Bob Morris @ Jun 4th 2007 21:44 - Category: Unfiled ;
Let me know what you think.
This new theme for Polizeros takes advantage of the latest release of WordPress, v 2.2, which supports widgets. Widgets are what you see in the left hand column. In the old version, these had to be hand-coded, now it’s just drag-and-drop from the Control Panel. Way cool.
Bob Morris @ Jun 4th 2007 12:34 - Category: Unfiled ;
Bob Morris @ Jun 4th 2007 08:29 - Category: Unfiled ;
A new, more powerful battery is the reason why. Then, sun power your hybrid and get even better mileage!
Bob Morris @ Jun 4th 2007 00:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
California Green party activist and recent congressional candidate Byron De Lear presents his thoughts on how to end the ongoing train wreck that is the Green Party of California, something Polizeros blogged about on May 8.
Factionalism in the GPCA and vision for reform
Our inability to successfully process conflicts in our state party apparatus in California has made state wide growth nearly impossible.
This in turn, has negatively impacted the entire Green Party nationally, as California represents the forefront of national green politics and the State with the most Green Party members in the US.
His conclusions
Fatal flaws:
1) No party leader
2) 80% voting thresholds
3) Failure to rise with rapid growth of global environmental concernsBroad Stroke Fixes:
1) We need a chairperson and/or leader
Seems obvious, doesn’t it? Yet I’ve seen screaming matches in GP meetings over where someone should, gasp, be in a position of authority. The real problem is, they can appoint a chair, but there’s little chance of that chair being able to govern because many Greens will simply ignore or attack them.
2) 80% Voting threshold is unrealistic; paralyzing
Currently when the state GP is voting on certain issues, it must pass by an impossibly high 80%, which simply guarantees inertia and paralysis. Rules like this allow a small minority to control things.
3) Green Party must be the political leader on environment.
The GP used to own the environmental issue. But where are they now on global warming? Issuing press releases and little else, that’s where. Ditto for the war. They could have led national protests. Instead they were absent from them. This was mostly due to internal chaos and dissension.
The problems in the California GP are structural and can be fixed. If not, the California GP - and with it the national GP - will fade to black. It’s that serious.
Bob Morris @ Jun 4th 2007 00:08 - Category: Unfiled ;
My Left Nutmeg has a comprehensive backgrounder on AIPAC, the primary lobbyist for Zionism in the U.S.
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