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Liberty & Power
by Keith Halderman

10/03/12

The reason we are told this election is so important is not because of who wins or loses, this time, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, but because the mainstream media wants us to demonstrate our acceptance of the principle that government exists to benefit us. The fact is that government really only has concern for the politicians, lobbyists, bureaucrats who have control of it and the wealthy who can pay to decide who gets that control...

http://hnn.us/blogs/liberty_and_power/148640.html



Open the presidential debates!

The Nation
by John Nichols

10/02/12

Confirmed as the nominees of their parties at scripted if not always on-message conventions, the Romney/Ryan and Obama/Biden tickets now proceed to what should be the lightning round of American politics: four debates during the month leading up to the November 6 election. Unfortunately, if all goes according to plan, the debates won t be any more dramatic or instructive than the conventions. America doesn t really have presidential debates. Instead, we have joint appearances where candidates recite talking points in settings so carefully controlled by party apparatchiks that the only real wrangling is over the height of the lecterns and the temperature of the drinking water...

http://www.thenation.com/article/169635/open-presidential-debates


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Election fraud: The smoking gun
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/election-fraud-in-the-usa/election-fraud-the-smoking-gun.html

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Emergency Call for a United Front Against Austerity

By Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.

No matter whether Obama or Romney wins the coming presidential election, American working people will face a savage assault on their economic rights starting after the vote.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32654.htm



The Illegitimate 2012 Debates

By Carl Gibson

Until the two corporate parties relinquish control of the CPD and allow other candidates to have more of a say, every 4 years will always include the same charade this time of year.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32674.htm



The US presidential debates' illusion of political choice

Op-Ed

The issue is not what separates Romney and Obama, but how much they agree. This hidden consensus has to be exposed,

http://is.gd/wt3DLN


From Information Clearing House

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At Last Night s Debate: Romney Told 27 Myths in 38 Minutes

Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress: Pundits lauding Mitt Romney s debate performance are ignoring the fact that he misled viewers.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11943-at-last-nights-debate-romney-told-27-myths-in-38-minutes



Issues That Obama and Romney Avoid

Noam Chomsky, Truthout: There are two issues of overwhelming significance, because the fate of the species is at stake: environmental disaster, and nuclear war. But the only difference between the two political parties is how enthusiastically the lemmings should march toward the cliff.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11956-noam-chomsky-issues-that-obama-and-romney-avoid



Not Just Big Bird: Six Examples of the Right s War on Beloved Children s Characters

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet: Voters will decide whether or not Romney gets to fire Big Bird, but this is certainly not the first time right-wingers have painted a target on a fictional character.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11976-not-just-big-bird-six-examples-of-the-rights-war-on-beloved-childrens-characters



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