Archive for March, 2008

AP Poll: More say they’re Democrats

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

AP Poll: More say they’re Democrats
By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer
More people say they are Democrats than said so before voting started in this year’s presidential contests while the number of Republicans has remained flat, a survey showed Thursday.
The Associated Press-Ipsos poll had additional bad news for the GOP: The number of […]

AFL-CIO Union Movement Embarks on Massive Drive for Employee

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

AFL-CIO Union Movement Embarks on Massive Drive for Employee
Free Choice
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/Yda31_F1Dc0x/
by James Parks, Mar 5, 2008
The union movement is launching an unprecedented effort to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Meeting in San Diego, the AFL-CIO Executive Council yesterday committed to mobilize at least 1 million working people to pass the legislation.
The statement “The Employee […]

What’s Up with BuzzFlash? Like How are You Organized or Disorganized?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

A lot of people write and say that they don’t understand how BuzzFlash is organized.
So, we’d thought that we’d start with a little explanation.
First of all, BuzzFlash is now a network of progressive news and commentary sites. You can find all of our web locations listed just above the logo on BuzzFlash.com’s main page […]

Rep. Heather Wilson Accused of Felony Vote-Buying in New Mexico; Reporter Quits After News Director Scrubs Story

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Rep. Heather Wilson Accused of Felony Vote-Buying in New Mexico; Reporter Quits After News Director Scrubs Story
Republican Delegate Convention Attendees Paid by Wilson Senate Campaign, According to Report Sourced by Three Eye-Witnesses, Removed from Website After Complaints to Station by Wilson
Memo From News Director to Reporter: ‘Don’t you think if there was anything […]

From Alternet.org- Going to Jail for Being a Democrat: How Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman Got Roved

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

http://www.alternet.org/rights/78407/?page=entire
Don Siegelman, a popular Democratic governor of Alabama, a Republican state, was framed in a crooked trial, convicted on June 29, 2006, and sent to Federal prison by the corrupt and immoral Bush administration.
The frame-up of Siegelman and businessman Richard Scrushy is so crystal clear and blatant that 52 former state attorney generals from across […]

The Dean legacy

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

The Dean legacy
by kos
Sun Mar 02, 2008 at 12:03:00 PM PST
With a new party head soon to be nominated, Howard Dean’s days at the head of the DNC are likely numbered. It’s not a bad thing — presidential candidates and Democratic presidents get to run the committee for obvious (and logical) reasons. […]

In Alabama, a Fight to Regain Voting Rights Some Felons Never Lost

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

DOTHAN, Ala. — The Rev. Kenneth Glasgow, onetime criminal and founder of a ministry called The Ordinary People Society, spent years helping people with criminal records regain the right to vote in Alabama, where an estimated 250,000 people are prohibited from voting because of past criminal activity.
The Rev. Kenneth Glasgow has spent years helping […]

Chairman Conyers Releases Jill Simpson Transcript on the Prosecution of former Alabama Governor Siegelman

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Chairman Conyers Releases Jill Simpson Transcript on the Prosecution of former Alabama Governor Siegelman
October 10th, 2007 by Jesse Lee
Rove Linked to Alabama Case
Adam Zagorin, Time Magazine - October 10, 2007
http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=833
A Republican lawyer claims she was told that Karl Rove — while serving as President Bush’s top political advisor — had intervened in the Justice […]