Comments on: Not Your Ordinary Candidate – Jared Ball

By: joseph

joseph — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:50:10 +0000

The people should? control Washington! Washington
should? control the military! The people are turning
Black$Brown! Big Business is controlling the military
Homeland Security and verichip are shifting/providing the warfunding needed to complete the
above!

CAN YOU DIG IT?

By: Lean

Lean — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:03:05 +0000

I like what Ball represents. I thought the article was very well written. The thing that puzzles me is the attention given to the word “Hip-Hop.” The article and Dr. Ball’s web site is full of terms like the hip-hop community, hip-hop generation, and hip-hop style of campaigning. I do not belive most of the county views hip-hop the way this community does or the way Dr. Ball views hip-hop. Dr. Ball’s campaign is heavily targeted to fixing the problems of the intercity and fixing the constant race on race war going on. Does the hip-hop generation include the intercity? Do the individuals in race on race war no anything about what hip-hop truely is meant to be? Do they even care what hip-hop truely means? For that matter, do they even listen to hip-hop? I don’t know. I am just observing and asking the questions. Does Dr. Ball address the correct people when he is camaigning. According to his web site he is at Humbolt college in northern California. I could be wrong but the last time I checked Humbolt county is the farthest place on this earth from the intercity.

By: Rapáil

Rapáil — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:39:33 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Nat.

In regards to third parties, I found it interesting when Ron Paul was asked yesterday after the Republican debate on CNN if he would run as an Independent. A question he has been asked many times during his campaign, but this time he broke it down a bit more.

He bluntly stated that the electoral system is completely unfair and that not only are the chips stacked against a non-Republican or non-Democrat, but these traditional parties work very hard to keep it that way. Paul feels that it is a fight that simply cannot be won and therefore, there is no reason why he would run as an Independent.

Sounds to me like the candidates are making a “lesser of two evils” decision, just like many of the voters do. And speaking of throwing your “ballot at the lesser of two evils” like you put it, Dr. Ball addressed this issue directly in a statement that he made to launch his candidacy:

“The party’s freedom from corporate dominance, its commitment to social justice and redistribution of society’s wealth and service and its call for diversity are far more substantive than those false claims of such made with varying degrees by other parties. It is time to build a genuine populist party, one built on the proper politics of those who, like Kwame Ture once made clear, are no longer willing to accept the lesser of evil because, ‘we will not vote for evil, period.’

To that end we are developing a campaign which seeks to break convention by centering attention and focus on culture, those most oppressed and those who have long since given up on the vote and are looking for a new politics and new organizations.”

By: Nat

Nat — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:07:45 +0000

another dope article Rapail! i’m really diggin’ this hip-hop politics thang right now. yeah, jared ball is the man. he is intelligent, qualified, and down to earth. and unlike your “ordinary candidate,” ball is in touch with the common man and woman.

as a member of Generation X, it’s refreshing to finally see some post-baby-boomers involved in high-level politics. with the exception of Ball and Obama, all i see is a bunch of old farts fighting battles of the past. we need different candidates to give hope that a new leadership is emerging.

i think a lot of people would never support a green party candidate because they won’t win. however, it’s better to make your voice heard and help the growth of legitimate 3rd parties than fall in line and throw your ballot at the lesser of two evils. i hope the party finds the best candidate to help them grow, and jared ball could be that guy.