So, if the Republican Party keeps marching off the cliff on the Right and falling further yet into the radical realm, the next question is: Will the Democratic Party be able to stop itself from continuing their follower-ship before they step off themselves? The Republican platform isn’t surprising, but no less significant, in illustrating the [...]
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Why Do You Spend So Much Time Criticizing the Democrats Rather Than the Republicans?
As someone who is independently liberal, and vocal about it, I get the question in the headline a lot, and have for many years: why focus on criticizing the Democratic Party when the Republican Party is so much worse? Political conventions time – a routine stop along the way in what passes for “democracy in [...]
Queer Talk: You Won’t See It At the Convention – ‘Family and Freedom – Republicans for Marriage Equality’
At YouTube, Family and Freedom – Republicans for Marriage Equality: Republican Mayor Jerry Sanders of San Diego, California speaks out about his support for marriage for gays and lesbians, and encourages others in his party to do the same. The Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry are running this ad in Tampa during the [...]
Duopoly Convention Entertainment: Act I, The Tampa Tea Party
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I’ve written about the 2012 Republican and Democratic Conventions for a while now, as a focus of planned Occupy and related protests, as a part of the Duopoly system, and most recently, as related to security in Bipartisan Police State Planning for Party Conventions. Among [...]
Bipartisan Police State Planning for Party Conventions
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Preparations for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL, August 27 – 30, and for the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, NC, September 3 – 6 are in the final phase. Security is a legitimate and major concern, and law enforcement offices are doing their part, [...]
White Rabbit to Occupy Republican / Democratic Conventions?
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. I’m mentioning this about a week late, but at the OWS website, you can read “2011: A Year in Revolt,” followed by a “teaser,” “2012: We are getting ready,” which includes: On Jan. 17th, we will Occupy Congress. On Jan. 29th , Occupy San Francisco [...]
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