February 2012
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Ten Reasons to Vote for Rocky Anderson in 2012
The promotion of the public interest through the defeat of the systemic corruption that has caused massive failures in public policy.
An immediate end to the on-going wars.
Essential health care coverage for all citizens.
Urgent international leadership by the U.S. to prevent against the most catastrophic consequences of climate disruption.
Adequate revenues to balance the...
Time For A Real Solution: America Needs Real... →
Rocky Anderson today openly reproached Republican Candidates for their debate rhetoric about health care.
“They call it RomneyCare or they call it Obamacare. They cast aspersions on both plans but the fact remains: American citizens need and deserve an effective, affordable and just health care solution. Paying more than twice per capita what is paid in the rest of the industrialized world for...
Those weak losers who care about “law” | Glenn... →
Candidate Obama, in 2007, when asked as part of an executive power questionnaire if a President could attack Iran without Congress, consulted with a long list of lawyers to prepare his response and, concerning that specific issue, said: “the President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or...
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“The Constitution makes it absolutely clear; the President is to execute federal...”
– Rocky Anderson
Obama Campaign To Wall Street: We'll Go Easy On... →
President Obama’s campaign manager has a message for Wall Street: This time around, we’ll lay off.
Jim Messina, Obama’s campaign manager, told the hosts of a $38,500 per-plate fundraiser geared towards investment bankers and hedge fund managers that the president wouldn’t make Wall Street look bad during his re-election campaign, Bloomberg reports. The assurance follows...
“This is the new Gilded Age. It hasn’t been like this since the 1920s. The...”
– Rocky Anderson,
Which Way Forward?
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Income Inequality Breaks Down Rule of Law →
jonathan-cunningham:
One of the central characteristics of highly unequal societies is that two sets of laws develop: One set for the rich and powerful and one set for everyone else. The more unequal societies become, the more easily they accept the unacceptable, and with each unrebuked violation, the powerful actors at the top of the society gain an ever greater sense of entitlement and an...
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Obama’s Plan to Save the Military From Cuts—at the... →
As budget wonks comb over President Obama’s outline for fiscal year 2013, a startling White House plan has become clear: the administration is seeking to undo some mandatory cuts to the Pentagon at the expense of critical domestic programs. It does so by basically undoing the defense sequester that kicked in as a result of the Congressional supercommittee on debt. This wasn’t a featured part...
Rocky Anderson: Let's Foreclose On Our Government →
Last week, President Obama revealed his plan for helping victims of foreclosures in our country.
The Justice Party’s candidate for President, Rocky Anderson, says he has his own plan: “Let’s foreclose on Congress and the White House. Let’s take them back from the rapacious special interests who have been controlling them and ensure, for a change, that they serve the interests of the public.”...
With POTUS In Town, San Franciscans Debate... →
solitaryforager:
Single payer health care and the National Defense Authorization Act. Police militarization and voter disenfranchisement. People power and organized labor. And of course — ‘Occupy.’ These and other social issues sparked passionate debate amongst a crowd of 380 gathered in San Francisco’s First Unitarian Universalist Church on Wednesday, Feb. 15 for a panel discussion on ‘which...
“The United States should no longer be the only country in the developed world...”
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Rocky Anderson’s Solution: Healthcare Policy
Essential Healthcare for Everyone, As in All Other Industrialized Nations
Far too much is at risk for our republic to let this cavalier attitude toward the rule of law continue. If we are to be a nation of laws, rather than of tyrants – if we are to be a nation that lives up to the promise of “justice for all” — if we are to be a nation that lives up to its solemn treaty obligations and proudest traditions – we must take a stand, together, and let it be known...
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Big Banks STILL Gambling →
According to a report in today’s New York Times, the same banks which wreaked havoc on Wall Street in 2008 are gambling again. The big five have had more than eighty billion dollars of exposure in the most economically troubled European countries.
Justice Party Presidential candidate Rocky Anderson thinks this is too dangerous for America.
“It’s infuriating. After all the damage these banks did...
“I think one of the reasons President Obama has been able to move so far to the...”
– Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
“There are two separate indefinite military detention provisions in this bill,...”
– Rocky Anderson
US Citizens on Assassination Lists →
Justice Party Presidential Candidate Rocky Anderson has joined two U.S. Senators in calling on the U.S. Justice Department and the Obama Administration to disclose classified legal opinions which deal with the killing of American citizens.
“Our government is saying it has the right to kill Americans whom it believes are part of a terrorist organization, but it refuses to disclose to Congress the...
“How many billionaires does it take to buy a presidential election? “With so much...”
– Robert Reich, Obama Has Handed The Election Over To The Super Rich
Rocky will do what needs to be done and what Obama doesn’t have the courage to do: lead a incorruptible campaign and movement for justice.
Political action corruption: Obama decides to take... →
Justice Party Presidential Candidate Rocky Anderson is outraged, but not surprised, that President Obama has decided to accept money from Super PACS. “This is gross hypocrisy on the part of the President. The systemic corruption of our government starts with money - essentially bribes that both parties receive with slavish devotion to the contributors, where the people get shafted,” said...