Lew Hill founded the Pacifica Radio network in 1949 in Berkeley. The five Pacifica stations were the first listener-sponsored radio stations in the country and were the model for NPR. Pacifica was left-wing and proud of it. For decades they show others what free speech is about. The archives of their radio shows belong in the Smithsonian. They are national treasures.

A little piece of Tupac merchandise, yet so perfect for the Independent Voter...

Do you have an original idea for independent voter swag? What would your political t-shirt say?

The 2012 Summer Olympics start on Friday, July 27th in London, England. Much has been made about the security plan to keep the Olympics safe.

The good folks at Google Ideas, Tribeca Enterprises and the Council on Foreign Relations met last week for the Info Summit 2012 to discuss the ever-interesting topic of "Illicit Networks".

From Info Summit:

The United States has some of the lowest voter turnout and voter participation rates of any industrialized country in the world. Low voter turnout is typically ascribed to voter ignorance and apathy or to the lack of choice in our two-party dominated political system.

The recent tragedy in Aurora, Colorado has prompted a variety of responses from lawmakers on the issue of gun control and a semi-automatic weapons ban. Senator Dianne Feinstein said Sunday on Fox News Sunday, "weapons of war don't belong on the streets."

Despite being known for its strives in independent leaders, like Angus King, Mainers have held stead fast in their republican and democrat labels. Maine has showed a .8% decrease in registered republicans (down to 28%) since 1996, and a .4% increase in registered democrats (from 31.7 to 32.1), the number of registered independent voters in main has only increased 0.1%.

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