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 true Alysa Selene 2004-11-06T16:09:00-05:00 2006-03-31T22:13:04Z 2004-11-06T21:10:16Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109977541602160739 Songs of the Potomac (audio) These past weeks have been filled with the strong noises of political discourse. In the midst of our reporting, a collegue and I went to the Potomac to walk the banks of the river that Washington D.C was built by. This river has seen millenia, a time long before this area was consumed by the politics of today. In fact, this region was part of the land where the Iroquois Confederacy thrived, a false Alysa Selene 2004-11-06T15:42:53-05:00 2004-11-06T21:28:53Z 2004-11-06T21:08:39Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109977531993034470 The separation of church and state (audio) The separation of church and state is a precious fundamental key to the success of our country. The founders of our country, authors of the Constitution, felt it both necessary and vital to insure the freedom of religion and to clearly protect our governing policies from religious doctrine. When I spoke with Susan Jacoby, the author of “Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism,” she false Alysa Selene 2004-11-04T23:46:00-05:00 2004-11-05T18:55:00Z 2004-11-05T04:50:17Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109963021725342469 What is happening to the view of America overseas? While the image of the United States abroad may not concern all Americans, I believe it should. An article in the BBC yesterday asks it's U.S. citizen readers to answer the question: “What do you want President Bush to do now?” Today I spoke with Simon Anholt, in the U.K., one of the world's leading specialists in the theory and practice of creating brand strategies (also referred to as public false Alysa Selene 2004-11-04T15:35:49-05:00 2004-11-05T18:52:49Z 2004-11-04T20:37:54Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109960067437387427 Environmental policies are up to us The election is over and now come the questions of policy and the legislative choices that will be made during this next term. In his press conference today, President Bush said, "I earned political capital in this election and now I intend to spend it." While much of the American media attention the past couple of days has been upon the political issues of this election, important false Alysa Selene 2004-11-04T13:08:07-05:00 2004-11-05T05:14:07Z 2004-11-04T17:17:30Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109958865029917105 The questions of Middle East Peace President Bush just completed the first Presidential press conference of his second term. There is much confusion surrounding Yasser Arafat's health, with one reporter asking for the President's response to the information that Arafat had passed away. The President responded, "God Bless his Soul." Further reports throughout today have countered this reporters statement to the president. false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T23:19:33-05:00 2004-11-04T05:21:33Z 2004-11-04T05:21:33Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109954569348488820 Wall Street The activity on Wall Street today made it no secret which sectors of business seem to be favored by President Bush’s win and which ones are preparing for a very different outlook in these next years ahead. The military contractors, oil industry, and pharmaceutical companies all surged. Both alternative energy and stem cell research companies took a fall. false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T16:28:29-05:00 2004-11-04T19:09:29Z 2004-11-03T21:31:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109951751032114335 A power sweep Today there are tears of disappoinment, sorrow and loss. For others there are tears of joy and hope. The challenge to unite this country will face our President in the days, months and years to come. It is a challenge that will also face each and every one of us, for we live here together in this nation. Senator Kerry said in his concession speech earlier today, “Today I hope we can begin false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T11:59:58-05:00 2004-11-03T17:02:58Z 2004-11-03T17:02:58Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109950137892311942 John Kerry announces concession John Kerry will give his concession speech at 1pm ET, followed by a speech by President Bush at 3pm ET. false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T03:11:37-05:00 2004-11-04T17:35:37Z 2004-11-03T08:22:12Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109947013221184044 International observers very disturbed The International Herald Tribune (IHT) reports about the response from the international election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe. The IHT writes: "The observers said they had less access to polls than in Kazakhstan, that the electronic voting had fewer fail-safes than in Venezuela, that the ballots were not so simple as in the Republic of Georgia and false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T02:48:41-05:00 2004-11-04T19:10:41Z 2004-11-03T07:56:57Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109946861767334995 Electoral reform Discussion of electoral reform has been a topic for a long time. This election absolutely brings this issue to the forefront. Colorado's initiative for electoral reform did not pass yesterday, however this presidential race may force the entire country to reconsider our Presidential election process. One organization that has advocated for the abolition of the electoral college system for false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T02:31:38-05:00 2004-11-03T07:41:38Z 2004-11-03T07:41:38Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109946769814165718 Edwards promises that every vote will be counted Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards, addresses the Kerry-Edwards supporters in Boston and the rest of the nation watching. He stated: "....We made a promise that every vote would count...we will fight for every vote." false Alysa Selene 2004-11-03T01:43:45-05:00 2004-11-03T06:57:45Z 2004-11-03T06:48:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109946450257520065 The Buckeye State Ohio Secretary of State warned all this very early morning,"Take a deep breath and relax." Their voting system is such that the provisional ballots will be counted eleven days after the election voting day. Also, there are military absentee ballots that can arrive up to ten days from this election. Ohio is being watched, shall I dare to say, by much of the world. It is time that we are all false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T22:40:06-05:00 2004-11-03T05:09:06Z 2004-11-03T03:59:35Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109945437568373502 Patience is a virtue The language of this evening is all about patience. There is no reason to rush to conclusions. The word "should" has been replaced by "could", as the possibilities are too vast to go beyond speculation to assuredness. "Too close to call" is the safest statement, so common a theme, that the networks have an abbreviation for it: "TCTC". Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward said his false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T19:52:39-05:00 2004-11-03T02:36:39Z 2004-11-03T01:54:53Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109944689380830236 The balance of power and the power of balance The strength of our government exists in its' balance of power and the checks and balances that were designed into the system by our country's founders. While the spotlight rests on the outcome of the next President of the United States, the control of the Senate and House of Representatives rests in the balance as well. In this election there are 34 Senatorial seats up for election and all false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T19:49:25-05:00 2004-11-03T00:50:25Z 2004-11-03T00:50:25Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109944302510032700 The-vote-gets-out The phone banks are certainly at work today. My grandmother, who resides in the swing state of Wisconsin, just told me that she has stopped answering her phone because she is receiving so many calls, first encouraging her to vote and then asking her if she had already. She voted, of course, and laughingly told me that she didn’t want to hang up on a live person so she is just letting calls go to false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T17:14:14-05:00 2004-11-02T23:24:14Z 2004-11-02T22:20:07Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109943400797633213 Check into the blogosphere Blogs have been extremely popular and quite successful in this years election. If you are interested in more blog information and up-to-the-minute postings, check out the blogger.com election page with blogger sites from both the left and the right. Other blogs I find valuable: Mother Jones blog Tompaine.common sense blog BBC blog Alternet blog Rock the Vote There was so much traffic false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T16:20:30-05:00 2004-11-02T21:56:30Z 2004-11-02T21:33:10Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109943119038665217 Quotes from the Candidates Here are couple quotes from the two Presidential candidates today: President Bush: "....I feed off the enthusiasm of the people." John Kerry: "...People invest their hopes in you....I am deeply moved by it--by the beauty of our country and the courage people have had to share their hopes with me." When Kerry was asked about today's high voter turnout, he offered with a smile: "I've got false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T16:14:35-05:00 2004-11-02T21:44:35Z 2004-11-02T21:19:36Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109943037610440957 Today's voting success Millions of absentee ballots have been submitted. Young people from all over the country have registered for the first time. An amazing number of people voted early, hoping to ensure their vote would be counted. Across the country there are unusually long lines in many voting districts. Regardless of the final voting outcome, today’s great democratic success will be the high voter turnout. false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T15:50:49-05:00 2004-11-02T22:02:49Z 2004-11-02T20:52:01Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109942872121150412 This election's first Supreme Court decision Is it protection from voter fraud or voter suppression? Republicans claim that there must be oversight and challenges to the voter registrations to insure that people are not voting illegally. Democrats claim that Republicans are trying to deny people their right to vote through intimidation and false claims. There is probably a little of both—the question is how much. CNN reports that the false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T15:27:13-05:00 2004-11-02T20:31:13Z 2004-11-02T20:29:50Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109942739066028794 Not all of the polls are close A cell phone poll of 18-29 year olds showed a likely voting percentage that was not so close. Senator Kerry led by 15 points, 55% to 40%, in this recent joint poll by Zogby and Rock the Vote. false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T14:42:50-05:00 2004-11-02T20:31:50Z 2004-11-02T19:47:48Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109942486852226623 CNN "sponsor" This morning, while watching CNN news, we heard an announcement for one of their “election coverage sponsors,” Americans for Balanced Energy Choices. There is of course nothing wrong with having sponsors, however it is a bit disturbing to have a coal energy lobby organization sponsoring election day coverage. What do you think? false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T14:01:22-05:00 2004-11-02T19:06:22Z 2004-11-02T19:06:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109942238240445388 International observers also watch U.S. election For the first time in the history of U.S. elections, representatives from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), an international elections monitoring organzation, will be present in the U.S. to observe the voting process. The OSCE, invited by the U.S. State Department, will be in several states, including the battleground states of Florida and Ohio.. They were present false Alysa Selene 2004-11-02T03:08:30-05:00 2004-11-02T08:30:30Z 2004-11-02T08:23:39Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811104.post-109938381983098448 Another look at the issues As you head to the polls today, and might like to see a little more about the issues one more time, take a look at NPR's WNYC 30 issues in 30 days page. CNN also has an easy-to-navigate overview John Kerry's website President Bush's website false