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THE DAILY MAUL: The Publisher's "Dear John(s)" Letter - How Long Do You Wanna Beat This Dead Chestnut?
Submitted by Rob Williams on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 10:24am.
Dear John Ryan,
I read with interest your letter in Seven Days last week in response to my letter about their so-called media issue. (I printed your letter out below in its entirety.)
Even though you and I have never actually met, we do seem to share much in common.
We're both good-looking fellas.
MOST LIKE TO SECEDE: Why Doesn't Vermont Just Annex Itself to Canada? (David Budbill)
Submitted by Rob Williams on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 6:02am.
Why doesn't Vermont just annex itself to Canada and get it over with?
by David Budbill.
THE DAILY MAUL: Gubernatorial Candidate and Former U.S. Marine Dennis Steele Challenges Dems on Vermont National Guard
Submitted by Rob Williams on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:57pm.
Interesting FREE VERMONT RADIO podcast.
Dennis Steele and Free Vermont Radio.
The Vermont independence effort's 2010 gubernatorial candidate Dennis Steele challenges the Democratic candidates at their UVM "debate" on the important question of bringing home Vermont's National Guard, and challenging federal authority.
Interesting listening.
BANKING ON FREEDOM: The Campaign for State-Owned Banks
Submitted by Rob Williams on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:11am.
While bank bailouts fatten Wall Street, states continue to battle the credit crisis. In the search for innovative solutions, some political candidates are proposing that states generate their own credit by setting up their own banks.
THE DAILY MAUL: Marking the Occasion of Vermont Admission Day - Time To Go!
Submitted by Rob Williams on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 9:52am.
March 4, 1791 - the day that citizens of an independent Vermont republic (1777 - 1791) voted to join the new United States. Time to re-think that decision, fellow Vermont citizens. Free Vermont! Long live the UNtied States.
EDITORIAL: Seven For The Senate...And Counting. (Dennis Morrisseau)
Submitted by Rob Williams on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 5:47pm.
Vermont needs to hike up her boots and cut herself loose. We will
do this in town after town after town. Mingle and talk and take names.
Pass the hat at the end, for $5 or $10 per, is the hope...Dennis Morrisseau is a pro-independence candidate for the Vermont Senate, from Pawlet (Rutland County), and organizer of the "Thirty for Senate" 2010 campaign.
Chellis Glendinning: SEXession - Where Are the Women? (FEATURE)
Submitted by Rob Williams on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 5:41pm.
In the end, women may not be the sole proprietors of humanity’s
connectedness and caring, but, needless to say, we surely have
something essential to offer the work of healing and survival in
today’s sad, desperate world...Chellis Glendinning is an advisor to the Second
Vermont Republic, a psychotherapist, and the author of five books that
explore the “personalness” of the political. She lives in Cochabamba,
Bolivia.
Will Lindner: CROSSLOTS - Little House in South Burlington
Submitted by Rob Williams on Tue, 02/23/2010 - 4:48pm.
There’s a little town house in South Burlington where six tons of CO2
isn’t going into the atmosphere anymore. There are houses all over
Vermont that emit dozens of tons of carbon. The question that confronts
each of us is, where would we rather live? Will Lindner is a mandolin player, writer, and editor living in Barre. He serves as managing editor for Vermont Commons.
SECESSION UNIVERSITY: Lincoln Wrong On Secession (Bill Miller)
Submitted by Rob Williams on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 9:49pm.
Read more at Bill Miller's Secession University.
EMPIRE WATCH: The I in Imperialism - What Do Empires Do? (Michael Parenti)
Submitted by Rob Williams on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 9:31pm.
Sourced from CommonDreams.org.
When I wrote my book Against Empire in 1995, as might be expected, some of my U.S. compatriots thought it was wrong of me to call the United States an empire. It was widely believed that U.S. rulers did not pursue empire; they intervened abroad only out of self-defense or for humanitarian rescue operations or to overthrow tyranny, fight terrorism, and propagate democracy.

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