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Started Dec. 15, 2008

Started Dec. 15, 2008

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At 8:31am on September 11, 2008, Hoop said…: Hi Mark,
Great idea!
I sent invites out to all the kids.

At 5:09pm on September 3, 2008, Harold Hellickson said…: Mark, I appreciate your view and you might right.

I did not vote for 21 years. The presidents during that period were Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower. I then voted a couple of times and we had Kennedy and Johnson. That carried me to 1969. Minimum wage, in today’s dollar, peaked in 1965 but in general those were good times and the momentum carried Nixon to 1974, the year wage earners income began to decline from it’s 1973 peak.

So, for roughly 2/3rds of my life through that period, I got very good results without voting about equivalent to the next 1/3 when I did vote.

Since, the low income, the working poor, and the middle class have had to work harder for less. I voted in 1974 and have since. For all the good it did for low income and middle class American, I could just as well have not voted.

But, I sure as hell love looking forward to voting this year for a third party candidate that shares my values; that would be Ralph Nader. I love that almost as much as not voting for the damn plutocracy whether or not they may have preordained (rigged) the winner.

At 2:29pm on September 3, 2008, Harold Hellickson said…: Mark, thought you might be interested in today's OpEdNews article.
Promoted to column top on 9/3/08:
Another Reason to Vote Third Party

by Harold Hellickson Page 1 of 1 page(s)

www.opednews.com

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For 90 percent of Americans, wealth serves two functions. Firstly it assures our representative democracy will not be representative of the people; that we, as a plutocracy, will be governed by the wealthy. Secondly it enables philanthropy to exist. Neither serves the best interests of society.

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Article Location: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Another-Reason-to-Vote-Thi-by-Harold-Hellickson-080901-476.html

At 4:16pm on July 10, 2008, MamaChelle said…: Thanks Mark, I'm glad to be here. :)

At 2:40pm on June 13, 2008, Baba Buffalo said…: Hey Mark... Something good has begun...

At 10:42am on June 13, 2008, Eyes Wide Open International said…: Hey my friend, good that you created "another" place for discussion...yea? Is that your thinking cap your wearing Mark? Mine says IMPEACH on it...ha ha! Talk soon me-man!! Ron G.

At 8:05am on June 11, 2008, Sarah M Price Hansen said…: Hi Mark,
I was wondering if you might know this man from The San Francisco Bay area.. he is a strong activist and may be a great Contact for you in California "Raccoon Eyes Presents Indian Country" is his page on myspace , his name is Mike.
He is a huge civil rights activist

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=169456652