I will not try to research this right now, but only to go from memory of what I leaned from Dad, in collage at the College of Wooster, a Presbyterian school where I was required to take both Old and New Testament, and in my graduate education at Chicago Theological Seminary. Many of the following ideas are not the typical views held by many religious people, including “scholars” of the Bible who allow their own preconceptions to blind them. In all of my education, we were taught to study the Bible to understand what it is saying in its historical context and how the book came into being. This is what I want to share with you.
The concept of Love Incarnate goes back at least to the Old Testament prophets. [By the way, the word for prophet in Hebrew means “dreamer.” Think about that. They were dreamers and visionaries and their message calls us to be dreamers and visionaries as well. My personal thinking on this subject is that it can be equally understood by those of faith through the Bible and those who see the “prophets” in a fully secular sense as simply dreamers – perhaps in a sense similar to the writings of Carl Jung. ] They lived in a world even more badly broken that now. The most brutal forms of slavery, bestiality, murder, rape, violence, economic exploitation by the rich…were rampant and flagrant.
The greatest difference between then and now is that we now have the power to act on much wider scales today. A war then might burn one city and kill a few tens of thousands of people at worst. I wish that were true today when we have the ability to destroy the whole fabric of life on our planet in the hands of our militaries. Actually – following the prophets – I wish were would realize the futility of war and put an end to it forever. The prophets, if you read them carefully, tell us that is our duty, our calling if we believe. They cried to the Lord for relief and saw visions of how, at some point in the future history would be changed. By what? By Love. Their very first awareness was that only love
They realized that they were entirely too imperfect themselves and that the world was not yet ready at that time, but in their mind’s eye foresaw that at some point in the future an “anointed one, a Messiah,” in Greek Kristos or in English Christ would come. They are all translations of the same word. He would be the “first born of many sons”[ Romans 8:29] to perfectly embody or incarnate Love. They saw that there first had to be one to open the gate for the rest of us. That’s what they prophecied whether you believe Jesus fulfilled the prophecy or not.
The point is that they saw that only such Love could begin the process of redeeming the world. They were very clear that they were talking about a redemption taking place in the realm of human history, in this world. How do we know that? At the time of the early prophets, the Hebrews had no concept of the “afterlife” at all. Their concept was Sheol or Gehenna – the garbage dump burning just outside the wall surrounding the Temple Mount. That’s where people “slept” after they died. No heaven or hell. No conscious existence after death at all. The redemption was of the human experience in this life. My seminary professor of OT was able to trace the exact wording in Hebrew and history of this in detail. Sorry I can’t remember more.
One of the Biblical concepts we learned in seminary is “progressive incarnation.” Again I wish I could remember all of the Biblical citations which describe this concept. The best I can do is to say that it’s really there, but you have to put aside preconceptions and to look carefully for it. Love was a concept barely present in the ancient world. At best it was partially embodied in one’s own family or maybe extending to their immediate neighbors and kin. But even this love is mostly lacking in the Biblical accounts. I think it was Abraham who was ready to turn his wife over to the mod outside his door to have their way with her sexually rather than to fight for her safety or honor. Imagine that of one of the founders of our faith tradition.
Again the point, Love as a way of acting in the world has been a long time coming. The teachings have been given not only through our Judeo-Christian heritage, but through virtually all of the great surviving religious traditions. Maybe we can begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but the prophets made it totally clear that God acts through human agency. That’s another theme we were shown in our Biblical studies.
So, we are the ones, the ones we have been waiting for. If love doesn’t come to the world through us and our actions, then just where do we think it will come from. You say from God. Well yes, but will we be His/Her agent of love to heal the world? That’s the central calling of our religious heritage.
Amen
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Letter to Unions
Dear Union Members and Officers,
We at the Fundamental Reform Network share your distress that unions have faced enormous setbacks in recent years – loss of membership and funding, the weakening of labor laws and regulations, the lack of enforcement, your ability to organize… We would like to see that change in your/our favor.
Our Network’s plan is to completely eliminate corporate funding to candidates and incumbents or other perquisites in any form. While at first glance that might seem to be against your own interests, we ask that you consider our plan thoughtfully. Please do not take this plan as disrespect or a lack of appreciation for the causes you have fought to support. In the final analysis, we believe our program is in your interest and want the opportunity to explain why.
The key reason is simple: At this time unions are at a tremendous disadvantage in relationship to the power of huge corporations. Their power has enabled them to eliminate or reduce regulation or its enforcement of labor laws and otherwise constrict your power and activities. There is no way unions can compete with the money, lobbyists, and lawyers corporations are able to throw at any given issue. If we progressives can unite to eliminate all corporate money from the decision making process,we can begin to make our representatives responsive to their electorate. That levels the playing field and allows issues to be considered on their merit rather than the size of the campaign contribution.
This issue of corporate campaign spending is hot right now following the Citizen’s United decision. There is a huge public outcry to which we believe our program will become central. If we succeed, unions like other public interest campaigns aren’t going to have to pay to play -- to have our voices heard. Our representatives will open to issues on the basis of merit, not the amount of money an interest can pour into their campaign chests. This is in all of our interests.
The support of labor in this fight is essential. We hope that union support for our program will be early and strong. We ask you to consider taking our proposal to your Executive Committee for consideration of formally endorsing our program and to make your advocacy of it a primary educational goal for your members.
We at the Fundamental Reform Network share your distress that unions have faced enormous setbacks in recent years – loss of membership and funding, the weakening of labor laws and regulations, the lack of enforcement, your ability to organize… We would like to see that change in your/our favor.
Our Network’s plan is to completely eliminate corporate funding to candidates and incumbents or other perquisites in any form. While at first glance that might seem to be against your own interests, we ask that you consider our plan thoughtfully. Please do not take this plan as disrespect or a lack of appreciation for the causes you have fought to support. In the final analysis, we believe our program is in your interest and want the opportunity to explain why.
The key reason is simple: At this time unions are at a tremendous disadvantage in relationship to the power of huge corporations. Their power has enabled them to eliminate or reduce regulation or its enforcement of labor laws and otherwise constrict your power and activities. There is no way unions can compete with the money, lobbyists, and lawyers corporations are able to throw at any given issue. If we progressives can unite to eliminate all corporate money from the decision making process,we can begin to make our representatives responsive to their electorate. That levels the playing field and allows issues to be considered on their merit rather than the size of the campaign contribution.
This issue of corporate campaign spending is hot right now following the Citizen’s United decision. There is a huge public outcry to which we believe our program will become central. If we succeed, unions like other public interest campaigns aren’t going to have to pay to play -- to have our voices heard. Our representatives will open to issues on the basis of merit, not the amount of money an interest can pour into their campaign chests. This is in all of our interests.
The support of labor in this fight is essential. We hope that union support for our program will be early and strong. We ask you to consider taking our proposal to your Executive Committee for consideration of formally endorsing our program and to make your advocacy of it a primary educational goal for your members.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Free Speech Resources
FREE SPEECH for PEOPLE.org
Annapolis, Md, Jessice Sharp organizer, Jamie Raskin, Prof of law, American U and StateSenator, State clean money bill, Angela Canterbury, Public Citizen's Congressional Watch Div.
Annapolis, Md, Jessice Sharp organizer, Jamie Raskin, Prof of law, American U and StateSenator, State clean money bill, Angela Canterbury, Public Citizen's Congressional Watch Div.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Clean Money Campaign resources
California Clean Money Campaign: Fair Elections by Public Financing
www.caclean.org/
Campaign finance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance
Public Campaign | Clean Money Clean Elections
www.publicampaign.org/
Business lobbyists are among the main advocates of a ballot measure asking voters to ditch Arizona's public financing of election campaigns. ...
Bizjournals.com
Clean Elections for Congress - Common Cause
www.commoncause.org › Home › Money In Politics
Public Financing of Elections | Public Policy and Education Fund ... What is a public financing ...
ppefny.org/about/active-projects/public-financing-of-elections
Fair Elections | Public Campaign Action FundWe help enact, defend, and promote Clean Elections-style public financing in states around the country like Arizona and Maine, and advocate for similar ...
www.campaignmoney.org/campaigns/main/fair-elections
Eight reform organizations unite to promote public financing for ...On March 8, 2007, eight reform organizations wrote to all of the presidential candidates in both parties urging them to take steps to help save the system ...
themoderatevoice.com/.../eight-reform-organizations-unite-to-promote-public-financing-for-elections/
Public Financing | Brennan Center for JusticeThe Center co-authored and released "Breaking Free with Fair Elections," which explains how congressional public financing would make our federal government ...
www.brennancenter.org › ... › Campaign Finance Reform -
League of Women Voters of the United States | Presidential Public ...Dec 9, 2005 ... “He who pays the piper calls the tune” and that's why public financing of elections enables all citizens to hold the President accountable. ...
www.lwv.org/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?template=/CM/...cfm...
VotersNotDonors.org » Organizational Endorsement of Public ...Instead of candidates for office raising a lot of large contributions from wealthy donors, a voluntary system of public financing of elections allows ...
votersnotdonors.org/organizational-endorsement-of-public-financing-of-elections
[PDF] Rhode Island Public Financing of Elections ActFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
voluntary system of public financing of elections and is sponsored in the state ... money is collected, it is placed into the Public. Financing of Elections ...
www.fairelectionsri.org/media/FESummary.pdf
Public Citizen | Campaign Finance Reform - Campaign Finance Reform ...The best and most comprehensive reform is voluntary public financing of all federal elections where candidates have strong incentives to replace private ...
www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/index.cfm -
Washington Public CampaignsFAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT — introduced in Congress ... Public financing: Central to every issue ... Public Financing for State Supreme Court ...
www.washclean.org/
Democracy 21 -- The Hill: Congress should say 'yes' to public ...We need the public financing of elections to ensure the primacy of people in our democracy — making our elected officials accountable to the grassroots and ...
www.democracy21.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC...
CleanUpWashington.org | Fair ElectionsIn Depth... Fair Elections · Campaign Finance Reform · Presidential Public Financing · Lobbying Reform · Executive Branch Ethics · Key Reports · Archives ...
www.cleanupwashington.org/fairelections
Financing Elections Democratically - Democracy MattersSmith concedes the advantages associated with public financing of elections: increased electoral competitiveness and accountability; a better flow of ...
www.democracymatters.org ›
Mass Voters for Fair ElectionsCalifornia's legislature is moving ahead with consideration of public campaign finance legislation. The Assembly's elections committee recommended approval ...
www.massvoters.com/
AARP Online Community: Politics - Current Events - Public ...Mar 2, 2010 ... AARP Online Community: Politics - Current Events - Public Financing of Federal Elections or What We Have. For the life of me, I cannot think ...
www.aarp.org/community/groups/displayTopic.bt?...1...
Congress Should Say "Yes" to Public Financing, | Fair Elections Now!Angela Migally, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, makes the case for public financing of congressional elections in The Hill. ...
www.fairelectionsnow.org/.../congress-should-say-yes-public-financing
Alaskans for Clean ElectionsChanging how Alaska's elections are financed will bring political power back into the ... Fourteen states provide direct public financing to candidates. ...
www.alaskansforcleanelections.org/
Origins of State Public Financing of Elections IVPublic financing of elections is arguably the most radical and far reaching election reform instituted in the United States in the last thirty years. ...
www.octobernight.com/bwyatt/chap4.htm -
Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Annual Review"Public funding of elections, or clean elections, allows people who otherwise wouldn't ... fighting to reform the system of financing election campaigns. ...
www.rbf.org/.../annualreviews_show.htm?root_doc...
Public Financing Would Mean Cheaper Elections - Common Dreams ...www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/26/3418/ -
Campaign Finance Reform | The New Rules ProjectIn 2002 North Carolina's legislature adopted a measure that provides for public financing of judicial campaigns, as well as a nonpartisan elections system ...
www.newrules.org/governance/.../campaign-finance-reform
PDF] General Benefits of Public Financing of ElectionsFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Public Financing overview: Public Financing of Elections is an optional system that seeks to remove the influence of money in politics. ...
www.fairelectionsri.org/media/BenefitsGeneral.pdf
Clean Elections - Citizen Action GroupIn Maine and Arizona, public financing of elections has been an overwhelming success. Nearly 80% of Maine legislative candidates ran “clean” in the November ...
www.wvcag.org/issues/clean_elections/
No More Stolen Elections | WI adopts public financing for Supreme ...Dec 1, 2009 ... With today's action, Wisconsin becomes the first and only state to enact public financing legislation this year and joins North Carolina and ...
www.nomorestolenelections.org/.../wi_public_financing_supreme_court
Campaign UnavailableCongress needs an overhaul, not face-saving measures, and that must include public financing of elections. Americans want reform that takes power away from ...
ga3.org/campaign/cleanupcongressnow -
[PDF] Public Financing of Election Campaigns: An OverviewFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Public Financing of Election Campaigns: An Overview. Updated March 2009. Twenty-five states have programs that provide public funds for use in election ...
www.ilga.gov/.../Articles%20from%20the%20National%20Conference%20of%20State%20L
THE DAILY DELAY: Connecticut Passes Full Public Financing of Elections"Voters won today and the Connecticut legislature made history when lawmakers approved full public financing of legislative and state-wide elections. ...
dailydelay.blogspot.com/2005/.../connecticut-passes-full-public.html
[PDF] NO. 64. AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
(c) The General Assembly adopts this act to provide public campaign financing for elections for certain offices, initially the offices of governor and ...
vermont-archives.org/govhistory/campaign/pdf/Act_64.pdf
JAS - Public Financing"(Public Financing) makes all the difference. I've run in two elections, one with campaign finance reform and one without. I'll take 'with' any time, ...
www.justiceatstake.org/issues/state_court.../public_financing.cfm
San Francisco Clean and Fair Elections Working GroupWe are also building support for the crucial California Fair Elections Act, the pilot bill providing a full public financing option for candidates for ...
www.cleanandfairsf.org/
Public Financing for Federal Campaigns - Midwest Democracy NetworkMar 31, 2009 ... In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. ...
midwestdemocracynetwork.org/.../public_financing_for_federal_campaigns_2009/ -
Campaign finance reform | Democracy Reform OregonIn the coming months, count on us to let you know how to advocate for public financing of elections in Oregon and beyond. ...
www.democracyreform.org/?q=cfr
[PDF] COLOR OF MONEY : 2004File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
primary and general elections to $75 million. CLEAN MONEY/CLEAN ELECTIONS. Ultimately, full public financing of elections provides the best antidote to the ...
www.colorofmoney.org/report/2004_cofm_pres_21_25.pdf
Clean Elections Texas – Supporting Campaign Finance Reform, Public ...Clean Elections Texas – Supporting Campaign Finance Reform, Public Financing of Elections, and Openess and Accountability in Texas ...
cleanelectionstx.org/ -
Green Change : Power to the Public FinancingPower to the Public Financing; Fair Elections Now Act would reward candidates who spend time with their constituents, and not golfing or dining with ...
www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=421 -
(Effective November 4, 1998, the Vermont Genearl Assembly created ...History of Use Since 2000: the 2000 Election was the first year that public financing took effect for the races for governor and lieutenant governor. ...
www.vermont-elections.org/elections1/publicfinanceinfo11182005.htm - Cached
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections | MCCE Home Page... in the public interest to advocate for, increase public support for, defend and improve the Maine Clean Election Act and related campaign finance law. ...
www.mainecleanelections.org/ - Cached
= Yale Students for Clean Elections =Nov 10, 2003 ... 1.16.04 Read the Yale Herald op-ed on the role of private money in American politics and public financing of federal elections, ...
www.yale.edu/cleanelections/ - Cached
Democracy North Carolina Local Public Campaign FinancingLike other Voter-Owned Elections programs, the Chapel Hill program offered a ... resources to sponsor a public financing program for their local elections. ...
www.democracy-nc.org/concerns/voe-local.html - Cached
Wisconsin Passes Public Funding for Supreme Court ElectionsThe public financing law will give candidates for the Supreme Court $100000 for the primary and $300000 for the general election if they agree to spending ...
www.reclaimdemocracy.org/articles/.../wisconsin_public_funding.php - Cached
Funding Clean Elections - NCPIRGThe goal of public financing is to reduce the power wealthy donors exert in campaigns and elections. It may or may not reduce the cost of running for office ...
www.ncpirg.org/home/reports/report.../funding-clean-elections - Cached
Google search: public financing of elections -- stopped search at page 25. The above are only a small portion of the total listings. Many were articles.
www.caclean.org/
Campaign finance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance
Public Campaign | Clean Money Clean Elections
www.publicampaign.org/
Business lobbyists are among the main advocates of a ballot measure asking voters to ditch Arizona's public financing of election campaigns. ...
Bizjournals.com
Clean Elections for Congress - Common Cause
www.commoncause.org › Home › Money In Politics
Public Financing of Elections | Public Policy and Education Fund ... What is a public financing ...
ppefny.org/about/active-projects/public-financing-of-elections
Fair Elections | Public Campaign Action FundWe help enact, defend, and promote Clean Elections-style public financing in states around the country like Arizona and Maine, and advocate for similar ...
www.campaignmoney.org/campaigns/main/fair-elections
Eight reform organizations unite to promote public financing for ...On March 8, 2007, eight reform organizations wrote to all of the presidential candidates in both parties urging them to take steps to help save the system ...
themoderatevoice.com/.../eight-reform-organizations-unite-to-promote-public-financing-for-elections/
Public Financing | Brennan Center for JusticeThe Center co-authored and released "Breaking Free with Fair Elections," which explains how congressional public financing would make our federal government ...
www.brennancenter.org › ... › Campaign Finance Reform -
League of Women Voters of the United States | Presidential Public ...Dec 9, 2005 ... “He who pays the piper calls the tune” and that's why public financing of elections enables all citizens to hold the President accountable. ...
www.lwv.org/AM/TemplateRedirect.cfm?template=/CM/...cfm...
VotersNotDonors.org » Organizational Endorsement of Public ...Instead of candidates for office raising a lot of large contributions from wealthy donors, a voluntary system of public financing of elections allows ...
votersnotdonors.org/organizational-endorsement-of-public-financing-of-elections
[PDF] Rhode Island Public Financing of Elections ActFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
voluntary system of public financing of elections and is sponsored in the state ... money is collected, it is placed into the Public. Financing of Elections ...
www.fairelectionsri.org/media/FESummary.pdf
Public Citizen | Campaign Finance Reform - Campaign Finance Reform ...The best and most comprehensive reform is voluntary public financing of all federal elections where candidates have strong incentives to replace private ...
www.citizen.org/congress/campaign/index.cfm -
Washington Public CampaignsFAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT — introduced in Congress ... Public financing: Central to every issue ... Public Financing for State Supreme Court ...
www.washclean.org/
Democracy 21 -- The Hill: Congress should say 'yes' to public ...We need the public financing of elections to ensure the primacy of people in our democracy — making our elected officials accountable to the grassroots and ...
www.democracy21.org/index.asp?Type=B_PR&SEC...
CleanUpWashington.org | Fair ElectionsIn Depth... Fair Elections · Campaign Finance Reform · Presidential Public Financing · Lobbying Reform · Executive Branch Ethics · Key Reports · Archives ...
www.cleanupwashington.org/fairelections
Financing Elections Democratically - Democracy MattersSmith concedes the advantages associated with public financing of elections: increased electoral competitiveness and accountability; a better flow of ...
www.democracymatters.org ›
Mass Voters for Fair ElectionsCalifornia's legislature is moving ahead with consideration of public campaign finance legislation. The Assembly's elections committee recommended approval ...
www.massvoters.com/
AARP Online Community: Politics - Current Events - Public ...Mar 2, 2010 ... AARP Online Community: Politics - Current Events - Public Financing of Federal Elections or What We Have. For the life of me, I cannot think ...
www.aarp.org/community/groups/displayTopic.bt?...1...
Congress Should Say "Yes" to Public Financing, | Fair Elections Now!Angela Migally, an attorney at the Brennan Center for Justice, makes the case for public financing of congressional elections in The Hill. ...
www.fairelectionsnow.org/.../congress-should-say-yes-public-financing
Alaskans for Clean ElectionsChanging how Alaska's elections are financed will bring political power back into the ... Fourteen states provide direct public financing to candidates. ...
www.alaskansforcleanelections.org/
Origins of State Public Financing of Elections IVPublic financing of elections is arguably the most radical and far reaching election reform instituted in the United States in the last thirty years. ...
www.octobernight.com/bwyatt/chap4.htm -
Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Annual Review"Public funding of elections, or clean elections, allows people who otherwise wouldn't ... fighting to reform the system of financing election campaigns. ...
www.rbf.org/.../annualreviews_show.htm?root_doc...
Public Financing Would Mean Cheaper Elections - Common Dreams ...www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/08/26/3418/ -
Campaign Finance Reform | The New Rules ProjectIn 2002 North Carolina's legislature adopted a measure that provides for public financing of judicial campaigns, as well as a nonpartisan elections system ...
www.newrules.org/governance/.../campaign-finance-reform
PDF] General Benefits of Public Financing of ElectionsFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Public Financing overview: Public Financing of Elections is an optional system that seeks to remove the influence of money in politics. ...
www.fairelectionsri.org/media/BenefitsGeneral.pdf
Clean Elections - Citizen Action GroupIn Maine and Arizona, public financing of elections has been an overwhelming success. Nearly 80% of Maine legislative candidates ran “clean” in the November ...
www.wvcag.org/issues/clean_elections/
No More Stolen Elections | WI adopts public financing for Supreme ...Dec 1, 2009 ... With today's action, Wisconsin becomes the first and only state to enact public financing legislation this year and joins North Carolina and ...
www.nomorestolenelections.org/.../wi_public_financing_supreme_court
Campaign UnavailableCongress needs an overhaul, not face-saving measures, and that must include public financing of elections. Americans want reform that takes power away from ...
ga3.org/campaign/cleanupcongressnow -
[PDF] Public Financing of Election Campaigns: An OverviewFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Public Financing of Election Campaigns: An Overview. Updated March 2009. Twenty-five states have programs that provide public funds for use in election ...
www.ilga.gov/.../Articles%20from%20the%20National%20Conference%20of%20State%20L
THE DAILY DELAY: Connecticut Passes Full Public Financing of Elections"Voters won today and the Connecticut legislature made history when lawmakers approved full public financing of legislative and state-wide elections. ...
dailydelay.blogspot.com/2005/.../connecticut-passes-full-public.html
[PDF] NO. 64. AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCING OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
(c) The General Assembly adopts this act to provide public campaign financing for elections for certain offices, initially the offices of governor and ...
vermont-archives.org/govhistory/campaign/pdf/Act_64.pdf
JAS - Public Financing"(Public Financing) makes all the difference. I've run in two elections, one with campaign finance reform and one without. I'll take 'with' any time, ...
www.justiceatstake.org/issues/state_court.../public_financing.cfm
San Francisco Clean and Fair Elections Working GroupWe are also building support for the crucial California Fair Elections Act, the pilot bill providing a full public financing option for candidates for ...
www.cleanandfairsf.org/
Public Financing for Federal Campaigns - Midwest Democracy NetworkMar 31, 2009 ... In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. ...
midwestdemocracynetwork.org/.../public_financing_for_federal_campaigns_2009/ -
Campaign finance reform | Democracy Reform OregonIn the coming months, count on us to let you know how to advocate for public financing of elections in Oregon and beyond. ...
www.democracyreform.org/?q=cfr
[PDF] COLOR OF MONEY : 2004File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
primary and general elections to $75 million. CLEAN MONEY/CLEAN ELECTIONS. Ultimately, full public financing of elections provides the best antidote to the ...
www.colorofmoney.org/report/2004_cofm_pres_21_25.pdf
Clean Elections Texas – Supporting Campaign Finance Reform, Public ...Clean Elections Texas – Supporting Campaign Finance Reform, Public Financing of Elections, and Openess and Accountability in Texas ...
cleanelectionstx.org/ -
Green Change : Power to the Public FinancingPower to the Public Financing; Fair Elections Now Act would reward candidates who spend time with their constituents, and not golfing or dining with ...
www.greenchange.org/article.php?id=421 -
(Effective November 4, 1998, the Vermont Genearl Assembly created ...History of Use Since 2000: the 2000 Election was the first year that public financing took effect for the races for governor and lieutenant governor. ...
www.vermont-elections.org/elections1/publicfinanceinfo11182005.htm - Cached
Maine Citizens for Clean Elections | MCCE Home Page... in the public interest to advocate for, increase public support for, defend and improve the Maine Clean Election Act and related campaign finance law. ...
www.mainecleanelections.org/ - Cached
= Yale Students for Clean Elections =Nov 10, 2003 ... 1.16.04 Read the Yale Herald op-ed on the role of private money in American politics and public financing of federal elections, ...
www.yale.edu/cleanelections/ - Cached
Democracy North Carolina Local Public Campaign FinancingLike other Voter-Owned Elections programs, the Chapel Hill program offered a ... resources to sponsor a public financing program for their local elections. ...
www.democracy-nc.org/concerns/voe-local.html - Cached
Wisconsin Passes Public Funding for Supreme Court ElectionsThe public financing law will give candidates for the Supreme Court $100000 for the primary and $300000 for the general election if they agree to spending ...
www.reclaimdemocracy.org/articles/.../wisconsin_public_funding.php - Cached
Funding Clean Elections - NCPIRGThe goal of public financing is to reduce the power wealthy donors exert in campaigns and elections. It may or may not reduce the cost of running for office ...
www.ncpirg.org/home/reports/report.../funding-clean-elections - Cached
Google search: public financing of elections -- stopped search at page 25. The above are only a small portion of the total listings. Many were articles.
Anti-depression drugs
Psychotherapist and author Gary Greenberg: “Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease”
[From the DemocracyNow website] "Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it’s become commonplace to assume that our sadness can be explained in terms of a disease called depression. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 14 million Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three million suffer from minor depression. Some 30 million Americans take antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year. Gary Greenberg argues that while depression can be debilitating, it has also been largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription medication."
During Amy Goodman's interview on DemocracyNow [2-1-10], he discussed the fact that seeing depression as a disease to be treated by drugs conceals the consideration of depression as often being a natural response to a bad situation. We have seen this recently among progressives who had very high hopes for Obama's promises of fundamental change only to have them dashed yet again. The only real cure for such depression is to become involved in changing the circumstances which really cause the depression -- like becoming involved in our Network.
[From the DemocracyNow website] "Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it’s become commonplace to assume that our sadness can be explained in terms of a disease called depression. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 14 million Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three million suffer from minor depression. Some 30 million Americans take antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year. Gary Greenberg argues that while depression can be debilitating, it has also been largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription medication."
During Amy Goodman's interview on DemocracyNow [2-1-10], he discussed the fact that seeing depression as a disease to be treated by drugs conceals the consideration of depression as often being a natural response to a bad situation. We have seen this recently among progressives who had very high hopes for Obama's promises of fundamental change only to have them dashed yet again. The only real cure for such depression is to become involved in changing the circumstances which really cause the depression -- like becoming involved in our Network.
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