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Publisher's note: We published this editorial in our first July issue of Vermont Commons four years ago. Every year it seems more and more relevant. Happy Independence Day - July 4, 2009. Let's begin with the "shout heard 'round the world." The words of Thomas Jefferson and the first Continental Congress in 1776. The opening moments in what has become one of the most import...
Vermont Commons - Sat 6:05 a.m.
While the United States of America pays lip service to Independence Day, such as it is... Don't miss the action over at "Let A Thousand Nations Bloom." Some really provocative writing about nonviolent secession and decentralization this week. Hope to see many of you at the parades this week-end. And don't forget - Tuesday, July 7 is Vermont Independence Day. Long live the o...
Vermont Commons - Fri 4:59 p.m. - 2 clicks 
Probably the biggest blow to the Vermont independence movement came in 2007 with the League of the South controversy. Sparked by a Southern Poverty Law Center report on Second Vermont Republic’s ties to the League of the South, and fanned by an anonymous blog and an assortment of Vermont bloggers, the controversy focused most [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Wed 11:47 a.m. - 2 clicks
Editor's note: We received this thoughtful missive from Dick Mills, who hailed us as "a full time cruising sailor." He and his wife live full time aboard their sailing vessel Tarwathie. Home port - South Burlington. Read Dick’s blog at dickandlibby.blogspot.com . read more ...
Vermont Commons - Tue 9:23 a.m. - 4 clicks
All the way from Uganda, Diane joins us during her first visit to the United States. Since 2008 she has worked with the New Sudan Education Initiative (NESEI), which was founded here in Burlington in 2006 by Sudanese men who sought refuge in Vermont from their war-torn homes. Diane serves as NESEI’s Program Director and [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jun 29 - 4 clicks
Concerned about the economic policies of the Obama administration, which Peter Welch has obediently supported, Dan Weintraub will be challenging him in the 2010 VT Congressional Democratic Primary. In the interview he explains his socially liberal perspectives, in addition to his support for non-Keynesian monetary reform. ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jun 24 - 5 clicks
Leader of the Second Vermont Republic, Thomas Naylor spoke with Glenn Beck tonight about murmurs of secession becoming louder over the past few weeks. ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jun 22 - 3 clicks
But I hiked Camel’s Hump yesterday, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Barring physical disability, everyone living in northern Vermont should make the pilgrimage to the top of the Hump or Mansfield at least once a summer. A day on the trail really puts things in perspective, especially when you finish with a view like [...] ...
American Socialism for the Rich - Jun 15 - 3 clicks
In the introduction to a story on Vermont Public Radio this morning about the proposed 80-MW wind turbine facility in Ira and neighboring towns, it was stated that "If completed, it would be the second largest energy producer in the state after Vermont Yankee." With 400–500-feet-high machines sprawling over two prominent mountains in western Vermont, it would actually be the biggest facil...
Kirby Mountain - Jun 9 - 2 clicks
Why isn’t as much time and effort spent educating and encouraging people to conserve rather than defacing our landscape? ... Long-term benefits like preserving the character of Vermont and energy conservation are more important than short-term solutions that create more problems than they solve. --Jane FitzGerald, Milton, Vt., Burlington Free Press, May 15, 2009 tags: wind power , wi...
Kirby Mountain - May 15 - 2 clicks
A letter in the May 7 (Woodstock) Vermont Standard expressed the opinion that the rich are unduly taxed to support the poor. I will ignore the absurd accusations implying that the poor have chosen to be so and that even the obscenely rich are justly rewarded for uniquely hard work and wise decisions. And I will ignore the other question raised of whether sharing the risk of what afflicts all of us...
Kirby Mountain - May 8 - 2 clicks
To the Editor, Burlington (Vt.) Free Press: If wind energy had not been prominent in the news for several years, the Free Press might not be faulted in asserting that a balance can be found between impacts and benefits from industrial wind facilities on Vermont ridgelines ( editorial, Apr. 26 ). But while they appear to be open to discussing impacts and presumably how best to minimize them, th...
Kirby Mountain - May 3
