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Election Day Open Thread: "Of, By, and For the People"

by: Dean Barker

Tue Nov 02, 2010 at 06:03:49 AM EDT
(Bumped, because I voted and BOY did it feel good to vote! - promoted by Dean Barker)

Granny D, shortly before she was arrested at the Capitol:
Dear friends, we would never seek to abolish now what has become our dear United States. But it is our constant intention that it should be a government of, by and for the people, not the special interests. Our right to alter our government must be used to sweep these halls clean of greedy interests so that people may use this government in service to each other's needs and to protect the condition of our earth. This we declare.
In the end, that's what election after election in this country comes down to: You and I and the Rest of Us against the powerful interests of the super-wealthy.  They will always have a bigger and more expensive megaphone. But whether or not that megaphone drowns us out from time to time, there will always be more of us than them.

This is an Election Day Open Thread.  Please leave your thoughts, observations, last-minute info, etc... in the thread.  

And VOTE!

Adding: Until voting results come in, this is one of the least active days in political news, despite being our biggest traffic day on the site.  So if you are new here, please enjoy on the following links on our highest-profile races: NH-Gov, NH-Sen, NH-01, NH-02.
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Live from NH Coordinated Legal Boiler Room (0.00 / 0)
It's quiet, which is good.  



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
"Democracy Isn't Something We Have... (0.00 / 0)
...it's something we do."  - Granny D.
DO IT FOR (0.00 / 0)
GRANNY D!  Off to the polls!
"special interests" doesn't quite do it for me. (0.00 / 0)
If there is a contest, which I would hope not, it's between individual natural persons assembled for a common purpose and artificial corporations (bodies) who perceive themselves more important because they are man made.  
In other words, what man hath made is supposedly superior to God's creations.  There's an extraordinary hubris involved here.  One that very likely accounts, as well, for the claimed right to interfere with the rights of those to whom the reproductive process has been entrusted.
Hubristic males don't trust the female gender.  Never mind that the Son of God serves as a reminder that they should.  
Anyway, what needs to be challenged is the primacy of man-made artifacts.  In a sense, the modern corporation (both public and private) is prone to being idolized. Not all idols are made of precious metals or stone.
NHDP phone lines down at 11 offices starting Monday. (0.00 / 0)
Link:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/201...


Just saw Chaz Proulx in Manchester (0.00 / 0)
Chaz is sign holding at Beech Street. If anyone has a free hour or two, please go hold signs, make calls or door knock. It is both worthwhile and fun!



"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    
Election Day Open Thread: "Of, By, and For the People" | 6 comments

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