By Adam Pieniazek on November 10, 2008
Dear Mr. Ralph Nader, As a citizen who believes in the importance of principles, values and beliefs, as a citizen who supported, promoted, and voted for you and Matt Gonzalez and as a citizen who loves this country but even more so loves this planet, I must make one request of you. If Barack Obama [...]
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By Adam Pieniazek on November 6, 2008
Wow, I heart The Onion. Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are That video literally forced tears of laughter to roll down my cheeks. The Onion was really on point this year and especially down the stretch. Comedic genius. Check out some of their other hilarious stories: Black Guy Asks [...]
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By Adam Pieniazek on November 5, 2008
Photo credit to insunlight. Congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama! Though I voted for Nader-Gonzalez and encouraged others to do the same, I am not disappointed by Barack Obama winning the United States Presidency. Rather I think he’s a huge upgrade over Bush, purely by being intelligent, eloquent and charismatic. He ran an impressive campaign and [...]
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By Adam Pieniazek on November 4, 2008
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how to open up our political process and truly democratize it. When asked, many people believe that viable third party candidates (say those who can theoretically win) should be able to attend nationally televised debates and be covered by the mainstream press. In other words, the [...]
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By Adam Pieniazek on November 3, 2008
No, you’re not seeing things, that title is correct. I, Adam Pieniazek, endorse Barack Obama. Now, that does not mean I will vote for him (tip of the hat to Stephen Colbert for this idea). Quite on the contrary, I will be voting for Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez. However, I realize that all my [...]
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By Adam Pieniazek on November 2, 2008
As noted before, I’m a big proponent of equal access to debates for all candidates who could potentially win the presidency. As of today, there are six parties with access on enough ballots to theoretically win the presidency [Constitution, Democrat, Green, Independent, Libertarian, and Republican]. Tonight there will be a debate between the vice-presidential candidates [...]
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