Letter to Newspaper Editor in Hudson Valley Region of NY State by Wendy D

I have written this letter over and over because every time I get it written something even worse happens to upset me. How do you like having the corporate media decide who the next President will be? The American public is being snowed by the corporate media, deciding what we will hear and see. Are we outraged yet? I sure am. Dennis Kucinich, who is on the ballot in every state except one, has been banned from debates in Iowa, New Hampshire (live free or die?) and Nevada. Why are Edwards, Clinton and Obama afraid to be on the stage with Kucinich? Debate host NBC in Nevada, has contributed to these three candidates, is owned by GE, has a financial stake in Nuclear Power plants (think about Yucca Mountain in Nevada. . . .nuclear disposal area), GE also owns Rathion, a military defense contractor.

NBC took the case to the Nevada Supreme Court to block him after a judge decided either he was included or there would be no debate. ABC, host of the N.H. debate is owned by Disney. What is the corporate media afraid of? What are Clinton, Obama and Edwards afraid of? Follow the money. Kucinich, who has plans for health care and tuition for all, in his fifth term in Congress has introduced a bill to Impeach Cheney, An interesting site http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/ has a table that shows how candidates have batched money from corporations and lobbyists, but not Kucinich. He does not take corporate donations. When you call to donate you are questioned to screen out unethical donors. He is beholden to no group, he is for the people. Imagine that! I am honored to have met Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich. They are the real thing. If you go to the Kucinich web site, http://www.dennis4president.com/, you can read about Elizabeth, a woman who went to India alone as a teen and worked with Mother Theresa and has done amazing work since! Imagine her as Our First Lady!

Dennis Kucinich voted against the war and was firmly against it from the start. He voted against the "patriot act" unlike Clinton who has tried to excuse herself by saying "she didn't read it". She is trying to worm out of her vote for the war now too by twisting words. I have not forgiven her. Dennis Kucinich will get us back on board with the Kyoto Climate Change Treaty. We owe this to our children, not the bill for a projected 1.8 trillion dollar war they will be paying off for generations. Congressman Kucinich has the experience to lead and the proven record of doing the right thing, even at personal loss. Democracy Now asked Kucinich the questions from the debate; you can hear or read them there at Democracynow.org, heard on WRPI and WBCR locally. Air America Radio I have found is airing a lot of information we are not allowed to hear elsewhere as well. As citizens of the planet we owe it to others to be informed and work for the future rather than continuing to trash everything around us.

Incidentally, the Board of Elections was giving out incorrect information about the Democratic Primary February 5th. You can vote for Dennis Kucinich and he can take delegates to the National Convention if enough of us vote for him. Please folks, wake up and smell the fair trade coffee...our future depends on our being informed, involved citizens of the planet. We are all in this together. And by the way, I favor a pen and paper to vote! I think we are capable of counting and adding since they have discovered the machines can be altered with a blackberry and a magnet! Pen, paper and a count. Sure costs a lot less, we can still arrange to provide for disabled and you have a record!

Commentary by Doreen from Queens, NY – “Some Thoughts on Change”

Some of you have probably heard the word CHANGE a lot by a variety of candidates over the past week.......... The appeal of CHANGE is that it sounds dynamic without actually committing to anything in particular. So it is really pretty meaningless. The word alone can mean many different things to different voters.

The word alone was effective since people are so weary and can't wait for a new administration. Our nation’s citizenry wants so desperately to emerge from this 7 year nightmare. To complicate matters even more our media is very biased and true journalism is only seen outside the mainstream media.

So no wonder people fell in love with the WORD change and ran to it like flies to honey. It sounded nice........ right?

So why did the people of New Hampshire fall out of love with the word CHANGE?

The people in New Hampshire realized that we need specifics and a platform of actual change.....not just words and smiles. They stood back and realized this is SO important and that it can't be taken lightly-----we have endured too much and waited too long.

In addition New Hampshire ignored the idiotic polls, biased so called news casters, and the constant propaganda----they voted as they wanted to. They actually listened to the speeches and actually READ the positions of the candidates! The people of the tiny state of New Hampshire took our Democracy back. They stuck it to the pundits on TV. Good for them.

The domination of very few individuals in control of our airwaves and media has effected this election more than ever before. The same corporate media shoved Hillary down our throats as the "presumed front runner" for 2 yrs now. The likes of Chris Matthew's and others on the insipid cable TV are telling us who WE like...... and the same pollsters are trying to mold us.

We can begin with ABC which by the way is owned by Disney excluded candidates like Congressman, Dennis Kucinich who in fact embodies the ONLY change in his positions in the Democrats field. Do you think Disney has the right to tell the American people who we have to choose from as candidates for President?? The airwaves belong to the citizens not ABC or Mickey Mouse! They face a lawsuit filed by Congressman Kucinich regarding this matter.

I ask you would you let ABC or Disney choose your spouse, your home or where you go to school??? Why would you allow them to select your candidate??

Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are the only candidates of change----------serious real change. They actually have plans, positions and strategies to accomplish the change we say we want. However real change is scary to people........ it means something new and different..........and imagines BETTER. So if we indeed want change with action it is out there for us to grab.

I am a Dennis Kucinich volunteer and I will vote for him in the primary and continue to introduce people to candidate. He got 1% of the vote in NH --------- so why do I carry on?? His message is reaching people and he got it all right on everything from the war to the assaults on our civil liberties, impeachment and health care.................so I think we need to keep those ideas alive and make sure the so called front runners have to address them.

We can only hope that the citizens of this country will demand to hear the positions of the candidates on a wide range of issues and to CHALLENGE THEM. We are the hiring managers who are filling this position of President. We need to take it seriously and do our homework and look beyond the mainstream media for our information!!!