By Joe Lonsky
Published November 14th 2007 in The Ithica Journal
Senator Feinstein, one of our fearless lay-down-ocrats, has voted for the nomination of Bush's latest Dr. Death saying she didn't think he should be denied the nomination “on this one thing.” “This one thing,” of course, being torture.
She and all the other senators who voted for Mukasey should be water boarded along with their families. Then tell me what a small point this is.
If, by now, you haven't arrived at the fact that the Democrats
and Republicans are working for the same big business I doubt you ever
will. Once again, clearly illustrated: The vote of dissension (third
party) is the only vote against torture and exploitation.
Third parties are the fastest growing parties in the United States. The
revolution is here, it is growing and, of course, it will not be
televised. Don't vote “viable”; vote your conscience.
Joe Lonsky
Genoa
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers. Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time—with local media touting it as a big success. As the Star-Tribune noted in endorsing IRV for St. Paul, Tuesday’s elections give the Twin Cities a chance to show the whole state of Minnesota the benefits of adopting IRV. There were disappointments in Lowell and Pierce County too, but high-profile multi-candidate races in New Jersey and New York keep policymakers focused on ways to reform elections; the Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald were among many newspapers publishing commentary from FairVote board member and former presidential candidate John Anderson on how IRV can mitigate the problems of plurality elections.