tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15857064348891332412024-02-08T07:20:25.045-08:00Congress Watch: Maine's 1st DistrictThe Punk Patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671149620207872986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585706434889133241.post-30435641980169550102009-01-14T21:49:00.000-08:002012-02-07T13:24:53.893-08:00What *IS* Single-Payer Universal Health Care?<object width="800" height="500"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://current.com/e/89717314/en_US"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://current.com/e/89717314/en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="800" height="500" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object>The Punk Patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671149620207872986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585706434889133241.post-76837501788513577582008-11-16T14:50:00.000-08:002009-02-04T20:51:07.622-08:00What is "Congress Watch" ?Congress Watch is a non-partisan citizen led organization with one goal:<br /><br />* Provide education and opportunity for fellow citizens to flex their political muscles by keeping a watchful eye on our elected officials in Washington DC, and creating opportunities for holding them accountable.<br /><br />KNOWLEGE IS POWER<br /><br />Our Ten Organizing Principals are as follows:<br /><br />1) Government accountability and transparancy<br /><br />2) Return to a non-interventionist foreign policy<br /><br />3) Exit the WTO and NAFTA, return to bilateral trade agreements based on human rights, labor rights, and environmental protection principals<br /><br />4) Universal Single Payer Health Care<br /><br />5) Cut Pentagon Budget by 15% by eliminating obsolete pork from the budget<br /><br />6) Universal College Education<br /><br />7) Adherance to the Constitution in both voting and legislating<br /><br />8) Instant Runoff Voting<br /><br />9) Run clean, or if you don't , work to beef up the FEC's clean elections code. There should be no option of "not running clean."<br /><br />10) A Living WageThe Punk Patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671149620207872986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1585706434889133241.post-34583149899706009482008-11-05T20:33:00.000-08:002009-02-04T20:38:21.159-08:00Remember, Remember, the 5th of November<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2156858&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2156858&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2156858">CLICK TO SIGN UP @ November 5.org</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user898120">Tarek Milleron</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.The Punk Patriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02671149620207872986noreply@blogger.com0