairs, the authoritarian government which post-911 USA has becom …

patriot-act, politics, cell-phones, supreme-court, national-security, classified-information, top-secret, gag-orders

At OpEdNews: Back to the Land and the Fishing Pole?

Seeded on Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:44 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

This article predicts an upcoming Depression due to striking Iran, but spins out some positive scenarios as the offshoot.

politics, great-depression, solar, iran-war, fish-farm, survival-tips, tin-can-stoves, power-co-ops

At OpEdNews: Hand Counted Paper Ballots? Yes, faster than ever, please!

Seeded on Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:37 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

This is a rebuttal to the Christian Science Monitor's slanted/flawed article titled "Back to Hand Counted Paper Ballots: Not so Fast". Facts about computerized elections are exposed here, which will yield rapid understanding why they are dangerous to our votes.

politics, black-box, christian-science-monitor, dre, election-integrity, paper-ballots, bev-harris, computerized-elections

Police break in to Iowa flood victims homes, harrass residents

Seeded on Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:49 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The Patriot Act makes it possible for police to enter/search/seize without warrant or probable cause. Time to expose the voting records of anyone who voted for it, urging readers to vote them out of office and spread word.

patriot-act, politics, police, civil-liberties, raids, congressional-voting-record, iowa-floods, warrantless-arrests

At OpEdNews: Open Letter to the ACLU, Moveon.org, et al

Seeded on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:56 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Congress is deliberately working to convert us to a dictatorship. Signatures are not working: TIme for a new course of action. Here are some proposed strategies: Please write these organizations and urge them to change their methodology! Thank you.

people, congress, constitution, politics, democracy, civil-liberties, torture, dictatorship

At OpEdNews: Some things I'd love to see on the public radar: Please write more articles about these topics!

Seeded on Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:16 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Civil liberties, the Congressional voting record, and beliefs which motivate/demotivate proactivity are under-reported even by independent on-line journalists. Please write articles about these topics and more (see article).

congress, politics, impeachment, civil-liberties, articles, journalists, aclu, congressional-voting-record

At OpEdNews: Water and Energy-Saving Tips for a Greener World

Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:42 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Tips for (very effectively) cooling down body and home without turning on the air conditioner, insulating for snow country, gardening, books, links, more! Save CO2, water and cut down your bills.

science

At OpEdNews: It's time to sue Congress

Seeded on Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:59 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

If Congress refuses to impeach a man who has broken more than 900 laws, intercepted the delivery of aid to Katrina victims, jailed children in Guantanamo ten years old, taken us to war based on a lie (ie mass murder ring), etc....then it's time to oust Congress. Here's how.

katrina, politics, lawsuits, impeachment, kucinich, letters-to-the-editor, congressional-voting-record

At OpEdNews: Pep Talk for Impeachment Outreach

Seeded on Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

To those of us skeptics on this forum who are saying that Kucinich's 35 articles of impeachment "will never go anywhere", let's be reminded of a few facts: Times have changed.

media, bush, cheney, politics, valerie-plame, impeachment, torture, activists, strategies, kucinich

At OpEdNews: Open Letter to Congress: Must the system of checks and balances come from overseas?

Seeded on Sun Mar 9, 2008 12:26 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Congress is deliberately converting us to a dictatorship. This open letter to Congress and the Public a) exposes the wrong-doings of Congress b) tells them what we, the people are going to do about it (right?) c) Please note that the solutions are at the end of the article.

congress, constitution, laws, politics, civil-war, civil-liberties, depression, iraq-war, impeach, recession

At OpEdNews: The Debate on Iraq is Over, Bring our Troops Home

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:37 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

True Majority sent out this action alert/petition to bring the troops home, now.

constitution, politics, war-crimes, murder, iraq-war, recession, war-funding, economic-depression

At OpEdNews: School Shootings: Could Radiation And Wave Frequencies be affecting our Nervous Systems Unawares/Unproven?

Seeded on Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:44 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Why would electrical currents, radio waves, tv waves, microwaves, etc *not* affect our nervous systems? What happens to the delicate and vulnerable fetus as a pregnant mother sits in front of a microwave? Could it be that the nervous systems of our unborn children are literally b …

health, murder, fetus, microwaves, radio-waves, nervous-system, school-shootings, wave-frequencies, tv-waves

At OpEdNews: U.S. Government Plans to use Evidence Obtained by Torture in Death Penalty Case

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:46 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The Center for Constitutional Rights sent out this email with a Fact Sheet about the Military Commissions Act (torture bill) which I Have appended to their message/petition.

guantanamo, politics, death-penalty, torture, center-for-constitutional-rights, habeas-corpus, military-commissions-act

At OpEdNews: Are the corporations, polls, and media collaborating to heist the election....to McCain?

Seeded on Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:54 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

It's hard to believe that McCain won the nomination legitimately, given his pro-war and pro-torture position. But that's speculation.

media, democrats, politics, mccain, republicans, corporations, election-fraud, polls, primary-election, election-theft

At OpEdNews: Telecom Immunity: What are the Details?

Seeded on Fri Feb 1, 2008 7:41 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Under intense pressure from the grassroots and netroots, Congress extended the so-called "Protect America Act" for 15 more days. New deadline: February 16.

politics, spying, free-speech, aclu, martin-luther-king, fisa, al-gore, protect-america-act, telecom-immunity

At OpEdNews: We Need To Pull Out All Stops To Keep Kucinich In Congress

Seeded on Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:48 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The P.E.N.

congress, politics, re-election, corporations, contributions, house-of-representatives, advocate, dennis-kucinich, congressional-seat-challenge

At OpEdNews: Know Your Rights: What to Do If You Are Stopped by the Police

Seeded on Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:53 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Since the Thought Crimes Bill is being enforced without the vote in the Senate to pass it into law, the ACLU's information concerning our rights with the police belongs in the hands of all vocal people .

politics, rights, bill-of-rights, aclu, police-abuse, s-1959, thought-crimes-bill

At OpEdNews: The Story of the Bill of Rights

Seeded on Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:02 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

"If they suspect you of terrorist activity they can investigate you without warrant". WRONG! It is average Americans, not terrorists, who are being investigated by the FBI.

people, fbi, college, terrorism, peace, politics, rights, justice, protest, school

At OpEdNews: An Undiscussed Corner of the Presidential Primary Election Fraud

Seeded on Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:29 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Here come the NH elections and there is rightfully an outcry concerning the theft of votes from Obama to Clinton. I am glad to see the outcry.

media, politics, lawsuits, polls, presidential-campaign, election-reform, election-theft, election-voting-issues-news, elections-campaigns, fraudulent-elections

At Opednews: An Easy And Visible Exit Poll To Assure A True Vote!

Seeded on Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:37 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Here's a very simple proposal to conduct a VISIBLE exit poll which simply cannot be argued with. And it's citizen involvement which can do it: No need to rely on the unethical Registrar of Voters. No laws needed to be passed, nothing. Just easy to do. Check this out!

media, people, fraud, politics, internet, reform, voting, video, diebold, polls

At Opednews: Don't Get Sad: Get Mad!!! We do Have Power!

Seeded on Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:56 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

DON'T GET SAD: GET MAD!! Using our tax dollars to fund our own abuse? And the abuse of others? Are they out of their minds??? Or is it we, the people who are just plain nuts for lying down and playing victim while actually paying taxes to fund the abuse of ourselves and others? N …

people, tax, politics, power, lawsuits, boycott, war-on-terror, aclu, letters-to-the-editor, playing-victim

At OpEdNews: My National Security Gag Order

Seeded on Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:12 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

a true story written in the Washington Post by a receipient of a National Security Letter (NSL) carrying a gag order with a penalty of five years in jail for telling even his girlfriend. The country: Post-11 USA.

fbi, security, terrorism, politics, free-speech, washington-post, aclu, national-security-letters, gag-orders, safe-and-free

At OpEdNews: Check out how many pollS (plural) Kucinich has won!

Seeded on Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:21 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

ABC, CBS, etc polls show Kucinich as the favored Democratic debator. Independent polls consistently show Kucinich in the lead, earning as much as 33-77% of Democratic votes, plus state-wide endorsements from VA, WA and VT.

politics, debates, polls, kucinich, straw-polls, independent-polls

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