Month November 2004

Oil traders say prices will soar. Analysts say President George W Bush’s policy in the Middle East will increase tensions even further and force oil prices higher

To reiterate a previous posting, that’s what Wobblie organizer Joe Hill said to supporters just before he was executed for a murder he didn’t commit. “Don’t mourn, organize.” In about 1910 or so, the Wobblies, probably the most militant union ever in US…

Sheesh, you’d think Kerry would at least wait until the provisional ballots were counted. But no. Like Al Gore in 2000, rather than precipitate a possibly serious in-the-streets squabble, Kerry choose to fold. A Marxist would say Kerry, like Gore,…

There are over 100,000 registered Greens in California. Green Party candidate David Cobb polled a mere 31,679 votes, less than 1/3 the number of Greens, a truly inept showing. Nader got less than 400,000 votes nationwide, less than 1%, and way less…

Count the votes!. It’s not over in Ohio. As this email notes:Bush is currently leading in Ohio by 136,221 If there are 250,000 provisional ballots outstanding. The highest number I’ve seen. And 90% of those ballots are good, as they…