Sources of Unconventional Sagacity

West Virginia for Obama web site is not directly affiliated with the Barack Obama for President campaign, and is not a political action committee devoted to fundraising. WV for Obama appears to be an earnest, genuine group of grassroots activists devoted to helping their candidate of choice. Lovely.

Popularity: 32% [?]

The Iran Body Count web site is a preemptive strike against war between Iran and the United States.

Popularity: 18% [?]

Day after day, the site tells you about how to recycle more and more materials, until you start to wonder if there’s anything you can’t recycle (sadly, yes, there are some things you can’t recycle: Plutonium, mercury, and George W. Bush being prime among them).

Popularity: 28% [?]

In theory, Change.org is open to anyone, progressive or right wing. In practice, however, Change.org ends up being a pretty liberal network. Why is that? Well, right wingers aren’t used to working with a genuine grassroots structure, from the ground up - they’re used to following the tunes their leaders sing for them. Change.org doesn’t work that way. It relies upon individual initiative. It’s a web site for true political independents, people who think for themselves. That approach suits liberals and their issues much better than right wingers.

Popularity: 16% [?]

Protecting forms of life from the Mexican Wolf to Casey’s June beetle, the Center for Biological Diversity battles the extinction crisis rocking planet Earth, seeking to re-establish a balanced world in which people can be prosperous without crushing the other species we encounter.

Popularity: 22% [?]

There is no mention in the proposals to fight global warming of the need to protect peat bogs and other wetland carbon sinks.

Popularity: 17% [?]

Romney Facts is crafted in Massachusetts, by people who ought to know about Mitt Romney’s career in politics the most. Romney Facts compares differing claims Mitt Romney has made about himself when the winds of political convenience were blowing in different directions. Anyone who supports Mitt Romney for President will have to deal with the flip flop image created by Romney’s quick changes of course.

Popularity: 33% [?]