Wal-Mart mobilizes against Democrats: report

Hi, rdorgan -- thanks for posting this.

Words of Howard Dean....

Our lives are busy and our burdens are many, but together we can revive our democracy. We must renew our commitment to better inform ourselves and others; to question our elected leaders; to conduct a dialogue with our neighbors; and to vote in each election.

To stand up when injustice is done.

To protest when rights are jeopardized.

To unite for the common good.

To fight for what we know is right for our country.

We must do so because, in the words of Thomas Paine: “The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.”

... though McCain's supporters are largely just ABB (ie. Anybody but Barack; AGAINST someone, rather than FOR someone) ones:

http://www.examiner.com/a-1514114~McCain_s_comments_on_raising_taxes_draw_disapproval_from_left_and_right.html?cid=rss-Washington_DC

McCain’s comments on raising taxes draw disapproval from left and right

Jul 31, 2008 3:00 AM (1 day ago) by Bill Sammon, The Examiner

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - By equivocating on whether he would raise Social Security payroll taxes, John McCain has managed to simultaneously raise the ire of anti-tax Republicans and truth-squadding Democrats.

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In an effort at damage control, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds tried to walk back his boss’ statement during an interview with Megyn Kelly of Fox News, who reiterated the question of whether a payroll tax increase is “on the table.”

“No, Megyn. There is no imaginable circumstance where John McCain would raise payroll taxes,” Bounds replied. “It’s absolutely out of the question.”

Liberal commentator Keith Olbermann of MSNBC marveled: “That’s the damnedest thing I’ve heard yet. How is that possible that the candidate is not speaking for his own campaign?”

"Principles for an Internet Policy

This nation - and not just this nation - needs to have an honest conversation about what's real, possible and desirable when it comes to the gift of the Internet. Conversations need shared ground. Here are the beliefs we think should guide the development of a fact-based federal policy. We put these forward as part of a continuing Great American Conversation .

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5. The Internet is a democracy of voices, not primarily a broadcast medium

Although the Internet certainly can be used to broadcast messages and programs from one spot to hundreds of millions of others, its most important effect socially and economically is its transformation of the broadcast model. Rather than "freedom of the press belonging to those who own one," everyone now can reach everyone else. The Internet is encouraging people to speak up, in their own voice, about what matters to them. This empowerment of human voice and conversation is profoundly in line with the ideals of American democracy.

I think Howard Dean would surely be disappointed to see what has happened to bfa.  

I am outraged- isn't it illegal to bring political coersion into the workplace?