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Sun Nov 14, 2010 at 22:53:23 PM EST
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(a very encouraging day it was. - promoted by eli_beckerman)
Excellent reporting by Worcester's telegram.com, sharing the enthusiasm the Green-Raibow Party has as they continue to fight for a government that works for all of us. Jill Stein and all of the party activists look to the future and reflect on the successes that were achieved this year:
While their leader and flagship candidate from the state election earlier this month, gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein, captured just 1 percent of the votes and finished a distant fourth in the governor's race, Green-Rainbow Party members seemed anything but discouraged at their state convention here today.
"I am so excited about where we are coming out of this race," said Ms. Stein, a physician from Lexington. "This is our springboard into a really exciting era going forward."
Ms. Stein said the Green-Rainbow Party's showing in the recent balloting was enough to win back official party status in Massachusetts, which allows the party's name to be listed on voter registration forms.
"We're better equipped to fight the fight going forward," she said.
Having been on the ground promoting the Green Rainbow Party candidates this election cycle, I know that many people were interested in this new voice for change. They will be even more interested next time. I'm sure of it. Two steps forward and no steps back. Next time it will be many more steps forward. There is a lot to be excited about. |
| liveandletlive :: Nope, not discouraged. Two steps forward and no steps back. |
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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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