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Posts published in October 2010

Ralph Nader: ‘Mainstreaming the Extreme Rightwing’

Ralph Nader at Nader.org:

The strong case that Eric Alterman’s book What Liberal Media? made in 2003 against the propaganda-style claim by rightwingers, that the mass media has a liberal bias, is an expanding understatement.…

David Nolan: Three TV interviews in four days

Posted by David Nolan at LP blog:

I was interviewed by three Tucson area TV stations in the last four days: KUAT-6 hosted a three-way “debate” on Thursday; KGUN-9 interviewed me at a Tea Party event in Sonoita on Saturday, and KMSB-11 taped a short interview that will air on 10/31.…

Root media update

Posted by Wayne Root at LP blog:

Wayne Allyn Root, Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee (LNCC) continues to attract major media attention.

Here is one day (last Friday 10/15/10) in his busy media schedule:

1 PM TV Appearance on “Russia Today” via Skype (Nationally syndicated TV)

2:30 PM Appearance on “The Jerry Doyle Show” (Nationally syndicated radio)

3 PM to 6 PM Guest Host of CBS Radio (KXNT) in Las Vegas, Nevada.…

Green US Senate candidate Tom Clements: ‘DeMint ignores S. Carolina, meddles in other states’ races’

Emailed to [email protected]:

Clements releases magical new web video, says DeMint should spend less
time on other states’ Senate races and more time on jobs for South
Carolina

Columbia, SC – Republican Senator Jim DeMint’s PAC the Senate
Conservatives fund has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars into
Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s magical quest for the
Senate while South Carolinians have heard next to nothing from their
junior Senator this election year.…

Green DC Council candidate Schwartzman blasts gutting of DC drug rehab program, offers plan to restore & expand funding for human services

Emailed to [email protected]:

At-Large DC Council candidate David Schwartzman demands restoration of
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration, offers plan to
maintain and expand the District’s human services

• “A modest tax hike on the top 5% bracket could deliver over $100
million in additional revenue while still providing tax relief to
working class residents and others in need”

• Schwartzman proposes solutions to DC’s economic woes: creation of
Green jobs; establishment of a DC Municipal Bank; required ‘payments
in lieu of taxes’ from tax-exempt institutions in DC

WASHINGTON, DC — David Schwartzman, candidate for the at-large seat
on the DC City Council, demanded full restoration of funding for the
District of Columbia’s Addiction Prevention and Recovery
Administration (APRA), calling the program indispensable in light of
the fact that 12% (about 60,000) of DC residents have substance abuse
problems.…