Election Tuesday picks

Written by: Gerry Lykins on Nov 3, 2009 9:03 AM EST

Tuesday~

***************round of articles about our domestic ‘issues’ ~ November 3rd, 2009

Power interruption..sorry for the delay..

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3 Contests on Election Day Could Signal Political Winds

Adam Nagourney

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/us/politics/04nagourney.html?ref=politics

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Suburbs Are Seen as Key in New Jersey Race

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

A surprising number of suburban voters said they still had not made up their minds about the state’s gubernatorial race.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03jersey.html?ref=politics

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Biden Stumps in a Race Steeped in Ideology

By JEREMY W. PETERS

The vice president offered support to the Democratic candidate in an upstate Congressional race that both parties view as a significant test of their political fortunes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/nyregion/03upstate.html?ref=politics

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A Glimpse of the Future?

By BOB HERBERT

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/opinion/03herbert.html?_r=1&hp

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Goldman left foreign investors holding the subprime bag

By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers

When Goldman Sachs decided it was time to ditch the subprime mortgage business, it put together a sales pitch through a Cayman Islands subsidiary that may have seriously understated the riskiness of the securities it was selling. One bond analyst told his clients that the deal was "a not so cleverly disguised way for Goldman ... to unload its unwanted exposures ... onto foreign investors." But many investors bit — and lost. » read more

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/77844.html

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How Wall Street and Its Backers on Capitol Hill Silenced a Critic Calling for Greater Regulation of Derivatives

Last month, when the a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the derivatives market, Robert Johnson was the only non-industry expert invited to speak. The former economist at the Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Budget Committee was invited just sixteen hours before the hearing. His testimony was cut short after five minutes by Congresswoman Melissa Bean, and the committee has since refused to post online his full testimony along with the statements of the other panelists. Robert Johnson comes on Democracy Now! to explain what he tried to tell Congress. [includes rush transcript]

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/2/how_wall_street_and_its_backers

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House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives

David Lightman/McClatchy

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/politics/story/78208.html

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Tea Partiers Prep For Final Push Against Health Care Reform

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/tea_partiers_get_set_for_hectic_final_push_against.php?ref=fpb

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Sen. Blanche Lincoln Meeting With Obama Today

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/sen-blanche-lincoln-meeting-with-obama.php?ref=fpb

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**************Closer to ‘home’ items…(Ohio/Indiana/Kentucky area)

Any time today to leave a progressive comment (or a recommendation) on an editorial, an LTE or a news item that inspires you???  Your progressive voice is needed!

ABOVE ALL…if you are in a State holding elections this Tuesday V O T E!!!

http://news.cincinnati.com/opinion

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The Enquirer recommends voting for Issue 7…Good for the Enquirer!!

Vote for Issue 7; keep library strong

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/EDIT01/910290377/1019/EDIT/Vote+for+Issue+7++keep+library+strong

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Thanks to Progress Ohio for posting this…

From Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner To All Ohio Voters

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CZVy

if you’re voting in the State of Ohio..find your polling place here..

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/pollinglocation.aspx?page=361

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Thanks to ProgressOhio

DON'T BUY THE LIE! VOTE NO on ISSUE 2!

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXcX

and if you haven’t already, don’t miss this one, also from ProgressOhio:

Video: Ohio Dairy Farmer Warren Taylor: Vote No On Issue 2

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CZVm

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Sen. Tim Grendell 2009 FOP Legislator of the Year Calls on FOP to Rescind Issue 3 Endorsement
By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio
I have already expressed concern that Issue 3 would leave Ohio with the weakest casino oversight in the nation. Today, my concerns intensified as one...

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/daveharding/CXcZ

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Issue 3: Rev. John Edgar Calls on FOP, Other Endorsers to Rescind Support

http://www.progressohio.org/page/community/post/bretprogressohio/CZVz

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Are you still undecided? 

Here the Hamilton County Democratic Party Endorsements

http://hamiltoncountydems.org/pdf/Final%20Av%20Piece.pdf

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Here are the CityBeat endorsements…

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-19139-vote-the-citybeat-ticket-or-die_.html

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If you’re voting somewhere other than OHIO, find your voting location…

http://www.smartvoter.org/

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http://www.smartvoter.org/voter/quick.html

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Tell Congress Why You Need Local Radio

http://www.freepress.org/doit.php?strFunc=display&strID=422&strYear=2009

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No elections today in the Commonwealth of Kentucky..

But, according to this…militia groups are on the rise again..

~~‘the rise of White Male Liberty Patriots.

http://barefootandprogressive.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-will-be-next-to-get-lynched.html

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Indiana Democratic Party News:

http://www.indems.org/news

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House to Vote on Resolution to Reject Goldstone Report Findings and Recommendations

by Jeremy R. Hammond / November 1st, 2009

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on a resolution calling on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the ‘Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’ in multilateral fora.”

http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/11/house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-reject-goldstone-report-findings-and-recommendations/

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Congress Should Not Reject the Goldstone Report

by Michael Ratner

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02-1

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Ellsberg: Obama Fears Military Revolt

http://www.truthout.org/1102096

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from and about ‘over there’

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Roubini sounds another dire warning

http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page295165?oid=327386&sn=2009%20Detail&pid=287226

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Juan Cole:  Informed Comment

Karzai Declared President;
Questions about Afghan Police Recruits;
Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

http://www.juancole.com/

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DISPATCHES FROM AMERICA
Afghanistan as a bailout state
By Tom Engelhardt
In the worst of times, my father always used to say, "A good gambler cuts his losses." It's a formulation imprinted on my brain forever. That no-nonsense piece of advice still seems reasonable to me, but it doesn't apply to American war policy. Our leaders evidently never saw a war to which the word "more" didn't apply. Hence the Afghan war, where impending disaster is just an invitation to fuel the flames of an already roaring fire.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KK04Df01.html

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Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/02/arab-anger-clinton-backs-israel

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Settler Colonialism

Return to the Middle Ages

By BOUTHAINA SHAABAN

http://www.counterpunch.org/shaaban11022009.html

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Preview of Ramzy Baroud's 'My Father was a Freedom Fighter'
by Stephen Lendman

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/20/2009/3605

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Weapons sales are on the rise in Latin America

Juan O. Tamayo/The Miami Heral

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/78153.html

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Peace and Solidarity

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."

- Mark Twain, humorist and author (1835 - 1910)

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In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Attributed to George Orwell

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