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This is what democracy looks like !

January 22, 2009
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One out of every 150 Americans was there in Washington DC yesterday, January 20, 2009. Nothing before yesterday had ever seen such a press of humanity that demonstrated on Tuesday. So many grand words have been spoken or written about President Barack Obama’s inauguration, that we dare not add anything mediocre. We had risen yesterday in anticipation, and turned on the tube early to watch history and try to be part of it. The crowds were what amazed me. Seeing faces with tears rolling down glad cheeks were what got me the most. Watching so many young Americans happy and excited, seeing so many African-Americans beaming, and viewing the plain diversity of the crowd made us all gasp with pride. The relentless chants of “Obama, Obama!” echoed my shouts into the night air the evening he was elected.

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At Obama’s Inauguration – what’s a liberal protester going to do?

January 13, 2009
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Peace activists in the nation’s capital met for weeks last fall, brainstorming how they’d demonstrate their opposition at the inauguration of John McCain as president. Then Barack Obama won the election. What’s a liberal protester to do? “It was a happy dilemma,” said Barbra Bearden, spokeswoman for Peace Action, which is affiliated with the Activist Coalition of D.C.

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What Obama Has to Look Forward to – a Federal Government Rife With Waste, Fraud, and Mismanagement

December 8, 2008
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New General Accounting Report serves as a peephole into the myriad internal problems of the executive branch, depicting a federal bureaucracy that is rife with mismanagement, inefficiency, and faulty communication practices—all of this combining to jeopardize both the nation’s health and security.

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Media black-out of antiwar protests continues as demonstrators continue to protest 5th anniversary of Iraq war

March 19, 2008

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Activists gear up for March 19th protests while corporate media gear up to ignore those very protests
This continues to be a most curious week: antiwar protests of the 5th anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of [...]

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