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Care About the Election? Start Knocking on Doors By Paul Rogat Loeb, AlterNet Many of us root for our candidate as if for a sports team, while doing relatively little to affect the outcome. We must work to mobilize voters. Read more »   With the repercussions of the banking meltdown growing worse each day, even the corporate media are talking about the possibility of "Another Great Depression" coming to pass. One out of six homeowners are "under water" -- owing more to the banks than their houses are worth -- $2 trillion dollars of retirement wealth has evaporated, and the financial markets have been anything but "calmed" by the government's massive $700 billion bailout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average touched a five-year low last week, and is now worth 40 percent less than it was at its peak one short year ago. What does all this turmoil mean for you -- your job, your children's future, your retirement? It's during uncertain times like these that you need the kind of fiercely independent progressive analysis that you've come to expect from AlterNet to make sense of it all. If you haven't signed up for our weekly Corporate Accountability and Workplace newsletter yet, now is the time. We simply can't fit all the economic coverage we're running on our front page, so if you're not getting the newsletter, you're missing out on some really important news and commentary. Sign up here today!     'Robocalls' for McCain Epitome of Cowardice By Steve Benen, Washington Monthly Honestly, what would the Republican Party be without hate, fear, and ignorance? Read more »   Joe the Plumber: Not a Tax Expert By Sam Stein, Huffington Post A representative at the court explained that Wurzelbacher had not paid $1,182.98 of personal income tax. Read more »   The Lee Atwater Story: Meet the Man Responsible for Karl Rove and the GOP's Hate-Driven Politics By Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet A new documentary by Stefan Forbes shows the origins of the GOP's playbook -- the manual of scare tactics on which McCain's campaign is based. Read more »   Unacceptable GOP Mailing Projects Racist Stereotypes on Obama By Amanda Terkel, Think Progress Despicable. Read more »   If Joe the Plumber Were a New Voter, Ohio Ruling Could Block Him from Voting By Staff, Brennan Center for Justice If Joe registered this year, he could be purged from the rolls under a 6th Circuit Court ruling on Tuesday. Read more »   Sarah Palin and the Incredible Disappearing Accent By Julia, Firedoglake Could it be that Governor Palin's accent isn't 100% authentic? You betcha. Read more »   McCain 'Categorically' Proud of Hateful Rally Attendees By ZP Heller, Brave New Films Watch McCain weasel out of accountability for his own bigoted supporters. Read more »

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