Plunderbund

[Pinned to the top until all the creative juice is squeezed from the ’sphere…] That’s right folks. Plundershirts. Old friends will know I’ve talked about this for a long time but never got it done. Well, this year at Bloggapalooza there will be shirts. Not just shirts. Plundershirts. But wait…there’s […]

This month, Democracy for America is hosting an online vote to determine which Congressional candidate will receive the first endorsement of the 2008 cycle. All of the candidates in the competition ran in 2006 and lost in close races. We need to support these candidates early to build towards an even larger Democratic majority in […]

(Pinning to the top for few days) Voice is good. Sometimes voice can be heard by reading someone over a long period of time, but there is nothing like the good old spoken voice. A friend at Blue State Digital is working on a project with Americans United for Change and asked me […]

Vote for Jerid and all your dreams will come true:
Do it now!
That is all…nothing follows.

Despite clear evidence that protests can work, I’m a cynic who’s so dead inside I tend to feel corporations (especially ones like Clear Channel) are always looking to screw their customers… but if you aren’t, there is a rally at the state house tomorrow at 11AM to help save progressive talk radio in Columbus.
Of course, […]

I just finished watching this totally excellent documentary about BlackBoxVoting.org on HBO called Hacking Democracy, and the trouble with secret computerized vote tabulating.
My first thought - Diebold uses Microsoft Access for vote tabulation? Seriously?
My second thought - the documentary clearly lays out why this should be a bipartisan issue about the accuracy of our […]

A little birdie told me that somebody is trying to put together an election-day HQ for bloggers and activists here in Columbus to monitor election day activities. Stay tuned here for details.

Yep, the venture Eric left Plunderbund to pursue, ProgressOhio, got a nice profile on The Hotline.
A new Web site, ProgressOhio, is launching with a massive e-mail list and an ambitious goal. It aims to be a hub for grassroots liberal bloggers, a clearinghouse for local causes and information, and a link between opinion drivers in […]

Eric’s first post is up over at ProgressOhio.org. More or less a brief introduction for ProgressOhio. You can also find a link over in the blogroll.

From the inbox:
Internet freedom is under attack. The House of Representatives has voted to give giant corporations more control over what you see and do online, and corporate lobbyists are pushing for a quick vote in the Senate. Senator Mike DeWine could be the deciding vote, but he has remained silent on Net Neutrality. We […]

Probably the most disturbing thing about the war in Iraq (and any modern war in the age of the military industrial complex) is the potential for abuse on both sides. The latest Brave New Film deals with the issue of war profiteering. Interestingly enough, all bills put forth in Congress to […]

In less than a month (9-3-06), county BOEs will be able to legally destroy 2004 Presidential Election ballots. YDS has an interesting post up about this. I find this pretty disturbing and it brings up many questions, which the site www.savetheballots.org answers in part. First would be why has nobody looked at […]

Update: Tried a Plundercall…will try again soon. Katie, I’ll talk to you tomorrow!
via email:
What’s in Store for Election 2006?
Ken Mehlman at The City Club of Cleveland
CLEVELAND, OH—Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee since January 2005, will discuss the mid-term elections and the state of the GOP at […]

You can almost hear it when you see the bus: “The wingnuts are coming, the wingnuts are coming!” The cry of the true American patriot. From a press release:
TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 6 — WakeUpWalMart.com’s “2006 Change Wal-Mart, Change America” non-stop bus tour going to 19 states and 35 cities in 35 days […]

Update: #4! Keep on truckin’
My Tiberi Pacman commercial is up and competing over at the Contagious Festival. Send to your friends and get this baby going viral! I’d love to have people from all across the country talking about this race in the 12th. Thanks for your help!

Tiberi Pac Man […]