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Fri Sep 10, 2010 at 22:56:37 PM EDT
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| From the Stein campaign:
BOSTON - A campaign song written for gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein was released today in order to boost Stein's push to meet her September fundraising goals. The song, entitled "Follow the Money", was donated to the campaign by songwriter Tom Neilson from Greenfield, Massachusetts. The song pokes fun at Stein's gubernatorial rivals while urging listeners to show support for the Green-Rainbow Party candidates, "Purcell, Fortune and Stein." Rick Purcell is Stein's Lieutenant Governor running mate and Nat Fortune is the Green-Rainbow candidate for State Auditor.
"Now when Tim, Deval, & Chuck think of casinos
Their hearts go pitter, pitter, pitter, pat
And their legs take off like palominos
For casino lobby money's where it's at.
Just follow the money and you'll find your money where
Your money is like honey in the corporation lair.
But if business as usual you want to redefine
Put your check on the ballot for Purcell, Fortune, and Stein." |
| eli_beckerman :: Campaign Song May Boost Stein Fundraising |
| The song can be heard online at http://www.jillstein.org/music. It will be performed live for the first time at the Bull Run music showcase on Thursday, September 16th, in Shirley, MA, 7-9 PM, as part of a Ken Selcer concert. Selcer produced the recording of the song and supports Neilson on lead guitar. The candidate herself plans to attend and participate in back up vocals.
Stein's online fundraising effort recorded its greatest ever single-day fundraising total on September 8, the day after Stein's appearance in the televised debate sponsored by WBZ-TV. Over $4000 was donated by visitor's to Stein's website (www.jillstein.org).
Stein's stance as the only candidate refusing to accept money from registered lobbyists inspired Neilson's final stanza:
"We won't outspend the others in the race.
But our money's coming from an honest place.
So please show us a friendly dollar sign
And put a check in the basket for Purcell, Fortune, and Stein." |
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"Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. I believe that we could have made the tough choices required - on entitlement reform and tax reform - right now, rather than through a special congressional committee process. But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year. Most importantly, it will allow us to avoid default and end the crisis that Washington imposed on the rest of America."
--President Barack Obama on the debt ceiling "deal"
"Despite Democratic control over the White House, despite Democratic control over the Senate, despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, a small minority of the members of the Republican-controlled House have successfully pushed an extreme right-wing agenda onto the American political landscape. It is an ideology which believes that despite the fact that the rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and poverty is increasing, all - all of the burden for deficit reduction should rest on working people."
--Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on the debt ceiling "deal"
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Then and Now
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Then...
"Last year Evergreen, a Massachusetts company, agreed to establish their first-ever United States based manufacturing facility here in Massachusetts. They did so, or are doing so, at Devens. They have now agreed and chosen to triple their size at Devens. Their next phase of expansion, right here in Massachusetts, a signature company in a signature sector, and we congratulate all of the folks at Evergreen and look forward to continuing to work with you...
We made a personal commitment to Evergreen for the sake of Evergreen, but also because we wanted to show that there are ways in which state government, in working together with private industry and with the utility companies, could begin to create a different kind of environment, a different kind of business climate here, to grow that sector, and it is happening. It's happening. Evergreen is one of the most prominent examples, but there are a whole host of examples."
--Governor Deval Patrick, April 7, 2008, boasting about state investment in Evergreen.
and Now...
"Evergreen Solar Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, completing a stunning reversal of fortune for a high-flying alternative-energy company that once seemed to herald a new era for the Massachusetts economy... At its peak, Evergreen employed roughly 900 people locally and attracted more than $50 million in state support, as its stock price soared above $100 a share.
Yesterday, Evergreen's stock closed at 18 cents. The company shuttered its manufacturing plant in Devens earlier this year and now has only 85 employees left. Massachusetts is one of its top creditors, owed $1.5 million in rent."
--Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe, August 16, 2011
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