The Rocky Anderson Alternative as President of the United States

You won't hear the mass media talking about Rocky Anderson. You won't hear Anderson speaking at any of the Presidential Debates, because the corporations that run our elections will make sure that Anderson is not invited to any of these debates. Anderson, a two-term mayor of Salt Lake City, is running as the nominee of the Justice Party. He is sorely disappointed in Barack Obama's decision to support passage of NDAA. He is a strong believer in the need to take definite steps to reduce production of greenhouse gasses (he took serious steps as Mayor). He very much supports the aims of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement. He challenges Americans to reject the "fear-driven argument" that they must vote for one of the two dominant political parties. [More . . . ]

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Abusive Relationship with God?

On Facebook, I found the following image, which draws parallels between alleged relationships with God and abusive human relationships. This image reminds me of a saying of GrumpyPilgrim: "God loves you like an abusive parent." One of Grumpy's favorite bits of "evidence" being the alleged fact that God set up the attractive nuisance of the tree of knowledge, then condemned humanity forever when Eve did exactly what God knew she was going to do. I don't know the identity of the author of the above image. I anyone knows, I'd like to give proper attribution.

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Romney Roots

Tom Hayden notes Republican obsessions with dredging up Barack Obama's roots, and says it's time to take a look at Mitt Romney's Roots:

In conclusion: A Romney relative, the head of the Mormon temple in Chihuahua, was kidnapped along with another Mormon in probable retaliation for 1970s murders carried out by a son of the founder of Colonia LeBaron, the polygamous enclave that gave rise to George, and now Mitt, Romney.
Speaking of roots, Jason Drexler takes a look at the roots of Romney's spiritual leader, con-man Joseph Smith, the founder of the Mormon religion.

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