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I 've voted Green since I was a teen and allowed to vote.Yes,I "threw away" my vote by backing Nader a few times,but feel a compelling need to put environmental issues onto the ballot and into the political spectrum.I am an idealist as well as a realist and I will hold my own with any partyline follower in any damn debate any damn time,despite my ignorance-just try me.If we as a species don't start honoring our blessed biosphere a whole lot better,there won't be any party politics left to worry about.Which is fine by me 'cos I've died many times and don't mind another go-round in an arrid Mad Max or Waterworld kind of scenario,but as a parent I'd like to leave our future kids a better inheratance than a battlescarred toxic waste pit...there are plenty of remedial solutions we can put into effect NOW to counterract the greedy egotistical society we now see crumbling...politics (apart perhaps from local issues) are not the solution,but awareness must be raised and we greens need to rise to this occasion and effect systemwide change before...aaauuugh,whatever~ I dunno I just wanna yell at times-your turn!

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Posted Jul 13th, 2009 at 7:29PM
Voting against one's principles for the sake of expediency is a throw away vote; if you believed in Ralph Nader, you would be wrong to not vote for him. One doesn't owe anyone or any party one's vote.
     
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Posted Jul 13th, 2009 at 9:23PM
I was "tsktsked" at in liberal circles for "letting" Bush jr.
win by believing in a candidate who didn't appear to lie to me.Nader.I didn't expect him to win,ever.Gore jr. seemed like a liar,thus not earning my vote.I voted "against" Obama after his win was a foregone conclusion in my district,thus hopefully placing progressive green agends nearer to the mainstream debate. I am diametrically opposed to party politics as usual.
     
Posted Jul 15th, 2009 at 2:08PM
dubkebab, do you have any suggestions for addressing the challenge of party politics as usual?
     
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Posted Jul 15th, 2009 at 2:32PM
well,I'm sharpening up my swords,dusting off my mystic fez and taking my vitamins,but c'mon now I don't enter into timewasting political arenas...connecting locally with likeminded others to effect real measureable change in MY world seems to be giving me the most hope.and I'm all for surrealist direct action insurrection,teeheehee.
     
Posted Jul 15th, 2009 at 2:57PM
Me too, connecting locally with like minded others to effect real measurable change in MY world seems to be giving me the most hope. I am working on building a network for change that will provide income for the participants and revenue to endow Social Ventures Capital Funds. If interested, hit me back.
     
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