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Colbert does NYT OP-ED

By On October 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Has the sky fallen? Cause our fav conservative Stephen Colbert has a guest Op-Ed column in the New York Times. It damn funny too. Here is my favorite part. Being a southerner of Appalachian descent… it makes me laugh out loud.

So why I am writing Miss Dowd’s column today? Simple. Because [...]

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Question for Presidential Candidates about Public Broadband

By On October 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The site 10Questions.com is gathering video questions for presidential candidates. Think of it as a truly democratic YouTube debate without CNN. There are two phases. Round one: 1. You ask a video question to the presidential candidates. 2. You vote on the best questions. 3. The top ten questions get selected. This part ends [...]

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I’m voting for Sally Greene

By On October 15, 2007 · 1 Comment

This first thing that come to my mind when I think of Sally Greene’s record as a council person is her work to end homelessness. She has done a lot of real work towards solving this problem.

Homelessness isn’t a easy issue. Nor one that could easily win you votes. So to have [...]

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Donate to Help OP Grow

By On September 24, 2007 · 1 Comment

Please donate to the Orange Politics fundraising drive to help pay for site improvements. Read more here.

Our last update was 3 years ago, and OP is seriously needing better identity management and improved community tools. I think drupal will be a good solution for us, and I hope to work with [...]

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Learn from The Pinky Show

By On August 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Pink and Bunny are Cats. They have a video camera and like to share what they know. This is their show’s trailer The Pinky Show, in a Nutshell. (this link is to a page with a QuickTime version of this vid) Man this stuff is brilliant.

Thanks for sharing Paul!

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More Truth to Power Sen. Edwards

By On August 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment

via AlterNet:

Sen. Edwards campaigning in New Hampsire:

“Real change starts with being honest — the system in Washington is rigged and our government is broken. It’s rigged by greedy corporate powers to protect corporate profits. It’s rigged by the very wealthy to ensure they become even wealthier. At the end of the [...]

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AT&T Spies on you AND Censors Speech

By On August 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Last week AT&T got caught cutting part of a live Perl Jam concert when singer Eddy Vedder criticized President Bush.

During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” but were cut from the webcast:

- “George Bush, leave this [...]

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Rove Gone, Chuck reacts

By On August 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

In times like these sometimes you just gota cry when your happy and laugh when you’re sad…
Hurray for Chuck and The Uptake!

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Orange County, NC Elections Maps

By On July 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Over on Orange Politics Ruby has posted a entry with links to some amazing Google Maps.

Last week I created a Google map of all of the candidates in Orange County in this year’s municipal and school board races. Now excellent electoral map maker Damon Seils has added two [...]

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Millian tries to kick out Sheehan

By On July 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

WCHL reports that mall manager Nathan Millian attempted to throw Cindy Sheehan off Carr Mill property when she was meeting with Mark Chilton and impeachment activists yesterday. Eventually Shehan was allowed to stay at Panzanella. Here is the MP3.

Regardless how you feel about Ms. Sheehan’s politics, is this any way to treat [...]

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