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Something new and interesting happening in San Francisco for 2008 in putting President Bush's name on a San Francisco sewage plant which has actually qualified for the November ballot, according to the Associated Press.

Two ballot proposals have crossed the threshold in Michigan, one is stem cell related and one is a government reform plan that critics charge is just a Trojan horse for Democrats to gain power.

Ohioans for Healthy Families are now collecting over 120,000 signatures to place this legislation on the November ballot. All indications are they will succeed and this proposal will be on the November Ballot.

Colorado for Equal Rights is asking voters to support an amendment to the State Constitution defining "personhood" as beginning at the moment of conception. This is definitely a "hot button" campaign issue for the local 2008 election.

This ballot measure for the November 4, 2008 ballot would allow non-English-speaking students no more than 1-2 years of bilingual education. Find out more about the pros and cons of this measure.

Many registered voters refuse to vote because they don't want to endorse the candidates on the ballot. If "None Of The Above" were an option on the ballot, these voters might change the outcome of many elections.

Craig Biggio has now hit 3,000 hits and stamped his way into the Hall of Fame but he should be a first ballot Hall of Famer even before his 3,000th hit.

A sportwriter at the Daily Southtown defends his position to submit a blank ballot in the 2007 Hall of Fame voting.

The Foreign Policy Association has published the 2007 edition of the National Opinion Ballot.

Currently, voters are only permitted to vote for one candidate, no matter what they think about the other candidates. Mr. Stolyarov suggests reforming the primaries so that voters rank-order their preferred candidates instead of just voting for one.

This poem was a challenge poem on BWOP (Billy's World of Poetry.) billmanson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk In this unusual and fun contest, the letter "e" was not allowed. I challenge you to write a poem without using the letter "e"!

GOP could see opening in Iowa.

The reversal to the gay marriage ban in California was overturned by the California Supreme Court on May 15th, 2008. Already, it is in trouble.

It is time for the MLB All-Star game. Here are my choices as American League starters.

Most of us remember the animal abuse video shot secretly by the humane society and released in January of sick dairy cows.

The writers who vote people into the Hall of Fame should be ashamed they haven't seen fit to honor the ten players highlighted in this article.

After seeing Senators John Macain, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama, Charles Gibson suggested that viewers were actually seeing a preview of the 2008 presidential race.

Wine is the alcoholic beverage of preference in many homes in Massachusetts. Voters are being asked to decide about where they should go to purchase wine, the results are vintage Massachusetts.

It's time for the MLB All-Star game once again. Here are the eight players I would choose to start in the All-Star game.

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr. will take a second crack at getting the Democratic Party's nomination for the presidential election in 2008.

With the All-Star game rapidly approaching, here's who I think should be the each league's starters for the 78th All-Star Game.

The Boston Red Sox have asked MLB to switch Kevin Youkilis for David Ortiz on the All-Star ballots.

An initiative for an open ballot system for Oregon primaries has received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot. If it passes, it would mean that regardless of political party, a voter would be able to vote for any candidate he or she wishes.

There is a petition for that is trying to be placed on the November ballot if placed on and approved then employers in the state of Ohio would be required to give payed sick leave.

The Oregon City Schools are seeking additional funds from taxpayers in a 5.9 mil levy that will be placed on the ballot in March, 2008. The levy is intended to replace funds lost due to H.B. 66.

For 14 years, Jim Rice has been on the Hall of Fame ballot but been denied induction. Are the voters making the right decision, or are they overlooking a Hall of Fame caliber player?

A quick review of Presidential candidate positions.

There has been some talk about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama joining forces on the general election ballot. But is it a good idea?

The scenario goes something like this. It is August in Denver and the Obama forces and the Clinton forces are deadlocked, with no nominee as the fifth or sixth ballot is tallied. Meanwhile there are riots on the streets of Denver and tensions rise inside the convention hall.

About two of baseball's all-time greats and surefire first ballot hall of famers who risked shame and embarrassment for reasons that I could only guessed at.

One fan's look at the players eligible for the Hall of Fame class of 2009. Who will be elected? who will fall off the ballot? Who'll come close?

former Yankees reliever and closer Rich "Goose" Gossage was finally elected into the baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball writer's association after Gossage's ninth time being on the ballot

The three crows are back for another humorous discussion. This time they are in South Carolina talking about the meaning of the word "ballot."

Finally, with the back against the wall, Los Angeles has placed the phony phone tax, as detractors like to refer to it, on the Super Tuesday ballot under the moniker of Proposition S.

Missouri's Presidential Primary had a deceased woman's ballot cast.

Why do they not really give us a choice in the matter? If they wanted the publics opinion wouldn't they put "None f the Above" on the ballot?

All of a sudden now it is back to being a major election issue as conservative groups try to overturn the ruling and make another stab at putting a possible constitution ban on the ballot.

Pico Rivera has a one percent sales tax on its November ballot intended to raise money for city improvements.

Colorado has a controversial ballot initiative to amend the State Constitution to declare a fertilized egg a "person". Read about the full implications to the rest of the nation.

Ohio looks to have casinos on the ballot for the third time in November of 2008.

A group of financial service providers called Arizonans for Financial Reform filed signatures last week with the Arizona Secretary of State's office to put a statutory initiative, the Payday Loan Reform Act, on the ballot.

California State Supreme Court's permission to move forward with same sex weddings may be short circuited by a constitutional amendment slated to be included on the November ballot.

This is my ballot for the 2008 Baseball Hall of Fame

November 2008 will see legalizing doctor assisted suicide on the voters block once again. The initiative incorporates several safeguards against abuse and is a well thought out as well as compassionate measure.

You can't grow marijuana at home, even If you live in Mendocino, California according to ballot results from Voters on Tuesday, which leaned towards repealing the state's twelve-year old law that allowed for home-grown marijuana.

Description and analysis of the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, an Arizona ballot initiative, and its electoral prospects.

An initiative recently certified for the November ballot, the Protect Our Homes Act, would amend the state Constitution to ban real estate transfer taxes.

In the interest to make things fair, Michigan's votes will be divided by the two candidates since Obama didn't allow his name on the ballot.

The U.S. is dominated by the mainstream Christian faith but faith-based politics is falling out of favor. As candidates line up for the 2008 election, American's will be challenged to consider Mormon Mitt Romney for President. And the Church isn't on the ballot.

MLB announces Tuesday the newest members of the Hall of Fame. Here I take one voting member to task for their ballot and present how I would have voted if I had the chance I so richly deserve.

The argument in favor of Mark McGwire's entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame is that probably everybody else is cheating, too. The problem is that the Hall of still overflowing with players we know for a fact did NOT cheat.

Last November, I cast my ballot in a church I had never seen before. The surroundings and people were very unfamiliar to me...

Even if you're well-versed in Michigan politics, Jacob Woods is a name you probably don't recognize. But he'll appear on the same ballot as Jennifer Granholm and Dick DeVos this November.

It has become a $91 Million dollar production thus far; on paper you might think it was Hollywood's next blockbuster. It is California Proposition 87, one of the State's heated propositions on the November ballot.

After more than a year of public meetings and lawsuits, the Anaheim City Council stepped down from an earlier decision it made to change zoning to allow for a residential development near Disney property. Did they come to that decision on their own, or were they bullied?

Sixteen states are looking at getting gay adoption bans on the November ballot. Perhaps these states should instead be looking at the neglect they are giving needy kids.

A grassroots coalition was able to organize and educate the public enough to prevent racist anti-immigrant organizers from gathering the signatures required to place the initiative on the ballot.

A look at a recent Pennsylvania court decision to force the Nader/Camejo ticket to pay $80,000 in court fees for a failed effort to get on the ballot.

This article talks about Initiative 957, a piece of legislation that may be put on the November 2007 ballot in Washington.

Large numbers of people came out this past election to either support their incumbent leaders or voted for change by casting their ballot for challengers.

Voters are constantly barraged by measures to raise revenue by way of hikes in cigarette taxes.

Before a crowded audience at the Chester Meeting House on Oct. 16, Incumbent Republican Tom Marsh debated with Challenger Democrat Justin Good.

Incumbent Republican Tom Marsh, who is now finishing his first term in office, will be challenged by Democrat Justin Good for the First Selectman seat in this small town.

Marshall Faulk is retiring following 12 solid seasons in the NFL

The act of not voting has ramifications far outside the ballot box.

"I proposed long ago to end tax dollars for the Death Penalty. Just as anti war people are proposing now. I proposed this as a ballot initiative"

Airport workers at 7 British Airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick have announced a strike ballot.

When the New Jersey Legislature reconvenes in November, another historic anti-smoking ballot will be before them. The State Senate has now sent through a bill that calls for the complete and total ban of cigarette smoke in Atlantic City casinos.

The Alexandria4Obama are banking on their organizational skills to have the 15,000 signatures required for a candidate to be on ballot in Virginia before the stipulated deadline.

There were 13 candidates on the ballot, with Senator Brownback coming in first with 40% of the votes.

There is a way to be able to make decisions when it comes to voting for the various measures on a ballot.

Last month Iran broke United Nations seals on the uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz, triggering a diplomatic crisis that most believe almost certainly will lead to a standoff with United States, Britain and the European Union.

Mother Theresa was a charity worker who became an international celebrity. Her work with the dying and indigent in the streets of Calcutta won her a Noble Prize and the respect of the world. This is her story.

The cover story of the upcoming Sports Illustrated features excerpts of a telling, soon to be published book called Game of Shadows, by Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams. The book tells, in detail, the myriad of steroids abused by Bonds.

Being on school government.

An obituary of Kirby Puckett, the most popular and famous athlete in Minnesota history.

Wake-up call for common sense.

Reviews of "Gordon Solie...Something Left Behind" are giving the book high marks both for the extensive collection of photographs and for the writings penned by Solie.

In this Hall of Fame Case, we take a look at the hall worthiness of Tim Raines, a speedy on base machine has numbers that suggest he's in, but there is more to this story…drugs, a nearly deadly disease, family, and longevity are all parts of this story.

In Vermont, my adopted home state, we do something relatively few others manage these days. Namely, once a year, Vermonters defy blizzards, sub-zero cold, flu, and the demanding outside world to practice participatory democracy at its most basic level.

A look back at how the African nation of Zimbabwe came to existence and why its twenty five years of independent government have been largely a failure.

A brief review of the 1792 presidential election and the circumstances surrounding the election.

A brief review of the 1952 presidential election, in which Dwight Eisenhower was victorious of Adlai Stevenson.

A brief analysis of the differences between the three major American political parties at the end of the 19th century: the Republican, Democratic, and People's Party.

In this Hall of Fame Case, we'll look at the qualifications of slugger Juan Gonzalez. Is he a Hall of Famer? How does he compare to other sluggers of his era? All this and more will be answered.

St. Louis Cardinals' slugger Albert Pujols is putting up numbers that only a couple players have ever come close to matching in baseball history. This is his story.

Pedro Martinez was thought by the Dodgers to be too small to be a starting pitcher in the big leagues. Boy, were they ever wrong!

Thoughts on the 2000 US Presidential Election

The American league currently has nine active players that are certain Hall of Fame members when their playing days are done, as well as several other up and coming candidates. This article tells you who will be having their plague hung in Cooperstown.

Pamela Anderson Lee's wedding outfit (a white bikini), Debbie Gibson's halloween Seances, and Pres. Nixon's favorite Johnny Cash tune. Learn while you laugh. A music event timeline, covering the craziness of rock history w/ some down2earth facts mixed in.

An overview of the 1904 presidential election, in which Republican Theodore Roosevelt defeated Democrat Alton Parker.

An overview of the 1884 presidential election, in which Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James Blaine.

An overview of the 1944 presidential election, in which Franklin Roosevelt defeated Thomas Dewey for a unprecedented fourth term in office.

An overview of The West Wing, Season 4, on DVD, including an episode by episode guide.

An overview of the 1932 presidential election, in which Democrat Franklin Roosevelt defeated Republican Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression.

An overview of the 1924 presidential election, in which Republican Calvin Coolidge defeated Democrat John Davis and Progressive Robert La Follette.

An overview of the presidential election of 1836, in which Democrat Martin Van Buren defeated Whigs William Henry Harrison, Hugh White, and Daniel Webster.

One of the most recent reincarnations of the classic lottery scam is a money laundering scheme by a company posing as the UK National Lottery.