Doug MacGregor's Cartoon...The GOP vs. the Green Party Nov 2, 2009
The GOP vs. the Green Party. October 29, 2009. (The News-Press -- Opinion)
Garamendi could soon add congressman to his resume Nov 2, 2009
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Independents continue adding to the share of Arizona’s electorate Nov 1, 2009
The Libertarian Party has 24,028 voters, up from 18,153 in October 2008, and the Green Party has 4,237 voters, up from 4,009 a year ago. Matt Roberts, a spokesman for the Arizona Republican Party, said some of the GOP decline could stem from policies of the Bush administration, especially deficit spending. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Green Party files for election; Democrat Gill to run for seat Oct 31, 2009
SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Green Party will have a full slate of candidates running in the Feb. 2 primary election ... In the 115th House District, for example, Green Party candidate Charlie Howe of Carbondale wants to take on incumbent state Rep. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Video shows street execution Oct 31, 2009
Italy's Green Party offers reward for information on shooter and accomplice. RELATED TOPICS. (CNN)
Video shows indifference at Italy mafia hit Oct 30, 2009
A member of the Green party in the Campania region around Naples offered 2,000 euros ($2,950) for information leading to the killer's arrest. Naples, Italy's third biggest city, is home to the Camorra crime syndicate and its residents have become inured and all but resigned to the almost daily violence on its streets. (MSNBC -- International)
A quick look at who’s on the ballot in Districts 21, 22, 25 and 26 Oct 30, 2009
Democrat Jimmy Van Bramer, top left, is up against Republican Angelo Maragos, top right, in Dist. 26, and Green Party Candidate Lynne Serpe is challenging incumbent Democrat Peter Vallone Jr. in Dist. 22. "> Democrat Jimmy Van Bramer, top left, is up against Republican Angelo Maragos, top right, in Dist. 26, and Green Party Candidate Lynne Serpe is challenging incumbent Democrat Peter Vallone Jr. in Dist. 22. Election Day is Nov. 3, and in addition to selecting citywide officials, four City... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
House foes are far apart Three Fredericksburg-area incumbents face challengers in House of Delegate races Oct 30, 2009
House Speaker Bill Howell, R-, is being challenged by Independent Green Party candidate Craig Ennis for the 28th District seat, while 30th District incumbent Ed Scott, R-Culpeper, is being challenged by independent Matt Carson. Incumbent Dels. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
County voters head to polls next Tuesday; voters to choose new governor, delegates Oct 29, 2009
Charles Poindexter of Glade Hill is being challenged by Independent Green Party candidate Sherman David Witcher of Rocky Mount. The 14th District race features Republican Del. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
No 10 to lobby for Blair EU job Oct 28, 2009
Green Party leader and MEP Caroline Lucas said the idea that Mr Blair should take on the role was "absurd". The reports of Mr Brown's backing comes after British ministers have been talking up the former PM's credentials, ahead of the summit. (BBC News -- UK)
Politicians Aren't Popular Oct 28, 2009
And Green Party before that. Leave a Reply. (The American Conservative)
In Germany, A Better H1N1 Vaccine For Politicians? Oct 27, 2009
"If mass vaccination is considered to be necessary, then everyone should be treated the same way," says Birgitt Bender, the health spokeswoman for the Green Party. Ulrike Mascher, head of the VdK social welfare association, said giving government officials a different vaccine from the rest of the population sent the "wrong signal" and gave many people "the impression that they are second-class patients." A story on the front page of the mass-circulation Bild newspaper accused the government of... (Time.com)
Pylon line plan to 'get go-ahead' Oct 26, 2009
Supporters, including Labour and the Green party, say the scheme should be approved to help meet renewable energy commitments ... " Patrick Harvie said the scheme should be boasted about in Copenhagen The Green party's Patrick Harvie told BBC Scotland's Politics Show: "It has taken a very long time to get this decision out, we still haven't heard it and I think that's regrettable. (BBC News -- UK)
How the Beans of Egypt, Maine Sprouted a Militia Oct 26, 2009
"F--- America," said Will Neils, 32, a Green Party activist from Lincolnville, Me. "What have they done for us lately? Bush f---ed us, Clinton f---ed us. Let's cut the United States loose and let it drift downstream." Maine should stand up for Mainers, said Neils. (Time.com)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
But this frenzy of publicity has given the BNP oxygen that other minor parties can only dream of the Green Party, for example, received a substantially higher proportion of the vote than the BNP in the European elections ... Were Adolf Hitler alive today , he would most certainly be an MEP in the Green Party. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
MEET THE CANDIDATES Oct 23, 2009
Lynne Serpe The Green Party is generally considered a minor party, but in City Council District 22, Lynne Serpe has launched a vigorous campaign, collected four times the number of voter signatures she needs to secure a spot on the ballot and built up a bank account on par with the incumbent ... The former Green Party candidate is running on the Populist ticket, and his priorities for office include increasing income taxes for those who earn more than $500,000, lowering sales taxes, revamping... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Berlin brothel cuts rates for 'green' customers Oct 23, 2009
Local residents in Prenzlauer Berg a part of former East Berlin now home to scores of trendy boutiques, restaurants and clubs had staunchly supported the Green party in recent elections and have welcomed the bordello's offer to emphasize the environment. The bordellos in the capital of Germany, where prostitution is legal, have seen business suffer with the global financial crisis. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Astoria candidates face off in debate Oct 23, 2009
Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., left, Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Party candidate Jerry Kann debate a wide range of issues at Riccardo’s. PHOTO BY WILLOW BELDEN"> Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., left, Green Party candidate Lynne Serpe and Populist Party candidate Jerry Kann debate a wide range of issues at Riccardo s. PHOTO BY WILLOW BELDEN After the vicious mudslinging that has characterized some City Council races, the debate that took place on Monday between candidates for... (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Canada Conservatives maintain lead in poll Oct 23, 2009
5 percent, while Green Party support grew half a percentage point to 11 percent. Support for the Bloc Quebecois slipped by 0. (Xinhuanet, China)
Profile: Radovan Karadzic Oct 22, 2009
Years later, after working briefly for the Green Party, he helped set up the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) - formed in 1990 in response to the rise of nationalist and Croat parties in Bosnia, and dedicated to the goal of a Greater Serbia. Less than two years later, as Bosnia-Hercegovina gained recognition as an independent state, he declared the creation of the independent Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina (later renamed Republika Srpska) with its capital in Pale, a suburb of Sarajevo,... (BBC News -- Europe)
Nosy neighbours Oct 22, 2009
Trine Skei Grane of the green party Venstre ... "We took part in opening up the system, but now the principle of openness is totally out of proportion," Trine Skei Grane of the green party Venstre tells the paper. (BBC News -- Europe)
The Record: Europe on the EU's strategy ahead of the Copenhagen summit Oct 20, 2009
Caroline Lucas MEP, leader of the British Green Party. Mark Littlewood, communications director of Green Monitor, a campaign questioning the science behind climate change warnings. (BBC News -- Europe)
Nader still swinging at corporate America Oct 20, 2009
Mr. Nader ran for president as the Green Party candidate in 1996 and 2000, then as an independent candidate in 2004 and 2008. He had plenty to say on the financial collapses of this past year, calling Washington, D.C., "a corporate state" that caters to big business interests. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Merkel's Bloc, FDP Make Headway on Extending Nuclear Energy, Deregulation Oct 18, 2009
The three agree on extending licenses for nuclear power plants, overturning a moratorium on atomic power introduced by former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeders Social Democratic-led government with the Green party. At present, Germanys 17 nuclear plants are due to close by about 2021. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Huge statue to be jailed in anti-Bush rally Oct 17, 2009
Chef Melinda Randolph of San Francisco restaurant 2223 decided to donate 25 percent of her proceeds today to the World Can't Wait after learning of the protests from one of her regulars, a Green Party member. "This administration is destroying a lot of what America stands for, and I don't want to be one to sit around and watch it happen," Randolph said. (Yahoo News -- Anti-War Movement)
Brothel goes green Oct 16, 2009
"Everyone's a winner," explained Regina Goetz, a former prostitute who runs the "Maison d'envie" (House of Desire) brothel in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg, a district in the former East Berlin, which is a stronghold for the ecologist Green party. "The environment is a topic on everyone's lips and it's pretty difficult to park around here. So we came up with the idea of an 'eco discount' of five euros ($7.40) to anyone who leaves the car at home," Goetz told AFP.. (iAfrica.com)
* China sentences six more to death over ethnic rioting Oct 16, 2009
Kadeer arrived in New Zealand on Monday after being invited by the Green Party. At a public meeting at the University of Auckland on Tuesday, Kadeer was greeted by a small number of vocal pro-Beijing protesters brandishing a banner reading AU does not welcome terrorist. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Nader: Obama 'A Serious Disappointment' Oct 15, 2009
Consumer advocate and former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader says President Barack Obama is a serious disappointment. . (Newsmax)
Advocacy groups protest CEG/EDF deal Oct 15, 2009
Members of the coalition include advocacy groups Maryland PIRG, Public Citizen, Beyond Nuclear, the , Nuclear Information and Resource Service, the Maryland Green Party and Clean Water Action. Most Read Stories. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Environmental Armageddon? Oct 15, 2009
As a Green Party member, I have written the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Rep. George Radanovich to stop the NRC practice of charging contractors millions for new reactor designs. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Ex-mayoral rivals back Flaherty-Yoon team Oct 15, 2009
A spokesman, Nick Martin, pointed out that Flynn backed a Republican, George W. Bush, for president in 2000, and that King endorsed a Green Party candidate, Ralph Nader, for president in 1996. The mayoral race in Boston is nonpartisan, but the city is overwhelmingly Democratic. (Boston Globe)
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Forged letters went unreported Oct 15, 2009
Ireland's Green Party votes to stay in government. Members of Ireland's environmentalist Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and crippled banks. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
German Nuke Reprieve Could Hurt Wind Oct 15, 2009
hn, deputy floor leader of the Green party. She suspects that as long as the nuclear power stations go on producing ample amounts of electricity, companies won't be in a hurry to proceed with expensive offshore projects. (BusinessWeek)
Arms export vote reflects history of scandals Oct 14, 2009
swissinfo - Swiss foreign affairs- swissinfo. October 13, 2009 - 8:03 AM. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Kadeer: China death sentences will 'enrage' Uighurs Oct 13, 2009
Kadeer arrived in New Zealand on Monday after being invited by the Green Party, a minor political party with nine seats in parliament. She was to speak at public meetings in Auckland and Wellington on Tuesday and Wednesday and is due to meet Green legislators before leaving on Thursday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Chinese death sentences will 'enrage' Uighur people, says Kadeer Oct 13, 2009
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Barack Obama is a war criminal Oct 12, 2009
These number less then 9% of the population given thats how much support the green party attracts (and im sure not all greens voters are hard core nuts). sam | Parkdale - October 12, 2009, 4:56PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Irish Greens back government deal Oct 11, 2009
Ireland's Green Party has backed a new programme for government and plans to deal with toxic debts in Irish banks, removing the risk of snap elections ... The former Green Party leader, Trevor Sargent, said the deal that had been secured was better than many people expected ... About 50 members of Union of Students in Ireland earlier gathered outside the RDS in Dublin to urge Green Party members to vote in favour of the new programme, while other protestors called on the Greens to pull out of... (BBC News -- Europe)
Leader sees chance for N. Korea talks Oct 11, 2009
IRELAND Green Party votes to stay in coalition DUBLIN - Members of Ireland s environmentalist Green Party have voted to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen s coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and a banking crisis. Defeat for the Green Party leadership in yesterday s special conference would have torpedoed Cowen s 2-year-old coalition and forced Ireland into an early parliamentary election. (Boston Globe)
Ireland's Green Party Votes to Stay in Govt. Oct 11, 2009
Ireland's Green Party Votes to Stay in Government - TIME ... Ireland's Green Party Votes to Stay in Govt ... (DUBLIN) Members of Ireland's environmentalist Green Party have voted to stay in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's coalition government as it battles a runaway deficit, surging unemployment and a banking crisis. (Time.com)
Coalition Partners Plan to Settle Nuclear Extension Timeframe in Two Weeks Oct 10, 2009
Merkel has said she wants to abolish a law passed in 2002 by the Social Democratic-led government with the Green Party that required Germanys 17 nuclear plants to shut by about 2021. The government will decide on a case-by-case basis which reactors should be allowed to run for longer and will take account of both safety issues and the potential contribution the stations can make to the broader economy, Pfeiffer said. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Irish Green Party to Meet Tomorrow to Decide on Fate of Government, Banks Oct 10, 2009
Irelands Green Party to Decide on Fate of Government, Banks - Bloomberg ... Irelands Green Party to Decide on Fate of Government, Banks ... Cowen has said hes confident a new accord will be reached, while Green Party negotiator Ciaran Cuffe told Dublin- based broadcaster RTE that a deal will have to be reached by lunchtime today. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Click to read:Poll: Congress Gets Low Health Care Grade Oct 10, 2009
And why after 25 years I recently re-registered from a non-partisan voter to a full fledged contributing member of The Green Party of The United States. ST. (CBS News)
Irish Government Partners Agree on Policy Program in Bid to Save Coalition Oct 10, 2009
Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Irish Prime Minister Fianna Fail party agreed on a new policy program with its Green Party partner after a week of negotiations aimed at keeping the coalition in power. The new program, announced late yesterday, must still be approved by Green Party members at a special conference in Dublin today. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
* World News Quick Take Oct 10, 2009
Keith Locke, a Green Party member of parliament who is sponsoring Kadeers visit, claimed that the university had barred Kadeer for fear of offending the Chinese government, the New Zealand Herald reported. POLAND. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Climactic time Oct 9, 2009
On the other hand, the Green Party opposes the bill because it does not go far enough, labeling it an "armful of retreats and compromises.". Of course it's not perfect, but the Senate bill does represent a hybrid goal of enhancing the economy while protecting the environment. (NJ.com -- Times)
French official under fire for sex with boys Oct 9, 2009
The Green Party was among leftist forces that distanced itself from the controversy, with national secretary Cecile Duflot warning against "an amalgam between pedophilia and homosexuality.". "The very idea that anyone wants to dig into the private past of public officials for political ends is profoundly shocking," said the government spokesman, Luc Chatel. (MSNBC -- International)
Need a job? Run for office, but be serious Oct 6, 2009
The Illinois Green Party has come up with an unusual way to address the state's unemployment problem ... "If and when that pink slip comes, don't despair - consider a run for public office," says a news release from the Green Party's media coordinator, Patrick Kelly. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
* New Zealand politician invites Kadeer to visit Oct 6, 2009
New Zealands Green Party foreign affairs spokesman Keith Locke said he would host Kadeer from next Monday to Thursday, when she would speak at two public meetings and meet legislators. She advocates non-violent change and disassociates herself from violent change, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
FPPC scrutinizes Fresno Co. Republican funds Oct 6, 2009
Merced Democrat Dennis Cardoza was well ahead of Republican challenger John Kanno, as was Mariposa Republican George Radanovich in his race against Democratic opponent T.J. Cox and Visalia Republican Devin Nunes in his re-election bid against Democratic challenger Steve Haze and Green Party candidate John Roger Miller. New voters assert independence. (Fresno Bee)
Countdown horrors: Bowdens exit, Limbaughs entrance Oct 6, 2009
I guess at that point he decided against joining the Green Party and figured he would just try to coach football. Bowden should ve been watching his blindside. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Ireland's Cowen Wins First of `Big Three' With Lisbon Treaty `Yes' Vote Oct 5, 2009
While Cowen says such an agency would purge the financial system of toxic assets, restart lending and reignite the economy, he still has to win over his coalition partners, the Green Party. On Oct. 10, the Greens will vote on staying in government and backing the bad bank plan. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Socialists trounce conservatives in Greek election Oct 5, 2009
The results showed that Pasok had managed to keep its voters from flocking to other left-wing parties and to a fledgling Green party which gained visibility after fires that killed 77 people in 2007 and scorched Athens's eastern suburbs earlier this year. Analysts had earlier warned that a high level of support for the Greens, who need three per cent of the vote to enter parliament, could have doomed Pasok's aim of forming a single-party government. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Germany's New Foreign Minister Is Gay. So What? Oct 2, 2009
On the legal and political side, the gay-rights movement was fortunate to have found an amenable political home in the late 1970s in the fledgling Green Party. Although dismissed by the establishment in their early years, the Greens came into power in 1999, together with the SPD, with a clear and focused agenda to update German law to better reflect society's present-day values. (Slate)
Campaign signs should be the least of our worries these days Oct 1, 2009
-- In suburban Washington D.C. a Green Party candidate complains that his opponent s signs were displayed too early. -- In Sequim, Wash. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
EU accused of gross interference Sep 30, 2009
Patricia McKenna, a former Green Party member of the European Parliament and a leader of People's Movement, a pressure group that opposes the treaty, criticised the latest intervention by Brussels. The EU Commission, with the massive funds and resources available to it, courtesy of the taxpayer, can just throw money at influencing Irish opinion prior to the vote. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Modern triumphs over today's Ravans Sep 30, 2009
Dutta is in the process of setting up Indias first green party. It was an historic struggle. (India Times, India)
Swiss legal battle over Polanski Sep 30, 2009
Ueli LeuenbergerGreen Party ... "For me this arrest is impossible to understand," said Ueli Leuenberger of the Green Party. (BBC News -- Europe)
SWISS CONTROVERSY: Some say nation's neutrality compromised Sep 30, 2009
"Maybe Switzerland wanted to serve the United States," Green Party chief Ueli Leuenberger noted on the radio panel with , in a rare moment of accord between Switzerland's main right-wing and left-wing parties. a former Socialist politician and author who advises the United Nations on human rights issues, called the arrest a "political action.". (USA Today -- Life)
Merkel hails victory in Germany vote Sep 30, 2009
As a result, it leaked votes to the Green Party (which earned slightly more than 10 percent), but even more to the hard-left former East German Communist Party, Die Linke, which jumped into German federal politics and made waves with a vote of more than 12 percent, higher than the 10 percent it sought. Many young voters, often a traditional SPD-left cohort, veered to the Pirate Party devoted to internet freedom and security in a surprising outcome of 2 percent, double Pirate's... (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
In German election, party with roots in the communist East could make waves Sep 26, 2009
The Left sees its fellow left Green party as bourgeois-bohemians well-intentioned eco-softies that came to Berlin to do good, and stayed to do well. "Many people falling through the social system feel that something is not right in our society," says Klaus Lederer, the fervent young head of Die Linke in Berlin, in an interview. (Christian Science Monitor)
Click to read:Obama: G-20 Pulled Economy Back from Brink Sep 26, 2009
That's why after 25 years as a registered non-partisan voter I recently changed my registration to the Green Party of the United States. They are now what the Democrats used to be, the party of the people. (CBS News)
Merkel only certainty in a complex poll Sep 26, 2009
The SPD is ''red'', the FDP ''yellow'', Dr Merkel's CDU ''black'' and the Green Party ''green. The term ''Ampelkoalition'' or ''traffic-light coalition'' was coined in the early 1990s when two key state governments were formed of a historic green, red and yellow alliance. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The final furlong Sep 25, 2009
Ms Kumpf says the Green Party is informally nudging supporters to give their first votes to her; the ex-communist Left Party is mainly pursuing second votes. When it is clear from the beginning that the losers in a district can also get into parliament you cannot talk of a personalised election, complains a critic. (The Economist)
Divided left Sep 25, 2009
"They have already lost a lot of the voters to the Green Party in the 1970s and 1980s. And now there are a lot of traditional SPD voters who are vanishing. The SPD may not be big enough in the future to even lead a two-party coalition.". No willing partner. (BBC News -- Europe)
