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My Mom's Cookie Recipe 09/12/08

I was sitting at my dinner table last night eating a two two two cookie.

It's my mother's recipe.

Simple.

Healthful.

Nutritious.

It's called a two two two cookie because it has two cups of oats, two cups of flour, two cups of . . you get the idea.

As I'm biting into my two two two cookie, I'm asking myself:

What was the number one issue in the Presidential horse race for the past couple of days?

CNN/Time Poll: Nader at 6 Percent in Michigan 09/11/08

Drop $6 on Nader/Gonzalez.

We're pulling solid numbers in key swing states.

Including 6 percent in Michigan, according to yesterday's CNN/Time poll.

Nobody can say what will happen over the next seven weeks.

What we can say is this:

Independents are now positioned for an historic breakthrough.

Statement to Ron Paul Supporters 09/10/08

Today, along with other third party candidates, I joined Congressman Ron Paul to endorse a common agenda that stands up for the US Constitution by ending illegal wars, and protecting the privacy and civil liberties of all persons under US jurisdiction. We also jointly called for an immediate halt to the increase in the national debt, an end to corporate subsidies and taxpayer bailouts of corporations, and to start aggressively pursuing prosecution of corporations that commit crimes and frauds.
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Nader and Ron Paul with Wolf Blizter on CNN Today 09/10/08

Ralph Nader and Ron Paul will appear this afternoon on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.

CNN says the segment will run sometime between 4:15 and 4:40 p.m. EST today.

Hope you get a chance to see it.

The press conference with Ralph and Ron Paul and other independent candidates this morning went great.

LISTEN TO PRESS CONFERENCE HERE

Thank you Ron Paul for hosting it and for your determination to bust up the two party system.

C-Span was there and will run the event in its entirety. (Check schedule here or the C-SPAN Video Library here.)

Ralph Nader on Bailing Out Fannie and Freddie 09/10/08

By Ralph Nader

When Members of Congress or the Administration or the corporate CEOs or the empirically starved right-wing ideologues start whining about regulation the right-wing echo chamber goes wild. When the absence of adequate regulation lets an industry wreak havoc, Congress and the Administration meekly admit a bit of regulation might have averted disaster. The corporate CEOs, expelled with their lucrative golden parachutes, have "no comment.”

The taxpayers, who are too often the guarantors of last resort and who are stuck with the tab, are asking each other why their public watchdogs were asleep at the switch. The Washington merry-go-round is something to behold.

Ralph Nader, Ron Paul Press Conference This Morning 09/10/08

Drop $10 on Nader/Gonzalez now.

Why?

It's September 10.

And we're calling it Independents Day.

The day when Ron Paul and Ralph Nader will join together.

At the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

With other independent minded candidates.

Ralph Nader Takes Questions 09/09/08

Karen Kilroy of the Nader/Gonzalez web team is posting video of recent Question & Answer sessions at the "Open the Debates" rallies in Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

You'll find this all new and thought-provoking footage in our Issues Playlist at YouTube. Continue reading ...

Breaking News -- Nader/Gonzalez on in 45 States! 09/09/08

Drop $11 on Nader/Gonzalez.

Why?

We're celebrating.

At the beginning of this campaign, we made a promise:

Nader/Gonzalez on the ballot in 45 states by September 20.

Today -- Tuesday, September 9, 2008 -- eleven days ahead of schedule -- we declare victory.

The Invisible Man 09/05/08

The revolution will not be televised - but thanks to your help, it will be on youtube. We passed our media fund goal of $100,000 and brought in over $20,000 yesterday alone!

I flew to Minnesota to shoot video of the Open the Debates super rally then stayed up all night editing - I hope you enjoy the result. Also, because of your generous support, you will see much more coverage of future events.