Confessions of a Reluctant Republican Shill, Fifth Columnist by Misdirection By Robert S. Becker

by Robert S. Becker Featured Writer Dandelion Salad rbecker@cal.net November 1, 2010 My name is Robert, and I am some sort of Republican Shill. It’s uncanny and unsettling: nigh over 20 years, for every gorgeous phrase I lovingly fashion to advance the left, the right grows stronger and nastier, its candidates better funded and more unhinged. [...]

Rove’s Vote Trickster: Caging Explained by Greg Palast

by Greg Palast Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com 1 November, 2010 On Tuesday, Tim Griffin, former chief of research of the Republican National Committee, is on the ballot for Congress to represent Little Rock, Arkansas. He’s favored to win. But Griffin is just as happy to win by stealing votes. Here’s a clip from the [...]

A corporation is not a person by Jerry Mazza

By Jerry Mazza Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at Online Journal www.jerrymazza.com Nov. 1, 2010 In reality, a corporation is a legal, chartered apparatus that allows a group of persons to organize a profit or not-for-profit business, outlining its products or services to be offered, its assets, and providing protection in times of loss to file for [...]

The Reality of The Insanity by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad November 1, 2010 Another election cycle is upon us . We have the Twiddle Ds ( Democrats ) , the Twiddle Dumbs ( Republicans ) and the new Tea Wind Bags all running like lemmings to ‘Get out the vote‘ . Duh, like it really will make a [...]

Queen of Cuba? by Jim Ryerson

by Jim Ryerson Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.youtube.com/user/tmanjdrjr (jim [at] travelingman [dot] net) Cuba Connections November 1, 2010 The Miami Herald has a piece about the election which shows what the future for Cuba policy would be if Republicans take over the House. Miami Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a shoe-in to win reelection, and [...]