http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress Local progressive political activism across the USA Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:21:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Election Day, as Americans consider whether to place Sarah Palin first in line to become President of the United States in the event that the elderly John McCain dies, they ought to consider the advice of Jeannette Lacey: "We are the constituents who know what her actions have been, what ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/10/juneau-protests-against-sarah-palin-again/ Last night at the Democratic National Convention, Senator Claire McCaskill delivered a purposeful and nasty insult to her nonreligious constituents, declaring that the people of Missouri are "God-loving" and asserting that the United States of America is a nation "under God" It wasn't an accident that these words came out. ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/claire-mccaskill-not-all-missouri-democrats-are-religious/ When they found out that the Democratic National Convention was planning several days of meetings between religious leaders from tax exempt organizations and Democratic Party officials in order to plan for the use of tax exempt resources to support Democratic campaigns, and begin to coordinate for kickbacks under the expansion ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/secular-americans-protest-democratic-exclusion-today/ Tomorrow in Venice Beach, California, there will be a protest march consisting of a group of women wearing no shirts. The initial reaction many people, especially teenage boys, may be nothing beyond the level of a hubba hubba, but there's a lot more at stake in this demonstration than ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/chest-and-breast-equal-in-los-angeles/ The establishment Democrats in Vermont are playing the role of Republicans, trying to scare Vermont voters about higher property taxes. In the following campaign video, independent candidate for Governor Anthony Pollina asks the question that the establishment Vermont Democrats don't want asked: If you had to choose between cutting your property ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/anthony-pollina-thinks-tough-for-vermont/ Seen today at the convergence Goodman Avenue and East Avenue in Rochester, New York today: A determined anti-war protest, with demonstrators holding signs with slogans like Stop the War System on all four street corners. Some people are trying to suggest that, simply because America's wars have been going on for ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/rochester-new-york-protests-against-war/ Congratulations to Direct Action to Stop the War for a successful anti-war protest... against a software company in San Francisco. Fail to see the connection between a San Francisco software company and an antiwar protest? Let me help you out, then: The connection is a game called America's Army that ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/direct-action-slams-ubisoft-for-underage-military-recruiting/ In Georgia's 10th congressional district, Democratic Challenger Bobby Saxon has blasted Paul Broun for voting against H.R. 3999, the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act. Remember the deadly collapse of that bridge in Minnesota? H.R. 3999 is designed to help prevent that kind of disaster in ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/paulbrounbridges/ Environmentalists in Florida must be feeling a little bit used right now. A few weeks ago, they gave a Obama a great photo opportunity, with a speech about how important it is to preserve Florida's coastlines by keeping the nationwide moratorium on expanded offshore drilling for oil. Then, with that ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/08/environment-florida-does-what-obama-wont-do/ When it comes to the ways of the Senate Democrats, California has the best and worst of what's available. Senator Barbara Boxer does what a Democrat is supposed to do - upholding progressive values, and defending the Constitution. Dianne Feinstein, on the other hand, doesn't seem to give ... http://irregularnews.com/statesprogress/2008/07/california-has-the-best-and-worst-of-senate-democrats/