Great to the point writing. Sooner or later the wage-slave class will awaken and the Capitalist class will be sent the way of the kings of old. Not to be replaced by another privileged, parasitic, ruling class this time around.

Workers the world over are beginning to stir under the glaring light of day and opening their eyes to the reality of their situation recognizing their common interest with the working-class has in ridding the world of the system that divides us and impoverishes the useful sector of society. While enriching the useless Capitalist parasites who squander earths resources and our labor on insane destructive activities like war and genocide. While personally living outrageous consuming life styles that each could satisfy the needs of hundreds even thousands of people.

Your efforts are appreciated and I’m sure are bearing fruit. Once people get a solid understanding of reality it can only lead to rational solutions.

Keep up the good work.
regards Bill

Now let us get back to the subject of the article i.e. the prospects of the year 2008 for us galley slaves.

Forgive me for not knowing what you wanted me to respond to. The Philadelphia Inquirer http://tinyurl.com/3byj6r has quoted Kucinich on the following; he is the only candidate who speaks on this:

He rails against his party’s refusal to end the war, blaming the Democrats’ decision to continue funding the war on “an implicit understanding of the power of those interests that profit from war and the power of war as an idea.”

Kucinich has not received any corporate money for his campaign: “His lack of corporate money has seen his campaign subsist on $2 million while Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama each raised $100 million in 2007 for their presidential bids.”

He also continues to live in a small house he bought 30 years ago….Check out the lifestyles of the other candidates now and before. Anwaar, you say you are tired of the whole game….your frustration couldn’t measure half of what we in the U.S. are feeling. I am not so gullible as to buy all hook line and sinker….I looked and looked at Dennis, in case he was too good to be true…He walks the talk…nobody else does to the extent that Kucinich does.

To joed [thank-you for your commitment to zero waste!], The Inquirer also stated the following:

“And so – to be sure that this year my vote goes to someone who does more than pay lip service to the moral and physical deterioration of the nation – I will pull the lever for Dennis Kucinich.
I can hear the collective groan. He won’t win. He has no real following. It is a wasted vote.
But this is the groan of the comfortable, those who have health insurance and a decent job. This is the groan of those who can send their kids to expensive colleges and probably went to one. The groans of the poor in this country, including the increasingly impoverished working class, are no longer audible to most of us. Their lives have been rendered invisible, of little interest to the advertisers who sell us products on television or take out full-page color ads in the newspapers and glossy magazines. And when the corporations write you off in America, everyone else does, too.”

Here is how Dennis ranked in various polls…seems to me he’s not to be taken lightly. One also has to wonder why the media continues to block him from televised debates….What are they afraid of?

Kucinich has been the winner in national online polls conducted by Democracy for America (receiving almost 50,000 votes while the closest competitor only received 38,000), Virginia State Democratic Party (receiving 30% of the Democratic vote while the closest competitor received 27%), Independent Voters (75% of the Democratic vote out of 80,000 online voters), as well as polls by Progressive Democrats of America and the Nation. In an ABC News poll, Complainant Kucinich received the most support from 42,487 voters (garnering 35% of the vote to 22% for the next closest candidate) who were asked who won the Democratic presidential primary debate on August 19, 2007.”

He has also built an alliance with Independent Voters. I wouldn’t write him off so easily.
http://www.independentvoice.org/blog_details.asp?id=91

Enough said by me too! Thank you for permitting my comments, Anwaar; it takes a big man to give space for constructive criticism and opposing thoughts. To do less would be like Bush and his surrounding himself with Yes Men. On that note, I remain….

Yours in Service,
Michelle

Seems Rep. Kucinich is sincerely anti-war and pro-human unfortunately he is also mostly a member of the Democratic Party. He would not be allowed to become the Democratic Nominee for President. should he win the Presidency by a miracle of a “write-in” victory the masters would not allow him to become President.

Anwaar, you write,

“Chances are fear will continue to be necessary, merit useless, intellect dangerous and blind obedience vital to the autocratic powers imposing themselves upon the global citizenry. Chances are, the oppressors will continue to oppress in the name of duty, religion and nationalism.”

A possible solution to “our” problem is for us consumers to stop consuming. I know much of the rest of the world doesn’t have a problem of over consuming. but those of us that do can take action to stop the insidious us/uk/eu take over. I don’t think it is too late and I am making every effort to not purchase ANYTHING that is not absolutely necessary for me to survive these hateful, murderous, chaotic times.

Anyway, thanks for the fine articles and I look forward to the next.

Three days or three hundred days after the attack, what is recorded for historical fact is that Dennis has voted for a resolution that has been quoted as a justification for suspension of Habeas Corpus in Guantanamo Bay and wiretapping of American citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

But that was the least noteworthy part of my post to which you responded since I conceded that, despite the black little spot, he seems to be the best of the lot.

What part of my comment you should have responded to was;

“Not that it matters but we the world have had enough of American Presidents, the aspirants for the job and their tall claims. There were high sounding candidates before Kucinich and there will always be after him. The only constant is that when elected, the slaughter continues. Why else would America be at continuous war at some place on planet earth since its inception? You think there never was a visionary before him in America’s presidential history? I am tired of this whole ball game, to say the least.”

You conveniently ignored that.

From my side, enough said on the subject.

Please note below that this bill was passed 3 DAYS AFTER 9/11 ATTACKS and it was to be used against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States. Anything wrong there?

H.J.RES.64
Title: To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Armey, Richard K. [TX-26] (introduced 9/14/2001) Cosponsors (1)
Related Bills: S.J.RES.23
Latest Major Action: 9/14/2001 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 420 – 1 (Roll no. 342).
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HJ00064:

Also please note:

http://www.aclu.org :

Just weeks after the attacks of September 11th of 2001, a petrified Congress was confronted by a chops-licking bloodhound (Bush) whose taste for blood and power was then and now remains insatiable. He pushed a 132-page bill in front of Congress, giving them 48 hours to vote for it blind, telling them that if they did not pass it sight unseen, he would publicly dub them as “soft on terror”. Anthrax was circulating around Congress at that very moment, somehow or other managing to target Democrats in office. (Even the ACLU which is very image-conscious, mentions the anthrax in Congress being timed with the matter I am talking about here).

Congress caved.

Only one brave Senator, Russ Feingold, howled his lone “Noooo!” into the eerily silent echoes of the Congressional space. Approximately one third of the House also stood firm and said “Noooo”, among whom was Dennis Kucinich.

With life and career image at stake, these were no small acts of bravery on the part of all who stood firm.

The Act being “voted” for blind was the Patriot Act.

Its contents are what retired FBI agent Ted Gunderson called “a giant step toward a police state”. It grants FBI agents individually the power to arrest people without court review, warrant, or probable cause. It set the warrantless wiretapping mechanism in motion on a “legal” level (even if the program already was in operation prior). FBI agents gained new powers to subpoena private records of “terrorists” based on “an authorized investigation” which, lacking judicial review, was basically self-certified by the FBI agents individually at their own whims. Using a loose definition of “Terrorism” to sweep up activists and religious groups in its definition, it obviously was designed to silence war resisters. The fact that Greenpeace has been dubbed a “terrorist” organization along with what (as a pattern) has turned out to be peace groups, is a sign that the Act was intended to silence anybody who stood in the way of oil and war profiteering. Interestingly enough, the ACLU reports that pro-Bush crowds are allowed to frequent the areas where Bush drives through, yet Bush protestors are corralled into areas far away from the media. According to the ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation’s statistics, mostly innocent Americans have been targeted as “Terrorists” by the FBI since the passage of the Patriot Act, not merely muslims, among which almost none were terrorists: http://www.rightsmatter.org/multimedia/

In fact, former FBI agent Mike German reported to ACLU members that only one terrorist has been caught since 9-11 as a result of the National Security Letters (the FBI subpoenas) under the Patriot Act. The Red Cross estimates that more than 70% of Guantanamo detainees are innocent.

Kucinich not only “Just said No” to the Patriot Act. He has warned people on the 2007 campaign trail that the rights to due process of law are at stake under the current Administration. Obviously concerned, he filed articles of impeachment for Cheney and Bush (is the death of his brother coincidental timing with those articles of impeachment, or is it legitimate? It’s all speculation for now. Only time will tell).

Knowing exactly what mentality he is up against in filing those articles of impeachment, once again he has exhibited no small courage. He is a man small in stature but with the courage of a lion.

Showing great foresight, smarts and ethic alike, Kucinich voted “no” for the Iraq War and continues to vote against funding it.

Kucinich also got funding for the war veterans at a time when Congress was neglecting them.

As a young rookie in his 30s, he as mayor of Cleveland blocked the sale of the local utility company (which was providing significantly lower rates than the bank-sponsored entities which were poised to replace it) and thus, 15 years later, he was credited by Cleveland for saving the taxpayers millions of dollars in utility bills. That’s no small feat for any politician at any age, let alone for one so young. Kucinich obviously is not dumb. Maybe he’d even be the one to reduce our national debt. CLIP
From: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_kathryn__071229_endorsement_3a_a_man_w.htm

I was taking a pause to see if someone else would take you up on your post. It looks like it was a mistake to post the article on a weekend. I forgot that readers tend to take a break–or so it seems.

Now as to my ignoring Dennis Kucinich.

Not that it matters but we the world have had enough of American Presidents, the aspirants for the job and their tall claims. There were high sounding candidates before Kucinich and there will always be after him. The only constant is that when elected, the slaughter continues. Why else would America be at continuous war at some place on planet earth since its inception? You think there never was a visionary before him in America’s presidential history? I am tired of this whole ball game, to say the least.

And please note that, despite his many positives, he is also the gent who voted to authorize President GWB’s broad war making powers in the days following 9/11. To be exact, I think it was the House Joint Resolution 64, also known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force against Terrorists. This particular resolution has been cited by the Bush Administration in its justification for suspension of Habeas Corpus in Guantanamo Bay and its wiretapping of American citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Kucinich voted along with 419 of his House colleagues in favor of this resolution, while only one Congresswoman opposed, Representative Barbara Lee.

Having said that, Kucinich does look like the best of the lot that is running for the slot, I concede that much. However, he has pledged nothing of the kind that I wrote in my article and you quoted. Promising to undo the Iraq mistake comes nowhere close to my idea of an American Pres.

Your call.

Honestly, I don’t know why you continue to discredit and ignore Dennis Kucinich, Anwaar. He did NOT vote For War. How about his legislation to IMPEACH CHENEY?
Supporting Documents for H Res 333 http://kucinich.house.gov/SpotlightIssues/documents.htm

How about his legislation for a Department of PEACE? http://www.thepeacealliance.org/content/view/84/111/

Kucinich introduced legislation, HR 950, to abolish all nuclear weapons. The Kucinich resolution states: “That the House of Representatives calls upon the President to initiate multilateral negotiations for the abolition of nuclear weapons.”

The liberal, anti-war Ohio congressman said he was inspired to run because he disagrees with the way some of his fellow Democrats are handling the war, including approval of a proposal to spend $160 billion more on the conflict. “Democrats were swept into power on Nov. 7 because of widespread voter discontent with the war in Iraq,” said Kucinich, 60. “Instead of heeding those concerns and responding with a strong and immediate change in policies and direction, the Democratic congressional leadership seems inclined to continue funding the perpetuation of the war.”

He is the candidate whom you say doesn’t exist! He is NOT out of the race!! You write him off as well as the media tries to. I cannot understand why you don’t publicly support him in your column. You could have helped him get notice and FUNDS from the American people who really need to hear his message since he has been constantly demonized and censored by the media…but I guess he doesn’t sell well here either:

Reported on page 6 of Kucinich for President http://tinyurl.com/35gpyh
Re: Kucinich for President!
« Reply #88 on Today at 8:10am »
See posts above on this too…M
ABC violates public interests, endorsing chosen candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Kucinich for President campaign late today filed an emergency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission claiming that the ABC television network “is violating its obligation to operate in the public interest” by excluding Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich from tomorrow night’s scheduled debate in Manchester, NH.
Further, the complaint charges, the televised event “is not a true presidential primary debate without including all credible candidates, but instead is effectively an endorsement of the candidates selected by ABC.” The filing also notes that ABC “is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walt Disney, Co., whose executives have contributed heavily to other Democratic presidential primary candidates, including Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, former Senator John Edwards, and Governor Bill Richardson.”And, the filing points out, Kucinich “is the only Democratic presidential candidate who has qualified for Federal matching funds who is being excluded by ABC.” (Full FCC complaint.) CLIP

Note:Coverage of the occasional successes of Dennis Kucinich in the 2004 Democratic primary campaign were clearly suppressed. When Kucinich took second place in Hawaii with 26% of the vote, almost twice the 14% of John Edwards, most major media gave Edwards name, but didn’t even mention Kucinich, saying only that a “third candidate” took second place. The media seems not to like anti-war candidates.
SEE: http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/primaries/pages/states/HI/

From an early post at Kucinich for President; http://tinyurl.com/yusn6b
Why should you support Dennis Kucinich? How about these reasons:

Because early on he struggled and voted against the Bush war. Dennis Kucinich is leading the fight against war with Iran. Dennis is also leading the fight to end the war in Iraq and he is opposing the funding that is keeping the war going.

Because he’s a principled person who wants to serve the people, and serve the cause of peace for all people.

Because Kucinich is the leader who will stand up to the corporate forces.

Because he has strong moral character and the guts to speak truth to power.

Because Dennis Kucinich is the only member of Congress with a perfect voting record. He is the one person who can always be counted on to vote his conscience.

Because most members of Congress have sold out on the free trade issue. They get money from corporations to allow those corporations to fire American workers and hire underpaid foreign workers (often children) who work in inhumane conditions. Dennis Kucinich always stands up to and opposes these free trade bills.

Because last year and the year before, the vast majority of members of Congress voted for a bill that funds Yucca Mountain, a dangerous project that threatens California’s food and water supply. Yet, Dennis Kucinich, half way across the country, voted against these nuclear bills. Pelosi voted for them and against the interests of the people of her own state.

Because Dennis represents what we have never before seen in public politics, a principled man of integrity; precisely the kind of leadership desperately needed in this country, and the kind of leadership now sorely lacking.

Below, Joshua Scheer at Truthdig has posted an interview, newspaper articles and TV news stories which show the great courage it took for the then 32 year old Mayor, Dennis Kucinich, to save Cleveland’s public power system.

The city went into default, because the banks would only accept the public utility as payment on the city’s debt. Nothing else would do. Then-Cleveland Mayor Dennis Kucinich in 1978, when he was under siege by Cleveland’s business community, its media and many local private interest groups—all of which were pushing him to sell the city’s publicly owned municipal power plant. His principled refusal to do so kept him out of public office for the next 20 years. He now serves as a U.S. congressman from Ohio.

The story exposes the very real issues of corporate greed, media manipulation and corruption all of which were overcome when the people were supported by the very courageous Mayor, Dennis Kucinich.

Please support Dennis’s work by making a contribution at http://tinyurl.com/37u6lx

Michelle

We the People have the right and the obligation to rebel against misguided authority. One-by-one, we can break away from the herd and begin to think for ourselves. Leaders have no power without followers.

There have always been wars on this planet and there will always be wars on this planet, until the last soldier lays down his weapon and refuses to fight.