Filed under: events, local, long island, Long Island Music, nature, Photos, Recommended Music | Tagged: children, dance, dancing, Elwood, Elwoodstock, freams, nature, reckoning, Rich Rivkin | 1 Comment »
Did the federal government waste millions on faulty voting machines?
Thanks to Common Dreams. Full story over there. Re- published from a Saturday, August 16, 2008 story by McClatchy Newspapers Did Washington Waste Millions On Faulty Voting Machines? by Greg Gordon Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding that have gone to upgrade the nation’s voting machines since 2003 were used to purchase touch-screen […]
Filed under: cynthia mckinney, election, elections, Electronic Voting, Green Party Websites, Green Presidential Campaign 2008, News, presidential race, third party, US Politics | Tagged: Alaska, Americah Blackout, california, Florida, maryland, new mexico, optical scan, tennessee, voting machines | Leave a Comment »
Cool Video – Move to the Green Party
There is a cool video with clips of Rosa Clemente and Cynthia McKinney speaking. But, also, some great music, and images from the neighborhood. Found a high quality version at a high quality web-site, Green Party Watch. Look over here!
Filed under: activism, cynthia mckinney, election, elections, grassroots democracy, Green Party Websites, Green Presidential Campaign 2008, Peace, Political Websites, presidential race, progressive politics, Rosa Clemente | Leave a Comment »
Running on Empty: Jackson Browne sues John McCain for using Browne’s song
The story is over at Common Dreams: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/16/11033/
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LI Concert Notes 8/17/08
LI Concert Notes #35 Here’s some great Live Music on Long Island. Venue addresses/phones/URLs at end of all listings. Please scroll down. Corrections and Comments are welcome. Support Live Music on Long Island. For more information about great live music on LI and elsewhere Please also visit Michael Kornfeld and Glen Roethel’s excellent website: www.acousticmusicscene.com […]
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*2008* Beach Closings in Long Island, NY
Update beach closings in Suffolk for July 21/22 2009: HERE. Post from 2008! Old Post! KW: For August 15, Newsday reports that 30 beaches in Nassau and Suffolk were closed due to elevated bacteria levels. These closures happen a lot in Long Island. Our beaches get closed because with the rain, run-off from our polluted […]
Filed under: Ecology, Environment, green, Green Party Websites, Long Island Politics, nature, progressive politics, rants, third party | 1 Comment »