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News & ArtsFriday, May 7, 2010
Books Reading Tonight: Ralph Nader Wants You to Buy His Book
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:22 AM
First, I would like to point out something that didn't make it into the calendar. The Jack Straw Writers Program May Reading Series kicks off today at 7pm at Jack Straw Productions (4261 Roosevelt Way NE). The 2010 Jack Straw Writers will present new work. Tonight's readers are Brian James Barr, Katherine Grace Bond, Bill Carty, and Tara Roth. Past Jack Straw authors include John Olson and David Schmader, so they have been known to produce quality. Apologies to Jack Straw for the lack of inclusion.
Jane Smiley reads up at Third Place Books tonight. Smiley is the author of a great many fantastic novels. The Private Life is her newest one. University Book Store hosts Filipino novelist Miguel Syjuco. Ilustrado is a novel about a young man investigating his mentor's life and death.
And then we have a new novel at Town Hall. Ralph Nader, who many people say handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000, reads from his new novel, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!. If you have anything to say to Ralph Nader, you should go and say it tonight.
The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here. And if you're planning on staying in and you're looking for personalized book recommendations, feel free to tell me the books you like and ask me what to read next over at Questionland.
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lol, people are still bitter about the 2000 election? hilarious! Look no farther than your neighbor to find out why that fucker won the election.....
get.....over......it..... 50% of America fucking sucks, taking it out on this guy is the least of your problems.
get.....over......it..... 50% of America fucking sucks, taking it out on this guy is the least of your problems.
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can we stop with the "it's Nader and the Green's fault that GWB became presdent" bs? He (and his team, mostly his team actually) STOLE the election and disenfranchised scores of voters. And the dems could not stand up to them. That is the story. Stop holding back third parties.
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"Ralph Nader, who many people say handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000..."
HA! If by saying "many people" you meant "complete idiots", then yes you are correct. No one "handed the presidency" to anyone. Gore and Leiberman were pathetic. Plus, most intelligent people know that Bush stole the election. Google "Black Box Voting" and "Election 2000" for a basic primer.
HA! If by saying "many people" you meant "complete idiots", then yes you are correct. No one "handed the presidency" to anyone. Gore and Leiberman were pathetic. Plus, most intelligent people know that Bush stole the election. Google "Black Box Voting" and "Election 2000" for a basic primer.
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Ahhh the loony left. I'm so glad they all voted Obama and then got tossed overboard so Obama can lead from the center.
Obama 2012! (who else ya gonna vote for crazy lefties?)
Obama 2012! (who else ya gonna vote for crazy lefties?)
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Ten years after the fact and you continue to slam Nader for running for office on a platform you probably agree with far more than Gore/Lieberman's, knowing full well that the election would have been thrown to GWB whether or not Nader pulled his miniscule percentage of the vote. Why?
Nader may be a bit humorless, but he's not the enemy.
Nader may be a bit humorless, but he's not the enemy.
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@3 - Agreed. I automatically translate that sentence as "Ralph Nader, who many ignorant and/or fundamentally undemocratic people say handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000..."
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I wish I had scrolled down more. It's far more fun telling your annoying ass that you're 9 months late with the Nader book than it was telling your poor intern.
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It's funny, I totally get annoyed by the assertion that Nader cost Gore the presidency, for all the reasons folks have already said -- the purging of certain Dem-leaning voters from the rolls, the recount mess, the "selection" of Bush by the Supreme Court). And yet, I felt like he behaved like a totally classless jerk this last election (saying Barack Obama was "talking white," for example). It's like he was two different people.
So while I'll defend him against the 2000 election smear whenever I hear people say it, I usually follow it up by saying, "But he really acted like an ass this last election."
So while I'll defend him against the 2000 election smear whenever I hear people say it, I usually follow it up by saying, "But he really acted like an ass this last election."
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Obama went before a church group and said that the reason that families fall apart is because "men don't stay"... he totally left out the problem with low wages,lack of affordable housing, education, and health care... that kind of blaming the victim is inexcusable...
anyway, nader's quote was:
it remains to be seen whether obama will be an uncle sam for the people or an uncle tom for the corporations"
sad to say, he has turned out to be the latter but it's no surprise since AIG gave his campaign almost $1 million.
also google "birth defects in fallujah"... since the US uses depleted uranium for bullets, our troops are getting cancer and the children there are being born with such horrible birth defects that the officials are telling the people to not even try to have kids... the same thing is true in afghanistat
the money spent on war in one month could end poverty and hunger in the whole world! wouldn't that do more for 'national security' than giving you a strip search at the airport?
also, both obama and mccain wanted war in afghanistan, nuke power, coal power, no talk on minimum wage, and bailouts... obama even told AIPAC he was for one state solution in Israel and less than a month later, was in Jerusalem saying "2 state solution"... i heard the report on the BBC and the reporter was trying not to laugh... also, google "george w obama" on the village voice web site to see nat hentoff's article on how BO is *worse* than bush on the constitution... also, his military budget is the largest in human history.. can you name even three laws that nader is responsible for: EPA, OSHA, FoIA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and so much more...see "anunreasonableman.com"... sad to say the human race is famous for not knowing who their friends are... nader's contributions have been erased from the national consciousness... it's our loss...
see: www.nader.org and www.democracynow.org
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anyway, nader's quote was:
it remains to be seen whether obama will be an uncle sam for the people or an uncle tom for the corporations"
sad to say, he has turned out to be the latter but it's no surprise since AIG gave his campaign almost $1 million.
also google "birth defects in fallujah"... since the US uses depleted uranium for bullets, our troops are getting cancer and the children there are being born with such horrible birth defects that the officials are telling the people to not even try to have kids... the same thing is true in afghanistat
the money spent on war in one month could end poverty and hunger in the whole world! wouldn't that do more for 'national security' than giving you a strip search at the airport?
also, both obama and mccain wanted war in afghanistan, nuke power, coal power, no talk on minimum wage, and bailouts... obama even told AIPAC he was for one state solution in Israel and less than a month later, was in Jerusalem saying "2 state solution"... i heard the report on the BBC and the reporter was trying not to laugh... also, google "george w obama" on the village voice web site to see nat hentoff's article on how BO is *worse* than bush on the constitution... also, his military budget is the largest in human history.. can you name even three laws that nader is responsible for: EPA, OSHA, FoIA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and so much more...see "anunreasonableman.com"... sad to say the human race is famous for not knowing who their friends are... nader's contributions have been erased from the national consciousness... it's our loss...
see: www.nader.org and www.democracynow.org
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