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An Independent "Unity for Change" Campaign for the Senate

I'm running for U.S. Senate because the two major parties no longer represent the interests of most Americans. A recent poll described in July 16 th Economist, asked voters if they thought their elected officials represented their priorities. Only 17 percent said yes. And, if we look at the policies being put in place by those in office we repeatedly see that the American people are correct – their views are unrepresented. Read more...

Six lessons from Katrina and Iraq

Friday, 16 September 2005
When we make mistakes it is a chance to learn – an educational opportunity. The Iraq War and the response to Katrina are two mistakes from which we can learn a great deal. Here are six lessons, there may be more as the two stories unfold. The U.S. Needs the National Guard at Home The National Guard's primary duty is to provide security, food, water and supplies to victims of natural disasters. They fill sandbags to prevent floods and rescue people injured, ill or swept away. Their primary role is to be a “national” guard not an “international” guard – to protect Americans at home. It is time to bring the National Guard home from Iraq. As Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) said on the Senate floor on September 13 “We need to bring them home, with a hearty, 'Job well done.' We should begin with the National Guard. Obviously, they are needed here. They are an integral part of our first responder team in the event of a terrorist attack or if, God forbid, another natural disaster were to strike.” Write Comment (0 Comments)
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Katrina is the Iraq War Come Home to Roost

Thursday, 15 September 2005

Time to Recall the National Guard from Iraq

By Kevin Zeese

As I watched the scenes on television -- soldiers driving by dead bodies in the street, wayward people looking like refugees, soldiers pointing their guns at civilians -- I could not help but think of Baghdad, but it was New Orleans. The reports of people on the ground were even worse:

“Police drove by, windows rolled up, thumbs up signs. National guard trucks rolled by, completely empty, soldiers with guns cocked and aimed at them. Nobody stopped to drop off water. A helicopter dropped a load of water, but all the bottles exploded on impact due to the height of the helicopter.

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“The first day (Wednesday) 4 people died next to her. The second day (Thursday) 6 people died next to her. Denise told me the people around her all thought they had been sent there to die. Again, nobody stopped.

“The only buses that came were full; they dropped off more and more people, but nobody was being picked up and taken away. They found out that those being dropped off had been rescued from rooftops and attics; they got off the buses delirious from lack of water and food, completely dehydrated.”

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“The new arrivals had mostly lost their minds, they had gone crazy. Inside the convention center, the place was one huge bathroom. In order to deficate, you had to stand in other people's s _ _ t. The floors were black and slick with s _ _ t. Most people stayed outside because the smell was so bad, but outside wasn't much better: between the heat, the humidity, the lack of water, the old and very young dying from dehydration... and there was no place to lay down, not even room on the sidewalk.”

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AlterNet - Enron Style Accounting Hides Real Costs of the Drug War

Tuesday, 12 July 2005
John Walters must be desperate to be so deceptive. Only a desperate man could keep a straight face while claiming that the prosecution and incarceration of drug offenders is not a cost of the drug war. Walters, the Bush administration's drug czar, recently announced that the nation's new drug war budget is not going to count the cost of prosecuting, sentencing or incarcerating drug offenders. It also will not count the cost of military personnel working on drug enforcement. However, the cost of alcohol treatment will be included in the budget -- even though the Office of National Drug Control Policy ( ONDCP ), Walter's agency, has no jurisdiction over alcohol. Why the Enron-like accounting tricks? Through these fiscal manipulations, Walters can claim that the split in his budget between law enforcement/military costs and treatment/prevention costs is nearly 50-50, rather than what it really is -- about 70-30. In other words, Walters can now back up the claim that he is taking America into a new era of the drug war, where treatment and prevention -- strategies that the public overwhelmingly supports -- outweigh punitive measures. Write Comment (0 Comments)
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American Chronicle: Unity Campaign for Peace, Justice and Democracy

Wednesday, 20 July 2005
An Interview With Kevin Zeese Foxworth: Why are you considering running for office? And why a campaign with multiple parties? Zeese: I'm considering running for the U.S. Senate because neither of the two major parties represent the interests of a majority of Americans. According to the June 17 New York Times, only 19% of people responding to a poll felt that Congress shared their priorities – so we need new voices that represent the peoples priorities. I'm running to represent multiple parties – a Unity Campaign – because we need to join together to challenge the two party system that is undermining American democracy and limiting voters choices. We need a vibrant democracy not an anemic one.
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