tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55769092011-04-21T21:35:33.167-07:00Covering politics left of center, elections, civil liberties, and Howard Dean.Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741390679351593929noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576909.post-1058258684432769872003-07-15T01:44:00.000-07:002003-07-15T01:46:49.876-07:00The first time I remember hearing about Howard Dean was in April, 2000 when he signed the Civil Unions bill. I admired him greatly for that but I did not know much else about him. It was not until the middle of last year that I heard he was running for President. I became a staunch supporter last October when he was the <a href="http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5090&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1001">lone voice </a>speaking out against the war in Iraq. I was disgusted with the Democratic party's lack of opposition. As I learned more about Dean, I found several things that excited me. <br /> <br />1) He is a doctor and has a <a href="http://www.deanforamerica.com/site/PageServer?pagename=healthcaresummary">plan for Universal Health care</a>. <br /> <br />2) While providing health care for 92% of adults and 96% of Children in Vermont, Governor Dean was still able to balance the budget. In fact, Vermont may be the only state running a <a href="http://rutlandherald.nybor.com/News/Story/68442.html">surplus</a> this year. <br /> <br />3) He is a Democrat with a backbone, something that is unfortunately quite rare these days. <br /> <br />4) He has pledged to get rid of Bush's irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthy and use the money for health care and funding first responders for Homeland Security. <br /> <br />There are some of Dean's positions such as the Death Penalty (he is for it in cases of murder of a child, police officer, or terrorism) that I do not agree with, but I always know where he stands. <br /> <br />I have been volunteering unofficially for the Dean campaign for a few months now. For the first time in a <strong>long</strong> time I have hope for the future of this country. <br /> <br /><a href="javascript:HaloScan('<$BlogItemNumber$>');"><script type="text/javascript">postCount('<$BlogItemNumber$>'); </script></a> <br /><a href="http://pnac.info"></a> <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5576909-105825868443276987?l=leftpolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741390679351593929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5576909.post-1058169029258736582003-07-14T00:50:00.000-07:002003-07-15T00:26:03.883-07:00This new blog is a late night experiment right now so I don't expect to share the link for a few days (if ever), but if you have run across by accident, welcome. <br /> <br />Condi and Rummy did the talk show circuit today trying to make the case that Bush's state of the union was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/international/worldspecial/13CND-INTEL.html?pagewanted=print&position=">technically accurate</a>. Funny, I don't recall the right wing giving Clinton a break for his "technically accurate" statement "I did not have sexual relations with that woman...". But I guess lying about sex with your girlfriend is a much more egregious offense than lying about the threat to this country to get people to support a war. So what if people died? The people from <a href="http://freedom2008.com/blog/archives/PNAC/PNAC.pdf/">PNAC</a> are happy. <br /> <br />What is PNAC you ask? Their website is currently down, but the link above will take you to a .pdf file that details their sinister plans. I will blog about PNAC in depth some other time. You can visit <a href="http://pnac.info">pnac.info</a>, a blog I just found that exposes these people. <br /> <br /> <a href="javascript:HaloScan('<$BlogItemNumber$>');"><script type="text/javascript">postCount('<$BlogItemNumber$>'); </script></a> <br /><a href="http://pnac.info"></a> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5576909-105816902925873658?l=leftpolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741390679351593929noreply@blogger.com