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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Bob Dylan's guide to Iowa

"Something is happening here, but you don't know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones?"

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 07:49 PM

Bob Dylan's guide to Iowa

So you wrote about politics and used the famous Hunter S. Thompson go-to quote from "Ballad of a Thin Man."

Shame on you.

You tried to steal from the best and didn't even try to do it with style. just brazen thievery.

Your Grade: F

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 08:53 AM

"It's not dark yet, but it's getting there"-Bob Dylan

Most all of the candidates the two parties are offering do not represent what is in the best interests of we the people.

Most all of them represent the best interests of the Industrial Military Complex.

Hillary is their choice as well as AIPAC's most favorite.

For Democracies to flourish we the people must be vigilant, involved and dissent is most patriotic.

In totalitarian regimes the people are afraid of the government.

In healthy democracies the government is afraid of the people.

America was founded by rebels, revolutionaries and dissidents.

America today is founded on military hardware and Common Sense blew out the window when Bush's Doctrine of FEAR was implemented.

It is time for another American Revolution based upon what our Founding Father's recommended:

"Soon after I had published the pamphlet "Common Sense" [on Feb. 14, 1776] in America, I saw the exceeding probability that a revolution in the system of government would be followed by a revolution in the system of religion... The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."-Tom Paine

"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all...and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave...a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils."-George Washington's Farewell Address - 1796

Eileen Fleming, Reporter and Editor WAWA

Http://www.wearewideawake.org/

Author "Keep Hope Alive" and "Memoirs of a Nice Irish American 'Girl's' Life in Occupied Territory"

Producer "30 Minutes With Vanunu"

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 09:18 AM

I Haven't Been To Iowa

but the only candidate with signs up along roads and streets in my Northern California community is Ron Paul and the place is peppered with them, probably an average of one every couple of miles. I'm sure these were put up by people who not only volunteered to put them up, but bought the signs as well with their own money. Many of them I saw in Santa Rosa are homemade. Something is happening here... Both my brother and my sister-in-law on my wife's side, who don't know each other, are going to vote for Bill Richardson. Most of the people I know socially are Kucinich supporters. Do I live in a weird place or do all the polls lie? And can we trust an Israeli defense contractor to fairly count the Iowa caucus votes, especially the Kucinich and Paul votes, when both candidates are on record as opposing continuing American unconditional policy alignment and support of Israel.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 04:28 PM

Who is really the most experienced?

I fail to see why someone who has only been in the Senate for a long time--even including as chair of the Foreign Affairs committee--is deemed as particularly experienced.

Chairs of committees rarely negotiate directly with foreign dictators or even deal with our allies abroad all that much. Biden is neither the least nor the most experienced/qualified candidate in '08.

Bill Richardson (former Congressman, UN Ambassador, Energy Secretary, popular Governor, and seasoned diplomat/negotiator) is truly the most experienced and seasoned person running for President.

It will be Richardson whose numbers will surge on Caucus night.

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